Any Instagram star will tell you it's the quality of the content that matters most when you are hoping to maximize likes and increase followers on the ever-popular social media site. The popularity of Instagram continues to grow and interaction with fans is more important than ever.
In the last months it was hard to keep creative content flowing and add organic Instagram followers. We want to offer you the best tools to freshen up content that might be a little more day-to-day than your usual glamorous life.
Our editorial collection of 10 free apps is bound to give your creativity – and likes and followers – a boost. From essential editing, to collages, you will find something for everyone.
We’ve even included two turbocharged pieces of software for Instagram Stories and IGTV channels.
Snapseed, our go-to photo editor (Android) (iOS)
Before getting creative with your image posts, you need to make sure your photos are the best that they can be – and the best of the best is surely Google’s Snapseed. It has everything you need to bring out details and fix blemishes. Selectively retouch exposure, saturation, brightness and warmth with the brush. Also includes professional effects such as HDR and selective tonal contrast in shadows, mid-tones and highlights. Your fans will be nodding with approval.
Make an awesome comic from your video with Clip2Comic (iOS)
Clip2Comic is a high-quality app that quickly turns your photos into funny cartoons, caricatures, and sketches in just seconds on your iPhone or iPad. If you prefer videos, you can create your own cartoon and comic clips with the live preview camera or transform an existing video into a cartoon with just one tap.
Unfold for stylish centre-spread Instagrammers (Android) (iOS)
If you want to make your photos look like they come from the pages of a magazine – and who doesn’t? – Unfold is the app for you. Get the professional look with more than 150 templates and experiment with fonts. Or go crafty with a ripped, journal style. Background colors, textures and stickers are bound to increase interaction – and boost followers. Also works with video stories.
Boost your beauty for more likes with Ulike (Android) (iOS)
You don’t have to buy fake followers to get likes and fans for your selfies – a bit of digital magic will do the trick. Even if you don’t have Photoshop, Ulike allows you to Touch-up your eyes, nose and mouth right after taking your pic. So you don’t have to do it all over again – or risk looking like two different people on your feed – save the best edits. And a professional pose guide will show you the dopest way to carry four shopping bags.
Create cute collages and gain more followers with PicCollage (iOS) (Android)
PicCollage is a versatile and user-friendly mobile application that allows users to create stunning photo collages, cards, and more. With a wide range of customizable templates, stickers, backgrounds, and fonts, users can effortlessly design unique and creative visuals. The app features intuitive tools for editing and arranging photos, adding text, and applying filters. It also offers social sharing options, enabling users to share their creations on various platforms. Ideal for personal use, PicCollage is perfect for creating memorable photo collections, invitations, and personalized gifts.
Save and Repost for Instagram (Android)
Easily repost photos and videos from Instagram with Repost. The app allows you to repost posts, stories, reels, or IGTV from Instagram, even supporting media from private profiles once you sign in with your Instagram account. You can share directly to Instagram or use Android's Sharesheet. The caption is automatically copied for easy pasting, and you can add an attribution mark to credit the original author, with customizable colors and positions for the mark.
remove.bg background removal for creative content (Android)
When it’s time to get really creative, you want remove.bg on your homescreen. The clever, AI-driven software removes backgrounds from all sorts of people and objects in five seconds – and no clicks. Let the fun begin. Using any photo editor, you can put your cat on the surface of Saturn, go black and white and invade the pitch of a classic football game, climb Mount Everest – even photobomb your parents wedding!
VSCO App: next-level photo filters (Android) (iOS)
VSCO is a popular mobile app designed for photographers and creatives, offering advanced photo and video editing tools. With its extensive library of high-quality presets and intuitive editing features, users can enhance their images with professional-grade adjustments. The app also includes features like the VSCO Grid, a minimalistic photo gallery, and VSCO Montage, a tool for creating dynamic video collages. Ideal for both amateur and professional photographers, VSCO provides a seamless and creative experience for capturing, editing, and sharing visual content.
InShot for Better Stories and happier followers (Android) (iOS)
More and more of us are recording our lives in Instagram Stories. But the competition is growing and we need to up our game. InShot is one of the best free video editors (it’s hard to find a good one!) so you can edit videos for more polish. Not only that, InShot gives you a variety of filters, stickers and texts to video and even a variety of background music, transitions and sound effects. Stop that scroll-past!
Prequel for live editing in IGTV (Android) (iOS)
If you are going for longer video cuts but want to boost creativity as you record, try Prequel for amazing live video filters in IGTV. You can add intros and outros, change the speed, add sound-effects and even smooth skin and whiten your teeth as you go.
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