Photo Editing App reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 239 Reddit reviews across 47 subreddits and 66 posts to rank the best Photo Editing App brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/androidapps, r/iPadPro, r/AskReddit, r/CreatorsAdvice, r/AskPhotography. Top-rated brands include Snapseed (4.4/5), Adobe (4.5/5), Lightroom (4.2/5).
Stats
Reviews239
Subreddits47
Posts66
Brands81
Products43
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#1
Snapseed
4.4
(27)
"Snapseed. Hands down. And it’s free."
"Snapseed!"
"Adobe Lightroom, Snapseed, and PicsArt."
"Snapseed it is very good because it supports working with history."
"Snapseed, by Google."
"Snapseed + Fantasia Painter"
"Snapseed is my go to. You can't go wrong with it."
"Snapseed and Lightroom. That's the best."
"Snapseed and Pixlr."
"I always like Snapseed."
#2
Adobe
4.5
(18)
"For raw/proraw nothing beats Lightroom on iOS. It also has the established preset/profile community which produces high quality looks that no other editor can offer."
"I use and like Adobe PS Express."
"But Lightroom is still king imo."
"Photoshop is an industry standard for photo editing and design."
"Lightroom and Photoshop are the industry standard."
"Lightroom and Photoshop are the industry standard."
"Adobe Lightroom, Snapseed, and PicsArt."
"With the RAW images I use Lightroom for Android or Lightroom on my desktop."
"Nothing meets learning native Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom the possibilities are literally endless"
"Lightroom and PicsArt is the best ."
#3
Lightroom
4.2
(17)
"Lightroom, Snapseed and the default gallery editor"
"I use more than one, my go to is Lightroom."
"Lightroom + Google photos for portrait light"
"Lightroom works very well for me."
"For more professional work and RAW edits."
"I use Lightroom then yung editor mismo ng gallery"
"Lightroom has a mobile app, you've got Snapseed, PicsArt, and Google Photos..."
"Just use Lightroom, see jf you notice the worms."
"Lightroom Mobile is a solid choice for photo editing on smartphones."
"For PC it's simply Lightroom classic if you want to pay or pirate and darktable if you want open source."
#4
Photomator
4.3
(12)
"Photomator"
"I like how you can select subject, sky or background."
"Switched from Lightroom, and using it on both my Mac and iPad. Works great, and integrates well with Photos."
"Photomator is pretty awesome"
"Photomator is also great, has white balance tweaks but not much in the way of masking."
"I like Photomator but I’m a casual photographer, so I’m wondering what everyone else thinks."
"Photomator is powerful enough for that."
"Photomator has those bells and whistles."
"Photomator and pixelmator are both great and only have a one time fee."
"Photomator is equivalent to lightroom for quick/basic edits."
#5
PicsArt
4.0
(12)
"My go-to app has always been Picsart"
"I’ve used Picsart for years and highly recommend it."
"Lightroom has a mobile app, you've got Snapseed, PicsArt, and Google Photos..."
"PicsArt offers a variety of features for editing photos."
"Adobe Lightroom, Snapseed, and PicsArt."
"Lightroom and PicsArt are probably the best ones"
"Overall: PicsArt."
"Picsart photoroom lightx lightroom"
"Pixellab is awesome if you have enough skill."
"I like Picsart for general editing."
#6
4.2
(11)
"Its AI features are unmatched imo."
"Snapseed has been my goto for years."
"Currently using Snapseed by Google, it's free and decently good."
"Snapseed is good."
"The subscription plan offers great features, but the free plan is also quite capable."
"Snapseed is a good free editor. Google Photos has an unblur feature for subscribers."
"Not foss but Snapseed is free and easy to use."
"Snapseed and airbrush"
"Google photos and Samsung gallery are enough for me for my editing needs"
"Imo, snapseed... You can try inshot and mix app as well."
#7
Affinity Photo
4.5
(10)
"Another vote for Affinity Photo"
"Affinity photo is pretty much what you need"
"Affinity Photo and Pixelmator Photo are the real deal!"
"Get affinity photo if you want something like photoshop…it’s pretty powerful."
"It’s the best alternative to Lightroom."
"Affinity Photo is a lot like Photoshop and is relatively cheap."
"Affinity Photo is a great choice, especially with the discount."
"I’d suggest Affinity Photo. Hey it’s on discount for Black Friday."
"I hate adobes sub."
"The two I suggest is: 1. Affinity Photo 2. PhotoDirector"
#8
Pixelmator
3.8
(11)
"It's great for one-click enhancements."
"Photomator is good and supports compressed Fuji raw files."
"Photomator and pixelmator are both great and only have a one time fee."
"Pixelmator is more equivalent to full blown photoshop."
"The next step up might be Photomator and/or Pixelmator."
"Inexpensive yet powerful apps like Pixelmator Photo + Affinity Photo work like charm."
"Pixelmator costs a flat $10. There’s a Photo version that costs $55 for lifetime license."
"Pixelmator Photo"
"I'd go for Affinity Photo at their 40% off price for Black Friday."
