PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters

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About this app

Prequel is a photo editor and video editor in one app, with filters and effects for photos and videos. Edit photos, style videos, retouch portraits, create collages, add text, and explore vintage camera looks, presets, and creative editing tools.

Unlike many editing apps for pictures and editing apps for videos, Prequel combines one-tap presets with detailed photo editing tools.

OVER 200 PHOTO FILTERS & VIDEO FILTERS

Try film filter styles, grain filter effects, faded old-photo looks, retro filters, black and white, Y2K, anime, sepia, teal, and more. Every photo filter can also be used on video, helping photos and clips keep the same visual style. Save the filters for pictures you use most and keep your favorite picture filters close at hand. Explore AI filter presets for quick creative transformations.

A VINTAGE CAMERA IN YOUR POCKET

Create vintage camera looks inspired by 35mm film, disposable cameras, VHS cams, polaroid photos, and early digital cameras. Use a retro camera style, a disposable camera filter, or a polaroid filter for instant-photo framing. Add camera effects like light leaks, dust, grain, and faded color. A vintage camera filter can turn a modern shot into a retro photo, while a VHS filter brings the same aesthetic to video.

FACE & BODY EDITOR

Use face retouch tools to smooth skin, refine portraits, and adjust facial details. The face editor gives you control over eyes, nose, lips, and other features, while the body editor helps adjust proportions. Combine photo retouch with a beauty filter, face filters, color adjustments, and effects. Every face edit can be changed or undone as you work.

COLLAGE MAKER FOR PHOTOS

Create a photo collage with layouts for multiple pictures, adjustable borders, and flexible spacing. Use the collage maker with photo filters, backgrounds, stickers, text, textures, and effects. Apply one look across the entire photo collage to keep every frame consistent.

ADD TEXT TO PHOTOS

Choose from 200+ fonts, from clean subtitles to handwritten and contemporary styles. Add text to photos, place text behind objects, curve it, animate it, or use text stickers. Photo text stays editable so you can change the wording, font, position, and style.

PHOTO EDITING TOOLS

Adjust exposure, curves, HSL, depth of field, blur, sharpness, color, and light. Add photo effects like prism, glow, grain, and other creative styles. Editing photos can be as quick as choosing a preset or as detailed as adjusting the image yourself.

EDIT PICTURES TEN AT A TIME

Batch editing lets you edit pictures in groups of up to 10 photos. Save any photo edit as a preset and reuse combinations of filters, effects, color adjustments, and retouch tools. Build your own photo presets and apply the same style across multiple pictures.

VIDEO FILTERS & VIDEO EFFECTS

Use video filters designed for moving footage, plus video templates for fast edits. Add your clips, choose a look, and combine video filters with video effects, grain, color adjustments, and other editing tools. Editing videos stays in the same workflow as editing photos.

STICKERS, TEXTURES & BACKGROUNDS

Customize photos and videos with stickers, texture overlays, frames, backgrounds, and animated elements. Combine them with filters, photo effects, and text.

PREQUEL GOLD

Prequel Gold offers weekly, monthly, and annual subscription plans. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price of the selected plan unless canceled before the end of the current subscription period according to Google Play terms.

Prequel brings photo filters, photo editing, video filters, face editing, collage tools, effects, presets, text, and vintage camera looks into one editor. Whether you want to edit photos, retouch portraits, create a photo collage, add text to photos, apply a photo filter, style videos, or create a retro camera look, Prequel keeps the full editing workflow in one app.
Photo filters, video effects, vintage camera, collage maker & photo retouch.
Updated on
Nov 6, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

390K reviews
HKimberly
June 23, 2022
Save your money. Don't buy premium!! Honestly the worst decision I made was paying for a 1 year subscription. I liked the app and the free features so I decided to pay for the premium subscription. Worst decision I could've made!! The app continues to crash. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, but the same thing continues to happen. I've spent over a week not being able to open the app. I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed! I want my money back!!
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Prequel Inc.
June 24, 2022
Hi, Kimberly! This is definitely a coincidence. Please, drop us a message from the HelpCenter. We would like to investigate your case and help you.
Aerofluff
January 30, 2022
The only reason I downloaded this was to try the Cartoon AI because it's unique. (Most of which are premium locked, boooo.) The 2 which weren't never worked at all with any basic direct well-lit photo. Always gave an error message "Something went wrong. Please try again." Most other reviews also say they can barely get it to work, and talk about app instability. I'm certainly not paying when it doesn't seem to work at all.
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Prequel Inc.
January 30, 2022
Hi! Due to the increased popularity of this feature we had some technical problems with AI effects. Now it should be working fine, though, some slight delays are still possible. We are sorry for that. If it happens one more time, please, kindly contact us via support@prequelapp.com.
Bumblebee Butt
February 21, 2022
I'm using the free trial right now, and I was all set to subscribe for the year until I realized I couldn't remove the watermark. I completely understand having a watermark on the free version, but it should never be included in a paid version of and photo editing app. I will gladly subscribe if the watermark is removed. I love the varieties of looks I can get combining different effects and filters.
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Prequel Inc.
March 24, 2022
Hi! We see what you mean. Still, starting from the iOS app version 2.19 and app version 1.35 the logo was removed from the AI effects at all for our Gold users. For more information, contact us from the HelpCenter. Tap Helpcenter > "I couldn’t find an answer. Contact us"> and send us the message. Thank you!

What’s new

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