500px App for Android Review
500px app for Android is a cloud photo gallery app, focused more on professional photography though. And unlike Instagram or similar photo sharing apps, while using 500px, you’ll again realize that photography ultimately is an art. It’ll take your experience beyond simple photo sharing to other nuances of photos and photography. 500px Android app may be downloaded from Google Play Store for free of cost.
How 500px Android App Works?
It is not mandatory to register Android 500px Photography app online. But if you do so (registration is a free of cost process), you can ‘like’ or ‘favorite’ photos, comment on photos, share your own photos, and follow friends. In 500px Android application, you can view the editor’s choice photos in ‘Editors’ list. Those are the photos short listed by 500px team from users across the globe. The ‘Upcoming’ list has photographs that are increasing in popularity, while ‘Fresh’ list lists fresh photos for today, yesterday, this week etc. Depending on the resolution and screen size of your device, you can opt to view the photos in 70×70, 140×140, or 280×280 sizes. Further, the photos can be rotated for portrait/landscape mode for better view ability, depending upon the screen size of your phone.
You can select a photo from the menu, and open it in a browser or send it to others using already installed applications. Further, long tapping on the photo opens as zoomed view. There is also an option to view thumbnails of all the photos in the application. Being an app for photographers, the user interface of 500px has no let offs. It is pleasing to the eye, and quite user friendly for most parts.
Final Thoughts
Android 500px app is a photographer’s delight (obviously having an Android smartphone). You can view the best of photos in the app, in the desired format and resolution at will. Further, 500px being a social app means, you can share photos with your peers/friends using phone’s default sharing applications. Verdict: a handy photography app to have in your Android device. The HD version of the app comes for $0.99.
Category: Free Android Apps
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