Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop Express
A free mobile photo editor from Adobe with quick fixes, looks, collages and retouching. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Adobe Photoshop Express
A free mobile photo editor from Adobe with quick fixes, looks, collages and retouching.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Adobe Photoshop Express.
Snapseed
Free professional-grade photo editor with film filters and selective editing.
Snapseed is fully free on Android and iOS with no paywalled tools and strong selective editing, but no longer receives frequent feature updates.
Polarr
Photo and video editing apps with AI tools and a large library of creator-made filters.
Polarr offers a large library of creator-made filters with apps for phone, desktop and browser, while its batch RAW editor Polarr Next is still in beta.
VSCO
Photo editing app with film-quality presets that look more natural than typical filters.
VSCO focuses on natural-looking film-style presets with real editing tools on Android and iOS, but its best presets need a paid subscription and it adds social features.
Darkroom
Professional non-destructive photo and video editor for iPhone with RAW support.
Darkroom brings non-destructive RAW and video editing directly against the Photos library, but runs on iOS only and needs the paid version for the full toolset.
Photomator
RAW photo editor from the Pixelmator team with ML enhancements and color grading.
Photomator is a RAW editor from the Pixelmator team with machine-learning enhancements, available on iOS and macOS only and requiring a paid purchase or subscription for the full toolset.
Lensa
A mobile AI photo editor for trending effects, beauty retouching, object erasing and hair try-on.
Lensa leans toward one-tap trend effects, beauty retouching and an object eraser for selfies on iOS and web, with pricing not shown up front.
BeFunky
An online photo editor, collage maker and graphic designer that runs in the browser.
BeFunky runs in the browser instead of on the phone, combining photo edits, collages and graphic design, with stronger features requiring BeFunky Plus and an internet connection.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Adobe Photoshop Express as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Facetune
A mobile photo and video editor for retouching selfies, fixing lighting and applying filters.
Adobe Photoshop Express is a mobile Adobe editor with quick fixes, retouching presets, collages and cutouts, covering general phone edits rather than selfie-specific tools, with premium features for advanced edits.
Photoroom
An AI photo editor for product photography with background removal, batch editing and marketplace-ready listings.
Adobe Photoshop Express offers automatic cutouts and quick fixes on Android and iOS, but it lacks batch listings for marketplaces and advanced edits need premium features.
Picsart
A web-based creative platform for editing photos and generating images, video and audio with AI models.
Adobe Photoshop Express is a freemium mobile-only editor for Android and iOS with quick fixes, cutouts and collages, and no browser version.
TouchRetouch
Mobile photo editor specialized in removing unwanted objects and blemishes.
Adobe Photoshop Express offers retouching presets, cutouts and quick fixes on Android and iOS for free, though advanced edits need premium features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Remini
An AI photo enhancer for sharpening faces and restoring old or low-quality photos.
Halide
A manual camera app for iPhone and iPad with RAW capture and minimal image processing.
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe's raster image editor for photo retouching, compositing, painting and generative AI edits.
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe's photo organizer and RAW editor with a library synced across desktop, web and mobile.
