Best AI Photo Editors for Android and iOS (2026)

The best AI photo editor for most people is probably already installed on your phone. Google Photos has turned into a genuinely strong editor, and the everyday tools cost nothing.

• Magic Eraser removes people, bins, and other distractions. Tap or circle them.
• Unblur sharpens shaky or slightly out-of-focus shots, including old ones.
• Portrait Light adds light to faces after you take the photo.
• Magic Editor lets you move, resize, or remove objects, and fills the gap with generative AI (AI that creates new pixels rather than copying nearby ones).
• Help me edit lets you type or say what you want, such as "remove the people in the background" or "make the sky brighter", and Gemini makes the edit.

Magic Eraser, Unblur, and Portrait Light are free with no monthly limit. Magic Editor is the catch: on phones that are not Pixels, Google limits you to 10 saves a month unless you pay for a 2TB or larger Google One plan. Help me edit rolled out to US Android users first and later reached iPhone in the US. It needs an English (US) account and Face Groups turned on.

Editing runs on Google's servers. Google says it does not use your Google Photos library to train AI models outside Google Photos. Its privacy policy, updated on October 16, 2026, still says it does not show personalized ads based on your Google Photos content, unless you choose to make that data available to other Google services that support personalized ads (for example, by connecting Photos to Search).

If you care about how your photos look, not just what is in them, Lightroom is the pick. It has the best color and light controls of any phone app, and the AI tools slot into that workflow instead of replacing it.

• Generative Remove is Adobe's AI eraser. It handles bigger objects than older "heal" brushes, and it does not use up generative credits.
• Adaptive Presets apply a look to just the subject, just the sky, or just the background.
• Lens Blur adds a realistic background blur to shots taken without portrait mode.
• Quick Actions suggests edits for the photo in front of you.

The basic editor is free. Generative Remove, masking, Lens Blur, adaptive presets, healing, and RAW editing need Premium. In the US App Store that starts at $1.99 a month with 40GB of storage, or $6.99 to $7.99 a month with 100GB. Generative Remove needs an internet connection.

In October 2026, Adobe added Open Eyes, a one-tap fix for people who blinked, which Adobe says is free, along with Generative Expand to extend a photo past its edges.

Adobe says it does not train its Firefly AI models on customer content.

This is the real Photoshop, with layers and masks, not the older and simpler Photoshop Express. It is the app to use when you want to add something that was not there: type "a hot air balloon in the sky" into Generative Fill and it appears, lit to match the scene.

• Generative Fill adds, replaces, or removes things from a text prompt.
• Tap Select and Object Select cut out a subject in one tap.
• Remove Tool, Content-Aware Fill, and the Spot Healing Brush handle cleanup.
• Generate Image creates a new image from a prompt.

The free tier includes layers, masks, Tap Select, spot healing, and some Generative Fill. Paid plans start at $4.99 a month in the US App Store, and the Play listing says premium includes 100 generative credits a month. On Android, Adobe asks for Android 11 or newer and at least 6GB of RAM (8GB recommended), so check your phone first.

It is harder to learn than a one-tap app, but nothing else on this list gives you this much control.

Snapseed is the odd one out: it is completely free, with no subscriptions, purchases, ads, or watermarks. Google gave it a big redesign (Snapseed 4.0), which reached Android in May 2026.

Its smart tools are useful rather than flashy:

• One-tap masking picks out the subject or background so you can edit each separately.
• Healing removes small objects by copying nearby pixels. It is not generative, so it struggles with large objects.
• Expand extends the canvas.

Pick Snapseed if you want a capable free editor and only occasionally need AI help. For removing big things, pair it with Google Photos.

Picsart packs almost every AI trick into one app, plus stickers, templates, and collage tools. It is built for Instagram and TikTok edits.

• Background Remover and Smart Background for cutouts and new scenes.
• Object Remover, AI Enhance, and AI Retouch for cleanup.
• AI Replace changes things like hair color, and AI Expand widens a photo.
• Aura is a chat-style assistant that edits and generates images for you.

The generative tools run on credits, and the free allowance is small. Paid plans in the US App Store start around $11.99 a month or $64.99 a year. The app is busy and pushes upgrades often, which shows in its lower Play Store rating (3.9).

Its privacy policy says it uses data to develop future products but is vague about whether your photos train its AI.

Canva is a design app first, but its Magic Studio AI tools are handy when a photo is going into a post, poster, or thumbnail.

