- Free
- Category: Photo & Video
- First released: June 7, 2011
- Versions: 32 archived
- Installable: 16 of 32
- Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
- Seller: Nik Software, Inc.
- com.niksoftware.snapseedforipad
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueSnapseed is a complete and professional photo editor developed by Google. Pro-level tools, authentic film simulations, smart masking and more — all with no strings attached.
== KEY FEATURES == • No Strings Attached: Get 30+ pro tools and filters - no subscriptions, purchases, ads, or watermarks • Vintage Styles: realistic film filters, plus Halation, Bloom, and Grain tools • Smart Masking: Instantly and intelligently isolate subjects or backgrounds with a single tap for fast, targeted edits • Batch Editing: Quickly apply your favorite looks and edits to multiple photos • Snapseed Camera: Capture using custom styles or film looks. Save time with real-time effects that can be edited or reset later • Non-destructive Editing: Easily undo changes or revert to your original photo at any time • RAW Support: Open and edit JPG and RAW files with precise control
== PRO TOOLS & FILTERS == • Snapseed Camera: shoot directly in your favorite film simulations or custom looks to capture your unique style in real-time and skip the editing step • Adjust: adjust exposure and color automatically or manually with fine, precise control • One-Touch Masking: instantly select subjects or backgrounds with smart precision for seamless targeted edits • Selective: precisely adjust brightness, contrast, or saturation in specific areas without affecting the rest of your photo • Healing: remove the uninvited neighbor from a group picture • Film: get beautiful looks with our completely updated, realistic film simulations of historic film stocks • Batch Edit: apply your custom looks and edits to an entire batch of photos instantly • Halation: add an authentic highlight glow to replicate classic analog lens effects • Bloom: create a soft, dreamy optical diffusion to light sources for a cinematic finish • RAW Develop: open and tweak some RAW file types • Double Exposure: combine two photos using blend modes inspired by film and digital processing • Portrait: modern tools to quickly enhance lighting, adjust poses, and refine facial features • Details: magically brings out surface structures in images • Crop and rotate: crop to standard sizes, rotate by 90°, or straighten a skewed horizon. • Perspective: fix skewed lines and perfect the geometry of horizons or buildings • White Balance: adjust the colors so that the image looks more natural • Brush: selectively retouch exposure, saturation, brightness or warmth • Vignette: darken image corners for a classic photographic effect • Curves: have precise control over the brightness levels in your photos • Color HSL: precisely adjust hue, saturation, and luminance of any color • Dehaze: instantly clear haze, fog, or glare for better contrast and detail • Expand: increase the size of your canvas • Lens Blur: add a beautiful Bokeh to images (background softening) • Glow: add a fine glow to images, great for fashion or portraits • Tonality: boost details selectively in the shadows, midtones and highlights • Black & White: classic Black and White look straight out of the darkroom • and more!
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Ratings Over Time
sampled from 124 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2011 | — | — | 38 | $4.99 |
| April 25, 2014 | 1.6.1 | ★ 4.0 | 6,766 | Free |
| December 26, 2014 | 1.6.3 | ★ 4.0 | 6,944 | Free |
| October 16, 2015 | 2.0.5 | ★ 4.0 | 8,062 | Free |
| December 19, 2015 | 2.2.1 | ★ 4.0 | 8,129 | Free |
| December 25, 2015 | 2.2.1 | ★ 4.0 | 8,134 | Free |
| June 26, 2016 | 2.6 | ★ 4.0 | 8,298 | Free |
| September 17, 2018 | 2.18.2 | ★ 4.0 | 10,547 | Free |
| July 1, 2019 | 2.19.2 | ★ 4.0 | 11,742 | Free |
| November 5, 2019 | 2.19.4 | ★ 4.0 | 12,476 | Free |
| December 2, 2021 | 2.21.0 | ★ 3.7 | 7,297 | Free |
| December 5, 2021 | 2.21.0 | ★ 3.7 | 7,323 | Free |
| March 19, 2024 | 2.24.0 | ★ 3.5 | 9,033 | Free |
| February 24, 2025 | 2.25.0 | ★ 3.5 | 9,355 | Free |
| October 30, 2025 | 3.6.0 | ★ 3.7 | 11,988 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15The “I’m working” animation with the goof ball eyes is distracting and childish. 2 stars off for that, it’s so bad.
The best and simplest! Been using it for years!
[cons] - the new ui seems off, and complicated in a way. * If you had the ability to change it to past ui’s—that would be amazing. - only on mobile [pros] - Genuinely the best free editing app on mobile. - Features added constantly - No extra “premium” cost. [wishes] - Video section, this would genuinely make it the best app for both worlds of photography and cinematography—well—in mobile.
Snapseed is incredibly useful and has been my go-to for photo editing for years, but the unnecessary UI updates are beginning to sour my experience. By the time I become used to the new layout and features, a new update moves all the buttons and menus around, and muscle memory has me constantly hitting the wrong options for the next few days.
I even googled how to use it and I put two photos in my collection with the only option I have is to remove any photos. There’s not a plus that’s supposed to be tools. There’s not a create anything button. I guess I’ll delete it even after I googled how to use it. It told me about a + that I don’t have so I don’t know the point of it. it’s so far I can put photos on it, but then leave them.
Honestly, I fell in love with this app. As person who has just gotten into the hobby of photography, I found it hard to edit my photos as most editing programs have a high price point. This app is completely free yet still offers most of the same benefits as other programs. Love it and would recommend!!!
It is much harder to use, I miss the old version
The new masking tools are very helpful. I wish in the future they can use masks to control blurring. If you wanted to make a background less sharp than the subject for example.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.