Top 10 iOS Mobile Photography Apps 2020
Having consulted over 3,973 posts where we asked award winning mobile photographers for their favourite apps, we feel confident publishing this article today. Everything is relative and following extensive research we are happy to announce that these are TheAppWhisperer’s Top 10 iOS Mobile Photography Apps, at this moment in time. If you missed our Top 10 iOS Mobile Art Apps 2020 post, please go here.
There are of course, more than ten good photography apps but these ones, should be standard on every mobile photographer’s device. Do you recommend something else? That’s great, just add your recommendations to the comments at the end of this post…
Snapseed
Classic app originally from Nik Software and now owned by Google. I don’t think anyone would disagree with us, that this should be on your iOS device, as standard.
Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Hipstamatic
Loved by most, a world class photography app and Apple’s original App of the Year.
Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Repix
Repix is more than a photo editor. It’s a creative tool that lets you turn ordinary photos into masterpieces.
Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPad, and iPod touch.
Halide Camera
Halide is a groundbreaking app for deliberate and thoughtful photography. With high-end tools, and a beautiful UI designed from scratch for the latest iPhones, Halide is your go-to camera when you want to really take a photo rather than a quick snapshot.
Requires iOS 11.0 and watchOS 4.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
FiLMiC Firstlight – Photo App
FiLMiC Firstlight is a revolutionary photo camera from the makers of the class leading FiLMiC Pro cinema video camera that makes live photography fun and creative.
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Juxtaposer
Juxtaposer lets you combine multiple pictures into fun photomontages quickly and easily thanks to its amazingly intuitive and responsive user interface.
Take any element from one picture and add it to another. Put your friend’s head on a statue’s body, remix your pets into a mythical creature, or magically join your favorite band, it’s simple and the process is fun.
Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Big Photo
Big Photo provides multiple options to enlarge or down size your photos or images to any custom sizes, set metadata options – set or update copyright and author information, remove GPS and privacy related information.
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
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.
Requires iOS 11.1 or later. Compatible with iPad.
Adobe Lightroom Photo Editor
Adobe Lightroom Photo Editor 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.
Requires iOS 12.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Apple TV.
In-App Purchases
Premium Monthly 100GB £4.49
Lightroom plan 1TB £8.99
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Premium Monthly 100GB £4.49
Enlight Photofox
A really fabulous all in one photo editor, even Apple agreed, awarding it the Apple Design Award of 2017. Available for iPhone and iPad.
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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)
