Don't Use Instagram Without These Apps

Are you looking for ways to level up your Instagram game? The days of being able to snap a picture, add a quick Instagram filter, and post it to Instagram are officially over but the good news is with the best apps for Instagram you can keep up the best of them!

There are apps for editing photos and videos, apps for analyzing data, and apps for scheduling. With all these tools are your fingertips, you’ll be able to level up your Instagram in no time! Let’s get right to it…

Edit Your Photos and Videos Like a Pro
- VSCO
- A Color Story
- Snapseed
- PicMonkey
- Lightroom
- Boomerang from Instagram

Plan, Schedule, & Analyze Like a Boss
- Tailwind
- Canva
- Preview
- Hootsuite mobile app

1. VSCO

VSCO is an editing app for Instagram photos. I use it to edit all of my Instagram photos and I love it! You can read my full VSCO tutorial in this post.

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2. A Color Story

A Color Story is an editing app that you can use to make fresh, colorful photos and videos. It features 400+ filters, 100+ effects, 20+ tools, the ability to save custom filters from your edits, and an IG planning grid! A Color Story also specializes in mobile imaging apps, Lightroom presets, and Photoshop actions.

3. Snapseed

Snapseed is Google’s photo editing app. You can use it to add filters to your photos and it has the best editing tools such as healing, portrait, lens blur, and many more. My favorite tool is healing which allows you to make parts of your photo that you don’t want to disappear! Spot the differences below! 😉

4. PicMonkey

PicMonkey is an online photo editing and design service that allows you to create beautiful photos, logos, and social media graphics. Try PicMonkey Pro for Free and get the PicMonkey subscription that gives you powerful photo editing and design tools, plus productivity-boosting features like PDF export!

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5. Lightroom

Lightroom is another very popular editing app for Instagram photos. You can get beautiful presets for Lightroom and use them to edit your photos with just one click! How easy is that?!

6. Boomerang from Instagram

Boomerang from Instagram is a super fun video app that allows you to create mini video clips that loop back and forth. It’s perfect for posting to your feed or your Instagram stories.

7. Tailwind

Tailwind is the easiest way to manage your presence on Instagram. They are an official partner of Instagram and offer a complete suite of marketing tools including Smart Scheduling, Analytics & Monitoring, Content Discovery, Promotion, and more.

I especially love their hashtag suggestion tool which allows you to do hashtag research all in one place. Then you can pick the best time suggestion and schedule your post.

The best part is you can try it for free!

Bonus: Tailwind offers a forever free link in bio tool called smart.bio that allows you to create a branded landing page that sends a never-ending stream of traffic from your Instagram bio to your most important content. For more information about smart.bio, read my full review.

8. Canva

Canva is a designing app that can help you design beautiful Instagram stories, Instagram story icons, and more! I use it every day for my Instagram and blog graphics. In this post, I teach you how to make your own Instagram story highlight icons using Canva!

9. Preview

Preview is a visual planner for Instagram. You can easily drag and drop photos to predict what your feed will look like before you post anything on Instagram!

10. Hootsuite

Hootsuite allows you to manage and schedule posts to multiple social media profiles on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and more, all from one app. It is free for up to 3 social network accounts and will help you manage your social media with ease!

I hope you enjoyed this list of the best apps for Instagram. Have fun using them to take your Instagram to the next level!