Instagram Stories (banned in the Russian Federation; belongs to a corporation that is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation) is viewed by 500 million users daily, so it is important that the content stands out from the crowd. The level of publications expected by users is growing, and creating beautiful posts on Instagram takes a lot of time. Therefore, it is worth considering using professional programs.
You don’t need to be a graphic designer or even hire freelancers to create engaging content — you can use ready-made templates. In this review, you will find 10 interesting apps with professional Instagram templates that will help you create high-quality stories in a single style.
Unfold
Unfold is a popular app with templates for Instagram Stories. Here you can process several stories at once, creating a separate album on the main screen for each. You can add frames and text, choose a color scheme. All images will be in the same style.
In Unfold, you can preview your story to see how it will appear on Instagram. Once you're done editing, just tap the download icon to save your edit.
The application is available for Android And iOS.
Canva
The application helps to create content for social networks, YouTube, personal websites and other resources. Canva is suitable for marketers to promote products and services on the Internet, and for ordinary users. Canva is designed to create all kinds of posts, leaflets, posters, invitations, collages and so on. The program will also be useful for printing calendars, banners and other printed products.
Here you can choose a ready-made template and click on individual elements to change or replace them. Or start working from scratch and use different options to fill it. The application library contains more than 500 fonts, many filters and other tools.
The application is available for Android And iOS.
Adobe Express
Adobe Express is a template app from Adobe. It doesn't require any image editing knowledge from the user. There are thousands of templates available, including millions of free stock photos, filters, and fonts.
The main screen of the program lists several categories for different situations: lifestyle, business, school, travel, food, etc. You can change the size of photos, add various visual effects and a number of other options. After processing, the image can be saved to the phone's memory or sent directly to Instagram.
The application is available for Android And iOS.
Story
The program is created specifically for Instagram Stories, so it has a number of pre-installed icons and stickers that are often used in this social network. Here you can create collages, change the location, crop or shift the center of the photo.
You can overlay very beautiful frames or backgrounds for photos, overlay text and change the fill color. You can overlay music for free from your own media library. Story allows you to cut fragments from videos and process them separately. There are special templates with video effects: Zoom effect, rotation, sliding left and right.
Story developers focused on business. The program is designed for video presentations of products and services. There is a Swipe Up function, which is suitable for online stores that want to share a link to a product. There are paid sections and a 3-day free subscription option. The paid section has more beautiful backgrounds. There is an option for unlimited use.
The application is available for iOS.
StoryArt
The program is more complex than the others presented in the review. In StoryArt, you can slow down and speed up a video, cut it into pieces. Each piece can be processed separately - pass through filters, add effects, overlay sound, music, text, animation, frames. In the settings, you can change the color of the filter or the color of the frame and other elements.
You can also add effects to photos here, the choice is quite large - 12 main effects and each additionally about 10 options. In total, there are more than 500 templates and 40 themes. Although the list of templates and animations is extensive, most of them are locked and can only be used when purchasing the premium version. Payment is monthly or annual.
The application is available for Android.
CutStory
With CutStory, you can cut videos, add speech and music taken from third-party sources. You just need to import a long video, and the program will cut it and save it as 15-second videos. All clips are exported in chronological order, videos are saved without compression. There are a lot of stickers and photo templates. Russian language is available.
Not all options are available in the free version, some are paid separately. Music, own soundtrack are closed for free use. Disabling the watermark also costs $ 1. Substitution of any presented background and text with stickers is free.
If you only have Apple Music or other similar streaming services on your iPhone, don't buy the Music extension. Apple doesn't allow you to use rented music.
The application is available for iOS.