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Five new great photo editing apps for your iPhone

July 22, 2014

Five little iPhone apps to make your photos rad-tastic and fabulous. Curious? Obvs.

VSCOCAM Photo Editing App review by Patchwork Cactus

Each year I do a post on my five favourite photo editing apps at the time, first there was Five Great iPhone Editing Apps, and then there was Five More Great iPhone Editing Apps - both got amazing feedback from you all. It reminds me that not everyone lives in Instagram world like me and not everyone has trouble sleeping the night before a big app release. A lot of people (who live in the real world) think, 'I wonder how how she makes her pictures look like that – and then move on with their life or maybe eat some food that they didn't even photograph first. 

That's why I'm here, want to know my current favourite iPhone and iPad photo-editing apps?

This time round it's not just about editing your pics, I have also included some that are really just for a bit of fun – animal heads, cute messages, stop animation, you know, just a regular Saturday night. 

vscocam (pictured above) 

Are you one of those people who always see #vsco under a pic on Instagram and wonder what the hell it means? Well, it means the pic was edited and maybe even taken with this amazing app. With vsco you can take, tweak, filter and share pictures – and it was my absolute favourite photo editing app until really recently. One of the things that separates this app is the ability to import and export your pictures without the quality turning crap. And the filters are all adjustable too. It is basically just the bomb. #vscophile #vscolover #vscoforever

Price: Free. 

 

VSCOCAM Photo Editing App review by Patchwork Cactus

Little Moments by Fat Mum Slim

Sorry vsco cam, move over please, make room for the one, the amazing Little Moments, let me count the ways…. Ok, so apart from the fact that the release of this app cemented my desire to be Fat Mum Slim when I grow up (your own rad-tastic app anyone?) It has the BEST filters ever, you can tweak your pics and you can also add pre designed graphics, your own text and it reminds you every day to join in on the #fmsphotoaday challenge (Shout out to my lovely sister in law Lozziechops for NEVER missing a day!) Then you can share it straight to Instagram with a handy little pre written out message with the day's prompt, the relevant hashtag and all the rest. So cool. 

Price : $2.49

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VSCOCAM Photo Editing App review by Patchwork Cactus

Party Party

Another great app by the girls from A Beautiful Mess, (their first app made last years fave list) – this is really just a bit of fun. You can use it to take a series of pictures and then either make film strip style collages or turn it into a little stop animation video. And for all you nerds out there you can save said stop animation as a .GIF or a video which is pretty cool. Then of course you can add filters, vintage film style boarders simple boarders and share it to all you social stuff. You have to take the pictures in the app though so no #latergramming with it. 

Price: 99c 

 

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VSCOCAM Photo Editing App review by Patchwork Cactus

Obaby

This is the perfect app for someone who wants to digitally scrapbook their pregnancy, birth, family life and kidlets. There are 11 categories of artwork (think pregnancy, first year, moments, adoption, Father's Day etc) with over 300 little stamps to choose from. There are lots of rad colours and funky hand-drawn typography, it is very sweet. The basic purchase range is huge but they always release new stamp packs so if you're a sucker for in app purchasing then just choose the 'buy all' option – you get a 40 per cent discount and buy all the future releases too. 

Price: $6.49 (yikes but hey, I have had sandwiches more expensive so – perspective)

 

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Animal Face

For bloggers, hipsters and 9-year-olds. I LOVE this app. It has 40 animal faces to choose from so you can lion bomb your pictures, what's not to love? It is basically just an app that lets you put a chosen animal face on top of your pictures, they can be resized and tilted and then you can laugh your ass off. Look, I never claimed my favourite apps were mature or actually useful. It's just fun. Oh, and the filters are surprisingly cool.

Price: Free 

Also, why not also, maybe check out my favourite people to follow in Instagram or my post on photographic vignettes; it explains what they are, why they are so popular on instagram and how to create and share them.

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  1. Née Say

    July 22, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Awesome collection. Will definitely be checking out Party Party & Obaby. Love FMS Little Moments 🙂

  2. Denise

    July 22, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    Love this! I am new to Instagram so I’m definitely going to check these out, thanks:-)

  3. Carla from My Yellow Heart

    July 22, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    Oh I love the animal face one, hilarious!!! And I’ve never seen the Obaby app either, looks great even for the price x

  4. Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me

    July 22, 2014 at 7:53 pm

    OMG that animals face is GOLD – must get that on my phone STAT. Am a big fan of Chantelle’s app, thanks for sharing you wisdom!

  5. Hope

    July 22, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    Wow, love the sound of Obaby!

  6. Emma Fahy Davis

    July 22, 2014 at 10:44 pm

    I am still filthy that Little Moments isn’t on Android (YET!) but how cool is that animal faces app, I hope that one is on Android as my kids would love it!

  7. Ashley

    July 23, 2014 at 2:41 am

    I love vscocam, but will have to check the Little Moments app!

  8. Deb @ home life simplified

    July 23, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    Great list. I have little moments. Love the look of the rest. Thanks

  9. Dancing Through Sunday

    July 24, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    The animal face app! It is amazing, great round up. Thank you!

  10. EssentiallyJess

    July 24, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    I don’t like spending money on apps, but I do love Little Moments. It’s my go to app these days.

  11. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    I don’t either but then I remember how much I hemorrhage for groceries each week and it makes me ok with it. I am loving it so much!

  12. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    No worries, it’s good for a bit of a laugh but there are only so many animal face pics you can instagram!

  13. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    No probs, thanks so much for dropping by xoxo

  14. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    Do it, I also love VSCO but my phone is always full and Little Moments will still let me take pics, VSCO won’t even import them! lol I should just delete some pics.

  15. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 9:59 pm

    I always get hate from Android users when I post these lists, thanks for not taking it out on me ; ) I am iPhone all the way, it is just too easy with the Mac laptop and ipad.

  16. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 9:59 pm

    Such a good idea but a bit up there in price xoxo

  17. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    hahaha, I am wise, aren’t I (made much funnier by the fact that I just spelled wise with a z before my best friend the little red line pulled me up)

  18. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    I think so, really, it cost’s more in petrol to drive to the shops than to buy this app, but paying that much for an app is a bit of an odd feeling.

  19. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    Welcome to your new obsession!

  20. Patchwork Cactus

    July 24, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    Party Party is so much fun! Thanks so much for dropping by xoxo

  21. Kylie Purtell

    July 25, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    Awesome post Babs, there are a couple there I don’t have yet but will be downloading as soon as I get off my ass and grab my phone! Especially that animal head one, it totally appeals to the 9 year old in me! Have you checked out the Face Juggler app? Now there is a shitload of immature photo fun to be had!
    #teamIBOT

  22. Pink Ronnie

    August 4, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    Oh my goodness, the Animal Faces one!!! How fabulous!
    Ronnie xo

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