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Best Photo Text Editing Apps for iPhone (2026)

30 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Photo Editing.

Phonto - Text on Photos is the top-ranked of 30 photo text editing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 122,296 ratings.

  1. 1
    Phonto - Text on PhotosS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 122,296 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    TextArt - Text on Photo EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,125 ratings · score 86
  3. 3
    PixelLab: Text Photo EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 942 ratings · score 86
  4. 4
    Add text on photosA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 103 ratings · score 85
  5. 5
    Text Art - Add Text To PhotoA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 31 ratings · score 84

What belongs in this list

Add text, captions or lettering to a photo and style it.

Not here: A general photo editor with no text tool alone; Text recognition from photos alone; Watermark stamping alone; A font pack alone; A template or wallpaper pack alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Phonto
A
TextArtPixelLabAdd textText Art - Add Text To PhotoQuotes Creator
B
Text on Phot…Picsee-AddArt WordTyporama
C
Add TextText Art: Typography & WordAndalusi AILetoAdd Text to a photoFont CandyPicMonkey
D
TitleBubbledPhontyWrite BehindChange textAdd text to Photos - Text ArtAdd Text To Photo
F
TypicAddTextComicPicsTypeAdd Text #Ez-PixelAdd Text To Photos: Write Text

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Phonto - Text on PhotosS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 122,296 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    TextArt - Text on Photo EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,125 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  3. 3
    PixelLab: Text Photo EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 942 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  4. 4
    Add text on photosA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 103 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  5. 5
    Text Art - Add Text To PhotoA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 31 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  6. 6
    Quotes Creator - Quote MakerA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 13,866 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  7. 7
    Text on Photo LiteB
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 6,900 ratings · score 78 · good
  8. 8
    Picsee-Add text on photosB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 37,081 ratings · score 76 · good
  9. 9
    Art Word: Add Text to PhotosB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,590 ratings · score 76 · good
  10. 10
    Add Text to Photos - TyporamaB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 237 ratings · score 74 · good
  11. 11
    Add Text: Write On PhotosC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 65,818 ratings · score 71 · situational
  12. 12
    Text Art: Typography & WordC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 68,776 ratings · score 69 · situational
  13. 13
    Andalusi AI Design Photo VideoC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 13,809 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  14. 14
    Leto: Font for Instagram StoryC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,538 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  15. 15
    Add Text to a photoC
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  16. 16
    Font Candy Photo & Text EditorC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 4,596 ratings · score 67 · situational
  17. 17
    PicMonkey Photo + Video DesignC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 28,371 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  18. 18
    Add Text to Photos - TitleD
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 1,174 ratings · score 63 · weak
  19. 19
    Bubbled: Speech Bubble MakerD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 3,285 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  20. 20
    Phonty - Perfect Photo EditorD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 9,800 ratings · score 63 · weak
  21. 21
    Write Behind Text On Photo.sD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 13,289 ratings · score 62 · weak
  22. 22
    Change text in imageD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 18 ratings · score 62 · weak
  23. 23
    Add text to Photos - Text ArtD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 3 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
  24. 24
    Add Text To Photo - Text ArtD
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.8 · 8 ratings · score 56 · weak
  25. 25
    Typic - Text on PhotosF
    $2.99 · ★ 4.8 · 6,327 ratings · score 55 · avoid
  26. 26
    AddText - to your photosF
    Free · ★ 3.0 · 21 ratings · score 47 · avoid
  27. 27
    Comic Caption Meme Maker LiteF
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,655 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional
  28. 28
    PicsType: Add Text to PhotosF
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,763 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional
  29. 29
    Add Text #Ez-PixelF
    Free · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 33 · avoid · provisional
  30. 30
    Add Text To Photos: Write TextF
    Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 22 · avoid · provisional

Beyond the top 30

1 more, not ranked yet

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Questions people ask

What is the best photo text editing app for iPhone?
Phonto - Text on Photos, S tier, ranked #1 of 30, rated 4.8 by 122,296 people.
Which photo text editing apps are free?
29 of 30 are free to download: Phonto - Text on Photos (S), TextArt - Text on Photo Editor (A), PixelLab: Text Photo Editor (A), Add text on photos (A) and more. 20 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which photo text editing app has the best App Store rating?
Phonto - Text on Photos at 4.8 from 122,296 ratings.
How many photo text editing apps reach S or A tier?
6 of 30. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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