When it’s time to take a nice vacation, you know you want to do everything you can to preserve your memories. Rarely anyone uses film cameras anymore, we’ve all gone digital. Fortunately, with the digital age has come the invention of many apps through which you can share your vacation photos.
Whether your vacation takes you on a road trip, a plane or to a special event, you’ll want to instantly save and share your photos with your friends and family with your smartphone or tablet, and you can do that using these apps. You can also look into purchasing a Wi-Fi capable digital camera, if you don’t have a smartphone or tablet with a camera, and still share photos directly to social media.
The Popular Apps
Instagram. Instagram is a well-known name and it gets listed anytime someone talks about social media. With Instagram you can take a photo with their camera app and adjust coloring and lighting before sharing it to all of your Instagram followers. You can also share to Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter direct.
Flickr. Flickr is another popular one that many people use. This app also has it’s own camera and filters. Like Instagram, it’s a free app. Flickr also allows you to instantly share your photos on Facebook and Twitter.
Apps with a Little More Privacy
Snapchat. Snapchat has gotten a bad rap because of it’s not so positive uses by teenagers. However, that shouldn’t scare you away from using this app if you are on a vacation and want to share photos of events or sites with certain friends or family. You can share your photo directly with a specific person and not worry about anyone else seeing them.
There are other private photo sharing options, but this is one of the more popular ones.
Apps You May Not Have Heard Of
SphereShare. The interesting thing about SphereShare is that it allows you to take 360 degree panoramic photos to share with others through the app. This is the best app for event photos or photos of any of the amazing things you see on vacation.
Mobli. Mobli not only allows you to take and share photos, but it also has video capabilities; that one thing makes Mobli a must-have app for your vacation. Take a video of the things you see on your trip and share them with everyone. This app also allows you to send messages to other users.
There are many photo sharing apps available, some are easier to use than others and some have better options than others. If you aren’t sure which app will work best for your vacation you can look at reviews right in iTunes or Google Play to find out which have the most positive feedback.