Regular photography is slightly different from taking selfies. People want selfies to be done in a variety of different ways. Some want blemishes to disappear while others may want something as realistic as possible. Many people enjoy filters and other cute add-ons for maximum effect. You’ve probably seen this result on things like Facebook or Twitter as a profile picture. After all, there are many ways to get the result you want. Here are the best selfie apps for Android.
The best selfie app for Android
Adobe Lightroom
Price: Free / Up to $53.99 per month
Adobe is one of the biggest names in photo editing. That makes Lightroom a natural choice for this list. Lightroom is a complete photo editor. You can edit simple things like white balance or hue along with more complex things. The app also comes with a camera function to actually take photos directly with the app. Adobe has been killing it the last few years. They also have Adobe Photoshop Express (Google Play link) with lots of filters and effects along with Adobe Photoshop Camera (Google Play link) with more effects and editing tools. You can honestly use all three if you want.
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B612 is one of the most popular free selfie apps. This app already has a lot of filters and other things. However, its main attraction is the ability to create your own filters. Apart from that, the app gives you recommendations for light edits to your selfies, a night mode for low light shots, and even a GIF maker feature. There are also some lightweight video editing tools if you want to go that route. The feature set is pretty great for the small cost, which is nothing. The only problem is some bugs reported by other users.
Bestie is a selfie camera app by the same developer of Camera360. It features lots of editing tools and special filters for selfies. Some examples include complexion retouching, blemish removal, and contour retouching features. There are also tons of filters along with some that mimic the facial features of the animals you see on Snapchat. There’s also a night mode for taking low-light shots and a quick fix tool if you want to go the lazy route (nothing wrong with that). This is quite a versatile tool for selfie takers.
Candy Camera
Price: Free / $8.49 per year
Candy Camera is an old classic in the selfie app space. Like most, it’s a combination of a camera app as well as a photo editor. This one includes the ability to create collages, lots of different filters, several editing tools, and little extras like stickers. It’s a little basic compared to many of its competitors. However, there are some unique features that others don’t have. Most of the complaints are due to old free features becoming premium features, but other than that the app is pretty good.
Take
Price: Free / Up to $3.49
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Cymera is another old camera app with lots of selfie functions. The app includes real-time selfie filters so you can preview your photos before taking them. Some of the other tools include various editing tools, beautifying effects, and even an Instagram mode that makes your pictures 1:1 square. You even get things like a meme editor if you want to get funny. The full list of features is much longer than the space we have here. This app also gets consistent updates. This is definitely one of the best apps on the list.
photogenic
Price: Free / $6.99
Photogenic is where we start to see some truly unique selfie apps. This one lets you create, edit and add a lot of things. One example is adding a tattoo to your body that you don’t actually have. Such things are generally quite difficult to do. However, the app also includes tons of filters, stickers, text, and other similar options. It also includes body editing as well. Of course, you have to be careful with something like this. Otherwise, you will end up with a totally fake image that doesn’t reflect the real you. But, you can go that far if you really want to.
LightX
Price: Free / $2.99 per month / $14.99 per year / $40.00 once
LightX is a fairly popular photo editor. Like Adobe Lightroom, this one can be used for all kinds of photos and not just selfies. Its main feature is the lasso tool which removes the background so you can stylize your photo however you want. You can also merge photos together, add various photo effects and selfie filters, remove things like blemishes, and even add a bokeh blur effect to your photos. It has occasional bugs and the pro version is a bit more expensive than most. Otherwise, this is one of the best photo editors.
Snapchat is technically a picture messaging platform with support for video and text. However, a surprising number of people use this as a selfie camera. This app uses AR technology and decorates your face with lots of neat filters. People use it to record TikTok videos, take selfies and many more. You can easily save your stuff for use in other apps if you want. You know how 10% of people you know have a dog filter on their Facebook profile picture? Yes, they got it from Snapchat.
Snapseed is a photo editor by Google. It is not the most complicated tool on the Play Store and its feature list is not the longest. However, it provides a free option with some decent tools. It includes 29 editing tools, including an HDR mode as well as a healing brush. There is also an automatic mode that fixes photos for you. The app also supports RAW images, photo frames and more. For selfies, there is a face enhancement feature that applies multiple filters to improve things. There is also a Face Pose mode which uses 3D models to correct portrait poses. This is definitely one of the best free selfie apps on the Play Store.
your camera application
Price: Free
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Your camera app is a very powerful tool on most devices. Many devices include things like a portrait mode for taking snappy selfies along with things like a beauty mode, a pro mode where you can dial in manual controls, and more. Some devices, like most modern Samsung devices, even have an AR mode that allows you to make small animals out of your face.
Plus, OEMs tune photo settings to actual lenses so you often get better, sharper images from the stock camera app. After all, it’s software built specifically for that camera. We recommend 100% exploring your camera app settings to see the different modes, optional add-ons, and other settings.
If we missed any great selfie apps for Android, let us know in the comments. You can also click here to see our list of the latest Android apps and games.
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