"Tried Pixelmator Photo. It’s very powerful, but relies on AI a lot."
#9
Photopea
4.5
(8)
"Photopea.com is my go to for quick edits. Free web version of Photoshop."
"Photopea is a great browser-based alternative to Photoshop."
"It's a web-based photo editor. I've been using it for over five years."
"Photopea is an excellent online photo editing tool that rivals Photoshop."
"If you want something completely free, try Photopea or GIMP."
"Photopea is a decent free alternative to Photoshop."
"Photopea.com is the best"
"Check out the Photopea website."
#10
Apple
4.4
(7)
"Photos. Free, and you already have it."
"Apple Photos works well too"
"The airbrush feature on iPhones, if you have an iPhone."
"The edit function in Apple Photos works well for most use cases."
"Start with iMovie. It’s basic but easy to use and a great way to learn."
"Fcpx, it's super optimized for apple hardware."
"Start with iMovie and move to FCPX."
#11
Affinity
4.1
(7)
"Jumped on at the black friday deal."
"Affinity Photo (A++++++ app)"
"Affinity photo is pretty good"
"For photo editing, Im going in on Affinity Photo but waiting for the 2.0 version."
"Affinity Photo is very good. No subscription and lots of tools and tutorials."
"Is affinity photo superior to photoshop?"
"Affinity Photo is a nice tool (the only one that can do panoramas / HDR merging on iPad as far as I know)"
#12
GIMP
4.0
(6)
"GIMP is a powerful and free image editing software."
"GIMP can do all kinds of things, but you'll have to learn how to do things manually."
"GIMP is basically a free equivalent to Photoshop so you might as well start there."
"GIMP is what you need. Free and powerful."
"This one is free but asks for contributions: https://www.gimp.org/"
"For quick down n dirty edits i use the snapseed android app."
#13
Darkroom
4.2
(5)
"In my opinion Darkroom and Pixelmator are the best ones."
"Darkroom is pretty great, but you might be right about the white balance thing unfortunately."
"I like the Darkroom app for iphone."
"Dark room is pretty solid especially the free version."
"Darkroom for most edits/catalog management, affinity or Pixelmator (probably affinity) for more in depth stuff"
#14
Photoworks
4.2
(5)
"[Photoworks], it does everything you need and is much easier than GIMP/Photoshop."
"Photoworks, it's a photo editor for PC that doesn't follow the subscription model."
"Photoworks is great for blurring images or parts of them."
"Check out Photoworks, it's easier than Phot"
"It's a one and done type deal, so really nice if you don't use the program often."
#15
VSCO
4.3
(4)
"VSCO Premium for me"
"Vsco"
"VSCO: Known for its stylish filters and film-inspired presets."
"For some more in depth instagram worthy edits and filters."
#16
Canva
5.0
(2)
"Canva is very useful, many templates can be modified directly to complete a beautiful picture!"
"Canva could do the job perfectly."
#17
Hypic
4.5
(2)
"No need for subscription it's totally free app."
"Hypic is quite good to be honest. There's a premium but it's not needed for most standard functions."
#18
Seashore
4.5
(2)
"Seashore is a great photo editor for Macbook Air."
"I haven't worked with it much, but Seashore is free."
#19
Photoshop
4.5
(2)
"Photoshop."
"Idon't know if it's the best but personally I use Ps CC apk."
#20
Capture One
4.5
(2)
"You can buy Capture One Pro 2023 as a one time purchase."
"Way more powerful than LR Mobile, and the adjustments are a bit finer."
#21
B623
4.5
(2)
"This photo editor has beautiful features, and it is very easy to use."
"I would recommend B623."
#22
AirBrush
4.0
(2)
"Lots of free tools including blurring background, skin smoothing, spot removal etc 😊"
"AirBrush"
#23
Google Photos
4.0
(2)
"Lightroom has a mobile app, you've got Snapseed, PicsArt, and Google Photos..."
"Google Photos for basic color correcting, Snapseed for more fine tuned stuff, and Lightroom for editing raw images."
#24
InShot
4.0
(2)
"InShot"
"Inshot"
#25
PixelLab
4.0
(2)
"Ma main and sometimes PicSay (its so old but okay) 🌸"
"Now, PixelLab. By far. And I've tried them all..."
#26
Facetune
4.0
(2)
"Facetune is an excellent app for photo editing."
"Facetune is actually really good for blurring backgrounds."
#27
Vaporgram
3.5
(2)
"Vaporgram app"
"Also Vaporgram , it isnt good for cropping or collages or borders BUT it has the best filters."
#28
Photo Editor
3.5
(2)
"[Photo Editor] by dev.macgyver is my favourite."
"Maybe it's PhotoEditor filters lumii or snapseed"
#29
Adobe Photoshop
5.0
(1)
"If you have the money to buy a pro app."
#30
Remove.bg
5.0
(1)
"Remove.bg it's the best I've found for just a basic free background removing."
#31
Picsay
5.0
(1)
"Picsay...100%"
#32
PicSay
5.0
(1)
"It's one of if not the first app I bought on my Motorola Droid."
