Best Free Image Editor for Android

PicsArt is a great fun image editor app with lot's of features plus social and sharing options.

PicsArt has a camera app built in to add added function to your android devices existing built in camera with feature like sequence shot.

With so many great features I'll start with the actual image editor part of the app . With PicsArt the user can add lot's of really great different filters and effects to their images as well as stickers and borders. I have found there to be plenty of options for each effect etc lot's of choice especially  for a free app. There is also an option to add border to your images. Another really great feature not all android image editor apps have is PicsArt has the option to add text to your image either as an overlay or as a speech bubble, very useful as a productive tool or just for fun.

 

PicsArt also has a draw/ paint feature either  draw on an existing image on create your own master-peace on a blank canvas. PicArt also has a collage making feature so you can create collages out of your photo's.

PicsArt also has a tool option which contains tools to rotate, crop, free crop, shape crop, flip and re-size your images. PicsArt also has a range of tools to help you correct photos your photos such as red eye, blemish fix, teeth whitening, sun tan, face fix ( which helps to smoothen the look of the skin) and even an eye colour changer. 

 

Images you want to edit with PicsArt don't even need to be stored on your android device, you can upload images direct from Facebook, Dropbox, Picasa, Flickr or from your PicsArt account. I found the image processing time to be quite speedy and once your image is created you can share easerly to alot of different sites such as Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, Dropbox, Foursquare, Blogger, Wordpress and of course PicsArt. The image can also be sent via email or SMS, or just saved to your SD card.

 

The PicsArt account (although not required to use the app) mentioned above gives the user the option to upload and share images with other PicsArt users, To sum up PicsArt is like Photoshop express and Instagram combined which is why it is my new top pick. There are more PicsArt apps available which can complement use of the app, I have listed them in the quick selection guide and a Gizmo's review for PicsArt viewer can be found here.

I have always been impressed with the on-line image editor Pixlr and now they have developed an Android app which is equally as impressive and like PicsArt great fun to use and full of features and effects.
The first thing I notice that I like is the minute you open the Pixlr Express you are asked if you want to take a picture or use one you already have and what's really great is that the picture can be from any where, on your device or from images you may have stored in the cloud ( as long as you have a cloud storage app on your device, like for example the Dropbox app ). Picture chosen on with the editing .

Like PicsArt Pixlr has lot's of effects choose from and as well as  the ability to add an overlay and / or  border to your image. Pixlr also enables you to add different types of text to your image as-well as stickers if you want to for fun. There are also many different effects to add like for example add a vintage look to your image.
If you just want to use Pixlr as an image editor like in the traditional sense of improving, lightening, removing red eye  etc, Pixlr has lot's of solid tools under the adjustment section, tools like red eye tool, sharpen , blur, auto-fix, vibrance, touch-up and colour tools. Some of the tools I had the most fun with was the colour splash and focal blur tool, I love having a black and white image and just picking out the colour of one object in the photo it's easy to do and looks great. Also under the tools section you can crop or rotate the image.

I think Pixlr has a really easy to use user-interface , it's also real easy to un-do any changes you made in case you messed up your image so you can experiment worry free. Pixlr is as good as PicsArt in the image editor stakes the only reason I placed it second is it's missing the social aspect that PicsArt has and a lot of users are looking for that in their apps these days.
When you have edited your picture and have it just the way you want it you can save/download the image as different quality / file size which I think is a really useful feature because some users have mentioned to me the low resolution of the final image in some other image editor apps. Pictures can also be downloaded as JPEG or PNG which is great to be given the choice. Images can also be shared directly to other apps you may have on your device like Facebook.

Apart from the free web-based Photoshop Express Editor, the same developer has offered to mobile users a free and excellent image editor Adobe Photoshop Express for running on your mobile device.

This app makes full use of multi-touch gestures and is designed with ease-of-use in mind for editing your digital images on the go. You can just drag and drop a handle to crop your photo to a smaller size, touch and turn it clockwise or anti-clockwise to rotate, straighten a shot, or swipe up/down or left/right to flip an image.

Best of all, you can get fine-grained controls for exposure, saturation, tint and contrast by simply sliding your finger across an image, and as you're doing so, you see your editing result on the spot.

Some basic built-in effects and borders are included for quick alterations in this app although it has fewer choices than those available in other apps such as PicsArt and Pixlr-o-matic.

Award winning Android image editor PicSay - Photo Editor now offers a version of its professional photo software for free.

PicSay is jam-packed with effects as well as enabling you to add text and speech bubbles to pictures, making it perfect for e-cards and presentations on the go. All you need to do is tap the picture to bring up the menu giving you the options of; effects, word balloons as well as titles, stickers, export via Bluetooth, gmail, google+, MMS as well as options to share it via installed apps that support photos.

One of the most amazing features of this software is the ability to "fix" photos using classic features of editing software such as tint, hue, saturation and toning. This enables you to clear up blurry or discolored photos

Many features are included in the free version. This software is ideal for anyone taking casual pictures to send to friends or family while on holiday or away from home.

One of the only issues I had with this software was the image quality: it was restricted to SD, with the only available resolution being 427x320. Both High (640x480) and Maximum (1024x768) definitions are only available in the Pro version.

With the most impressive GUI of all these applications, Pixlr-o-matic is full of filters and effects not found in most other image editing programs, and these in particular can be used to create really heartfelt pictures.

One thing I didn't notice in the other programs was the ability to take pictures directly through the application, instead of switching apps to take the picture and then switching back again. The other crucial thing I noticed was the wide range of filters for the shots. These allow you to change the picture as a whole instead of having to apply effects bit by bit to the whole photo. You can still do these patch effects, by navigating the GUI using the small taskbar at the bottom. 

This software is extremely good, giving you access to features usually only featured in Pro versions, including the ability to save high definition photos. On the downside, buttons are fixed to the size of the screen instead of a default size, meaning that on smaller screens the text becomes difficult to read. The variety of ways to send photos are more limited than PicSay, making it a better choice for home users than for users on the go.

If PicSay - Photo Editor is for on the go, and Pixlr-o-matic is for home, then Pho.to Lab is for fun. With over 450 effects, montages and filters, it is definitely something you can use with friends, with lot's of sharing options this a fun and social photo editor app. Unfortunately, the free version applies a watermark to the photo, which can be noticed easily. These can be removed one by one, making it a painful process. Every time you remove the watermark however, a dialog opens up asking you to buy the full version. Apart from this, the application had the slowest photo processor. Here is a image processing speed guide:

Download Link-https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.picsart.studio