For all those who love taking photos with their cell phones, there is a good chance to increase the quality of the shots by changing the application and using a different one than the default. With the right app you can also transform a cheap smartphone into a professional camera that has all those digital processing tools and optimization features that can make the difference.
In this list we therefore see 10 best free applications, which are good for every Android smartphone (therefore also Samsung and Huawei phones), which allow you to enhance the camera in different ways, sometimes with an automatic optimization system, other times thanks to quick filters and editing tools.
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1) Candy Camera is one of the most downloaded applications ever and one of the most popular for taking photos with a smartphone.
Candy Camera is particularly suitable for taking selfies and having fun creating collages and applying incredible filters that improve even the ugliest photo.
The filters, which clean the skin and make everyone more beautiful, can also be used Real Time, that is, during the shot and before taking the photo.
2) Retrica is an app similar to CandyCam, even more famous for its filters, but not better for me.
However Retrica makes the camera of any Android smartphone comparable to that of the iPhone or a digital camera.
With Retrica you can take photos using filters and frames that can also be used in real time during the shot, set the exposure limit to the maximum level, set an autofocus and create collages.
3) AfterFocus is the app to be used to have a style of photography as taken by a DSLR camera, with the background blurred and the foreground subject highlighted.
The app also contains many special effects and filters to create more natural and realistic images and a more precise focus adjustment.
4) Photo Lab is one of the applications with the most photographic effects that can be found, even 500 to date made of frames, animated effects and photographic filters.
Make your images more creative in seconds without using a professional editor and set it as a contact icon, wallpaper, send a signed virtual postcard to a friend or share it on any social network.
5) Camera MX is perhaps the best free camera application for Android smartphones, to create images at the highest possible resolution and also take advantage of the live shot function, to save a GIF image made of 3 consecutive shots so that it looks like a photo in motion .
Camera MX also has live effects, to be applied in real time during shots.
6) Cymera is an excellent camera for Android particularly suitable for selfies and full of effects and filters to be applied in real time.
You can easily blur the background with a simple touch to give a more artistic effect to the images, use 7 different lenses for the lens, take photos without making noises or sounds, add stickers, backgrounds, writings, emojis, various beauty tools, create collages and use instant photo editing features.
7) Camera360 is an excellent application for taking photos with your mobile phone as if you were using a professional camera, which is able to add many effects to images such as stickers, frames and transformations into cartoons.
As is now fashionable, this application is also optimized for selfies and to make everyone look more beautiful.
8) Camera FV-5 Lite is a professional camera application that provides manual DSLR controls on the phone screen with surprising results.
Basically it allows you to take photos by choosing settings manually, decide times and openings, ISO and exposure.
The full version of the app costs 3 Euros, which could be a recommended expense for those who care and are satisfied (among the paid apps, this is the number one of this type).
9) Open Camera is an open source app that has the advantage of being free without limitations and without any advertising.
The app includes many manual controls for focus, color effects, white balance, ISO, exposure compensation, facial recognition.
There are also special features for recording videos, for taking photos from a distance, for taking photos via widgets on the screen, HDR support and other optimization modes.
The reviews vary widely depending on the phone used, but generally very positive.
10) A Better Camera is a multifunctional app to take advantage of the camera of an Android smartphone in a professional way, with functions for HDR, panoramic photos, group photos, sequential photos, self-timer.
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