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There are tons of photography editing apps in Google Play store and Apple AppStore. When there are so many options, making a choice can often become difficult. Many of these apps are Medicare, some are good, and a few of them are exceptional.
With over 17 years of content creation for my websites and for social media use, I have found that three apps cover 99% my usage scenarios. I rarely ever have to look for another app outside of these three to get my photo editing done when I am on my phone.
Between the three of them, any photos I take for work or professional use can be manipulated to my satisfaction. Let’s have a look at these solid photography editing apps.
- Photo Editor
- Adobe Lightroom Photo Editor
- PhotoRoom Studio Photo Editor
Quality photography editing for official use is possible on modern smartphones
Photo Editor
Photo Editor by Dev.Macgyver is perhaps the most comprehensive image editor available on mobile phones. I am able to resize, crop, fit, rotate, add text, add shapes, add effects, add images, watermark, correct, adjust colours, and more, all with Photo Editor.
This app is available for free, with ads, but I found it so good and have used it, with satisfaction, for so long that I paid for it to support the developer. I really cannot imagine what editing photographs on my mobile phone would be like without Photo Editor.
It does not require an Internet connection for use, as all the processing is done on the device. This is unlike many other apps that have the processing done in the cloud. This is a true 100% offline image editor. I am able to use it in the most remote locations where Internet access does not exist or is crappy.
Photo Editor does not require the user to sign into any account or service. Consider this application the modern mobile equivalent of CorelDraw or PhotoShop. Manipulating photos taken to get the right sizes and appearance is a great forte of Photo Editor.
Photo Editor is so good and so comprehensive that 95% of my photography editing starts and ends in this app. In the occasional scenario that it doesn’t deliver the exact results I want, after doing most of the editing in Photo Editor, I add the extra manipulations in one or more of the following apps.
Adobe Lightroom Photo Editor
Speaking of PhotoShop, Lightroom by Adobe is a solid photography editing app that leverages on cloud processing. Sometimes, I am not getting the final results that I want after working with Photo Editor by Dev.MacGyver. I turn to Lightroom to help fix those things.
Lightroom has pretty much similar feature set to the other app. It lets me fine-tune the tones and appearances of photos after I have achieved most of my needs in Photo Editor. Like I already mentioned, the feature set is similar, but not as comprehensive.
I have tried to use Lightroom as my primary photography editing app, and that didn’t get me the best results. But it serves great as a backup for final photo quality tweaks.
PhotoRoom Studio Photo Editor
PhotoRoom is a new discovery of mine that I use for one purpose only – background removal and manipulation. The app is really good at this and it is one area that Photo Editor is not great at. When I need to remove the background in a photo, or blur the background, I turn to PhotoRoom.
There is another service that I use for background removal, a web app called Remove.bg. That is the website URL too. However, that imposes a size limit on the image results, which is not great for your professional use.
PhotoRoom does not require you to sign in to use it. It is available free, but that imposes a watermark on your finished products. To get rid of the watermark, get the Pro version for a small annual (or monthly) subscription.
Sometimes, PhotoRoom doesn’t remove everything in the background, depending on the tones and colours. Then I export the results to Photo Editor, where I can manually paint the rogue spots away.
Between these three mobile apps, I have a great time editing photographs for use on my blogs and websites, as well as for social media posts. Take some time to play with them to see what works for you. For example, it is possible that Lightroom can serve you well as your primary photography editor, different from my case. But one thing is sure: these three apps are among the very best photography editing tools available on mobile phones.
If you are wondering why Canva is not on this list, that is because while Canva is a great graphics design app (for creating banners and fliers, etc), I hardly ever need it for photography editing. The two are related, but they are not the same thing. If you do need graphics design, you definitely should try Canva. It makes design simple and breezy and is what I use for that purpose when I am working on my smartphone.
While I use these three photography editing apps for websites and social media, you can put them to use for your own specific purposes – for work or recreation. They are top notch and get the work done. All of them are available on Google Play Store for Android smartphones and tablets, and all but Photo Editor are available in Apple AppStore for iPhones and iPads.
