Phonto - Text on Photos

• Ad-Free version — $4.99
• Bubble Generator — $0.99
• Phonto Filter Pack — $2.99
• Phonto Image Pack — $3.99
• Text Style Kit — $2.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.8 121817 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Highly Recommended!

   I'm really surprised that there are so few reviews for this app. I've owned this app 12+ years and I still use it several times a week to mess around on and make cool picture quotes. Prior to all the latest updates, you were only able to use a 1:1 ratio which was just a boring square. Now you are able to choose from various ratio sizes and make the picture fit to your chosen size. There’s also a ton more fonts to choose from - and the best part that I LOVE about this app, is that you can add your own fonts to it! Just go to any free font website, download the font of your choice, and then click on the saved download. It will give you the option to click on the app when the window pops up and it ask if you would like to download it to Phonto and then that’s it! Super easy and an endless amount of free fonts are out there. I also love the fact that you can easily delete the fonts you don’t want anymore because sometimes I download fonts that turn out to be not what I expected and I am able to simply swipe left on the font and it deletes it instantly. I highly recommend this app. It allows so many options to choose from, yet it’s all in a simple type of platform. It takes no time before you are able to pick it up.

   ashleymuir10 · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5PHONTO: Review

   Hello. I am writing a review for the app PHONTO. This app is great; I have been editing pictures of my dogs with the lovely text options, and I also have been adding cute symbols that this app provides. I also love that it gives you filters to put on pictures, along with plain color backgrounds that you can change to Ombré colors. This app is great, and I know people who have made businesses of writing and adding things to pictures, which I think is spectacular, so shoutout to those people! I have used this app (like I said) to edit and add things to pictures of my dogs, and now I have been making wallpapers for my grandparents, aunt, mum and dad. They love them, and it is a great use of material. I am not sure if there is a text limit but I doubt it; I have put over 5 things on a picture and there was no text limit, so that’s perfect. For a watermark, I use the barcode font and just write my name. Nobody questions it, and it is practical and easy to add on, because you can just add it into the corner and it serves as “decoration.” I hope this review helps, thank you for reading!

   bry2011 bry31211 · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5✨TRULY A FAVORITE‼️✨

   I rarely write reviews (unless incessantly asked by those pop-ups in certain 'thirsty' apps😒). But Phonto has been a game-changer for me! If you are looking for a mini, but fully loaded graphics program to edit photos and images, create logos and avatars, for promoting or marketing, or just for fun — this app is a workhorse!🤩 To be fair, the interface can be clunky, but that's less by design and attributed more to the user.😉 Perhaps a readily available quick tutorial would be beneficial in explaining each of the select functions, especially the "Style" option which has SO many additional features under the 'sub' "Color" and 'sub' "Style" functions! It took a while to find and explore all of the features, but completely worth it. 🏆BONUS: I recall paying a ONE-time nominal fee to remove adds and unlock additional features. And it's STAYED that way! Again, unlike some other apps who only seem to thrive on continually charging more and more for "in-app" features/purchases. Thanks, Phonto! You created a stellar app and you're doing an excellent job!🏅

   DrKyashi · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5I love Phonto!!

   I love Phonto so much. I have and will recommend this to friends until i run out of breath. For mobile editing, Phonto is literally a top 3 app. Like it's literally essential for photo editing. Anyway, back to business. Don't let my five stars fool you, there ARE things to be done, but regardless this app is unmatched. I have one request and one bug fix to discuss. We'll start with the bug. Small bug but still worth fixing. When I am in the color pattern menu and I've decided on my pattern, when I click "Done" the app acts like I clicked the button next to it where it prompts a screen that asks me to choose between ombré or character-by-character patterns. In order to successfully leave the color pattern screen I have to click the edge of the screen, past the done button lol. Also, I would like to request something. It would be very very VERY helpful to insert a feature into the app where we can create folders for our fonts (fonts can be in multiple folders btw). It just helps a lot when you have a ton of fonts in your library. Thanks for reading! Much love. 💗

   peteybot · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Serious issue freezing the entire app

   One major problem: some fonts have a special keyboard for symbols. The special symbols keyboard covers ALL input options for the app, effectively freezing it. You must close the app and open an old project that has a normal font already and open a normal text box in order to switch you default font off of the special keyboard font in order to access the app. If you do not have an old project with a normal font then you are locked into the special keyboard font and can never leave it, since it covers the option to switch fonts. It might completely lock the app if you don’t have an old project. I just tapped on the font name to preview my text and became locked in this error. Closing and restarting left me with the dingbat special keyboard as my default so the change font button was covered and inaccessible. I chose “reset to previous state” from the menu and it showed me a normal font to select and reset my default to. Be careful browsing fonts!

   Metallurgicarborist · 30 Aug 2026

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