Best Apps to Upgrade the Quality of Your Photos

Many people use their smartphones to take photos. But sometimes, the photos your Android takes can be lacking that extra something. Maybe you need a camera that gives you better focus. Or you want to be able to take pictures with a wider variety of exposures. Or you just need more emojis to stick over your friends’ faces. We don’t judge. Whatever you’d like your phone camera to do, one of these high-quality apps can deliver. Read on to choose your favorite.

1. Camera FV-5

Price: $3.95

Best features:

• Gives you control over exposure, ISO, focus mode, light metering mode, and program mode.
• The viewfinder display lets you see exposure time, stop display with EV, and control aperture.
• You can create time-lapses and time-controlled picture series with the camera’s intervalometer.
• Gives you long exposure times – up to 30 seconds – so you can take night photos.
• Has a more evolved digital zoom, with capabilities to zoom up to 35mm.

2. Candy Camera

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Best features:

• A fun-oriented camera offering many stickers that users can resize and move.
• The camera’s collage mode lets you choose from grids and styles – for example, photo booth – to create photo series.
• Allows for photo editing with original features including concealer, slimming, and lipstick options.
• You can swipe between filters when taking selfies.
• The silent camera shutter is designed to let you take selfies wherever you go.

3. A Better Camera

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Best features:

• Take panoramic shots of up to 360-degrees.
• Allows you access to all camera controls, settings, and functions.
• Offers burst and expo-bracketing possibilities.
• Your photos can have additional HDR capabilities with brighter colors and richer details than with the factory-setting Android camera.
• Allows for video recording, pause, and photo time-lapse.
• Its multi-shot features let you take group portrait and sequence shots, as well as removing unwanted objects.