Mega Photo

What Mega Photo does

Mega Photo is a photography app for turning live camera views, photos, and videos into distorted, surreal, or playful images. Instead of focusing on natural-looking corrections, it applies visual effects that bend, twist, repeat, and otherwise change the scene. It suits anyone who wants quick creative results rather than a detailed editing workflow.

Tools for live effects

Effects can be previewed while using the camera, so you can frame a shot after seeing how the selected treatment changes it. The app supports both photos and video, with the option to change effects while recording. Touch controls let you adjust some effects by dragging or pinching, giving you more control than a fixed filter.

• Use the front or rear camera for live experiments.
• Record video with changing visual treatments.
• Add music from your device for simple music-based clips.
• Turn some images into interactive formats such as tile puzzles.

Who it suits

Mega Photo is a good fit for casual creators, novelty photos, and short clips that need an unusual look without moving between several editing apps. It is less suited to portrait retouching, colour correction, or a conventional camera experience. The interface is practical rather than polished, but the main controls are built around trying an effect and capturing the result quickly.

At a glance

Developed by Paul Falstad, Mega Photo is listed in Photography and has 5,000,000+ installs. Its rating is 4.43832 from 62,420 ratings, giving a useful indication that its effect-focused approach has a broad audience. Choose it if the point of the image is to look strange, warped, or deliberately unlike an ordinary camera shot.