If you are an iOS user and want to separate yourself from the pack on Instagram and social media in general, you might want to consider typography apps for iPhone. Adding text to photos is a really cool way to spice up your visual content and to get yourself noticed by larger audiences.
Whether you want to convey a brand message, inspire others with a motivational quote, create memes or just make your vacation snapshots more exciting, you can rest assured that typography apps will deliver the goods. The App Store is packed with alternatives, so we’ve compiled a list of 10 iPhone apps you can count on to obtain awesome results.
PhotoMarks
PhotoMarks is an easy-to-use app to add text to photos. The app lets you work in both portrait and landscape mode and places at your disposal a wide array of fonts and colors to mix up until you find the right combination for your pic. You can set the transparency and add special effects like stroke and shadow to make your comment stand out. In addition you have options to rotate your text, scale it and position it where you want.
Besides text comments, PhotoMarks also allows you to add logos to your pictures and adjust them in terms of placement, size or transparency. It’s important to know that the app has a special feature to save your text or logo marks as profiles, so you can easily reuse them later. Once you’re done with your editing, you can directly share your photos on popular platforms like Instagram and Facebook, send them via email or save them locally.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $9.99/year)
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
WordSwag
WordSwag provides users with multiple possibilities to combine texts and photos into remarkable designs. The app allows you to create anything from stylish quotes, photo cards, flyers or announcements to various types of graphic designs for social media or your personal blog.
WordSwag has more than a million free backgrounds you can select from to create your art, hundreds of photo captions already laid out for you and dozens of graphic font styles. The app includes gold foil, watercolor or stamped text effects to draw attention to your message and also has multiple image filters to match your text.
- Price: Free (Pro version: $4.99)
- Requirements: iOS 9.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Typorama
If you want to create something out of the ordinary, but don’t really possess the necessary design abilities, this may be your go-to app. All you have to do is select a background image and type in the desired text. Next the app will automatically create a text layout using diverse fonts and typefaces.
Typorama comes with a multitude of inspirational quotes and thousands of stock photos to choose from. To protect or advertise your artwork, you can design your own watermark and automatically add it to your pictures. In addition, you can use the numerous filters to enhance the background image and the crop feature to properly adjust the size of your designs.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $2.99/month)
- Requirements: iOS 16.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Add Text
Add Text gives you the possibility to easily add unlimited text layers and captions to your iPhone shots. The process is quite simple: all you have to do is double tap on the picture to insert a text layer and then adjust its location using your fingers. The app places at your disposal hundreds of fonts (many available in the free version) and a truly large color palette.
With Add Text you can change the text’s opacity, apply special effects like shadow, modify the letter spacing and line height and create eye-catching 3D-like text. The app offers diverse shapes and stickers to add to your images and numerous templates which you can customize as you please. You can save, edit and export your projects and share your photos on Instagram and other networks.
- Price: Free (IAP from $6.99 – $29.99)
- Requirements: iOS 11.2 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Picsee
Picsee makes it easy to combine photos, text and stickers into eye-catching designs for social media. The app offers more than a hundred stylish fonts to choose from, as well as numerous text layouts which are periodically updated. You can also find more than two hundreds stickers to add something extra to your images.
Picsee provides all the customization options you may need, from partial erasing of the text to applying shadows, changing colors and word and line spacing. The app lets you crop your photos as you please or based on preset aspect ratios and also add various filters and effects to beautify your photos.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $7.99/month)
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Typic
Typic is another cool app to write text on pictures in a stylish fashion. With this app you can create quotes, design greeting and business cards, flyers and posters, even posts for your favorite social networks. You can also design your own logo and add it to your images for increased protection and more online exposure.
Typic provides over 500 design elements to choose from and a multitude of filters and effects to make your pics stand out, including light leak and masking effects. You can export your masterpieces in three different modes: Portrait, Landscape or Square and instantly share them on social media or email them to family and friends.
- Price: Free (IAP from $0.99 – $6.99)
- Requirements: iOS 13.4 or later
- Download Link: App Store
ArtWord
ArtWord is a solution to consider for two reasons. It is completely free (no premium version) and offers numerous possibilities to make your images stand out. This means you’ll find options to not only create awesome typography, but also to improve the overall aspect of your pictures. ArtWord allows you to import your own pictures or use the stock photos available.
The app comes with 40 ready-to-use templates so you can create anything you want, from funny memes to flyers and motivational pictures. In addition to text, you’re free to add diverse stamps, banners, ribbons and frames to your photos. As already mentioned, you can also edit your images. There are features to adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation or apply a blur effect.
- Price: Free
- Requirements: iOS 13.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
PicsType
PicsType makes it easy and quick to add texts and quotes to your images. You can take a new shot from within the app, import photos from your library or choose something from the built-in backgrounds available. Then simply enter your own text or select from the captions and quotes available and start customizing it.
In addition to writing on pictures, PicsType offers a couple of useful features. For example, you can enhance your iPhone shots by applying various filters and effects. At the same time, before uploading, you can crop your images to match the various social media dimensions of each popular platform.
- Price: Free (IAP from $1.99 – $9.99)
- Requirements: iOS 13.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
TextArt
TextArt is an interesting typography app for iPhone users, with many customization options. If you don’t want to create something from scratch, the app comes with a wide array of built-in templates. If you do want to create your own design, you’ll be able to find all the elements you may need.
TextArt offers an impressive selection of background photos, fonts, text designs, motivational quotes, stickers, shapes, frames and other graphic symbols. The app lets you add multiple artistic filters and effects and perform various adjustments to your images. In that sense you can easily improve the contrast, exposure, saturation or sharpness. It’s also worth mentioning that TextArt allows you to save your projects.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $1.99/month)
- Requirements: iOS 14.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Rhonna Designs
If you’re looking to turn an ordinary image into a piece of art, Rhonna Designs is definitely an alternative to consider. With helpful video tutorials on how to add text to your photos, this app places at your disposal a wide range of design packs, multiple customization possibilities and easy sharing on Instagram and other social channels.
You have the option to use your own photo or select one of the numerous pre-designed backgrounds, create and personalize your own text and move, scale and rotate it. At the same time you can access the design packs and choose from the multitude of design elements available. To top it all off, you can apply artistic filters, add borders and masks to your pictures and crop them to the preferred size.
- Price: Free (IAP from $0.99 – $5.99)
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Another iOS app that lets users stamp photos with fun stickers is PhotoStamped .. im working on fixing it now
Thank you for your suggestion, James.