So many of us use our smartphones to capture special moments, whether it is a portrait of our dog, a selfie, a beautiful flower or just a simple sunset. Smartphones developers have made phone cameras so sophisticated you can’t tell if your photo was really taken by a phone. Additionally, iPhone app store on iOS and Google Play store on Android has countless photo editing apps to enhance and edit your images into amazing photos.

Here are my personal favorites that I use to enhance and edit my photos

1. Snapseed

Free on iOS and Android.

Designed by Google, for beginners

Features:

• Preset looks for quick edits: Portrait, Smooth, Pop, Accentuate, Faded Glow, Morning Bright etc.

- Simple edit tool, with just a click you can transform your picture without any major editing.

• Ability to control exposure, color, white balance and sharpening adjustments

- This feature allows you to have full control of your images, photographers use these features to edit

their image.

• HDR looks

• Text typing available

• Healing tool - allows you to fix image imperfections such as scratches, blemishes, etc.

• Crop, rotate, straighten, and perspective correction

• Black & white, vintage, and texture filters

• Portrait enhancement, lens blur, and vignette

• Double exposure, frames.

Google play store

Apple App Store

2. Lightroom

iOS and Android, some functions available for free, or $4.99 per month for full access.

Designed by Adobe, both beginners and advanced users

• Powerful set of editing tools within a simple user interface

• One-tap presets for quick edits

• Advanced editing tools such as curves and color mix

• Selective adjustments and perspective correction

• Adobe Creative Cloud syncs your edits between iPhone, iPad, computer, and web

Google play store

Apple App Store

3. Afterlight

free, with in-app purchase

• Exposure, color, and sharpening adjustments

• Advanced tools such as curves, selective color, gradients, and blend modes

• Dust and light leak overlays

• Free filter packs by well-known mobile photographers

• Double-exposure tool for blending images

• Layers tool for adding text and artwork

Google play store

Apple App Store