Top 5 Photo Story/Essay Apps
There has been a huge rise in photo essay/story apps in the app store recently and we have created a top 5 list of some of the most popular, take a look below:
SlickFlick
SlickFlick allows you to read and create animated photostories on the fly. It comes with a great selection of redefined themes that you can add your images to. These images can be ones that are already in your photo library, or ones that you take within the app. Once you’ve decided on that, the images are displayed over your chosen theme. You can also add animated stickers and captions to the image and share it with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or within an email. There’s also a wonderful and growing online community that you can access within the app, allowing you to share your images and view others as well as engage and comment.
Backspaces
Backspaces has been taking the iPhone photography community by storm. It’s an excellent photo telling app and we have our Streets Ahead women’s Column section as part of it. Take a look here to see our section – you will see some wonderful images.
It’s really simple to use and is an excellent app for photojournalism.
ptch
Ptch allows you to combine photos, video and music into one minute pitches. Many users use if for the video function in particular, it’s simple to use and like most other similar apps, you can access your photos and videos from your device and share to the usual popular social media sites. You can also personalize your pitch with titles, captions and social comments.
Vida – Live Photo Stories – iOS and Android
Vida is another free photo and video story sharing app with more than 6 million users. Users share stories which include travel, food journals and stories on the fly. It comes with multiple story templates and live effect filters for still images. It’s available for both the iOS and Android platforms.
Picasca Mobile – Android
Picasa Mobile was originally designed to facilitate viewing and managing your online Picasa web albums and photos but it’s expanded quite a lot. As well as using the app as a virtual photo album, you can also invite friends to see your albums, view your contacts photo albums and upload video content and view any public videos. It’s not quite the same as the apps above but it is very similar.
This app retails for $0.99/£0.69 and you can download it here.
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)
