When testing and evaluating apps, I had a few key criteria that each app needed to meet to be included: I tested over 15 apps to bring you this short and sweet list of the best free apps for creating your own vibrant and professional social media images. The good news is that you don't need to pay premium prices to get premium results. The secret to creating these kinds of images is having a lot of great templates and design resources (images, icons, shapes, text styles) all readily available, so all you have to do is mix, match, and message. You also don't want to spend a lot of time or money creating these images (because, let's face it-social media posts have a very short lifecycle). You want to make an image that will catch your followers' eyes-something that will make them click and share and keep watching for the next great thing you post. What makes a great social media image app? Quickly making images to share on social media
