Capturing that perfect gram-worthy shot is an art, but some of the most masterful work is done after the shot is taken. For all our fellow Instagram artists, we've rounded up the best photo and video editing apps for Instagram.
All of the following editing apps have a standard free version, and many have "Premium" or "Pro" upgrades that unlock more comprehensive features.
In the spirit of the visual platform, we've provided examples for each in action. We tested them all on a photo of a dog eating a banana, which, if you ask us, is engaging enough.
16 of the Best Instagram Photo Editing Apps
Congratulations, you've graduated from Instagram's user-friendly (but basic) in-app editing feature. Here are the best free mobile apps to take the next step.
1. VSCO
VSCO is a minimalist social media platform in its own right — there are no follower counts, comments, or ads. But it's also an easy-to-use photo editing app that has around 20 free photo presets and standard editing tools (think brightness, contrast, saturation, grain, all that good stuff ). You can edit photos in the app and then save them to your camera roll to post to Instagram.
The paid version of VSCO, called VSCO Membership, costs $20 per year and includes over 200 photo presets, advanced photo editing tools, and member tips.
2. Darkroom
Darkroom won a 2020 Apple Design Award for its innovation.
You can "favorite" and delete images from your Camera Roll right in the app. There are 12 photo filters available in the free version, along with the ability to save your own custom presets.
Darkroom Plus has premium filters, curves tool, indicator and reject and 4K video editing. It's $6 per month or $62 per year, but they also have a "permanent" subscription for $69.
3. Photoshop Express
This photo-editing app is best suited for more advanced users (experience in Photoshop is, of course, a plus), but it's also navigable for beginners.
Photoshop Express was specifically designed for use on a mobile device. The app's features include retouching, enhancing, and all that Photoshop goodness, as well as themes, stickers, and overlays.
There's also a clever healing tool - it took two seconds to do a very rudimentary erase of the tree on the right side of this photo (you'll notice the fence looks a bit funky).
If you're new to this app, there's a great instruction page to get started.
Photoshop Express is free to download and use. The premium version includes multiple layers, auto-selection, selective editing, and advanced healing (you know, for fixing fences). It's $47 per year.
4. Snapseed
Snapseed is a great free photo and video editing app for beginners. Think standard filters, basic photo editing tools, and a very simple user experience, but a bit more advanced than Instagram's in-app editing.
The app has a handy tutorial that walks new users through how to use it.
It's totally free, so you won't be inundated with flirtatious 'Premium' or 'Pro' ads.
5. Means I/O photo editor
We can't miss the chance to shout (boo?) our very own in-app photo editor.
When you use Means I/O to schedule and schedule your social media posts, you can edit photos directly from the app with our user-friendly tools.
This system is fully integrated with our social media management dashboard (making Means I/O the only app you need to create, edit and schedule posts).
6. Focos
Focos is a free app that helps in taking photos, but you can also use it to edit photos after they've been taken.
It also has an AI engine capable of automatically calculating the depth of field.
The ideal user of this app has basic photography knowledge – the editing tools are for people who understand things like aperture and bokeh.
7. Lensa
Along with the standard filters and tools found in most photo editing apps, Lensa offers trendy effects and an adjustment tool that lets you edit the foreground and background of the photo separately.
Lensa is free for 7 days. After the free trial, it's $47 per year.
8. Adobe Creative Cloud Express
This app has templates for different types of graphics, from Instagram posts to posters to business cards.
On the Instagram side, Creative Cloud express is ideal for adding text and effects to photos.
This app also has a huge library of free images, effects and design elements and an animation feature to create more dynamic content.
Without paying, you can store up to 2GB of photos and videos in the cloud — and for $100 a year, you get the ability to resize photos, access more stock images, tag as one click and 100 GB of storage.
9. Photoleap by Lightricks
Photoleap is a very intuitive application. It has a Quickart feature that allows the user to choose from a variety of templates, for example, this pop color template:
The app also offers ready-to-use graphics that you can work with, as well as the standard photo editing tools that most photo editing apps have (cropping, brightness adjustment, filters, all that jazz) for free. .
Photoleap Pro costs $11.49 per month, which is a one-time purchase of $105. Premium features include access to their full library of art and graphics.
10. Airbrush
This application was designed for editing selfies. There's a "beauty magic" feature that can automatically change things like nose, chin and lip size, and recognize and remove dark circles and acne.
The app also has a one-click makeup application tool for lip, blush, contour, mascara, and more. It is best used on images of faces and hair, but the "smooth" function also works on the skin of the hands (side of the hand in the image below).
