Apps have dramatically changed photography workflows. You can edit, transfer and upload RAW images without ever touching a laptop or computer. Some photography apps are so complex they even rival their full-fat computer software counterparts, but often it’s the simplest apps that we find ourselves returning to time and again.
These five apps aren’t particularly complex, nor will they push your smart device to its limits. Several of them have precious few features, and that’s what makes them so useful. These are the apps you instinctively pull from your pocket and quickly refer to before going about your photography business. They’re the software equivalent of an L-bracket or tripod spikes: understated but infinitely useful. The five apps listed here are available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, so it doesn’t matter whether you own an iOS or Android device.