Lightroom VS Snapseed Which App is Best in [August 2024] ?

When we talk about video editing on mobile devices, two top apps come to mind which are Lightroom and Snapseed, but the second question comes after first, which app is best between these two apps in 2024?

You can say that again it is a comparison between Adobe and Google, both apps have a large amount of fan base audience with a wide range of features. The whole day is not enough to discuss the comparison of these two apps.
But there is confusion in each mind with a question of which app is best in 2024.

So today in this article we will compare between Lightroom and Snapped with regard to different aspects.

What is Adobe Lightroom ?

Adobe Lightroom is basically the top trending product of Adobe, a few years ago only the Photoshop app was used for photo editing and graphic designing, after a few years of success with Photoshop, on the demand of the public adobe introduced the app called Lightroom on February 19, 2007
, which is easier to use and user friendly especially designed for mobile users to edit and customize their pictures and videos in a professional way.
Further to the success of adobe Lightroom, there are different variants launched which are Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom app is also available on PC and MAC.

What is Snapseed ?

Firstly Snapseed was launched by Google in July 2011 only for tablets and named iPad of the Year. After the success of Snapseed for tablets, Nike introduced a Snapseed app for iOS users in 21 August 2017, after that on February 27, 2012 Snapseed was introduced for Microsoft Windows.
Snapseed also offers a wide range of features, which are easy to use and completely free of cost, but the Lightroom app is more easier to use as compared to Snapseed.
Let’s discuss the comparison of both apps in depth.

Comparison of Lightroom and Snapseed App

	Lightroom	Snapseed
	Tools
Exposure	✔️	✔️
Contrast	✔️	✔️
Highlights	✔️	✔️
Shadows	✔️	✔️
White Balance/Temperature	✔️	✔️
Crop	✔️	✔️
Sharpening	✔️	✔️
Noise Reduction	✔️	✔️
Lens Correction	✔️	✔️
Vibrancy/Saturation	✔️	✔️
Perspective Correction	✔️	❌
Graduated Filters/Radial Filters	✔️	❌
Panorama/HDR Merge	✔️	❌
Selective Adjust	❌	✔️
Healing	❌	✔️
Lens Blur	❌	✔️
Glamour Glow	❌	✔️
	Target Audience
Best For	Professional + Beginner	Beginners only
	User Interface ( UI )
	Little Bit Tough due to advance Tools	User Friendly with simple gestures
	Workflow
	Non-destructive ✔️ RAW editing✔️	Non-destructive ✔️ RAW editing ❌
	Supported Platforms
	Windows                    ✔️ macOS, iOS, Tablet  ✔️ Android                      ✔️	iOS  ✔️   Android    ✔️ Windows  ❌
	integration
	Adobe Creative Cloud Ecosystem	Google Photos integration
	Price
	Free to Download + Subscription available	Free to Download NO Paid Version
	Available Export Options
	JPEG, TIFF, PSD, DNG	JPEG
	Retouching and Healing Tools
	Advanced Healing + Retouching Tools	Basic Retouching + Healing Tools
	Available Presets and Filter
	Wide Range of Presets paid + Free Presets	Less No of Presets and Filters as compared to Lightroom
	Selective area editing
	Highly Controlled Features than Snapseed	Less Controlled Features than Lightroom
	Video and image editing
Advanced Editing	Color Grading Contrast Control Brightening pictures Re-touching Background Blur Portrait mode	Portrait Lens Blur Tools
	Compatibility with RAW Files
Completely Support Raw Files	✔️	❌
	Ease of use
	Steep Learning Curve More User Friendly	Less Steep Learning Curve Less User Friendly
	External Plugin Compatibility
	Support External Plugin	Support to specific plugins
	Performance
	Mobile + Desktop + iOS Friendly	Less Performance
	Discount
	7 Days trail	NO Discount
	Customer support
	Phone or Submit a ticket	Google Support form
	Presets support
	“Yes” Free and Paid Presets are available	“No” Snapseed Doesn’t support presets as Lightroom dose
Watermark	✔️	✔️

How to download and install Lightroom and snapseed App

There are following steps to download and install Lightroom or Snapseed app

Key Differences of Snapseed VS Lightroom

Lightroom VS Snapseed
User Interface And Experience

If we talk about the comparison in case of user interface (UI) and User experience (UX) between Lightroom and Snapseed, Let’s First Discuss Snapseed, Which is easy to use and user friendly more preferably for beginners, because of simple and more convenient user interface (UI).

Just open the Snapseed app

• Click on + button and import image
• 3 Tabs Will Appear Style, Export, and Tools
• All of the buttons Consist of specific Features using these features you can edit and customize the pictures with different features.

