Great Photo Apps for Android

Hey everyone! Each time I post my favorite iPhone apps I get comments asking for Android tips. My pal Sarah from Arrow & Apple Photography creates the most beautiful photos with her Android phone, so I invited her to share her tips and favorite apps with you today! Enjoy.... 

For basic shooting, I really love the using the app Camera FV-5. If you're used to controlling your exposure manually on your camera, then you'll like this app a lot. Here is what the screen looks like as you are shooting - see all of the exposure and focusing options? Love it!

Okay, so the first editing app is kind of a no-brainer - I'm SO glad we finally have Instagram available for Android users! It's been a little addicting, but I love the social platform of it as well as the filters. Here are some of my Instagram faves. 

My very favorite editing app is Magic Hour. Again, if you like the creative control over your photos, you'll love this app. My favorite feature of Magic Hour is being able to change your color curves in photographs and save your own filters, and you can download other people's filters as well, but don't be afraid to play with the curves! Here's an example of editing with curves in Magic Hour, and also a few photos I edited!

Vignette is another app I love. My favorite functions that set the Vignette app apart are the options for light leaks as well as tilt / shift features. When you opt for your photo to have light leaks, you have no control over the leak and they're different every time, much like a real light leak! There are a lot of filter and effect combinations to play with in Vignette. It's worth spending a little time figuring out your favorite photo looks.  Here are some different looks I came up with in Vignette. 

Another great photo editing app is Pixlr-o-Matic. You have a lot of light play options with this app, as well as tons of downloadable filters! Here's a few photos that I edited in Pixlr-o-Matic.

And then what are photos without a few fun add-ons, right? If you'd like to add some labels to your photos, Labelbox is a fun app to use. And if you feel like being artistic, a good app that I like is Sketch-N-Draw. You can paint whatever you like over your images! 

Don't be afraid to make photo cocktails! Try combining layering different apps by saving one version and then applying another filter over it. Here are three combinations I like...

And there you are! I know there are tons of great apps out there for Android, and I encourage you to try as many as you can to find some you can create your own unique look with. :) If you follow me on Instagram (arrowandapple) I'll be posting new apps and effects that I find for us droid users as often as I can!  What android photo apps are your favorites? xo. Sarah/Arrow & Apple 

Comments

[bethany]

Little photo is my fav

[Antonella]

Hello!
I don't have android, but I loooove using these effects. I usually use Pixrl-o-matic online, but I would like to try new things. Do you know if the other apps have web pages so I can use them?

Thank you! You are all so inspiring :)

[Angie]

Totally staring this in my GReader. So addicted to apps! My current favorites are Instagram (of course) and Cymera. I LOVE Cymera. So many fun filters, boarders, effects, etc. Plus it's free!!!

Thank you so much for writing up this post, Sarah!

[Tabetha]

How fun! And so awesome that Android apps are finally catching up with iPhones ~*

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[Kat]

Favorites are fxcamera and Retro Camera!

[Whitney W]

These pictures make me miss Phoenix. Bad.

[Gina_AcuteDesigns]

Thanks so much! I see so many iPhone app posts - glad I got some love for my droid :).

[rory]

waaahh those are so gorgeous! It's great they have ones for android now , too. Iphones shouldnt hog em all ;)
Rory
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[Natasha Fatah]

Oye. Desperately need a smart phone.
xoxo
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[Allison]

This just made my day! Thank you. I have been looking for a way to jazz up my photos and get so bummed that I have an android. These look awesome :]

[Angela Marie]

Ooo, thank you! I'm stuck with an Android for the rest of the year, so we don't have the luxury of millions of photo apps.

- Angela Marie @ http://sunkissedivory.blogspot.com

[Tonya]

Ahhhh thank you so much for this post! I have an android and I have been searching for great photo apps. Really great pos as always <3

[irene wibowo]

cool. I love it. :) http://lovesimplegreen.blogspot.com/

[Shaina Longstreet]

I have just got instagram crazy since it became available for android. But these are some other fun ones too. Off to download and try! Thanks. :)

[Rachel]

Finally some suggestions for us Android girls. Thanks!

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[ericaJ]

yay! thanks for this post! another great one is Camera 360

[evon]

Thanks so much for this post! I have an Android phone and I love finding out about cool new apps! Im definitely going to try them out!

[Viveca Johansen]

I really wish I had an android phone :) I'm stuck with an old Nokia brick, since my old phone died!

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[Vivi K]

I love my Android for apps like these! :) Thanks for sharing!

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[Em {pushups with polish}]

love photo filters and all those apps! they really make a difference in photos and jazz up my blog :)