This wikiHow teaches you how to use the Markup Editor feature on iPhone to add text to photos.
Step
Part 1 of 2: Accessing the Markup Editor Features

Step 1. Open the Photos app on the device
The Photos app is marked by a colorful windmill icon in a white box. This icon is displayed on the home screen of the phone.

Step 2. Open the photo you want to edit
You can open photos from “Albums”, “Moments”, “Memories” or “iCloud Photo Sharing” folders.

Step 3. Touch the “Edit” button
This button looks like three sliders on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

Step 4. Touch the “More” button
This button looks like three dots in a circle in the lower-right corner of the screen.

Step 5. Touch Markup
This toolbox icon is in the pop-up menu. The photo will open in the Markup Editor window.
If you don't see the “Markup” option, select “ More and slide the “Markup” switch to the on position (“On”). The switch color will change to green.
Part 2 of 2: Adding Text to Photos

Step 1. Touch the “Text” button
The “T” icon in this box is in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. This button is used to add a text box to the photo with a sample text in it.

Step 2. Double-tap the text
After that, you can edit and replace the sample text in the column.

Step 3. Type text using the keyboard

Step 4. Touch the Done button above the keyboard
This button is different from the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.

Step 5. Choose a text color
Touch a color from the color palette at the bottom of the screen to change the color of the text.

Step 6. Touch the AA button next to the color palette
This button is used to edit the font, size, and alignment of the text.

Step 7. Choose a font
You can choose Helvetica, Georgia, and Noteworthy as font choices.

Step 8. Change the text size
Slide the text size slider to the right to increase the size, or to the left to reduce the text display.

Step 9. Select the text alignment
Touch the alignment button at the bottom of the pop-up menu. You can set the text to align left, center, right, or left-right.

Step 10. Touch the AA button again
The pop-up window will close after that.

Step 11. Touch and drag the text
You can move text by touching and dragging it.

Step 12. Touch the Done button at the top right corner of the screen

Step 13. Touch the Done button again in the lower right corner of the screen
After that, the text will be saved on the photo.