#33
AVCLabs
5.0
(1)
"AVCLabs PhotoPro AI is a great alternative software to Photoshop or Lightroom, helping you automatically edit photos without needing complicated skills."
#34
Fastone
5.0
(1)
"That is the photo edit app I was looking for!"
#35
GitHub
5.0
(1)
"ImageToolbox is free and very good."
#36
B623 Photo Editor
5.0
(1)
"It's a free photo editing app that works great!"
#37
Digikam
5.0
(1)
"It is awesome but for some reason not well known."
#38
Photodiva
5.0
(1)
"It's amazing for portrait shots."
#39
ShotCut
5.0
(1)
"I use the free version of ShotCut. When I don't know how to do something, I google it or Youtube, and I have always been able to figure it out."
#40
Damselfly
5.0
(1)
"Try damselfly. Designed to solve that exact issue."
#41
Blackmagic Design
5.0
(1)
"Https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/"
#42
LumaFusion
5.0
(1)
"I'd actually vote for Luma Fusion."
#43
FastStone
5.0
(1)
"It's my favorite."
#44
Final Cut Pro
5.0
(1)
"Final Cut Pro. It's optimised for Mac's and is so much better in my opinion."
#45
Adobe Lightroom
4.0
(1)
"For image (photography plan $10\mo)"
#46
PhotoRoom
4.0
(1)
"But it’s all subjective. I sell about 80 items a month (£3.5k or so in sales) for me that small £10 expense is nothing in the grand scheme of things."
#47
Peachy
4.0
(1)
"It has a lot of free option and one of them is blur the background or a blur brush tool."
#48
Iudesk Photo Editor
4.0
(1)
"Iudesk Photo Editor."
#49
ACDSee Photo
4.0
(1)
"We like ACDSee Photo and Cyberlink PowerDirector."
#50
Light Tricks
4.0
(1)
"Photofox from light tricks."
#51
DxO
4.0
(1)
"Dxo photolab if you want good representation of pictures."
#52
dev.MacGyver
4.0
(1)
"If you're on a phone, photo editor by dev.MacGyver is a pretty good free app."
#53
Lyrebird Studios
4.0
(1)
"Ive been using Mirror Photo Editor by lyrebird studios for years now."
#54
Pixlr
4.0
(1)
"I like Pixlr."
#55
Polish
4.0
(1)
"I use Polish"
#56
ONEIMG
4.0
(1)
"Maybe you can take ONEIMG for a shot."
#57
BEAM: Magic Photo Editor
4.0
(1)
"I was searching for photo editing apps and came across BEAM: Magic Photo Editor."
#58
Apple iOS Stock Photos App
4.0
(1)
"For basic Crop, saturation, brightness stuff."
#59
vochi
4.0
(1)
"Cool editing app & now it's free."
#60
Movavi Picverse
4.0
(1)
"You can try a free trial version."
#61
Adorable
4.0
(1)
"It wasn’t free but just a 1 time price of less than $5. Lots of cute stickers and background options."
#62
Fujifilm
4.0
(1)
"I mostly use Fuji X Raw studio on the desktop for my Fuji raw files."
#63
Sony
4.0
(1)
"Here's a new one that's pretty good."
#64
YouCam
4.0
(1)
"My photo taking skills are helpless, so always have to rely on it to remove people or sometimes my thumb from the pictures."
#65
Skylum
4.0
(1)
"I recently tried Luminar, works good."
#66
Prisma
4.0
(1)
"You might want to check out Prisma or ToonMe."
#67
ToonMe
4.0
(1)
"You might want to check out Prisma or ToonMe."
#68
Pitu
4.0
(1)
"Snapseed and Pitu"
#69
DaVinci Resolve
4.0
(1)
"Davinci Resolve is a good alternative to premier."
#70
MatchColors AI
4.0
(1)
"VideoLUT and MatchColors AI"
#71
Krita
4.0
(1)
"Krita. It's not light, but it has everything."
#72
Annotable
4.0
(1)
"Would annotable be the app for their needs?"
#73
Nitro
4.0
(1)
"Or Nitro for iOS, https://www.gentlemencoders.com/nitro-for-ios/index.html"
#74
IrfanView
4.0
(1)
"[IrfanView](https://www.irfanview.com/)"
#75
ToolWiz
4.0
(1)
"I use ToolWiz Photos."
#76
Iudesk
4.0
(1)
"I use this one"
#77
Samsung
4.0
(1)
"SAMSUNG's Gallery app(?) itself has some amazing tools which I find myself using more and more"
#78
Precious
3.0
(1)
"I use precious but it’s not free"
#79
PiZap
3.0
(1)
"The editing app I always use is called PiZap, I don’t know how good it is for outdoor photography tho"
#80
Paint.NET
3.0
(1)
"I use paint dot net. Thats the actual name."
#81
Cyberlink
2.0
(1)
"Cyberlink is not free and it lets you get all the way into a project then it tries to watermark after save."
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