Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in existence, with more than 1 billion users every month. Whether for personal enjoyment and connection or for business advertisement and growth, users can use Instagram to share photos and short videos.
Instagram is a popular app on mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. You can also use the Instagram desktop app, which allows you to browse, upload, and interact on your laptop or desktop. Apps for Instagram are extremely useful if you want to make Instagram easier to use, improve the quality or impact of your posts, or grow your audience. Take a look at the 11 Best Apps for Instagram that we’ve found.
1. Snapseed
Snapseed is an extremely popular photo editing app, available on iPhone and on Android. It is a very simple and easy-to-use way to edit photos at a professional level before they are uploaded to Instagram. Plus, it’s free.
Snapseed has a huge range of editing options. You can make simple changes such as increasing the brightness, cropping or adding a filter to your photo. Or you can make more complex edits, including removing unwanted objects or sections or changing the background. All of this can be done with simple swipes and clicks.
2. Pixlr
Pixlr is another photo editing app. It is similar to Photoshop, offering easy-to-use professional editing techniques. Pixlr allows you to edit images with options including smooth, blur, and heal. You can remove any red-eye from photos of people or animals. You are also able to resize, crop, and rotate images.
Colors can be brightened or darkened, filters can be added, and you can adjust levels such as exposure, saturation, and contrast. Text and frames can be added, and collages can be created. Pixlr enables you to truly customize and play around with your images.
3. Canva
Canva is an extremely popular Instagram app that allows you to create designs and graphics for your Instagram page. The app has a huge range of options to choose from and is free to use. Choose the type of project that you’re working on, such as a leaflet. You can then browse the templates available, and choose the design that works best for you. It’s then easy and simple to customize, adding images, writing text, changing colors, and much more. The app allows you to create your own professional and effective Instagram graphics, and easily post them on your Instagram page.
4. Boomerang
Boomerang is an Instagram app that is extremely popular with users. As you hold down the camera button, the app quickly takes 10 photos. These are then stitched together, making a short video. It repeatedly plays forwards and backward, which is the ‘Boomerang’ name comes from. The speed can be changed to suit your preferences. The Boomerang app makes a fun Instagram post, which can be more engaging than a photo and an interesting change from a standard video. The Boomerang video saves directly to your camera roll or photo gallery, making it easy to upload to Instagram.
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