Adobe Photoshop Express 3.5.1

If you like photo editing, especially on a pixel level, then you’ll probably love Photoshop Express from the Adobe people. It’s not like the desktop version, that much is clear, but it retains some of the features in the original Photoshop suite that will come extremely handy on the go.

A spot-on image editor

Unlike other Adobe apps we’ve had the pleasure of testing, Photoshop Express for iOS looks good from top to bottom. Both the menus and the UI as a whole are incredibly tasty and intuitive, leaving no room for interpretation and just inviting you to delve into the editing.

It starts with three locations where you can import photos from. You can choose Revel, your camera roll, or to take an instant picture for a quick spin around the features.

Perfect for retouching photos on the go

It’s no rocket science, but it’s no kiddy toy either. Once you’ve loaded up a photo you can take it through various filters until you find the right one for the look you want. Then you can also crop, straighten, rotate, and flip your photos, remove red eye, and pet eye, etc.

Other tools can auto-fix mistakes, and there’s a blemish removal utility in there that many pro-level users will appreciate when away from their computer. RAW photo support is there as well, and Revel integration lets you have your albums handy at all time. It’s a wonderful tool for on-the go editing.

By using the Adobe ID, users can access the My Looks section, a feature that lets them save their favorite edits as custom looks. Thankfully, there’s no limitation to the number of such edits that you can perform.

Thanks to the link given by the account, you can also edit image files from your Adobe Creative Cloud. All edited photos can be shared easily, even to WhatsApp, which cuts out a few steps.

On iPad, Photoshop Express is even more usable and offers the same feature set as on iPhone and iPod touch. Sharing features include Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Revel, Tumblr, good old fashioned email, and your Camera Roll for saving.

Privacy

PS Express wants to use your current location to geotag your photos. You can tell it not to, but it’s easy to dismiss that dialog by accidentally accepting it. Of course, your photos remain on your phone until you give the app permission to upload them anywhere. It’s also one of those apps that will send you notifications every once in a while.

It also integrates with Facebook (if you let it), which always shaves off a couple of points in privacy. However, it also doesn’t require an account to use. So you can just have your way with it and then never come back, without putting your privacy at risk. With that, the scales are even.

Add to watchlist:

Editor

• Autodesk SketchBook 3.1.2
• VSCO Cam 4.1
• Photowall 1.1

Portable version:

• Adobe Photoshop Express for Windows Phone
• Adobe Photoshop Express for Android