The current generation is obsessed with selfies, no doubt. No matter what social media platform you use, be it Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or even Twitter, selfies are the norm everywhere. However, the regular selfies have been replaced by more enhanced selfies. Apparently having a front camera is not enough for most users. With dedicated selfie apps surfing, we have the ability to add filters, stickers, AR masks, and whatnot to our selfies to make them stand out. However, with so many apps to choose from, which are the best to go with? Well, we're here to make the job easier for you. Read on, as we bring you our list of the 10 best selfie apps for Android and iOS that you can use for your selfie game:
Top 5 Selfie Apps for Android
Sweet selfie
Sweet Selfie is one of the best selfie-oriented apps on the Play Store, and my favorite too. The app comes with all the features you'd expect from a selfie camera, and then some. Sweet Selfie allows users to beautify their images with trendy filters and special stickers, with smart auto beautify, amazing blur, vignette as well as retro features. There are also features like teeth whitening, and muscle stickers, so you can easily try out a new look. The app's interface is also nice, with all the actions laid out nicely. You also have the option to change the filter or change the brightness using gestures. If you want to edit your selfie, I suggest you try Sweet Selfie for the first time.
Free downloadCandy Camera
Candy Camera is one of the top rated apps on the Google Play Store and it is another selfie app. The app lets you take selfies and see the real-time effects on them and there are over a hundred filters in the app. Apart from that, you get additional features like stickers and collages. There's also a silent camera feature that lets you take selfies in public without attracting much attention. Oh, and the app also offers unlimited real-time video calls for free with real-time filters. Unlike most apps, Candy Camera is a very lightweight yet powerful app, which allows the user to use gestures to easily pop up their images.
Free downloadB612
Boasting over 1500 diverse stickers, B612 is a selfie camera app which is preferred by majority of users out there. You get real-time beauty effects and pristine filters to make you look even better. Also, you get a plethora of lenses that even trump the likes of Snapchat. Oh, and if you thought that was it, there are also AR stickers to add more life to your snaps. Besides, B612 also enables video recording with live filters, which enables you to create high-quality music videos. The app's interface is very similar to Instagram, with features like pictures, music videos, hands-free, and boomerang all laid out at the bottom for user convenience.
Free downloadYouCam Perfect
YouCam Perfect Selfie is a great app for all the selfie lovers out there. Along with great selfie-taking features, the app also comes with great selfie editing tools to get you the perfect selfie you need. The app is feature rich and there are a number of great features like beautifying effects, face reshaping, stylization and the ability to beautify all your face features. Also, you get a full-stack editor with features like mosaic blur and object remover. While Camera Mode may not offer as many real-time filters as other apps on this list, Image Editor offers way more features to make up for it.
Free download
BestMe Selfie Camera
BestMe is a selfie app specially designed for instant sharing on social media. The app comes with an emoji-grid photo mode, no-crop mode for Instagram, with 125 real-time filters and a plethora of stickers. You also get real-time collage functionality and a specially designed camera and editor to capture the perfect selfie. If you want an app that clicks social media-ready images right off the bat, BestMe is the selfie app you've been looking for. In fact, the app also has direct sharing built in so you can easily post your images to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more.
Free downloadTop 5 Selfie Apps for iOS
Halide
The only premium app on this list, and rightly so, Halide is probably the best camera app out there. With premium tools, a user interface designed from the ground up for iPhone 8 and iPhone X with superb detail, Halide is your go-to camera when you really want to take a photo rather than a quick snapshot. For selfies, the app offers an excellent portrait mode, as well as beauty mode to make you look even better. Plus, there's also RAW image support for those of you who like to spend time on manual post-editing.
Download: €6,99
Perfect365 PRO
Perfect365 is the app for you if you prefer beauty modes over lenses and filters. The app lets you try on new looks on the fly. However, the app would be more appealing to female audiences, given that the app does not include filters, but rather virtual makeup and styling tools. It comes with over 20 makeup and beauty tools so you can customize your personal style, including shadows, liners, lipsticks, and more! Oh, and there are over 200 pre-made styles, so styling is at your fingertips. If you want to go from selfies with filters to selfies that do face editing and makeup, then Perfect365 is the "perfect" app for you.
Free download
relive
The app that started the whole filter set, Retrica is a full-fledged app for selfie lovers and even for photo editing lovers. With Retrica, you get over 100 stickers and even more live filters on the go. Also, the app lets you capture videos or GIFs along with the filters in real time. There is also the possibility to doodle on your images, to give them a more personal touch. Retrica also boats some of the highest quality filters available, and I personally have not been disappointed. Also, the interface is one of the simplest I've ever tried on a selfie app, so be sure to give this selfie camera app a try.
Free downloadCamera360
The Chinese app that is now globally favorite, Camera360 is one of the most overloaded selfie apps I have ever used. Aside from exquisite filters and a beauty and makeup mode, the app also comes with Motion Sticker & 3D Funny Stickers to make your snaps as awesome as possible. The app also has a fun challenge mode, which presents you with selfie challenges every day. All things considered, the app offers something for everyone and should make up for it with a nice selfie app. While the app requires you to log in to unlock all app features, the overall user experience is one of the best on Camera360. Give this app a whirl if you want a full selfie app.
Free downloadCymera
Cymera is an app I use a lot on my iPhone, thanks to its clean and neat user interface. But that doesn't mean it lacks features. In fact, the app comes with 130 different filters, a variety of camera lenses, silent mode, automatic face recognition for touch-ups, and much more. The app is social media ready, thanks to collage and no-crop modes. You can also play with trendy stickers, animal masks, beauty filters, light effects, frames! As well as a super powerful camera app, Cymera also doubles up as an image editor, allowing you to retouch and add filters to images already stored on your device.
Free downloadIf we missed any of the best Selfie apps for Android and iOS, tell us about them in the comments.
