Carbon - B&W Filters & Effects

I’ve tried countless black and white photo apps over the years, and this one is in a league of its own. The filters don’t just strip away color, they add depth, mood, and timeless character to every image. The contrast is beautifully balanced, the grain looks natural instead of artificial, and every preset feels thoughtfully crafted rather than overprocessed. What impressed me most is how effortlessly it transforms an ordinary photo into something that looks gallery worthy. Whether you’re after a classic film aesthetic, dramatic high contrast, or soft vintage tones, this app delivers consistently stunning results. The interface is intuitive, fast, and refreshingly free of unnecessary clutter, making the editing experience enjoyable from start to finish. If you’re serious about black and white photography or simply want your photos to have a more artistic, cinematic feel, this app is absolutely worth downloading. Easily one of the best photo editing apps I’ve used.

B&W filters are awesome and worth the $ investment. Overall the app is really good but I want to share what I would like to see on future upgrades: 1) edit aspect ratio and crop options within other image editing options, for now you need to do it before you can edit the photo, 2) zoom in on the photo while editing, even with the iPhone plus size screen it can be hard to review the smaller details on the photo, 3) marks or numbers on the edition bar, there are no marks when you increase or lower brightness, contrast, etc. therefore harder to remember what was your previous mark, 4) save your filter edition so you can apply it on other photos for a faster workflow, 5) option to change the square canvas color as it is applied a grayish color border, wish it was white, 6) new 25mp output is a really nice addition but it still compresses the images, maybe in future we can see a lossless export option to keep the same image quality - current output is optimal for for online content though. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

Love the sleek black and white filters, really makes my photos look professional. Looking forward to the next update ! Update: been using this app for a while and I'd say it's become a standard part of my workflow. It's missing some stuff but overall I'm happy with it. No other apps have the diversity of black and white filters that carbon has and this is the key reason I keep coming back. Suggestions for the developers is to add in percentages for the sliders, increase output resolution options, allow us to save editing sequences and also to bulk edit photos. Good stuff so far. Looking forward to the updates! Update 2: I have another suggestion for you guys. One thing that I noticed was that sometimes, the hashtag feature won't let me post all the tags, the post will just be cancelled, and so I have to manually delete a couple before it will work. If we could set a number on the tags we wanted to copy, that would be great! I use the tag feature a lot so that would be amazing!