Lightroom mobile is free, BUT unless it’s connected to an Adobe subscription plan, its features are limited, so realistically it’s simply a different route into an Adobe subscription. Lightroom mobile can be downloaded free from the Apple App store in iPhone and iPad versions, or Google Play.However, if you need Photoshop too, or Lightroom Classic, then you should consider the more expensive Photography Plan (1TB) option. So which is the best option? If all you want is Adobe Lightroom, the Lightroom Plan is a good, affordable start.

It includes Lightroom mobile and Lightroom web, but NOT Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Lightroom Classic. For the same cost as the regular Photography Plan, you can get Adobe Lightroom and 1TB storage, which should be all you need for quite some time. Adobe Lightroom Plan (1TB) ($9.99/9.98/month): If you ONLY want Adobe Lightroom, this could offer the best of both worlds.As you can see, this 1TB storage comes with its own cost of around $9.99/£9.98/month). Adobe Photography Plan (1TB) ($19.98/£19.97/month): This is the same as the regular Photography Plan, but includes 1TB cloud storage, which should be enough for some time into the future.If you want to use Adobe Lightroom long-term, you will need the next step up, a plan which includes 1TB storage. NOTE: While this plan does come with 20GB cloud storage, this will be nowhere near enough for Adobe Lightroom’s cloud-based image storage, except for a quick try-out.

There’s more detail on costs and what’s included in the next section. The most cost-effective plans for photographers are the Adobe Photography Plan and the Adobe Lightroom Plan. You take out a subscription on the Adobe website, choosing a Plan that best suits your needs and budget.

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It’s a desktop program that stores photos in the traditional way, on your computer, and while it can syncrhonize with Adobe’s cloud storage, it’s on a more limited basis, and does not actually need the cloud storage to work.

Adobe Lightroom Classic is the ‘old’ Lightroom.

This way, you can view and edit your photos on any computer that doesn’t have Lightroom installed.

Lightroom web is another way to view, organize and edit your photos, this time in a regular web browser.

Lightroom mobile also has its own Camera mode for capturing photos straight into your photo library. Lightroom mobile can access your photos and albums in the cloud and lets you carry on viewing, editing and sharing your photos from a mobile device.

Adobe Lightroom mobile is an app for Android and iOS devices that offers most of the same tools and look and feel of the desktop program.

This opens the door to other tools in the Lightroom ecosystem. It’s a desktop program, but all your images are actually stored in the cloud, on Adobe’s own web servers.

Adobe Lightroom is Adobe’s ‘web first’ version of Lightroom.

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