NOTE: This method is so easy and quick for beginners

Let’s Talk About Lightroom Interface which is a little bit more tricky and complex as compared to Snapseed, Lightroom comes up with different sections such as “Library” where you can easily reach out to desired pictures in a short time and organize pictures as per your requirements.
The second feature is “Develop” where you can apply different features such as Brightness and colors.
The third Feature which shows on the interface of the Lightroom app is the slider option.
By using it you can adjust exposure, brightness, shadows, white balance, blacks, etc.

Winner
Lightroom is a winner because of its more features and professional user interface.

Lightroom VS Snapseed
Editing Capabilities

There is a wide range of tools such as Lightroom and Snapseed. Let’s Talk about each tool one by one and compare which App provides more tools with perfection.

Text Tool

The text tool is one of the most commonly used tools of Snapseed, which allows its user to add, and remove, text in different colors and styles to make pictures more attractive and guide properly to the audience but Lightroom didn’t provide such kind of feature to its users.

Winner
Snapseed is winner in case of adding text through text tool.

Portrait And Head Pose

If you are a lover of portrait mode photography, you don’t need to do hard work in Lightroom, you can just open Snapseed and use the build feature of portrait mode editing, as per my opinion I personally use skin brightness, skin softening, and saturation as well contrast level up and down and set them as per my desire.
On the other hand, Lightroom app doesn’t have any extra feature for portrait mode pictures, so you can go for Snapseed if you want to edit pictures, especially portrait mode pics.

Winner
Snapseed is a winner in the case of portrait and head pose editing.

Selective Editing

The selective editing tool is available in both Lightroom and Snapseed app, but Snapseed provides its users with basic editing tools, on the other hand, Lightroom also provides this feature to its user but its paid, but also it provides more features in selective editing tool as compared to Snapseed, you can enjoy the premium feature of Lightroom app for free by Download Lightroom mod APK.
Lightroom App also has an older version which is available on Lightroom.com, if you are interested in Lightroom’s older version you can download and enjoy it.

Winner : Lightroom app

A Match is tied Between these two apps in the case of selective editing because Snapseed provides selective editing features just with basic features Lightroom app provides more features in selective editing but it is paid but you don’t need to be worried we have a solution of this, you don’t need to buy the premium subscription of the app just download the Lightroom MOD APK from Lightroomapks and enjoy all premium features of the app for free.

NOTE
Lightroom is specially designed for the professional photographer if you are a beginner just watch the tutorial to learn properly how to use tools in the Lightroom app.

Sharpness + Masking

The sharpness and masking feature is available in both Snapseed and Lightroom apps but in the Lightroom app this feature comes up with extra features, using this feature in the Lightroom app you apply the mask and sharpness feature on specific parts of the image.

Winner: Lightroom 

Dehaze tool

This Tool is only For Lightroom app users which is one of the most probably used tools of the app. This tool is basically used for the clarity of pictures, you can use and adjust the Dehaze level where there is sky or something like that so you can add this feature and make your images more cool and attractive.

Winner: Lightroom App

HSL Tool 

HSL Feature is only available in the Lightroom app and missing in the Snapseed app, by using this HSL Feature which is one of my FAV and personally used Tools, you can adjust HUE, Saturation, and Luminance with the help of a slider which is preset at the side, by moving slider up and down.
You have about 10 – 12 colors available. If you have a Blue color in your pictures and you want to change that specific color in the image, you can select this color with the help of the HSL Tool and change the specific area and color of the image.

Winner: Lightroom App

Color Grading

Color Grading is one of the most commonly used features of the Lightroom app which is not available in Snapseed Lightroom app provides more features in the case of Color Grading such as Precision, Advanced Controls, and Professional Workflow.
You can adjust colors, and mid-tones shadows, of images in the Lightroom app by moving the Color control cursor which pops up after opening the app on the Right side of the app in the color grading section 
On the other hand, Snapseed also provides this feature to its user but with basic features but it is easy to use.
If you are a professional photo editor with basic tools you can go for the Lightroom app

Winner: Lightroom App

Lightroom VS Snapseed
Presets

Presets are pre-made adjustments which are created by professionals for Lightroom app users to save their time and efforts, you can apply these presets just within a few clicks to achieve desired result in minimum time.
Lightroom app provides different kind of Free and paid presets such as Black & white, Majorelle, Atlanta but we provide all of paid preset to our user for free
If you are interested in using Lightroom app presets for free just download these presets and import presets and use them by following steps which are discussed in other web page
Download Lightroom presets.
Lightroom app also allows importing and exporting presets to make app more beneficial for its user, by taking advantage of this feature of app users can import or export preset as per their desire.
On the other hand, we have Snapseed which also allows its users to use presets but with basic settings, it may not have many options just like the Lightroom app in the case of Presets.
Snapseed presets feature is more beneficial for those users who prefer hands-on customization and simple changes.

