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24 alternatives to Phonestagram – photos filters and sharing using MMS, Nodejs and Socket.io

Easily text photos to a phone number, apply a filter and have them posted online in realtime - crtr0/phonestagram

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Phonestagram – photos filters and sharing using MMS, Nodejs and Socket.io launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Text Event Pics▲68

   Text a number to store and share photos together

   2015 · texteventpics.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   tweet.pics▲366

   Make beautiful images for your tweets & threads

   2022 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pepper Filters▲302

   Make your own Snapchat geofilter in 60 seconds

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4SI
   SMS Interface for Stable Diffusion▲50

   If you text 8145594701, it will send back an image with the prompt you specified. Currently only US numbers can send/receive texts because Twilio. Sorry to the rest of the planet! I think this will likely fall over but I figured this would be a cool little thing to demo. I removed the NSFW filter so be mindful of your prompts! I don't persist numbers and there is no linkages being saved between the original text message and the generated images.

   2022 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tweet Photo▲171

   Automagically post your Instagram photos to Twitter ✨

   2018 · tweet.photo · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Image It▲132

   Convert your text to an image for posting on Instagram

   2021 · img-it.web.app · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Picssy▲70

   Shared photo albums within your friend groups

   2022 · getpicssy.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Explode▲209

   Send exploding photos in iMessage

   2025 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PicShare Party▲62

   Crowdsourced photo gallery, created via SMS

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Lumos▲190

    Get trendy photos & videos for your social media

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    TweetShots by DivByZero▲184

    Convert top Tweets into beautiful images ready to be shared

    2022 · divbyzero.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Filtron▲187

    Create and share your own photo filters on Mac & iPhone

    2015 · filtron.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Snapchat Geofilters▲88

    Differentiate your event with a custom Snapchat Filter!

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Web Photo Filter▲96

    A web component to apply Instagram-like filters to photos

    2019 · webphotofilter.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    MIX▲88

    Design Your Own Photo Filter for Instagram

    2014 · roxkazino.top · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Memms▲93

    An app-less way to share photos w/ friends and family

    2014 · 2rue.in · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Pepper▲122

    Seamlessly make Snapchat geofilters 👻

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Shout Out Photo Messaging▲61

    The simplest way to see and share moments with friends.

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    text2pics▲77

    Not another text to picture tool

    2023 · text2pics.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Emojify▲114

    Filters are boring. Add emoji to your photos. 😀 😉 😎

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    GeofiltersCo▲170

    Get your own custom Snapchat geofilter 👻

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Snapshots▲118

    Post your friends, be the main character

    2023 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Text▲168

    Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity)

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Looxie▲102

    Location-based photo requests

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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