Are your selfies either horrendously lame or depressing?
If so, you probably need to check out the free Candy Camera mobile app asap.
This is a selfie/beauty editor/photo editor rolled into one to transform your pics and get them social media-ready.
The app, which scores a very creditable 4.4 out of five on Google Play, can up your selfie game with a fantastic array of filters.
There’s no need to take countless selfies till you get one that’s usable. With Candy Camera range of beautification filters, you can look a million dollars, first time, every time.
If you want to be a social media influencer or add celebrity styling to your selfies, you are not alone. At the last count, some seven million people were using Candy Camera every day.
Huge range of filters specifically for selfies
Improve your skin’s appearance with one tap
Swipe left and right to compare filters
See your filtered selfie while you take the pic
Always look beautiful in all your selfies
In addition to the real-time filters, the app comes fully loaded with editing tools to tidy up your masterpiece.
These include:
Slimming
Teeth whitening
Concealer
Blush
Lipstick
Eyeliner and mascara
The app also comes with a vast collection of stickers to help make your selfies stand out. There’s quite likely a sticker for every occasion, and the library gets added to with every update. The stickers range from cute to artistic and are easily resized and moved around to suit.
It’s also easy to create collages from multiple pics and choose from various styles and grid formats.
Another thoughtful touch they have included in the Candy Camera package is a silent mode. This lets you take a sneaky selfie without your phone telling the whole world what you are doing.
Predictably, perhaps, in a land obsessed with female appearance, the app was developed in Seoul, Korea, by tech startup JP Brothers.
Founded in 2012, Candy Camera is the company’s flagship app. The company comprises self-proclaimed selfie fans dedicated to developing top drawer photography apps.
Multi-language support
Massive range of filter options
Massive library of re-sizeable stickers
Easy to use
Easy to share pics on social media platforms
You can edit and save images to an SD card
Supported by ads
You can download Candy Camera from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Interestingly, Android users give the app a much better score than iOS fans, awarding the app 4.4 and 3.8 out of five, respectively. The Android score is aggregated from 3.5 million reviews, while the lower iOS score is off the back of just 353 reviews!
The app has also received numerous top billings in reviews of photography-related mobile apps. It is regularly hailed as one of the best selfie apps around.
Regardless of the reviews, the app needs Android 4.1 or later and iOS 10.0 or later. The macOS desktop version requires 11.0 or later and a Mac with an Apple M1 chip.