9 photo-editing apps just as cool as Prisma

There's a wealth of photo editing tools out there to explore

9 photo-editing apps just as cool as Prisma

By now, you've probably heard of Prisma. Everyone from your mum to you dog has Prisma-fied their profile picture, which is to say, turned it from the boring same-old, same-old into a wonderful piece of art. 

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The app has several artistic options to choose from, such as Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa and Edward Munch’s The Scream. It uses neural network processing to manipulate the images and basically, it's pretty damn incredible.

But it's not the only app of its kind. There are lots of apps that can transform your snaps in a couple of taps. Here are some of our favourites. 

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Waterlogue

Remember practising water colours in GCSE art - which you only took because you thought it would be a doss - and watching your entire piece of paper disintegrate and melt away into a watery mess?

Well screw that. Waterlogue does the hard word for you, and transforms your photos into beautiful water colours before your very eyes. 

Price: £2.29

Available on: iOS, Windows 

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Mextures

Adding different textures to your pictures is the fastest way to go from 'two likes, one from your mum and one from your girlfriend' to '68 likes and a friend request from your old bully'.

Mextures lets you adjust, combine, and layer various textures. It's an app of endless possibilities.

Price: £1.49

Available on: iOS

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TouchRetouch

Fancy removing an unwanted blemish, item, or ex-girlfriend from a photo? TouchRetouch is an app dedicated solely to deleting any undesired items and replacing them with pixels from the surrounding area.

Price: £1.49

Available on:iOS, WindowsAndroid

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Slow Shutter Cam

Long exposures are no longer the sole reserve of £400+ cameras, as this app allows great motion blurs with its slow shutter option. On top of that, you can also create light trails and timelapses.

Price: £1.49

Available on: iOS

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Fragment

Before Prisma there was Fragment, an app dedicated to transforming pictures with the addition of geometric shapes. Drop an prism you fancy on your shots and you're basically officially an artist. Ideal for making moody album artwork.

Price: £1.49 

Available on: iOS, Anroid

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Snapseed

Not only is there a beautifully effective auto-correct function that does your work for you, Snapspeed has a vast array of options. Once you're done, it's just one click to update the pictures to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

Price: Free

Available on: iOS, Android

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Bonfire

You're after fun are you? Like a bit of fun, eh? This super simple app has a truckload of quirky options, including 'Funk', a filter that turns you into your very own comic book character. 

Price: Free

Available on:Android

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Facetune

If you're a fan of a selfie or just looking for a more effective Tinder profile picture, FaceTune can help enhance your features in just a few clicks. Treat it like a professional photoshoot without the price tag - and try to avoid going wild and shaving half your jaw off.

Price: £2.99

Available on: iOS, Android

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Image Blender

Although this tool technically only has one use, there are endless possibilities that come with the ability to cut out, overlay and blend images together. It's incredibly easy to use and produces very effective results. Like sticking a space man in the middle a desert. 

Price: £2.99

Available on: iOS, Android

Marc Chacksfield
Content Director

As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.