Top 10 iOS Mobile Photography Apps
Having consulted over 2,700 posts where I asked award winning mobile photographers for their favourite mobile photography apps, I feel confident publishing this article today. Everything is relative and following extensive research I am happy to announce that these are TheAppWhisperer’s Top 10 iOS Mobile Photography Apps, at this time. I have not included apps more suited to mobile art, they will be included in another post. There are of course, more than ten good photography apps but these ones, should be standard on every mobile photographer’s device. Take a look…
ProCamera
No need to hesitate on this choice, literally turns your iPhone into a fully functioning professional camera backed up with an intuitive interface and advanced features. Available for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Affinity Photo
iPad only, Affinity Photo is the first fully featured, truly professional photo editing tool for iPad – built from exactly the same back-end as their award-winning desktop version and fully optimised to harness the power of iPad’s hardware and touch capabilities. Absolutely stunning.
Camera+
With over 10 million sales of this app, I am not alone in advocating it. The Clarity feature is its secret and perhaps one of the biggest breakthroughs to happen to image processing in a long time. Available for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Snapseed
Classic app originally from Nik Software and now owned by Google. I don’t think anyone would disagree with me, that this should be on your iOS device, as standard.
Hipstamatic
Loved my most, a world class photography app and Apple’s original App of the Year.
Adobe Lightroom CC
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC for mobile is a free app that gives you a powerful, yet simple solution for capturing, editing and sharing your photos. And you can upgrade for premium features that give you precise control with seamless access across all your devices – mobile, desktop and web.
Everyone should have this app on their device. Whether you want to upload your own images, or just keep abreast of fellow photographers that you follow are posting. An important app with over 800 million users.
Touch Retouch
An app that is a favourite for so many photographers for offering a really simple method to remove unwanted items within your images.
Enlight
A really fabulous all in one photo editor, even Apple agreed, awarding it the Apple Design Award of 2017. Available for iPhone and iPad.
Afterlight 2
A complete overhaul of their original Afterlight, well laid out with ease of use and an extensive array of new features. The price you pay to download, they promise, will be the only price you ever pay, there are no in-app purchases or subscriptions. Available for iPhone and iPad.
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Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
One Comment
Diana Nicholette Jeon
Enlight? Really? I have never gotten the popularity of the app. I am really suprised that it made the top 10. Must be that my work and what it does do not jibe that well. 🙂