PictureShow app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 3128 ratings )
Photo & Video Entertainment
Developer: graf
1.99 USD
Current version: 3.5.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 25 Aug 2009
App size: 14.3 Mb

"If you buy only one photo editing app for your iPhone, make sure its PictureShow"
- iphoneography.com

"Highly recommend for new and experienced iPhoneographers. It’s powerful yet easy to use and creates well-rendered analog-style photo effects."
- lifeinlofi.com

"Recommend it to anyone looking to get unique, lo-fi looks to their photographs on the go."
- cnet.com

PictureShow emulates various toy camera styles.
It enables you to mix frames, light leaks and noises to create an unexpected result with simple shuffle button and even you can fine-tune on each edit mode.

- Easy to use UI design.
- 45 Preset styles.
- 23 Frames.
- 10 Light Leaks.
- 13 Noises.
- Timer
- Lens Kit (single, Quad, Vertical Quad, Multi-Exposure and HalfShot Lens).
- TiltShift.
- HDR
- Vignetting Intensity Control.
- Crop, Rotation & Flip.
- Style Recipe (You can save your custom style with easy).
- Color Edit (Red, Green, Blue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation ).
- Quick and Easy navigation between preset styles.
- Easy and real time editing.
- Simple typo (font, size, align & color supported).
- In-App Sharing (Twitter, FaceBook, Tumblr, Flickr).
- Various Resolution.
- 900 * 1200px
- 1200 * 1600 px
- Original Size

Pros and cons of PictureShow app for iPhone and iPad

PictureShow app good for

Best. Photo. App. Ever. Blows everything else out of the water. Seriously. I had to rate it again. Soooo in love. Maybe have another filter that just warms things up? Kinda like the "antique" effect in iPhoto. That would make it absolutely perfect.
Its a great editing app, but unlike the other competitors, its not updating features. It also needs more fonts and maybe have the ability to rotate them?
This was one of the first photo editing apps I bought and really enjoyed it. It doesnt have a whole lot of effects but the ones that it does have, it does well. So three stars for the effects, but Im going to add a star because this is probably the most beautiful camera interface in the entire app store. Theres something that just feels so good about working with this GUI. However, its been a very long time and it seems to me that its time for an update with an expanded selection of effects. I dont use it very much any more because therere so many other great apps now that do so much more, but its still a pleasure to use this when I occasionally reach for it.
Update: Hasnt been updated in a while, would really love to see the developer take some time to appreciate his product, let his users know he hasnt forgotten about them, and dust off an amazing product. Previous Review: Awesome app that contains a huge selection of film filters, noise, light splotches, and frames for a stunning and endless combination of photo processing options. Love, love this new update which introduces easier thumbnail display styles and new film filters. I highly recommend buying this app if you are up in the air about it. Hitting the "randomize" button is one of my favorite things to do within this app since it brings up interesting combinations that I can then further customize. I use this app on a daily basis and it never fails to please!
I had used instagram for a while and was getting bored with it so I upgraded to Picture Show and this is the first app Ive ever bought so I was hesitant at first but the shuffle effect is really amazing and generates really vintage effects to my pictures. Havent had to upgrade yet but Im satisfied so far :)
I LOVE this app but would love it even more if it were updated! Images look really pixelated while editing and you cannot rotate images within the app.

Some bad moments

For 3 bucks youd expect the iPad version to be full size for editing, not the pixelated, cheesy "2x" iphone enlargement. Did I mention this is advertised as an editing app? Biggest waste of money EVER.
please update. really annoy imported images are rotated - at least give an option to control that.
We need the ability to rotate the image. Tilt shift doesnt work right on landscape images because we cant rotate.
Please update this app to support the iPhone 5s 4 inch retina display -FTW
Used to be the best photo app out there. Nothing came close. But that was 2 years ago. Now its terrible. Maybe an update will change things, but with all of the other great photo apps out there I doubt this app will make a comeback.
This "was" my go to photo app for several years. The interface was easy to use and had a lot of nice features. Now its been updated I feel its much harder to use!! Seems like a step backwards. Ill give it a couple weeks of try to get used to the new interface but I have a feeling Ill be looking for a new photo app.