1. Instagram(my all-time-fav!)
There's 16 filters -- Amaro; Rise; Hudson; X-pro ll; Lomo-fi; Earlybird; Sutro; Toaster; Brannan; Inkwell; Walden; Valencia; Nashville; 1977; Kelvin. I was an earlybird freak until Instagram updated & changed the earlybird filter. Now, I prefer editing my photos on Photoscape then only post on Instagam. But new Instagram filters are nice too, the one I like most now is Rise. And best part of Instagram is, you get to meet lovely people from all over the world! Yes, I've met a lot of them & I really like them, they are nice, really nice! The only thing I don't like about Instagram is they will zoom(or maybe you call it crop) our photos and make it SQUARE. Oh and they don't have iPad version YET(I hope soon). Oh & if you don't want instagram to zoom your photos, use the app 'squaready'.
Click to see earlybird photos -
Earlybird using iPad
Earlybird using DSLR
Earlybird @ Sepang Gold Coast
Few photos using the filter 'Rise' -
2.Gifrus
The people that like pinkish soft photos, Gifrus is the best app for you! There's lots of filters for this app too. My favourite is 'Film' which gives the photos pinkish & soft effect. I think girls would love this a lot. And also you can do collage, maximum is only 4 photos though. Oh and this app will crop your photo into the size of Instagram(fit perfectly on instagram). Install & try the other filters out! You might prefer the others ;)
Sample photos using the filter 'Film' -
TIP: Your original photos must be kinda soft if you want pretty soft pink effects.
3. BeFunky
You like vintage effects? Yes? I do! I loveee the Vintage 1(more to purple vintage-like) & Vintage 2(more to green vintage-like). I don't really like other apps, but maybe you do? They also have this thing which I absolutely love - instax frame(I don't know what to name it)! And also other frames.
Sample photos -
First 5 photos are 'vintage 1'
6th & 7th are 'vintage 2'
8th is 'vintage 1' + instax border
I used Gifrus to combine them!
4. MagicHour
I don't really use this app but I still do, sometimes. This depends a lot on your original photos, and the filters are quite good. For the free MagicHour app, you can download 3 EXTRA filters(you can choose on your own), if you upgrade to the pro which you have to pay then I guess you can have unlimited downloads. They also zoom the photos to fit instagram perfectly.
For this I'm gonna use same photo to show you the differences. And I'm sure they look way better on your iPhone/iPad.
Original photo
Retro(extra download)
Love Macarons(extra download)
OMG I'm so so so sorry for this. The name of this filter is in Korean and I can't read! This is also extra download.
Under the cafe light
Weak cross process
Cross process
Weak lomo
Snap shot SX-70(comes with the frame)
Postcard
5. Pixlromatic
I kinda like this app. There's lots of filters for this too! And you also can add more effects like lights, bokeh on the photos. And also frames, there are A LOT of frames!
Sample photos -
Original photo
Plus black& white effect & bokeh effect.
Taken with iPad, plus Melissa filter + light effect(there's A LOT more)
The second photo is Pixlromatic's Melissa filter.
Original photo
L - Ramona
R - Samantha
L - Salomon
R - Melissa
L - Harry
R - Bob
Antonio(dreamy effect)
Antonio
There are actually a lot other filters but I'm too lazy to share them here(and also my photos don't go well with the other filters so yeah), go check them out on your own okay? :)
To add fonts, try the app 'Phonto' which is good.
To combine your photos, you can try the app Pic Stitch which I find quite good.
There's some other FREE apps that you might like -
- PS Express
- ArtStudio Lite
- Phototreats
- LemeLeme
If you're willing to buy good iPhone photography apps, try these apps which I've always wanted to but I don't wanna waste(not really) on apps -
- Pictureshow
- Picframe
- Diptic
- Camera+
- CrossProcess
- PhotoForge2
- Snapseed
- PicTools
Hope this post helps a lot of you to get good apps, eventhough I don't have really pretty pictures but yeah.. This is such a long post omg!
Muchlove x
Love this post - thank you! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is an AWESOME post! I definitely need to check out Gifrus!! Thanks for putting together such a cool post!
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Amanda - Glad you loved it, hope it's helpful xxx
ReplyDeleteAlex - Thank you sooo much! Hope it's helpful yeah :)
ReplyDeleteCylia - Yay thank you! :) Try out the apps alright hehe okay I will xxx
ReplyDeleteyou're sooo good at this. I would probably fail at the downloading apps part AHHAHAHAH :P
ReplyDeleteKeep it up Cheyenne, adore your work, feast my eyes everyday pls! <3
Nicole - hehe not really, just trying! Awh thank you so much love! I will try yeah <3
ReplyDeleteThanks for this list. I'm also a big fan of Instagram, but I really think that there are many other photography apps out there that offer great filters/effects. I only have two photography apps in my iPhone: Snap-A-Note by Rainbow Riders, which I use to take photos on the go and send the photos I took in my email for later editing; and Instagram, which as you have mentioned is a truly great photography app. Keep on posting!
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