When comparing Snapseed vs Aviary, the Slant community recommends Snapseed for most people. In the question“What are the best image editing apps for Android? ” Snapseed is ranked 1st while Aviary is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Snapseed is:
Google has also integrated most of Snapseeds features into the G+ app as well.
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Pros
Pro G+ integration
Google has also integrated most of Snapseeds features into the G+ app as well.
Pro Clever Interface
Snapseed interface is controlled with swipes, up and down to choose the option and left and right to choose the intensity. It does take a bit of getting used to, but once you have the interface is very nice and easy to use.
Pro Selective adjustments
In order to make adjustments to just one part of an image, tap and hold the box on the top right corner of the screen.
Pro Free
With the acquisition of Snapseed by Google, the app was lowered in price from $4.99 to free.
Pro High quality photo editing
Snapseed includes many features of high end photo editing software, auto correct, image tuning and other effects. Snapseed makes editing your photos easy and gives the photographer many options to choose from in how they present their images.
Scrolling up and down lets the user choose from different effects and tools, swiping left to right determines the intensity. This app includes many effects such as tilt shift that are hard to find elsewhere.
Pro Easy to use
The app doesn't overwhelm you with functionality or hide it behind unlabelled icons. It displays about 5 tools at a time beneath the image and allows you to swipe through the complete list of tools horizontally. Most interactions with the software are kept in that bottom row so you can always see the results of your image manipulations.
Pro Free
The core functionality of the app is offered for free without any ads. You can optionally purchase additional effects.
Cons
Con Limited social integration
Snapseed supports sharing with email, Facebook, and Twitter, but leaves out important networks like Instagram and Flickr.
Con Covers just the basics
There are 20 tools for image manipulation. They allow you to change the sharpness, crop the image, apply filters to it, add frames, etc. There are also tools for one tap redeye and blemish removal.
Con Not all effects are free
