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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