Create atmospheric night and abstract designs with dark, neon-inspired filters and effects. Add stylish text, geometric shapes, and draw or erase elements to transform your photos into unique posters or magazine covers.
Summarized from real user reviews of Red. Based on 191 reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 19 positives and 6 negatives reviewers mention most about this Photo & Video app.
9.0
January 14, 2026
- Fresh icon - Improvements for iOS 26
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5 issues
App only works on pre-existing photos
Cannot see zoom when viewing photos with filters
4 requests
Ability to select multiple photos
Better control over filter brightness
The app provides over 10 vintage duotone filters inspired by film retro photographs and neon discos. These filters simulate night lighting and include options like red lights, Miami Filter, pink, UV, dusk, blue hour, aqua filter, green light, sunset, and golden hour.
Beyond filters, the app offers several cool effects such as digital noise, 3D image shift, gradient light flares, a zoom effect paired with dark filters, and a unique TV effect for holographic designs. Many of these effects are customizable using gestures.
Yes, you can add text to create stylish posters or magazine covers. The app includes over 45 specially selected fonts and supports multi-line text, emoji shapes, and text effects like mirroring or highlighting. You can also use text as a mask.
This application is available for free. However, it does offer in-app purchases, suggesting that some features, effects, or filters may require an additional purchase to unlock.
The app features a powerful vector editor that allows you to fine-tune over 20 predefined geometric shapes or create your own. You can customize frames by turning, rounding corners, and resizing. Advanced vector filters like lines, mesh, particles, and equalizer are also available.
