Top 10 Best Instagram Alternatives Of Camera Apps For Android

Yogesh Mankani | March 28, 2012 | Android, Mobile Applications | No Comments

Instagram, with its amazing features, speed, and sharing options, has a huge following all over the world. The IOS app recently gave its fans another reason to celebrate, by announcing that it will soon be available for Android. However, they have not yet given us a date of release, so we are just crossing our fingers and hoping it will be here soon.

If you use an Android device and are eager to take photographs with it using Instagram, you may be in for a wait. Be sure to sign up here to be first in line when the Android version is released. But if you aren’t too cool with Instagram, or you want to experiment with other applications as well, or you simply need a camera to fill in for the time till Instagram for Android is released, you might be interested in some other camera apps for Android.

So we compiled a list of ten really cool camera apps for your android phone. Some of these are so good that they will give you a photography experience that is as satisfying as Instagram, if not more:

1. Pixlr-o-matic

Pixlr-o-matic won the Best Photo Editing App Ever for Android Award in 2011. This app is really useful if you want to add a retro touch to your photographs, or make them appear older than they are. The border features are also good.

2. Cartoon Camera

Now make your facebook profile picture even more interesting and unique, with the Cartoon Camera app that lets you convert your pictures into cartoons and sketches even as you are taking them. Apart from Facebook freaks, this app is helpful for animators and artists who like to paint from photographs.

3. Fat Booth

Admittedly this is more of a gag app than a serious camera app, but you can still have hours of fun with Fat Booth. Convert pictures of yourself and your friends to fat versions and watch the fun as you tag them on Facebook. Though we are not sure if people who are actually a bit on the chubby side will enjoy this.

4. Beauty Camera

This app should be a total hit with the ladies. It lets you take pictures in any sort of coloring, and then make them lighter, brighter and smoother, removing spots and graininess, and wrinkling of the skin. Apart from vanity this app is great for correcting pictures taken in low light or at the wrong focus.

5. Vignette

This is actually one of the best apps in this compilation. It does not have one single amusing feature, but rather a host of interesting and useful features, such as adding film and camera effects to your photos instead of the digital look. Vignette has over 70 effects and 50 frames for you to choose from.

6. Lightbox

Lightbox is simply the best android app for photo sharing. It lets you alter and enhance your photos and then share them with all your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. It’s simply a must have if you are obsessed with photo sharing.

7. Camera 360

Camera 360 is a wonderful tool for those who enjoy playing with pictures. There is literally nothing that this app does not let you do with your photos. It is simple to use and easy to share, and as a bonus, lets you manage your photo collection.

8. Camera Zoom FX

This incredible camera tool comes with a 6x zoom. It lets you take 10 shots per second, making it the fastest camera on Android. It even has voice activated photography that allows you to take pics by shouting or clapping at the device.

9. Aging Booth

Like the Fat Booth app we discussed above, Aging Booth is another gag app, meant mostly for entertainment. Find out what you and your family members will look like 30 years from today. It’s probably just us, but we did find this app to be slightly creepy and depressing.

10. Paper Camera

This is an endearing little tool, that lets you see your world as a sketch, cartoon, half-tone, noir, or neon scenery in real time, even before you take a picture, thus avoiding boring post effects.