PREQUEL Video & Photo Editor

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3,9
295K reviews
50M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Make avatar from your photo or selfie. Cartoon yourself with an AI photo editor. Avatar feature provides you with all sorts of tools to create avatars in different styles.

Prequel is a photo filters and video effects editing app with the most aesthetic presets. It offers a handpicked selection of foto & video filters for pictures. Make your photos, selfies and videos stand out with a variety of vintage and trendy effects like Kidcore, VHS, Dust, Indie Kid, Teal, Grain, Canvas, Renaissance!

Aesthetic AI Foto Filters & Effects

• Most beloved and trendy effects & filters – Kidcore, VHS, Dust, Indie Kid, Teal, Grain, Stardust, Diamond, Sparkle. Boost your social media with eye-catching content and make new profile pic with a cool avatar
• Wide range of advanced adjustments and editing tools for every filter and effect – make your foto, video or avatar unique and custom!
• Rich festive filter & effect collection: make Christmas, Halloween and Easter content
• Huge collection of filters & effects (500+) with pro-level color correction — adjust any of them according to your personal needs
• D3D: make amazing 3D live moving pictures without any hassle — add volume to any 2D photo or selfie, make your own avatar and add any trendy effect and filter you want
• Match any effect with any filter to create your own style or avatar
• Unique collection of Templates for fan pages

Video Editor

• Import and edit any videos
• Add trendy presets & effects to any video
• Transform your videos into a real movie (speed up or slow down, crop, trim). Become a director and tell your stories!
• Create unique edits with a rich collection of presets for videos
• Stylize your videos with a rich collection of retro effects — the 20s, 60s, 80, 90, 00s
• Authentic Intros and presets for your video content for any mood

MAKE YOUR CONTENT STAND OUT
Do you want to turn your story into unique aesthetic visuals? This is a tool for boundless creativity and self-expression. Our trendy filters, presets, templates, and effects for videos will help visualize even the bravest ideas as crisp content.
Also you can make new profile pic and toon your foto or selfie using our app.

Whatever your mood is today, turn it up with our presets for videos and photos or selfies – all based on the biggest aesthetics: the bright Indie Kid, the haunting Dark Academia, or the cute Kawaii. Play with nostalgia using the Yearbook effect. Touch up your pictures with the tasteful Matcha and Sunkissed filters. Easily find ones that reflect your vibe!
And don’t forget to time travel! Style photos and videos with retro effects and filters like Lomo, VHS, Dust, Denim, Monroe – and many more! Or throw it way back with our newest Renaissance effect, turning any selfie into a fine art masterpiece avatar.

Advanced Editing Toolkit

• Easy and fast editing process that requires no special skills or add-ons — everything you want in just one tap!
• Intuitive interface that is easy to master
• Mix unlimited number of filters and tools to create your own unique custom presets

Get PREQUEL Gold

• Unlimited editing possibilities
• Full effects & filters collections
• Advanced editing tools
• No boundaries for your creativity
• Flexible subscription plans that suits your personal needs
• Special offers and festive discounts

Foreground Service

Prequel app uses a foreground service to ensure uninterrupted file export, even when running in the background. This allows you to save content without keeping the app open. Foreground services are essential for tasks that require continuous execution, preventing interruptions and ensuring a smooth user experience.

Turn your most daring projects into reality and create your aesthetic world with Prequel!

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About subscription: https://prequel.app/prequel-subscription
Read our Terms of Use here: https://prequel.app/term-of-use
Read our Privacy Policy here: https://prequel.app/privacy-policy
Updated on
30 Apr 2025

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

3,9
287K reviews
Lyra Winters
21 April 2025
love this app so much and have been using it for years but more and more filters are being put behind a pay wall. but it's gotten worse. what made me write this review is that they now no longer indicate which filters or settings are premium. you edit your photo and go to save it and it says you can't export it because you used premium settings but won't tell you which settings are premium!!?!
3 people found this review helpful
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Prequel Inc.
23 April 2025
Hi! When you apply a paid effect or filter, a Star appears on the Next button (upper right corner). If there is no star, it means the tool is free. You won't be able to export only while using paid tools. Currently, more than 30 effects and 40 filters are free. If you have questions about Prequel, message us via the Settings menu > Send feedback.
Damian
11 April 2025
Your app was great, but as with so many other photo editing apps, you've gone down the drain for your corporate greed. There are now zero labels as to what's considered a "premium" filter, essentially designating everything "premium", which is forcing users to subscribe. I'm sorry to leave this app after using it for years, but again, I'd rather spend my time editing photos manually than pandering to this cash grab.
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Prequel Inc.
12 April 2025
When you apply a paid effect or filter, a Star appears on the Next button (upper right corner). If there is no star, it means the tool is free. You won't be able to export only while using paid tools. Currently, more than 30 effects and 40 filters are free. If you have questions about Prequel, message us via the Settings menu > Send feedback.
Tiffany Bartenhagen
16 April 2025
used to love the app- now they un-starred which filters are paid and which are free... I went and edited a photo and then when I was done a pop up said I had to subscribe. it was bad enough that more than half the filters weren't free, but now you can even tell right away anymore. I'll be looking for something else to edit with.
40 people found this review helpful
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Prequel Inc.
17 April 2025
When you apply a paid effect or filter, a Star appears on the Next button (upper right corner). If there is no star, it means the tool is free. You won't be able to export only while using paid tools. Currently, more than 30 effects and 40 filters are free. If you have questions about Prequel, message us via the Settings menu > Send feedback.

What's new

A fresh drop: the Journey filter.
Don’t say “I’ll try it later.” Say “this just changed my whole camera roll.” :film_frames: