Adobe Lightroom
Lightroom's interface and features was made for photographers. The workflow is stream lined to handle hundreds of photos. Lightroom's Library and Develop Module is fairly similar to Adobe's Bridge and Camera Raw, respectively. But certain features in Lightroom are not available in Bridge and ACR (Adobe Camera Raw).
Lightroom is user friendly compared to Photoshop. Most of Lightroom's tools, in Develop Module, are for correcting and adjusting exposure and contrasts. Other tools are color correction, black & white conversion, crop and graduated filter, to name a few. It even has healing and clone brush.
For basic and global exposure, contrast and color adjustments, use Lightroom.
Aperture
For Mac users, there is Aperture. It is more like Lightroom but has a different workflow. Many Mac users say Apertures photo organization is better than Lightroom.
Which is better: Lightroom or Aperture? It really depends on the photographer which features is best for his workflow.
Adobe Photoshop
When it comes to detailed retouching and editing, Adobe Photoshop is king. Adobe Photoshop has been around since 1987. Photoshop is probably the most popular when it comes to post processing software. It is widely used in the photography community and graphic designers right now.
It has tons of useful features that make photo retouching and manipulation a breeze. It's use of layers is the most powerful feature this software can do. It also has tons of 3rd party plug-ins to stream line your workflow.
Darktable
For linux users, there's Darktable. It is designed based on Lightroom. It is an alternative Raw processor for linux. It has different modules for adjustments. This is a great software for linux users.
Which ever software you use, it doesn't matter for as long as you enjoy the fruits of photography, the photos you've captured.
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