Describe the edit in your own words.
The optional AI assistant reads what you want and plans the changes with DeepSeek. They arrive as regular edits, so you can adjust or undo each one like any other.
Make it warmer and lift the shadows a little
Warmth +15
Shadows +20
Change or undo them like any other edit.How the assistant works:
- Off until you use itBefore the first upload, the app explains what is sent and asks your permission.
- Your own DeepSeek keyAdd your DeepSeek API key in Settings. It stays in this device's Keychain.
- Needs the internetA smaller copy of the photo and your request go to DeepSeek to plan the edit.
- Edits happen on deviceThe full-resolution photo and the rendering stay on your iPhone or iPad.
Manual editing runs on your device and works offline. The Privacy Policy lists exactly what a request includes.
Everything a photo needs.
From a quick fix to a finished post, in one app.
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Light and color
Brighten, balance and fine-tune the color of a photo.
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Crop and straighten
Reframe a shot and level the horizon.
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Filters and looks
Start from a look, adjust it, and save your own.
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Text
Add words in the fonts you like, and save text styles to reuse.
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Stickers and drawing
Decorate with stickers, or draw right on the photo.
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Layers
Keep text, stickers and drawings on their own layers.
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Retouching
Clean up spots and remove unwanted objects.
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Masks
Limit an edit to part of the photo, such as the sky or a person.
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Background removal
Lift the subject off its background.
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Artistic styles
Reimagine a photo in a new artistic style.
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Collages and posts
Combine photos in a collage, or prepare a multi-photo post.
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Export
Save as JPEG, PNG or HEIC, or share to another app.
Made for changing your mind.
- Every change stays editable
- Go back to any adjustment, crop or layer and change it, long after you made it.
- Undo and compare
- Step back through your changes, and check the edit against the original at any time.
- Your library stays as it was
- Each project keeps its own copy of its photos. Deleting a project never deletes anything from Photos.
- On your device
- Editing, masks, retouching and background removal run on your iPhone or iPad, and work offline.
- No account
- Nothing to sign up for, and no ads or tracking.
- iPhone and iPad
- One app for both, on iOS and iPadOS 26 or later.
Tides Photos is coming to the App Store.
For iPhone and iPad.