I’m going to get it out of the way first, a must have when you are a blogger is Instagram, it’s a great way to show of your creative side and your brand. I have loved Instagram for many years and is by far my favourite app, Its definitely a must-have. Additionally, here are my top 5 free apps you should download as blogger.
Dropbox
This is an absolute must have for me, I have shot so many photos and videos as during career as a blogger, that I need that extra bit of storage, as my iPhone get full so quick! It’s a great free way to save all your files, photos and videos, love that you can organise everything into folders so they are easy to find.
It’s a great way to keep track of invoices too!
Adobe Lightroom
Lightroom is my go to photo editing app, I love how easy it is to use, you can edit every aspect of you photo. It’s also great for creating your own presets so you can create a cohesive and beautiful feed. I tend to simply up the brightness/contrast on my photos these days and don’t have a “theme” per say.
Snapseed
Another favourite photo editing app of mine is Snapseed, which is slightly similar to lightroom, with a few different options. I like to use this to heal and clean up any blemishes and dust smudges on my photos. I also love the selective tool where you can choose a specific area of a photo and can change the brightness/contrast etc on one section of a photo, very handy! Love it and this is a firm favourite with many bloggers.
Retouch
A new favourite of mine is Retouch, this app is AMAZING. Picture this, you’ve taken an amazing photo and then you noticed someone has peeped into the background, with this app you can easily remove objects with one click, it’s hands down the best app for object removal and healing I have used. You can also remove lines and heal small sections of photos. Definitely a must have for any bloggers.
Ash
Instagram Stories are a huge part of my blog/Instagram, they are a great way to interact with your audience and other bloggers. I regularly update them with blog posts/pr unboxings etc and I am always on the look out for chic story templates. You can find some of the most stylish templates in the Ash app, they are absolutely stunning, the star design is my favourite. I currently use the free version where you get a small selection of templates or you can upgrade for £4.99 a month to get all the templates.
Those are my favorite apps – what are yours? Let me know in the comments below.
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Interesting top 5 list you’ve got! Noticed that a lot of the apps mentioned are photo and video-editing apps so I can tell you taken a lot of pride in your visual content, especially on the photography front.
Johnny | Johnny’s Traventures
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Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Going to check these out. Thanks for sharing your recommendations!
You’re so welcome, enjoy 😊
These are all great apps. I love Snapseed. I really need to get Dropbox as I have so many photos and I normally have a copy of each blog post just in case but it takes up so much room on my laptop! Ash sounds great I have never come across it before but I will need to check it out!
Ash is one of my favourites, it has some beautiful designs on there. I got to the point where I ran out of Dropbox storage lol, but I managed to clear it out again!
Beyond Instagram and Adobe Lightroom, all of the others were new to me! So I am really glad to have read this post, I learned a lot! The visual aspect of blogging is probably my weakest link right now, so I suspect these apps will help me greatly. Thank you!
Awwww that’s amazing. Glad it helped. If you need any tips, feel free to DM me on Instagram.com/kabukirune always happy to help xx
Thank you for sharing! I love the colors on your blog btw.
Awwww thank you so much xx
My biggest problems are uneven light, so one corner will be a bit brighter than the other, and then there’s also unsightly grouting where tiles meet a work surface or tiny peeling corners of wallpaper in the background (that looks okay IRL but awful when close up in a photo). Which app would you suggest I get?
I really like the app ‘Retouch’ which is amazing at removing unwanted details etc. Snapseed is great as you can select a specific area you want to lighten/darken etc, so that would work well for your issue xx
Great post! I absolutely love Snapseed, don’t think I could live without it 😂 VSCO is another one of my faves too!
Melissa
http://whatshelovess.blogspot.com
Thanks for the recommendations! I’m definitely going to try retouch.
So welcome, it’s such a handy app x
I’ve never heard of Retouch before but it sounds amazing. I’m definitely going to check it out! Snapseed is a fave app of mine too ♡ Great post!
It’s really good, super useful for clearing smudges etc on images. Thank you so much for stopping by xx
Great tips girl, I use most of them and Snapseed is my fav!
Thank you so much, it’s an amazing app x
LOVE THE TIPS! Simple and quick to the point! I’m already using half but i need to download the rest. Thanks for sharing! Also the font on this page is sooooo beautiful.
Thank you so much! I love Ash so much, such a hidden gem!!! Xx
I’ve been wanting to try Adobe Lightroom – so I’ll have to give it a go!
It’s so good, I have my own presets I use too x
Pretty useful hacks! Thank you
That was very helpful 🙂 Just got Ash ! Thanks !
You’re welcome, it’s such a great app 😃
Wow those are great! I just downloaded snapseed so I’m excited to try it! I love pixaloop, it’s great for outdoor photography to bring the image to life.
Oh yay, that’s awesome, I’ll have to check out pixaloop, haven’t beer if they before 🙂
I love Snapseed – it’s such an awesome free app and you can edit photos beautifully on there.
Recently I’ve also been using Picsart a lot, for more whimsical photos featuring pretty effects and stickers – I love it! Do you know the app? 🙂
Thank you for sharing this list, and have a great Sunday! Take care x
Julia x
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I love PicsArt! They have some super cute effects x
I’ve never heard of Snapseed! I’ll have to check it out.
It’s a brilliant app, has some great features x
Thank you so much for these tips! I use Colour Story to edit my flatlays and Airbrush to retouch flaws, but I always wondered how people make such pretty instagram stories. I just downloaded the Ash app based on your recommendation!
xo, J | http://www.dolledupbyj.com
Awwww that’s amazing! Colour story is great love it! Xx
Ok I need to get Dropbox because I’m running out of storage space🤦🏾♀️. I never heard of Ash but it sounds helpful in me updating my insta stories, I will check it out too. Thanks for the tips!
Natonya | https://justnatonya.wordpress.com
Dropbox is my best friends when it comes to photos and saving content. I love Ash it’s such a beautiful app ☺️ glad they helped xx
My eyes lit up when I read about retouch im getting that one right now. Thank you for the information.
Dropbox is essential for getting photos from my phone to my laptop. It makes it so much easier to write my blog posts when the pictures are ready and waiting for me to use. Also as a new blogger I really love Canva and feel it gives my blog a more personal and professional touch
Canva is amazing, I use it for so much, stories, YouTube thumbnails, and even my media kit x
Thank you for sharing!! I will look into all of these 🙂
You’re so welcome, enjoy!
I’ve seen a lot about Adobe Lightroom lately so this may be my sign to download it and try it! Snapseed as well! Thank you for the apps post, looking at apps on other people’s phones and their favorites has always interested me!
I love lightroom, it’s a must for me, as I use presets and the editing you can do is really in-depth 🙂
I haven’t heard of most of these apps! I need to try them out for sure! 🙂
Mel 🌙 | Moonlight Mel
Ash is so good! I use it all the time and it’s got some really good templates for free ☺️ which is always good x
I love retouch! Thanks for sharing the space saving app… I need to get on that right away- haha!
Katie | katieemmabeauty.com
Retouch is so good isn’t it, best app I’ve used for fixing little bits in photos! 😊😊