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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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QM CAMERA - cool, beauty, art, vintage, filter
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Coffee Cam-Vintage filter,light leak,1998,Glitch
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Photo Editor Pro, Effects, Camera Filters -PicPlus
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Retro Cam: Vintage Camera Filters & Photo Effects
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Koda Cam-Photo Editor,1998 Cam,Koda Filter,HD Cam
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Vintage Camera-Lomo,Light Leak,Photo Editor,Retro
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Art Filter Photo Editor: Painting Filter, Cartoon
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Photo Editor - Lumii
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Filter for snapchat - Amazing Snap camera Filters
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]()
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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.
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Coffee Cam-Vintage filter,light leak,1998,Glitch
Analog Film Photo & Photo Editor & Camera
Photography
Vintage filter photos are cool. Retro pictures are chic.
5M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Photo Editor Pro, Effects, Camera Filters -PicPlus
IdeaLabs.
Photography
All-in-one photo editor: trendy effects, filters for pictures, selfie editor...
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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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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Koda Cam-Photo Editor,1998 Cam,Koda Filter,HD Cam
Analog Film Photo & Photo Editor & Camera
Photography
Everyone can BE CREATIVE with Analog Film Camera!
5M+ 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!
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![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]()
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Photo Editor - Lumii
InShot Inc.
Photography
Photo Editor with Pro Presets! Filters for pictures, Effects, Blend, Curve & HSL
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Filter for snapchat - Amazing Snap camera Filters
App world Photo Editor
Beauty
Snapchat Filters for fantastic photos with Funny face filters.
500K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Pixlr – Free Photo Editor
Inmagine Lab
Photography
A free photo, collage and sticker editor.
50M+ Downloads -
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Over: Graphic Design, Photo Editor & Logo Maker
Over
Art & Design
All-in-one design app: posts, flyers & banners. Edit photos & videos like a pro!
1M+ Downloads -
230
Adobe Lightroom - Photo Editor & Pro Camera
Adobe
Photography
Shoot & edit raw images, make advanced color & lighting adjustments, easily.
100M+ Downloads -
261
VSCO: Photo & Video Editor with Slo-mo Effect
VSCO
Photography
Advanced photo and video editing tools for creators, by creators
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 1,285 unique apps (730 Android apps and 555 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
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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 1,285 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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