Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor

• Polarr Monthly — $3.99/month
• Polarr Monthly — $23.99/year ($1.99/mo)
• Polarr Lite — $3.99
• Polarr Lite — $7.99
• Polarr Lite — $17.99
• Polarr Lite — $24.99
• Polarr Studio — $7.99
• Polarr Studio — $9.99
• Polarr Studio — $29.99
• Polarr Studio — $34.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

• Free to download
• In-app purchases: $0.99 - $34.99 per item

Last verified 31 Aug 2026

4.7 66898 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5My #1 photo editor

   I had been playing around with so many photo editing apps hoping for something more than ready made filters and bottom basic crap. After years using photoshop in my school days, no app has even came close to satisfying me. Then I stumbled upon Polarr. FINALLY!!!! The first app to go beyond simple and actually gives various options in different ways. There’s just so many options, I haven’t even figured it all out yet. Like, creating your own filter!! I absolutely LOVE this app and can’t wait to see more to come from Polarr. Why I give 4 stars, there are a few snags here and there, but nothing major. Things like, heavy in to editing a photo and boom all black and the only way to get back is by exiting out of the app. Originally, I hated the window viewer for edges, but that recently has changed and is much better. In the beginning, the app was a bit confusing even with tutorials. Then as I started getting use to everything. Then, suddenly I couldn’t use any of my paid premium options and was told the app no longer existed. It was all pretty strange, then 2 weeks later it was back. I was so upset 😂 Anyways, I highly recommend Polarr to anyone, it’s the best photo editor your going to get, other then the super expensive ones.

   TyD84 · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5What happened?

   Why was the layout and the app itself redesigned? It was perfectly fine before where you could just scroll your fingers across and measure up to 100 or down to -100, simple yet useful and refreshing to make my pictures pop. Now it’s just plain and looks like you, no intention to offend or accuse, made it appear to look like the Darkroom app layout. It’s also glitchy my photos go blank when editing and only reappears when I click the before picture and never shows the picture I was in the midst of editing. In my opinion, the new things you’ve added are okay it would’ve been fine in the original layout and just as pleasing without the aesthetic to “just get it edited it doesn’t matter what it looks like so we made it all black” change. It’s also confusing, you hit adjust and flicker some changes and hit the check button and you’re like “huh? I have to edit all on the same tab?” it’s confusing having to remember I have to edit all of them on one tab itself that’s just sitting in a line above the adjusters instead of being able to hold down the adjusters and change it to what pleases you. Other than that it’s great.

   Premiere. 🎞️ · 30 Aug 2026

3. 4/5Love

   Bought Polarr for Mac as I never updated from Lightroom 3 before Adobe switched to the cloud (also, I'm an app geek). The iOS license was really just icing, though it turns out I use the mobile version infinitely more. The selection of filters is enormous and the features are comprehensive. I'm not a huge filter user and a decent proportion of those included lean toward the faded/dark/cross-processed look of simulated antique film, though you can save your own adjustments for later use and batch editing. Make sure to apply filters before exposure and tone adjustments, as they override selected settings; it would be nice if filters could be stacked for combined effect. The heal and clone features aren't as intelligent as some I've used and can be a bit clumsy to manipulate on phone screens, as the selection areas are quite large by default. The face enhancing settings are useful for portraits, though an auto setting for face tone/texture alone would be helpful for those who don't want to completely reshape their face and maintain some subtlety. These are relatively minor quibbles and easily manageable. The greatest weaknesses to Polarr are its lack of support for raw formats (mobile only) and its tendency to lag as the adjustment count reaches close to 300 (edit history makes it incredibly easy to check questionable choices, though); the latter will clearly depend on your phone. — ANYHOW, if you aren't a fan of subscriptions, I'd highly recommend purchasing a desktop/mobile license prior to the update. The grace period isn't permanent, but significantly long enough to outlast a number of updates and more than a few phones.

   seaofpapercups · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Change it back now

   I’m so happy to see that I am not the only one who is completely infuriated with the new update. Why would you completely change an entire app so that even experienced users are dumbfounded. I can’t for the life af me figure out the set up for the new way that overlays work, I cant even seem to apply an image in the style of a gradient like was able to do before. From 5 stars to 1, if could I’d give it none. You were a top rated app, why would you make such a move, that was dumber than dumb, at least have the courtesy to roll it out slowly. Not all at once. I had not known how much more useful this app was over my previous go to until the last few months. But once I really played around with it, it soon became my newest go to. I wish I had never updated. Also why is there not an easier way to delete my custom overlays, y’all didn’t bother to reconcile that situation. Who ever made this decision should be fired, or given a second chance to fix this mess that now takes up room on my phone. If something is not done soon, I will be requesting an entire refund 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ this is not the app I paid for. Idk what this is.

   JINK13S · 31 Jul 2026

5. 1/5Nope, you ruined it.

   LAST UPDATE BEFORE I DELETE: Now you can’t even save a photo without a subscription. It would be one thing if I hadn’t already *paid in full* for use of the app years ago, before they switched to a subscription model, and didn’t honor that purchase, which violates Apples TOS. App continues to get worse with every update. I’m finally fully done. MONTHS-LATER UPDATE: How could this possibly keep getting WORSE? They finally released some updates, did not fix the filter issues, did not fix the announcement window bug. And now, every time I open it, I get a “Not enough space” warning that forces me to clear my edit history. After only editing a few photos—with many, many GBs of storage left on my phone. ——— Strike 1: Charge a subscription after I had already paid for multiple things in the app. Strike 2: I pay for subscription, but still can’t get the same filters I already paid for and use on a daily basis back. Strike 3: I receive no response when I contact them via their website to ask if it’s possible to get the filters that have been a part of my daily workflow for years back. I can deal with changes to the UI. But taking away what I’ve already paid for and then offering no support for a paid service is just b.s. Also, what’s with the “Announcements” dialog box (with no announcements) that pops up EVERY time I open a photo, even after several updates?

   TactfulCactii · 30 Aug 2026

3.8 146439 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   polarr is on another level. absolutely love it.

   Yuvaraj Madawal · 1 Aug 2026

2. 5/5

   best for colour grading!

   Ananya Singh · 1 Aug 2026

3. 5/5

   good

   Noung Fon · 1 Aug 2026

4. 4/5

   good app but Shame you can only save 3 filters

   Fanny · 1 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   I looooooove the app just wish that we would be able to save more than 3 filters when we're not using a subscriptions (cuz the filters are all too good lmao🥲) but yeah totally worth it and for the free version the app provides pretty good tools and filters❣️

   Bhavana B · 1 Aug 2026

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