10 Apps To Boost Your Instagram Photos (iPhone and Android!)
By: Taylor Davies

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The last couple of weeks have been huge for Instagram. First, they launched their app for Android phones (yay!) and next, they sold their 18-month-old company to that other social media giant, Facebook (for a cool $1 billion). With Instagram’s Android downloads already topping 5 million, it’s clear the photo-sharing app is hot (and not going anywhere, anytime soon)!

As I’m sure you’ve noticed from our many posts, the IFB office is one of Instagram’s biggest fans, and we’re so happy we can finally share all that enthusiasm with Android smart phone users. Being the tech-savvy, bordering-on-obsessive users that we are, sometimes the app’s filters aren’t quite enough for us. We want more. A collage, a cross-processing filter or those pretty bokeh light spots.

Below, we present 10 extra camera and photography apps that are sure to make your Instagram photos even better.

Create a Grid of Photos:

Effects:

Lens Boost:

 

(Also, check out lots (and lots) more Android photography apps here, and all your iPhone apps here.)

 

Do you know of any brilliant camera or effects apps we may have missed? Please share in the comments!

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  1. Yelena says:
    April 17, 2012 at 12:13 pm · Reply

    My favourite picture app on Android has to be Retro Camera. I use the free app which gives me 6 different types of “cameras” to use which give the photos I take different affects. You can then share your pics via different social media platforms. I used the pics when I started my blog. Quick, versatile and produces beautiful quality pics.

  2. Stephanie says:
    April 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm · Reply

    PhotoShake for Android is better than PhotoGrid! I swear by it! I have them both but will run to PhotoShake in a heartbeat!

  3. Wear The Haute Things Are says:
    April 18, 2012 at 2:37 am · Reply

    I need instagram !!!

  4. Sam@Ying Shan says:
    April 18, 2012 at 4:13 am · Reply

    Try these; Lomo Camera for Lomo effects (obviosuly) and One Man with Camera – it has many types of lenses and filters. InstaG. is pretty good too. You get to save photos into your phone and look at the pictures you like. The only one weakness is that you can’t upload. Hope this helps! :)

  5. Sheyla Concepcion says:
    April 18, 2012 at 10:46 am · Reply

    Great post! Thanks for the recommendations!

  6. Emily Ulrich says:
    April 20, 2012 at 2:15 pm · Reply

    My new favorite app for iPhone has to be Frametastic. Not only is it free, but I find its editing feature to be far superior to the others. There’s a nice supply of edits you can add to individual images in the set, the ability to modify size and space within the chosen frame, as well as a great line of sharing options. :)

  7. GSTAR says:
    April 24, 2012 at 2:11 am · Reply

    I would like to know what app they used to created that text on the instagram pic.

  8. Susana Juarez says:
    October 12, 2012 at 1:25 am · Reply

    A few photography apps I really like are Camera FV-5 and MagicHour. I like that Camera FV-5 feels more like a manual DSLR camera but for your android phone. (Not sure if it’s available for iPhone) Magic Hour is great for post processing. There are oodles of filters from other MagicHour users as well as you can create your own to share with others.

  9. De says:
    October 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm · Reply

    My fav by far for Droid (besides Instaram) is Pixlr-o-matic. TONS of filters and effects. Think its free as well. I pre-process in P-o-m and then finish by applying an Instagram effect. My latest addiction…

  10. EdEditz says:
    November 2, 2012 at 12:09 pm · Reply

    The camera app I use most besides Instagram is Pixlr-O-Matic. It has a really huge amount of free filters in three categories: film, light and frame. I usually put my picture through Pixlr first and then go to Instagram. You can get some really awesome looks this way. Try it! :)

  11. ChicGeek says:
    November 12, 2012 at 10:18 pm · Reply

    Great article!

    What font did you use on the word “instagram” is it from phonto?

    Thanks so much!
    xx

  12. Lsm says:
    December 11, 2012 at 9:51 am · Reply

    I’d like to know what app can I use to put hearts as a filter on my photos ?

