In the real estate industry, high-quality photos are a must-have. Stunning images of the interior or exterior of a house or property give your business a sense of professionalism and credibility and allow you to market your business better on social media.

When it comes to taking and editing photos of your listings, nothing beats a high-end DSLR camera from Nikon or Canon and a photo editing application like Photoshop. However, many real estate professionals are constrained by time and money and need to be able to take high-quality photos quickly and affordably. Luckily, there are many different apps to help make your real estate photos stand out.

Here is a list of the three best photo editing apps for real estate agents.

1. Snapseed

Price: Free
Best For: All around photo editing with precise control over exposure, color, and brightness.

Wide variety of editing tools that require little expertise
Photo exposure, color, and sharpness adjustment tools
Healing tools, brushes, and selective adjustments
Black & white and vintage photo filters
Double exposure and text
Cropping, rotating, and perspective adjustments
Lens blur and vignettes

Snapseed is undoubtedly one of the best all-around photo editing apps for real estate.

Snapseed is easy to use and comes with a wide range of powerful editing tools to help improve your photos. Additionally, it is completely free to download for both Android and iOS users. This app is a must-have for real estate agents looking to improve their listing photos and developing a consistent brand image on social media.

Download Snapseed for iOS
Download Snapseed for Android

2. VSCO

Price: Free (Upgrade available with yearly subscription for $19.99)
Best For: Easy-to-use photo editing with over 130 one-tap filter presets

130+ easy-to-use filters available with an annual subscription
Tools for cropping and adjusting exposure, color, and definition
App Camera with additional manual controls

VSCO (pronounced visco), a new photo editing app for iOS and Android users, is an excellent choice for real estate photography.

The app comes with a variety of tools to help improve your image's color, exposure, and sharpness as well as 130+ preset filters. In fact, VSCO has been reviewed as the best overall photo-filter app for mobile users. Unlike many photo filter apps, VSCO allows you to adjust the filter strength so that your filters aren't overpowering. This type of editing allows for subtle effects that make your photos look professionally edited.

While VSCO is an effective tool for editing photos for your real estate listings, it is best used for your social media accounts, including Instagram and Facebook. The advanced filters allow your photos to remain consistent and help you establish a brand that stands out in your market.

Download VSCO for iOS
Download VSCO for Android

3. TouchRetouch

Price: $1.99
Best For: Removing unwanted elements from photos

Easily remove objects from your photos
Brush and lasso tools for accurate and refined selections
Remove lines, objects, and people
Smooth blemishes and wrinkles from portrait photos
Duplicate textures objects with the clone stamp tool

The majority of mobile photo editing apps allow you to remove objects from your photos, but with TouchRetouch, this is the primary function of the app. Additionally, this app seems to be the best at object removal.

Whether you are taking a photo of a beautiful kitchen or a selfie before meeting new clients, oftentimes, there are unwanted elements in the photo you would like to remove. With TouchRetouch, you can use a brush tool (see example in images below) or a lasso tool to select the object you want to be removed and then click 'Go'. Overall, the app does an outstanding job removing objects and correctly replacing them with whatever is in the background. If you feel the need to clean up areas that the app missed, you can use the clone tool to copy an area of the photo nearby.

TouchRetouch is a great app for removing unwanted elements from your photos to give your real estate photography a clean look. Using this app to remove unwanted elements from your photos can help buyers and sellers feel less distracted and able to focus on the primary subjects.