Photomator – Photo Editor

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Last verified 7 Aug 2026

4.5 3719 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Best iOS photo editor for everyday use

   This is by far the best iOS photo editor for everyday use. I’ve used it since its original iPad release and it has only gotten better over time. Some of the features that have made it great for a long time are iOS photos integration (no importing/exporting hassle), all basic editing features that work as expected (color, exposure, sharpness, etc.), custom setting options, batch editing capability, and RAW support. The recent-ish additions of super resolution, denoising, iPhone support, and a more fluid browsing/editing interface have pushed this app over the top as the best editor for casual users who like to make their everyday photos shine. There are, of course, still opportunities for improvement, such as more customizable batch processing, the ability to better customize the interface (for example, to hide the overall ML button but surface the denoise option, rearrange the tool order, etc.), masking capability, setting sync between iPad and iPhone, and so on… but these would all be quality of life improvements on what is already a superb app. Highly recommended over every other iOS photo editor (and I have used more than I care to admit).

   Cybercrs · 7 Aug 2026

2. 4/5Phenomenal, it genuinely needs so few features to overtake Lightroom completely

   This is the kind of photo editor we need more of in the 2020s. Every company offerring a service offers subscriptions and licenses to their product telling you “no, you don’t own the software just because you paid for it. You’re paying us for permission.” This isn’t that. Not totally anyways. The option to buy it for life is growingly a rare delicacy because every apologist might want to defend how you lose your money for the products you need or want. Regardless, the only few features I’d need to make this be my ONLY app because I need lightroom for only 2-3 things: exporting files in desired color ranges like P3/ProPhoto/AdobeRGB/sRGB, exporting in my preferred file format like JXL (don’t kid yourself that it isn’t a better file format than HEIC if Apple is willing to start replacing it with the iPhone 16 since it can handle lossless encoding + massively wide color ranges), and lens correction/removing chromatic abberation. The editor is so good at parity that these ate the only few things I can even say. As of now, the workflow is to edit the RAW in Photomator, export the TIFF to Lightroom, then export the TIFF to JXL on 90% in Display P3 (sometimes Rec. 2020 for HDR photos). Cut out lightroom from my ultra simple workflow. The upcoming plans make me excited to dive more into photography.

   bigballerbanana · 7 Aug 2026

3. 4/5Almost there

   First of all I love this app. It’s my go to app for all of my editing while I’m traveling. But it’s not quite finished. There are some features that are missing that would enable this being my standalone editor. First off it’s got a ton of features that work fantastic. The ML feature gets it right more often than not. The program is intuitive for anyone who’s ever edited in that one program that shall not be named. It’s speedy enough to export hundreds of photos without any fuss (although my battery may disagree). What it’s missing though really is a bummer. We need masking. There is currently no masking abilities that I’m aware of and that is such a shame. The ability to add watermarks or layers would be awesome but I realize that’s not what this app was designed for specifically. This has lead to creating workflows that exist outside of Pixelmator. Please also consider adding some basic brushes in future updates. I’ve been able to create an alternative workflow here as well using snapseed but I’d love to have any excuse to get rid of that app. It’s clunky. Finally where is the noise reduction? I’ll tell you, not here. It doesn’t exist yet. That is a shame. Overall you won’t be upset with this for edits and corrections but it’s just not quite done in my opinion.

   Kaplan student · 7 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Good Lord this is all you need…

   I’m a Fujifilm fan boy, and I usually use the CamRemote to transfer JPEGs directly to my Apple Photos, from there I post to IG…but when the JPEGs just aren’t doing it for me, I start messing with the RAW .raf file. AND THATS WHERE EVERYTHING HAS FAILED ME UNTIL NOW. See, I wanted to keep things as streamlined as possible without having to do stupid stuff like copying into an editing program, and then exporting back to the camera roll for the apple photo stream sync via iCloud to take over…because thats gross, messy and unintuitive—not to mention a waste of storage and leaves duplicate photos everywhere etc. And this brings me to the best thing about this app, deep apple photos integration. Now, my workflow is as easy as plugging in my SD card, importing into my Apple Photos, rating, deleting as necessary, uploading the creamy X-Trans sensor beauties that my Fuji cams spit out in jpeg and editing the RAWs that need a little extra work…all non distructive without duplicates IN ICLOUD 🤑🤑. And because Apple Photos handles RAW+JPEG images exactly the same as your other photos everything says clean and sexy. Best app ever because of the integration bar none. They knocked it out of the park with this one.

   Thisismikedee · 7 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Best by Test

   I’ve been using this app professionally for almost a half a year now and I feel obliged to share my thoughts. I’m a nature photographer who takes thousands of photos a shoot, the majority of which don’t ever make it to the final cut. I have been on a search to find the application that has the best one click batch edit so I can quickly save and pretty up the photos that don’t make it to market. I have tried almost every ML approach out there and it quickly became clear that the top two contenders were Adobe Lightroom’s Auto edit feature and Pixelmator Pro. Though Adobe’s solution is impressive, I have been blown away by the consistency and beauty that Pixelmator produces. The first thing that I notice after comparing thousands of shots is that Pixelmator has a style. It tends to be more conservative than liberal and reproduces the scene in a more natural way. I love that: Adobe’s Auto feature often takes a more aggressive matter. That, to me, produces many rejects, some keepers, and very rarely a surprisingly fantastic diamond in the rough. Pixelmator on the other hand nails every photo, consistently, and does a beautiful job at it. It seems to sometimes cast a bit warm in juxtaposition with other options, but that isn’t a complaint as much as an observation. The images always look more detailed, but not over sharp. They look vibrant without looking edited. Pixelmator doesn’t just up the contrast on each image but rather looks at the image to see if it warrants it. It’s intelligence is astounding, going for certain artistic angles, yet never giving the impression that it was edited. There have certainly been cases where Pixelmator edited a photo better than I ever could, or taken an angle I would’ve never thought about. The team behind this app should be incredibly proud and I am excited to use this app for a long time.

   Aidan McLaughlin · 7 Aug 2026

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