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Best 10 Filter and Effect Apps for Photos
A portrait studio in the palm of your hand. Create stunning artwork in moments with a wide variety of photo filters and special photo effects.
About Photo Filters & Effects
Photo editing is the physical process of altering an image, whether it’s a digital photograph, an illustration, or a more traditional photo-chemical photograph.
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FaceArt Selfie Camera: Photo Filters and Effects
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Photo Editor Pro, Effects, Face Filter - PicPlus
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QM CAMERA - cool, beauty, art, vintage, filter
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Vintage Camera-Lomo,Light Leak,Photo Editor,Retro
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Retro Cam: Vintage Camera Filters & Photo Effects
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Filters for Selfies
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Art Filter Photo Editor: Painting Filter, Cartoon
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Photo Editor, Filters & Effects, Presets - Lumii
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Adobe Photoshop Camera: Photo Editor & Lens Filter
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Photo Editor, Filters & Effects
Filter apps with deals
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FaceArt Selfie Camera: Photo Filters and Effects
Lyrebird Studio
Photography
Take Selfies & Edit Photos with Live Selfie Camera Effects & Funny Pics Stickers
50M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Photo Editor Pro, Effects, Face Filter - PicPlus
IdeaLabs.
Photography
All-in-one photo editor: trendy effects, filters for pictures, selfie editor...
5M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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QM CAMERA - cool, beauty, art, vintage, filter
Analog Film Photo & Photo Editor & Camera
Photography
Create beautiful photos with a vintage touch.
500K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Vintage Camera-Lomo,Light Leak,Photo Editor,Retro
Analog Film Photo & Photo Editor & Camera
Photography
ALook is a premium all-inclusive photo editor that you will fall in love with!
5M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Retro Cam: Vintage Camera Filters & Photo Effects
Selfie Photo Editor & Vintage Filters
Photography
Old film grain, 90s analog photography & aesthetic time stamp vhs picture editor
1M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Filters for Selfies
Colorful Filter Studio
Beauty
For amazing photos with Funny Face Filters
500K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Art Filter Photo Editor: Painting Filter, Cartoon
Lyrebird Studio
Photography
Picture editor to cartoon yourself. Selfie filters, sketch art painting, camera.
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free![App Store]()
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Photo Editor, Filters & Effects, Presets - Lumii
InShot Inc.
Photography
Best Photo Effect Editor with Presets! Unique photo effects, filters, curve, HSL
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Adobe Photoshop Camera: Photo Editor & Lens Filter
Adobe
Photography
Create dramatic, pro-quality portrait shots using the Studio Light lens.
1M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Photo Editor, Filters & Effects
GTTM Team
Photography
Photo Editor is a powerful photo editor with many amazing effects and filters
50K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Adobe Lightroom - Photo Editor & Pro Camera
Adobe
Photography
Shoot & edit raw images, make advanced color & lighting adjustments, easily.
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Canva: Graphic Design, Video Collage, Logo Maker
Canva
Art & Design
100 million+ installs 🔥 Create stunning Insta stories, videos, logos & more!
100M+ Downloads
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching filters, cool photo effects, cool pic - photo effects and filters free and 4 other keywords. From there, we retrieved a total of 1,248 unique apps (697 Android apps and 551 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
Additional Review by Editorial Team
Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 1,248 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Filter and Effect Apps for Photos for both Android & iOS.
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