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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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PREQUEL Aesthetic Photo Editor
AI Photo & video edits, editing effects for pictures: 90s, VHS, Vintage, Cartoon4.7 Ratings 441K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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FaceArt: Filters for Pictures
Photo filters and effects & face filter camera, amazing selfie camera filters4.2 Ratings 464K+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Prisma Art Effect Photo Editor
Aesthetic Editor: cool editing photo to picture, make retouch & funny selfie4.6 Ratings 1M+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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YouCam Perfect - Photo Editor
Next level spring photos: New animation effects, magic brush, filters & stickers4.4 Ratings 2M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Photo Editor - Lumii
Photo Editor with 100+ photo filters, effects. Adjust, decorate photos easily.4.8 Ratings 708K+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Photo Lab Picture Editor & Art
Photo filters, picture frames, effects, collages & montage for quick touch-ups4.6 Ratings 3M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Photo Editor Pro - Polish
AI photo editor & cartoon photo editor for collage maker, profile maker & aging4.9 Ratings 3M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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B612 Camera&Photo/Video Editor
Meet trendy effects, filters, and stickers!4.3 Ratings 8M+ Reviews 500M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Retrica - The Original Filter Camera
The catalyst of great photos4.4 Ratings 6M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Photo Filters Effect 2022
Photo Filters Effect & Collage Maker - Convert your simple photo into splendid .4.5 Ratings 2K+ Reviews 100K+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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 651 unique apps (86 Android apps and 565 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 651 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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