The stats about the growth of mobile apps is startling. There are a million of apps available in Android’s Google play store that are ready to offer its users the best mobile experience on the go. Smartphones and tablet devices have moved beyond just “gadgets” to something to become more relevant and powerful enough to offer production-oriented design tools. Thanks to the Android’s wild popularity, today, it boasts a magnificent app ecosystem, including a plethora of apps amazingly suited to aid design lovers to unlock their creativity while learning some really cool stuff that would surely blow them away.
So, with this in mind, I have compiled a list of some stunning applications that are ready to impress those who are in love with photography or designing. So, let’s discuss about each of them in detail.
Color Palettes
ColorSnap
This awesome app from Sherwin-Williams lets you capture beautiful color inspiration no matter wherever you are. The concept behind this app is super easy and fascinates its users. Available for free, ColorSnap allows you capture real-world pictures and then turn them into paint-color swatches. Once you have found a color, you can easily adjust its hue, brightness, and saturation to make it more appealing.
Iromihon
Iromihon is a reliable color discovery tool that lets you view different colors and adjust them accordingly. It full screen mode, the tool also works like a flashlight.
Color Pal
Color Pal is a great app which lets you choose variant color schemes and palettes to suit the needs of a variety of design-oriented projects. It’s a great app for anyone wanting to inspire their design related ideas in the manner most effective and efficient.
Color Mood Designer
Discover and choose beautiful color combinations using this highly innovative app. Perfect for your design project, the app provides you a great way to play around multiple, heavy color swatch books to meet your client needs efficiently.
Free Drawing Tools
Free Draw
Free Draw is all about creating inspirational sketches while taking the advantage of different artworks, colors and much more. Using this app, artists can better organize, store, and share their work via email, Facebook, and several other popular social networking platforms.
Glow Paint
Glow Paint is a simple yet incredibly beautiful app developed for those who love to display their passion for colors and drawings. The application helps you create an art piece which truly glows like a rainbow. Its dozen of bright colors create a professional looking glowing art which inspires others as well. The app features 10 different painting colors, 3 glow sizes, unique background patterns and eye-catching templates. You are also provided with the facility to store your created images, set them as wallpaper, or even share them with your friends.
Finger Colors
Finger Colors is a user-friendly application with a usable interface which lets you focus on your creative skills. Designed especially for painting lovers, the app comes packed with a range of innovative and flexible features which allow you unleash your creative side in the most amazing fashion.
Draw
Draw is an app worth to consider. This feature rich application will let you tap into your creative juices while on the go. Perfect for making notes or keeping kids amused, this app is developed for a smooth finger communication, allowing you to draw or make notes no matter wherever you are.
Sketcher
Sketcher is an easy and fun app drawing tool featuring a handy collection of 11 different brushes and eraser. The drawings created can be easily shared via email and on a variety of leading social networking platforms.
Photo Editors App
Photoshop Express for Android
The all new Photoshop Express for Android is about creating and sharing beautiul photos anytime, anywhere. It’s a feature-rich app which lets you manage the flow of your creativity. It’s a very nice app which gives you an access to all your photos and videos directly from your free photoshop.com account.
Image Editor
Image Editor is an excellent mobile app with a well thought out interface. It gives a very simple way to edit your photos on your Android based phone. It’s a great application for those who want to enhance their image editing skills.
BeFunky Photo Editor
Do funky and crazy photo edits using this perfect photo editing tool for Android. It’s actually not hard to make out what this app does- yes, that’s right. It’s an excellent app for adding fancy “effects” to your photos. And indeed there are some of the best effects to offer to enjoy a bit of creative fun.
PictureEditor
PictureEditor is an easy to use photo editing tool for Android. The app focuses on providing you some best of the photo editing features that are ready to surprise you in no time. It’s a great app with options such as picture editing by filter, stamp and input text.
Let’s Wrap Up
These are some useful Android apps you can grab to let your creative juices flowing. The apps mentioned are simple to use and will surely help you in getting the most out of your skills.
About the author: Addison Cohen is an application developer for Appsted Ltd, which is the leading iPhone development company. He loves sharing latest information on mobile technology and provides concrete information on technologies like iOS, Android mobile apps development.
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Mirko Humbert
Mirko Humbert is the editor-in-chief and main author of Designer Daily and Typography Daily. He is also a graphic designer and the founder of WP Expert.