Here is a list of my top 10 Photo Apps I use on my iPhone. This list is not all of the Apps I use but they are the ones I use the most. There are a lot of apps out there that are really good and some I have not had the time to play with yet and when I do they may find their way on to this list but for the time being these apps get me the results I’m looking for with my images. Also some of these apps do not work with the camera in OS3 yet but I use the main Camera app to take my photos and use all of these apps to process images from my photo library. So far all of these apps do work in this way for me in OS3 on the iPhone 3GS.
#1 – Photogene is the one app I could not live without. It does just about everything I need to process my images. Its the app I use when I just want to adjust the color of an image or add some saturation. Also it is the app I use on those small occasions when I need to crop.
#2 – CameraBag is my goto App for when I just need something to look good quick. My favorite filters are Helga and Lolo and a lot of times I use them together.
#3 – CameraKit is my other goto app for getting a quick look that when I’m in a hurry. I love the cross process looks while doing a +1 or +2 Push with the built in vignette and I’m done.
#4 – Tiffen Photo Fx is the app if I just want to look at a lot of different effects for my images when I don’t know exactly what I want. I use to use this app all the time but now not as much and the reason is lately I know what process I want for my image and some of the other apps are just simpler to use quick and your done. This app is great if you have time to sit down and spend sometime on your image effects.
#5 – Tiffen Cool Fx is the same as Photo Fx whit a few different effects added. As with Photo Fx I use to use this app a lot but now I find my self using the much simpler apps. The one thing I love about this app and I wish every photo app included this is that you can add a vignette to your image with a tough of the button and that is probably the one feature that made me use this app so much.
#6 – Cinema Fx well this app is one that I didn’t use at first and was unsure of but over time I started to play with it and enjoy using it. It has a very simple interface and is very quick and easy to use. I find myself using only a few of the presets and those would be Spartan Sepia, TWI.Flashback, and Japanese Memories. So this is the app I use when I want those looks.
#7 – Mill Colour is another app that I didn’t know what to think of until one day when I just sat down and started playing with it. The interface takes a little getting used to but once you do its a very good app. The filters I use the most on this app is the Cross-Processed and Promo. Did I mention this app is the one of the only free apps on my list which makes this one worth a try and for the weekend iPhoneographer this app may be all you need.
#8 – TiltShift is the app to use when you want selective focus on your image. If you want to add a little soft focus to the edges of your images or you want to an area of your image to be in focus while everything else is out of focus then this app is the one for you.
#9 – iLeica is not a very polished app but for what I use it for it doesn’t have to be. Its simply the app I use for all of my images when I need to add a vignette. I use this app a lot because most of the apps do not have the ability to add a vignette. As of writing this the developers of this app have not updated it for OS3 so the camera function in this app does not work. This is not a problem to me because I only use this app on images from my photo library and fortunately that still works in OS3.
#10 – ColorSplash is an app that I have not used for any of my images that I have posted yet. I have seen results from others iPhoneographers that have used this app and some of the results are amazing. I have not had the time to sit down with this app and experiment yet but I know when I do get the time this is one of the apps that would be in my top 10 so I listed it.
#11 – Flickit is not in my top 10 but has to be mentioned because its the one app I use everyday no mater what app I have used to process my images. Flickit is really not an image app, its an app that uploads my images to Flickr. Also because of a recent conversation with a fellow iPhoneographer Valerie Ardini about how do I keep my exif data intact when uploading to Flickr we found out that this app keeps the exif data when many other apps do not. Also it has the best price around, Free.
So there is my list. Let me know what are your favorite apps because I know there are a lot of great apps out there that I haven’t even heard of. The one thing I want to say in closing is you don’t need to go out and buy all of these apps to take great photos on your iPhone all you need is what is already installed on every iPhone sold and that is the Camera app. The best camera for the job is the camera you have with you at the time. Check your pocket you have a camera in there.
Tags: Apple, Apps, CameraBag, CameraKit, CinemaFx, ColorSplash, Flickit, iLeica, iPhone, iPhoneography, Mill Colour, Mobilography, Photogene, Tiffen Cool fx, Tiffen Photo fx, TiltShift, Top 10, Touchography
I’m also a big fan of the high-contrast black and white setting in Toy Camera.
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Had no idea you mentioned me in the above post (I think I read it before but you edited it maybe?) Thanks 
Just one note though, flickit does change the date and time stamp to the time you uploaded it. I upload them the same day I take them, so that fixes most of it for me, but it still annoys me a little..
(or maybe it’s flickrs fault? no I don’t think so.. unless maybe flickit removes the time stamp in which case flickr maybe adds it?)