    • ellie says:
      December 16, 2012 at 4:11 pm · Reply

      there’s this app for the iphone called “PEStudio” and there is an effect where you can add hearts to your photo like sunlight spots, hope this helps!

  13. Bunnie says:
    December 29, 2012 at 2:37 pm · Reply

    I’m very fond of Camera Awesome and Camera360 for iPhone.

    Camera Awesome has an ‘all in one’ switch for color and level editing, which you can just switch on and half the time it does a perfect job! Otherwise you can tweak all the individual elements. I’ve saved a lot of low-light photos that way.

    Camera360 has several ‘magic skin’ and color filters which are AMAZING; their magic skin is now my go-to for days when the lighting is unflattering or I’m not in full makeup. It makes you look perfect!

  14. Fashion-isha says:
    December 30, 2012 at 9:35 pm · Reply

    Wow! Instagram sold their company to FB for $1 billion?? OMG!!
    xo
    Sharon

  15. Leighton says:
    January 2, 2013 at 12:28 pm · Reply

    PhotoWonder has been my go-to Android app for about 3 years. It’s by far one of the best photo editing apps available for Android.

  16. Nick says:
    January 11, 2013 at 3:18 pm · Reply

    Since I got my droid ‘Little Photo’ has been my all time favourite app. Does different types of Lomography, with lots of options like to control the intensity of effects. Like it more than Instagram. That’s a must download app!!

  17. chanel says:
    February 3, 2013 at 5:44 pm · Reply

    I’m just wondering if anyone knows of the app that you can do circle or heart shaped frames around your photo? For android.

  18. Jill Fox says:
    February 12, 2013 at 7:17 pm · Reply

    Hi! Omg! I loved reading this article & comments. Fed my addiction for pic taking and editing! I can’t believe a billion, huh? Very cooL
    Can anyone tell me the app to add hearts? I tried what one comment above said called PEStudio, but it could not be found. Great tips from all!!
    Happy gramming :)

  19. Lindsey says:
    March 6, 2013 at 6:08 pm · Reply

    I personally LOVE Afterglow. It has LOTS of filters and frames, and you can transfer your picture directly to instagram to share! Definitely the best photo app I’ve tried!!

  20. Brydie says:
    March 7, 2013 at 6:44 am · Reply

    Bezel allows you to do shape frames, including hearts!

  21. Meg says:
    March 12, 2013 at 12:42 am · Reply

    Hiya, i was wondering if anyone knew what apps do the symmetric app? Thanks :)

  22. Jessica Nicole Griffin says:
    March 14, 2013 at 9:25 am · Reply

    Hello,
    I love photo sharing apps and all these apps look very interesting. Have you heard of Moment.me? This app is available for the web, as well as iPhone and Android. You can create amazing moments and collect pictures from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other Social Networks.
    You can also take a look at the Trending moments which are a collection of photo galleries of amazing events going on all over the world, such as concerts, sport games, awards, festivals and other.
    Take a look, I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do http://moment.me/moments/trending

  23. Beth says:
    April 3, 2013 at 4:42 pm · Reply

    I would like to know if there is an app for android that allows you to be able to post whole pictures without having to crop them. I know there is for iphone, but I have yet to find one for android. Please help.

    • Billy (@nights55) says:
      May 23, 2013 at 6:27 am · Reply

      Hello Beth,

      Not sure if you ever received a response to your question asking if there’s an android app that lets you post full pictures instead of squares.

      There actually is a GREAT app called Streamzoo! Its like Instagram only better (WAAAAY BETTER) for posting full sized photos! Hope this helps and good luck!

  24. Joshiesgirl says:
    May 16, 2013 at 6:29 am · Reply

    What app do you use for the photos used at the beginning of this page?

  25. Julia says:
    May 24, 2013 at 7:54 am · Reply

    pudding camera is the best photo app ever. I’ve been only using this app since i downloaded it. it takes photos with effects already with it, you can take fish eye, its just so perfect. <3333333

  26. Dhel says:
    June 2, 2013 at 1:18 am · Reply

    I would like to ask if what app in Android phone or iPhone has a girly frame and heart stickers also has a sparkling effects.

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