9 best apps for Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories are here to stay. Closing 2017 with about 300 million daily active users, the tool has been increasingly adopted and today more than a third of Instagram users - out of 800 million - already publish stories on the social network. Though a complete tool with a host of native image and video editing tools, some apps help your stories look even better. Check out 9 of the best Instagram Stories apps below and make your posts more interesting!
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1. Adobe Spark
Unique to iPhone, Adobe Spark is an app that lets you include animated elements in your images. It lets you choose templates in the right sizes for a variety of social media, including Instagram Stories. One of the most exciting features of Adobe Spark for Instagram Stories is that you can choose from several types of animation to insert into a photo, allowing you to turn them into 4-second videos, ideal for the content format.
Tip: Don't just rely on pre-made application templates. See our complete guide to social media image sizes and learn exactly which dimensions are best for working on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and more!
2. PocketVideo
While Adobe Spark is ideal for inserting types of animations into photos other than those available on Instagram Stories, PocketVideo is a free option for editing your videos for the platform. It has a project template for editing called Snapchat Story, which, despite its name, fits perfectly with Instagram.
From there, simply import your video into the app, which will be adjusted to fit your stories. In addition, PocketVideo also lets you create videos from a combination of photos. PocketVideo can be downloaded for free for iOS.
3. Hype Type
With a more specific proposition over the other two apps shown above, Hype Type makes it easy to embed animated text into your videos. It works with all three aspects of image (portrait, square or landscape) and lets you record your videos directly from the app. Click the link to download Hype Type on iPhone.
4. InShot
If you already have horizontal video content but would like to post it in the vertical aspect of Stories on Instagram, InShot is the best app for iPhone and iPad or Android. It lets you blur the corners of the video that won't be used for Instagram history, or swap that outside for some fixed color or even import a background photo. You can also adjust the intensity of blur or color to your preference.
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5. PicPlayPost
A great app for merging photos and videos into a collage, PicPlayPost lets you include almost any type of media to create your collages. It has compatibility with images in different formats, including GIFs. PicPlayPost also lets you include songs in your collage, making it one of the best apps for Instagram Stories to create different content from the platform. PicPlayPost is available for Android devices or on iPhone and iPad.
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6. Diptic
With functions similar to PicPlayPost's, Diptic lets you merge videos and images into a collage or turn them into a slideshow - something the previous app does too. By default, it creates slideshow presentations, and to release the portrait - used by Instagram Stories - and landscape format, you must make an in-app purchase. In addition, Diptic lets you add transitions, songs, and text. Diptic can be downloaded on Android or iPhone.
7. Videoshop
One of the Instagram Stories apps more focused on offering more video editing features, especially for those who already have some knowledge in the field. You can record videos from it or import your files, and choose their orientation (portrait, square, or landscape) and insert more than one video into your project.
Videoshop also lets you zoom in or out of your content and create slides from photos. This app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.
8. Filmmaker Pro
Another video editor option - this time exclusive for iPhone - Filmmaker Pro is one of the few applications that allows you to edit videos vertically, making it ideal for creating content for your Instagram Stories. Another unique feature of the app is the ability to use custom fonts for your texts. Just send the file to your own email, open the file on your phone and choose Copy to Filmmaker Pro . If the font is iOS compatible, you can use it in the text you apply to your videos.
9. Canva
If you are looking for a way to post stories with still images rather than videos, you will surely enjoy using Canva to create them. With it, any user can make beautiful images, making it ideal for creating posters, advertisements and even inserting text in your photographs.
It does not ask for any design knowledge as it features a super simple and didactic interface. The best part is that Canva is free and available for iOS and Android!
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Which apps for Instagram Stories do you usually use?
Now that we've made our nominations, it's your turn to recommend: What are the best Instagram Stories apps you often use to make your stories even better? Would you like to recommend any apps that are off this list? Comment with us!