Airbrush Premium includes 120 filters, 20 makeup looks, and 25 retouching tools, all for $44 a year.
11. Prequel
If you're looking for artistic effects, this is the app for you: it's free and offers tons of fun photo presets for photos and videos.
Think everything from moody film noir-style effects to adorable stickers (this preset is aptly titled “Cutie”).
Prequel Premium costs $6.49 per week (or around $340 per year) and includes access to all effects and filters, advanced editing tools, a retouching toolbox, and weekly software updates. 'application.
12. PicCollage
PicCollage is a very fast and easy-to-use collage maker app (but beware, the free version puts a little watermark on your final edit).
It has a multitude of grids and templates available in different shapes and sizes. You can adjust brightness/contrast/etc. in each individual frame of the grid.
PicCollage VIP costs $48 per year. It earns you watermark-free collages and unlocks exclusive fonts, features, and stickers.
13. Instasize
Instasize is free and offers the same kinds of filters and editing tools as the other apps, but one of its most unique features is resizing images specifically for Instagram.
Before the editing process begins, you select the best dimensions for the photo (square post, landscape, Instagram story, etc.) to ensure that none of your efforts will be cut off once the image is published.
Instasize Premium costs $5 per month and unlocks additional photo editing tools and filters.
14. Bazaar
If your stories seem boring to you, Bazaart is the app to turn to.
This app has plenty of easy-to-use graphics and templates for eye-catching content, and features dedicated categories for advertising, sales, invitations, and seasonal celebrations for your brand.
Bazaart Premium costs $12.49 per month and unlocks additional features and content, including background removal and repair.
15. Fotor
Fotor's features include retouching, a collage tool, cropping, resizing, adding text, and a pretty fun background remover.
The paid version (Fotor Pro) gives you advanced editing features, effects, and no ads, plus the ability to sync across multiple devices for $50 per year.
16. Filto
Filto specializes in filters (surprise surprise!) and also offers stickers, text and canvas adjustments.
The free version puts a small watermark on your finished photos – to remove this and unlock all filters, upgrade to pro for $48 per year.
6 of the Best Instagram Video Editing Apps
From basic clip trimming to cool transitions and music, here are half a dozen apps that can turn videos into engaging, share-worthy content.
17. Capcut
Capcut is a video editing application that includes features such as splitting clips, rearranging videos, adding overlays and text, as well as effects, filters, and a music library.
The app has an intuitive user interface and makes it easy to assemble clips. Best of all, it's totally free.
18. Splice
When you first download Splice, you can select your video editing experience (choices range from "None" to "Advanced").
You can also give information about the types of videos you want to make and what you hope your audience will get out of them. This information helps the app suggest different patterns and effects.
Splice's video features include basic and advanced editing tools, speed effects, overlays, and 4K exports.
The app is free to download, and the Pro version ($12.49 per month) includes an animated photo feature, music, and captions.
19.KineMaster
KineMaster app offers video editing with multiple layers, chroma key, speed control, reverse and more.
There is also a huge stock of stickers, music and effects (over 2,000 items).
Note: Kinemaster only displays in landscape mode, which is best for video editing anyway.
The free version of KineMaster contains ads and watermarks your videos. For an ad-free and watermark-free experience, upgrade for $5.49 per month.
20. InShot
InShot's video features include clip trimming and merging, filters, text, music, speed adjustments, and cropping.
The app also has a library of clips that you can use for intros, outros, and transitions.
InShot Pro ($18.49 per year or $48 one-time purchase) comes with more transitions, effects, and stickers. The Pro version is also ad-free and does not watermark your final project.
21. Create Vimeo
Vimeo Create app is a very basic video editing app for beginners. You can stitch photos and videos into a template and add text, but you can't trim, cut, or merge your video clips on the mobile app.
The free app can be used to create videos up to 30 seconds long, and they are exported with a watermark like the one below.
The Pro version gives you access to 60-second videos, custom branded assets, stock image library, and watermark-free downloads, all for $33 per month.
22. Picsart
This user-friendly video editor includes tools to cut, split and adjust the speed of your clips.
C’est aussi un éditeur de photos, et il est livré avec des modèles artistiques pour donner aux images un coup de pouce créatif supplémentaire.
La version payante de l’application supprime le filigrane des téléchargements et vous donne accès à davantage de fonctionnalités de retouche photo (comme les fonctions de gel et d’inversion) pour 77 $ par an.
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