• Magic Edit swaps or adds things by prompt.
• Magic Eraser removes objects.
• Background Remover cuts out the subject in one tap (Pro only).
• Magic Resize reshapes a design for different platforms (Pro only).

It is excellent at turning a photo into a finished graphic, and weak at editing the photo itself: there are no serious color or light tools. Pro starts at $14.99 a month in the US App Store.

Check your privacy settings. Canva lets personal account holders control whether their content is used to improve its AI, and reports suggest the setting may be on by default.

If you sell on eBay, Etsy, Vinted, or Shopify, this is the app. Snap a product on your kitchen table, and Photoroom cuts it out, drops it onto a clean or AI-generated background, and adds a realistic shadow.

• AI background remover with very clean edges.
• AI Backgrounds, AI Shadows, and Recolor.
• AI Fashion Models, Ghost Mannequin, and Flat Lay for clothing.
• Batch editing to process a whole catalog at once.

Pro costs $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year in the US App Store. It is not a general photo editor, so do not expect it to fix a holiday shot.

By default, Photoroom uses uploaded images to train its models. You can turn this off in your account settings.

Remini does one thing very well: it takes a blurry, low-resolution, or scanned old photo and rebuilds the faces in sharp detail. It is the app to use on a grainy family photo from the 1990s.

• Enhance unblurs, upscales, and restores faces.
• AI Photos generates new pictures of you in different styles.

Two warnings. First, the pricing is weekly: Lite starts around $4.99 a week in the US App Store, which adds up fast, so cancel before a trial ends if you only need a few photos fixed. Second, the AI invents detail, so faces can come out a little too smooth, or slightly unlike the real person.

Photos are processed on Remini's servers. Its support page says uploads are kept for up to 7 days for free users and up to 20 days for subscribers.

Facetune is the best-known portrait retouching app, and it now works on video too.

• AI retouch smooths skin, whitens teeth, and brightens eyes.
• Reshape, hair color, and try-on for looks and outfits.
• Background blur and swap.
• AI headshot generator for profile photos.

The free version is limited, and paid plans start around $5.99 a month in the US App Store. A light touch goes a long way here: heavy retouching is easy to spot.

Its developer, Lightricks, says face data is processed on your phone and not stored on its servers. Content used for cloud effects is kept for up to 30 days, and your photos are used to train AI only if you agree, which you can withdraw in settings.

TouchRetouch is a single-purpose tool, and that is its strength. When a generative eraser leaves smudges around power lines or a chain-link fence, this is the app that gets them out cleanly.

• Erase AI automatically finds signs, bins, and traffic lights.
• Line Removal traces and removes wires and cables.
• Mesh Removal clears fences and grids.
• Blemish removal and a Clone Stamp for fine work.

It saves at full quality and keeps your photo's EXIF data (the camera and location details stored in the file). Its automatic removal works best on plain backgrounds like sky. US pricing starts around $1.99 a week, with yearly plans from $14.99.

Pixelcut is a cheaper alternative to Photoroom for sellers and small businesses. The free plan includes limited background removal and upscaling with no watermark, which is enough for the occasional listing.

• Background Remover and Magic Eraser.
• AI Photoshoot places products in generated scenes.
• Upscale increases image resolution.
• Magic Writer drafts product descriptions.

On the web, Pro is $10 a month (or $8 a month billed yearly) with 600 AI credits. In-app prices in the US App Store start around $4.99 a month.

Gemini is Google's AI assistant, but it is also one of the most capable photo editors you can put on a phone. Upload a photo, type what you want changed, and its Nano Banana 2 image model makes the edit.

• Edit by prompt: describe the change, such as a new background, different lighting, or a removed object.
• Camera and lighting controls to change the look of a shot after you take it.
• Blend images into one scene or product mockup.
• Gemini Live: point your camera at something and ask it to "reimagine this".

Image generation and editing with Nano Banana 2 is part of the free plan, with standard usage limits that Google does not publish as a fixed number. Paid Google AI plans raise those limits (2x on AI Plus, 4x on AI Pro) and add edits with Nano Banana Pro. In the US App Store, Google AI Plus starts at $4.99 a month with 400GB of storage.

It is a chat app, not an editor. There are no sliders, layers, or brushes, so you cannot fine-tune a result by hand. Pair it with Snapseed or Lightroom for that.

With the Keep Activity setting on, Google uses your Gemini chats, including uploaded images, to improve its AI models, and a subset is read by human reviewers. Turn Keep Activity off, or use a temporary chat, if you do not want that.