Is there a good app for edit and retouch photos?
Prime Gap: 98 apps already serve this, and 80 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to edit and retouch photos, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto-enhances already-edited photos | ux | 1 | Please don’t automatically enhance what we’ve enhanced already it don’t look real |
| contact-photo-editing | missing-feature | 1 | should be able to change the photo of others contacts |
| can't edit multiple photos at once | missing-feature | 1 | can't edit multiple photos at a time |
| AI photo editing | missing-feature | 1 | I love this app but I have they AI edit the photos |
| no effects or filters, retouch only | missing-feature | 1 | All it is is a retouch app, no effects, filters, etc. |
| photo-book editing on mobile | ux | 1 | Highly recommend if you want to edit, add text etc on a photo book do that part on a PC not a cell phone |
| photobook editor functionality | ux | 1 | the update that happened this year truly trashed everything |
| cannot download edited photo | bug | 1 | If you can edit, it doesn’t let you download |
| cannot edit a photo after update | bug | 1 | Today cannot edit one photo |
| can't edit photo after posting | missing-feature | 1 | Can’t edit photo once posted. In fb you can edit and change photos once posted. |
| photo editor features cut | missing-feature | 1 | урезали фоторедактор... теперь не так и приходится искать замену, верните прежни фоторедактор |
| limited photo editing capabilities in app | ux | 1 | Some limited ability to adjust, brighten, zoom, So sometimes better to adjust on your phone first |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo Retouch-Object Removal | 4.5 | 119,112 | Free |
| Photo Editor- | 4.6 | 297,823 | Free |
| Photo Editor+ | 4.6 | 3,164 | $1.99 |
| Photo Lab Picture Editor & Art | 4.5 | 6,573,269 | Free |
| Retouch Me: Face, Body Editor | 4.4 | 18,997 | Free |
| TouchRetouch | 4.7 | 56,933 | Free |
| Lightroom: AI Photo Editor | 4.8 | 336,039 | Free |
| Airbrush: Face Photo Editor | 4.8 | 200,268 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 87 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
Only 3 attempts, 2 active but tiny (top 11 stars); barely explored against strong commercial incumbents.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| shloook/AI-Photo-Editor | active | 11 | Dart |
| Shehzad234/Image-Editor | stale | 2 | Dart |
| Vishnu-V-N/ai-photo-editor-webapp | active | 2 |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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