Table of Contents
Add Text Using Markup
Add Text Using Freeform
Add Text Using Pages
Add Text Using Third-Party Apps
Add Text Using a Web App
Alternatively, Use a Computer
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5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Jun 14, 2024 pm 04:14 PM

Whether you’re annotating a screenshot or making the dankest of memes, there are many ways of adding text to an image on your iPhone. Here are five tried and tested techniques.

Add Text Using Markup

By far the simplest method of adding text to an image is to use the iPhone’s built-in Markup tool, accessible via the Edit feature in the Photos app. This is easy to do, but fairly limited in scope. You can choose a font, text size, and color but there’s little in the way of fancy effects.

To get started, make sure your chosen image is saved to your Photos library. This is accessible from most apps by tapping and holding the image and selecting “Save to Photos” in the context menu that appears. You’ll also find it under the “Share” menu.

Next, find the image you want to add text to within the Photos app, then tap “Edit” in the top-right corner of the screen. If you don’t see the “Edit” button, tap on the image once to reveal the Photos interface.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Next, tap on the “Markup” button in the top-right corner of the screen. This looks like a pen tip, and it’s located alongside the ellipsis “…” icon.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

You’ll be warned that Live Photo mode will be switched off if you continue. Hit “OK” to proceed and the Markup interface will appear.

Along the bottom of the screen, you’ll see a variety of pens, pencils, erasers, a ruler, a color wheel, and a plus “+” button. Hit the plus “+” button and choose “Add Text” to add a text box to your image.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

You can now drag the text box into place, wherever you want it. Tap (or double-tap) within the text box to edit what the text says and type your message using the on-screen keyboard.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

At the bottom of the screen, you can adjust the font, text size, alignment, formatting, and text color. While choosing a color you can also adjust the opacity of your text.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Once you’re done, hit “Done” in the top-right corner of the screen. You can edit your text later by coming back to the Markup menu using the pen icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Share your image as you would normally from the Photos app and the text will be included.

Add Text Using Freeform

Freeform is Apple’s collaborative whiteboard tool. It’s designed for adding images, shapes, text, handwriting, and more to an infinite canvas, so it’s perfect for combining text and images in a single place.

There’s one big drawback with the current implementation of Freeform, which is that you can only export Freeform documents to PDF files. The quality of the resulting files is great (better than the Pages method, below), but you’ll need to add one more step and convert the document to an image before it’s right for sharing.

To get started, download Freeform from the App Store (it’s free). Next, start a new board using the “New” button in the top-right corner of the screen.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Tap on the “Media” button in the bottom-right corner of the screen and choose “Photos or Videos” to select an image from your Photos library, or “Insert from...” to select an image from Files. You can also tap anywhere on the canvas and use “Paste” to add an image from your clipboard.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

With your image in place, tap on the “Text Box” button at the bottom of the screen. Drag the text box in place then double-tap inside it to edit your text. Use the text formatting tools above the keyboard to customize the size, color, and alignment of your text.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Add more images and text if you like, then when you’re ready to export tap the ellipsis “…” button and choose “Export as PDF” then choose where you want to save it.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Finally, launch the Shortcuts app and create a new Shortcut. Add the “Make Image from PDF Page” action to a new workflow. Change the “PNG Image” variable to whatever you want, and the “PDF” variable to “Shortcut Input.” Add a “Save to Photo Album” action, then hit the “i” button and make sure “Show in Share Sheet” is selected. Give your Shortcut a name, like “PDF Page to Image” and save it.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Now open the PDF, hit Share, and tap on the “PDF Page to Image” Shortcut you just made. Your image will be in Photos, where you can crop and trim it as necessary.

Add Text Using Pages

Pages is Apple’s equivalent of Microsoft Word, a free word-processing tool that has a few interesting uses. Though there are some obvious drawbacks to using a word processor for editing images, you might find that it works for you with a few workarounds.

This is a very “hacky” method that can result in a lower-quality image than may be preferable. You can use the “Document Options” menu to switch your document to landscape to claw back some resolution if your image is landscape.

First, you’ll need to download Pages from the App Store (it’s free). Now open it and create a new blank document, ignoring Apple’s templates, using the “Start Writing” option.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

With a new document open, hit the plus “+” button and select the media tab. You can choose “Photo or Video” to import from your Photos library, or use the “Insert from…” to add from files. You can also tap and hold and then choose “Paste” to add an image from your clipboard.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Tap on your image to select it, then tap on the “Formatting” paintbrush icon to reveal more options. Under “Arrange” choose “More Options” and then set “Text Wrap” to “None.” This instructs Pages not to move text around if it intersects with the image.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Now, hit the plus “+” button again and, on the diagrams tab, select “Text” to add a text box. Double-tap within the text box and edit the text as necessary. Finish up and tap the text box to select it, then use the “Formatting” paintbrush icon to edit the font, size, color, and more on the “Text” tab.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Add more images, diagrams, and whatever else you see fit. Then hit the ellipsis “…” button and choose “Export” followed by “Images” to export as an image. Use the “Save Image” button to add the image to your Photos library.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Lastly, find the image and hit “Edit” and then crop out the white space. You can now share your image.

Add Text Using Third-Party Apps

There are lots of apps that let you add text to your images, but most of them are premium tools. This means that you may come across restrictions like image export size, watermarks, and feature limitations.

On the plus side, these apps make it easy to add fancy text to an image. Two examples you might want to try that offer decent free options are Phonto and Add Text.

Another option is to use Instagram’s Story composer for this, though it too is limited. The resulting creations will be portrait and require cropping, plus the resolution isn’t great. The tools are limited but they can look good, and you can add stickers and emoji if you want.

Open Instagram and hit “Compose” at the bottom of the screen. Select “Story” in the bottom-right corner.

Next, choose an image that you’d like to annotate using the media picker in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Tap anywhere to add text, then use the formatting tools at the top of the screen to modify alignment, color, background, and spacing.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Hit “Done” and then add anything else you want to your image using the included tools. When you’re ready, tap on the ellipsis “...” button in the top-right corner of the screen then select “Save” and the image will be saved to your camera roll.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Now open up Photos, find the image, tap “Edit” and crop the image to your liking. You can now share it as you would any other.

Add Text Using a Web App

Web apps also work for adding text to an image. In my testing, Pixlr seemed like the most reliable option. With the mobile-friendly fast editor Pixlr Express, you get three free saves per day before you need to pay.

To get started, head to the Pixlr Express website and tap “Open Image” followed by “Photo Library” or “Choose Files” and then locate the image you want to add text to. Pixlr may ask you to resize the image, hit Apply to get started.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Use the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to select “Text” then select “Add new text” or choose from one of the stylized text tools.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Scroll down and change the “Text” box to whatever you want to text to read. You can now adjust other aspects like the size, color, and so on. You can add a curve, warp, background, outline, and shadow to the text if you want.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Drag the text into place until you’re happy with it. Add more text or other effects to your image, then hit “Save” at the top of the screen to export it when you’re ready.

5 Simple Ways to Add Text to Any Image on iPhone

Choose an image format, size, and quality level, and then use the “Download” button to save the image.

Alternatively, Use a Computer

Adding text to an image on your iPhone can be fiddly and the options aren’t great. The small screen is ill-suited to graphic design work, so if you want to get creative you’re better off using a computer instead.

There are lots of free and budget-friendly editors you can use for this like Affinity Photo and other pocket-friendly Photoshop alternatives, or completely free image editors like GIMP

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