Good news first: a Lightroom preset app for iOS and Android puts one-tap looks on photos you shot thirty seconds ago. The app choice is the easy part.
- Lightroom mobile: RAW files, presets, sync with desktop; free tier covers a lot, paid opens the full toolkit. - VSCO: presets are the whole product, built around film-like looks. - Mastin Labs: film-emulation presets that mimic classic analog stocks. - FilterGrade: marketplace presets, LUTs, and overlays.
Free vs paid is one question: how much do you edit? Preset-and-post means free carries you far; tweaking every slider or batch-editing hundreds of shots means paid starts making sense. Check pack compatibility before buying: DNG files import straight into Lightroom mobile. For converting pack formats or compressing exports, PicConvert handles images free forever.