Top 5 SmartPhone Photography App's in 2024

How could we go past the one camera-related app that almost everyone downloads as soon as they take their new phone out of the box? The most popular photo and video sharing app in modern times, without question, Instagram is also most people’s current choice for favourite social media platform.

While many professional photographers will turn up their nose at applying a pre-programmed filter to one of their well-composed images, Instagram has an undeniable place to photographers of all levels. Instagram is the first port of call for anyone who wants to view your work, so if you have a photography business, you must have an account with some of your finest examples on show.

One of the most popular and indeed best editing apps available for Android and iOS, VSCO is a direct competitor to the uber-popular Instagram.

VSCO however, features a better toolset than Instagram, as well as excellent presets, a smooth and intuitive interface, and a blossoming community. It has a solid following of film-lovers who are using their digital-based Smartphones only out of necessity, but still look upon the analogue days fondly.

You can also capture your photos from within the app, so you don’t need to use your camera app separately and then import them.

Thanks to a host of advanced features, Camera+ has long been a favourite editing app for many smartphone-wielding photographer. Now with the release of camera+ 2, things have only gotten better!

Some of these features that are worth mentioning are a self-timer, built-in image stabilisation and a flashlight function, which awards users discretion by avoiding the use of flash.

Uniquely, the iOS only Camera+ lets you place filters on top of other filters, adjusting the strength of each to create a distinctive look for each image.

Adobe Lightroom is one of our favourite photo-editing tools full stop but the fact that it is now so useful for mobile photography increases our love for it. With Adobe Lightroom you can enhance your editing experience and skill level both for images captured on your smartphone and your other work captured on your DSLR or From a mobile photography viewpoint, Lightroom allows you to treat your work captured on your phone with the same finesse as the work from your stand-alone camera. You can also set up Lightroom to automatically import photos taken on your phone, which will be available when you log into Lightroom on your computer - which is a solid backup plan for your work. camera.

Although most of your serious editing should be done on a colour-calibrated monitor, Lightroom Mobile can be used to develop photos while you are on the go. You can take the opportunity to make global or batch adjustments to your work, while you are on your lunch break or on the train, with a plan to fine-tune your edits when you are back at your computer.

From a mobile photography viewpoint, Lightroom allows you to treat your work captured on your phone with the same finesse as the work from your stand-alone camera. You can also set up Lightroom to automatically import photos taken on your phone, which will be available when you log into Lightroom on your computer - which is a solid backup plan for your work.

Available for Android, Camera FV-5 is perfect for those that want to experience a DSLR-level of camera control with their smartphone. Think of any major camera setting that you adjust on your camera, such as ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed, and it can be adjusted in Camera FV-5, which is essential if you wish to create a truly unique and inspired body of work with your phone.

Camera FV-5 features some advanced settings that allow you to take long exposures and time-lapse videos, so don’t forget  to come prepared with your mini-tripods! While the free version of this app does a got job, it is worth considering the paid version if you want to use your camera’s highest resolutions or RAW files.