best photo apps

Filter effects aren t exactly a new thing, but Paper Camera takes a different approach to the post effects found in the likes of Instagram. What does it do? Well, it displays effects in real time on your camera as you re using it. There are some neat effects on offer including cartoon, half tone and sketch.

Whilst it s not necessarily an app that will change your workflow or outlook on life, Pixlr o matic is a nice tool for adding retro effects to your images or photos. It has 100 effects, 280 overlays and almost 200 different borders so for the grand cost of nada it s worth including in our run down.

Want to create stereoscopic 3D images from the camera on your phone? Yes, thought so. Check out 3DSteroid Pro an app that enables you to do just that, with some excellent tools and a very user friendly interface.

Combining typography with popular photo editor Instagram led Phillip Pastore to create Ambergram, a cool app that enables you to create endless typographic compositions using cool photos of fonts. You can capture and tag your own letters, or use the app s already stellar offerings generated by the communtiy.

This app allows you to make impossible images in seconds on your phone, things that would normally require Photoshop and a lot of expertise. Multiple exposure photographs and blended images are as simple as a few taps of the screen

If you are one of those people who really likes to add text to your photos, then this is probably a good app for you to use. Some of the fonts in the range can be quite beautiful and will really make them stand out in this way, with quotes, etc.

It can really be a pain sometimes to have to share a whole bunch of photo updates all at once and that is where Pic Stitch comes in. As the name might suggest, it lets you put multiple photos together in to one well framed image.