Winner: Lightroom App

Lightroom VS Snapseed
Ease Of Use

Another factor that should be considered while comparing two apps of the same category is the ease of use, basically, the Lightroom app is a little bit more tricky and advanced with more features and is specially designed for professional users.

Lightroom offers a wide range of features including color adjustment, proper organization of images in the library, and more professional features. It also has a steeper learning curve as compared to the Snapseed app.

On the other hand, we have Snapseed which has a more easy-to-understand and simple interface as compared to the lightroom app, which also allows its user to make adjustments simply by moving the tool cursor left or right, selecting the tool as per your requirements.
Snapseed also offers a few automatic tools that change the colors and effects of images within just a few clicks, this process may save time and effort. Snapseed is more easy to use and user-friendly which is more suitable for beginners.

Winner: Lightroom App

Lightroom VS Snapseed
Ease Of Use

Another factor that should be considered while comparing two apps of the same category is the ease of use, basically, the Lightroom app is a little bit more tricky and advanced with more features and is specially designed for professional users.

Lightroom offers a wide range of features including color adjustment, proper organization of images in the library, and more professional features. It also has a steeper learning curve as compared to the Snapseed app.

On the other hand, we have Snapseed which has a more easy-to-understand and simple interface as compared to the Lightroom app, which also allows its user to make adjustments simply by moving the tool cursor left or right, selecting the tool as per your requirements.
Snapseed also offers a few automatic tools that change the colors and effects of images within just a few clicks, this process may save time and effort. Snapseed is more easy to use and user-friendly which is more suitable for beginners.

Winner: Lightroom App

Lightroom VS Snapseed
File Type

Lightroom and Snapseed both offer a variety of options, ensuring compatibility with different platforms and devices in different ways.
Lightroom supports a wide range of file types which may include, TIFFS, JPEGs, and Raw Files. Accepting the different variety of file types is more beneficial for professional photographer, so they can import or export the files in different file formats, as per your requirements.
On the other hand, Snapseed focuses on JPEG’s File type format, so Snapseed offers a limited export file type option as compared to Lightroom which allows its users to import as well as export files in more than one format. The main advantage of the Snapseed export option is JPEG which occupies less amount of space as compared to PNGs, SVG, and WEBP’s.

Winner: Lightroom App

Lightroom VS Snapseed
Pricing

Comparing both Lightroom Snapseed app how we can forget to discuss the pricing which is the most frequently asked question which comes up in mind while getting compare both Lightroom and Snapseed app.
Let’s Discuss the pricing of Lightroom and Snapseed apps if we talk about the pricing of Lightroom comes up with two variants, The First one is the Lightroom app with Creative Cloud having price of US 9.9$ / month ( you can also enjoy the premium features of the app for 7 days of trail).
In the second package we have Lightroom as well as Photoshop but have a little bit more pricing as compared to the first one package US 19.99 $ / month.

NOTE: You wouldn’t change until after your 7-days trial ends.

If you are interested to buy the premium subscription of Lightroom app you can read out  more about this from Lightroom Pricing Section.

On the other hand, we have Snapseed, which is completely free and doesn’t have any subscription plan like the Lightroom app, a user with a low budget with basic editing skills can go for it, but if you are a professional photographer and want to enjoy the premium and more feature then you have to Definitely go for Lightroom App which offers a bulk no of features to its user

Pro Tip
if you want to enjoy the premium features of the app for free just download the Lightroom MOD APK From This Download Button “ DOWNLOAD LIGHTROOM MOD APK”.

Winner: Lightroom App

Pros And Cons Of Adobe Lightroom App

Pros And Cons Of Snapseed App

Personal Recommendation

As per my experience, I use 80% of Lightroom app tools and for major changes,
I use 20% of the Snapseed app for basic kinds of editing, choice of the app may vary from person to person as per requirements.

comparing Lightroom and Snapseed, the first one comes up with more advanced features and a wide range of applications, Lightroom perfectly covers daily tasks, in the beginning, a new user may face a little bit tough in understanding its professional tools, but when you completely understand how to use the tools properly, you will able to edit and customized the video and images as you want and share it with friends in any format by exporting it without losing quality of content.

Pro Tip:
You should try out both apps at least one time, and experience the app features whether which app suits your requirements and fits it.

Conclusion 

You have read out in depth the comparison of both Lightroom and Snapseed apps above, from the above discussion we have concluded that both of the apps have pros and cons.

So, If you are a professional video and pictures editor and looking for an app with more advanced and professional tools like raw formats, different export options, cloud subscription, and color grading of selective areas, you should go for the Adobe Lightroom app without wasting any time.

If you are a beginner and don’t know about editing and want to edit images and videos using the basic tool, with a more easy-to-understand interface and low budget, you should go for a Snapseed app.

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