A free Photoshop is coming to your iPhone — here's what's coming and how to get it

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Condensed photo editing on your phone

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When it comes to editing photos on your iPhone, you've either had to use the built-in tools in Apple's built-in Photos app or turn to third-party tools — though one of the biggest names had been missing from the App Store.

That would be Photoshop, Adobe's much-used tool for retouching, altering and otherwise improving images. But starting today (February 25), Adobe is bringing a Photoshop app to the iPhone app.

Photoshop on iPhone: What do you get?

Photoshop on iPhone press images

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While the app is a condensed version of Photoshop it still offers a number of familiar features. Supported tools include:

  • Combining, compositing and blending images with core Photoshop tools including layers, masks and precision selection tools
  • Remove, recolor and replace parts of images
  • Spot Healing brush
  • Generative AI tools like Generative Fill and Generative Expand
  • Save PSDs to the cloud and export to Express, Fresco and even Lightroom
  • Non-destructive unlimited layers, selective adjustements and PSD format
  • Full-resolution eding
  • Access to the Adobe Stock library

Subscriptions with more tools

Photoshop on iPhone press images

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While the mobile app is free, Adobe is also launching a "Photoshop Mobile & Web" plan via the App Store. Signing up for this plan unlocks premium mobile features and access to the web browser version. You can sync between the web and mobile version of Photoshop.

The subscription expands libraries including more than 20,000 fonts. It also adds in familiar Photoshop tools like Magic Wand, Clone Stamp, Object Select and Content Aware Fill among others.

If you already subscribe to the desktop CC version, the mobile and web plan will automatically be included. Otherwise, the app subscription costs $9.99/month based on information from the App Store product page.

Update: Adobe confirmed to Tom's Guide the subscription price is $7.99 a month.

Adobe also announced that an Android version is coming. You can sign up for a waitlist here.

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Scott Younker
Scott Younker
West Coast Reporter

Scott Younker is the West Coast Reporter at Tom’s Guide. He covers all the lastest tech news. He’s been involved in tech since 2011 at various outlets and is on an ongoing hunt to build the easiest to use home media system. When not writing about the latest devices, you are more than welcome to discuss board games or disc golf with him. He also handles all the Connections coverage on Tom's Guide and has been playing the addictive NYT game since it released.

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