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Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
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WideOpenWest, also known as WOW, is the sixth-largest cable operator in the United States of America. WOW’s network has over 3,200,000 homes and businesses in the US. The company offers landline telephone, cable television, and broadband Internet services. We hunted around for reviews of WOW phone service to see what users of the service are saying about it.
WOW phone service review on ConsumerAffairs website
The first site I found reviews on WOW phone service was ConsumerAffiars. The site was filled with a lot of 1 star reviews, I had to switch pages before I found very few good reviews. A lot of the complaints were about unreliable customer service, false information, raising of prices, hidden fees and so much more. Here’s one of the reviews:
DO NOT USE WOW. Save your money and your time. Customer service is a joke. They billed me when I no longer have an existing account. They encourage you to use online chat, and the agents will tell you one thing, and then they will send you a bill for another, when you try to confront them about it? “Oh sorry, nothing we can do about the charges, we will let that guy know he did a bad job, so that fixes your issue right?” I asked for a manager, and was referred to call in to speak to a manager, and no one ever answers the phone. It says 24/7 phone support available, no agents answered. Unreliable internet, unreliable customer service, unreliable billing. Don’t waste your time or money with them. (Source)
After scrolling and switching pages, like I said earlier, I found a few reviews praising WOW’s affordable plans and friendly customer service and good internet services. Here’s one:
I’ve been with WOW cable, phone, and internet for over 15 years. Although the customer service has been outsourced to the Philippines, so far I have continued great customer service support. The product and price is great so far. They have kept my bill affordable. Also, a new modem with higher internet speed is in the mail at no charge without my request. That is great service. (Source)
WOW phone service review on Trustpilot website
The next site I visited was Trustpilot, which had an overall review star rating of 2.1 stars out of 5 stars for WOW. The customers with good reviews were happy with WOW’s affordable prices and decent, stable internet connection. Here’s a customer’s review:
I have been with Wow! For a year now and I love it. I have great internet and their large cable package, and I could not be happier with them. My bill is also affordable. I’m so glad I found wow!. My only complaint is they can have long hold times.
And on to the bad reviews, a lot of customers were not very happy with their customer service, slow internet and lag. Here’s one:
Never ending nightmares. Their cable speed is always slow and nowhere near the speed I pay for. Recently they shut down to do a 4-hour maintenance the other night. Next day. Cable down. My router would not work at all. Customer service gave me a song and dance while I was unable to work remotely because of this. Called Netgear. Took 8 hours! (Yes, true because I need to work $$$). Once connection was established, the top speed was now 5M! I was getting 250M (I pay for 500 m). Called WOW again. Customer service kept putting me on hold. After 20 mins. They said they were still working on it and if we lose the phone call they will call me back was sceptical). Going on 2 hours. Nothing so far. Anyway. This is one story of many. They are the only game in town and now probably the reason I am going to move. Anyone giving them more than 3 stars works for WOW. (source)
WOW phone service review on BroadbandNow website
Next, I visited BroadbandNow and there were a lot of good reviews on this site. Most of the good reviews wrote about their great and affordable prices, fast internet, good service tech and customer service.
WOW is amazing. An honest company that does business right!! From the service tech to the customer service, we’ve never had a problem. They worked with us to find a plan that we can afford. They have always gone above and beyond in every situation for years. Thank you WOW.
Of course, there were some bad reviews, but they were not as much as the good ones. The bad reviews majorly complained about slow and unreliable internet connections and frequent increase in price. Here’s an example:
Changed companies from WOW due to ridiculous price increase partway through contract, and gladly paid the cancellation fee. Bills keep coming, even after being told you’re paid up. All offices are closed, and no place to return equipment or make payment and get a receipt, so you are at their mercy as far as getting charged. Even taking into account virus issues, the inability of anyone to get you a final receipt when you return equipment or make payment, or put anything in writing via email is disturbing to say the least. ( source)
Last Words
After going through a lot of reviews on different sites, the results are a mixed bag. It is clear that WOW has a lot of work to do. The customer experience on WOW is so diverse that it is difficult to give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
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Author:Dun
Dun enjoys reading and writing, and is always on her smartphone. She currently uses a Google Pixel 3.
