Comparison

Background Editor vs Photo Background Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Background Editor

Easily edit photos with powerful tools to change backgrounds, highlight colors, or blur specific areas. Enhance images with adjustments and filters for professional-looking results. Remove blemishes and change object colors to create stunning visuals.

Highlights
  • Change or remove photo backgrounds
  • Highlight specific colors
  • Blur parts of a photo
  • Remove blemishes and wrinkles
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation
  • Apply over 70 filters
Features
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Touch Retouch - The power of simple Instagram photo retouching for everyone, anywhere. This free app for powerful image editing and photo montages, using variants of tools that you can find only in professional photo editing programs. Heal, smooth, liquify, lighten and make other edits and adjustments that give you the precise look you’re after. Touch Retouch let you do 3 major editing: 1. Highlight color inside a photo. 2. Change or remove background from photo. 3. Blur part of a photo. Advanced control to edit: * Smoothness * Brightness * Contrast * Highlight * Shadow * Saturation * Vignette * Exposure * Temperature Along with 70+ filters to create the perfect photo. Download this free app & you’ll be able to : - Change your photo’s background. - Cut only a part of a photo to use it later. - Use blur effect to hide your face inside a photo. - Remove pimples and wrinkles - Highlight color of photo so that everyone is black & white, except you ! - Use the highlight color feature to make specific object like Sky or Waterfall to stand out. - Purple color you hair. - Change color of your eyes to green, blue or whatever. Sharing: After you are done with editing a photo, share the photo on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, to show your friends the wow effects you made with this app. Touch Retouch inspires you to create beautiful images anytime, anywhere. Transform your photos into works of art and let the world discover them! Information about the auto-renewable subscription: Subscription name: Unlock Premium Subscription price: 7 days free, then $6.99/week or $49.99/year Auto-renew: This is a auto-renewing subscription, read below to know more. – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Our Terms of Service: https://editr.app/tos.html – Our Privacy Policy : https://editr.app/privacy-policy.html – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable

About

Photo Background Editor

Easily replace the background of your photos with stunning HD fantasy scenes. Import images, use the eraser tool to cut out backgrounds, and paste them onto new scenes for endless creative possibilities. Share your edited creations on social media.

Highlights
  • HD fantasy background replacement
  • Import photos from camera or gallery
  • Eraser tool for background cutting
  • Pinch zoom and rotate for adjustment
  • Retro effect, opacity, contrast, brightness adjustments
  • Social media sharing
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Replace your boring photo background with HD fantasy backgrounds by our easy to use background replacer tool. Just import photo from camera or gallery, cut your image background with our eraser tool and select cool backgrounds to paste. Our app provides endless possibilities of replacing your photo background with places where you have never been but you want to be there. So friends download our best photo background changer app and share your creation to all social sites like Facebook,Watsapp,Twitter etc. Best Features: - Easy to use. - Select photo from either photo gallery or camera. - Pinch Zoom and rotate to re-size and adjust the photo to the background. - Add retro effect to the created Image. - Adjust Opacity, Contrast,sharpness and Brightness to the created Image. - Much More.. Hope you enjoy the application and your feedback will be appreciated. Have fun

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Photo Background Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Editor at 75% against Photo Background Editor's 15%. Background Editor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 24 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Background Editor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Photo Background Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Background Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 81, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 15% of Photo Background Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, Photo Background Editor every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Background Editor versus Photo Background Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorPhoto Background Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings) — better3.8 (81 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better81
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Vineeta Yadav

Customer experience

Background Editor

All ratings3,242 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews850 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative13.3%

Photo Background Editor

All ratings80 ratings
Positive71.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative76.9%

Bugs and requests

Background Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Background removal not working as expected
  • Editing tools not responsive or accurate
  • App crashing on launch or during use
  • Subscription charges not stopping after cancellation

Requested features

4 requests
  • More preset background options
  • Ability to resize and reposition edited objects
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Better instructions and tutorials

Photo Background Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Background Editor

Subscriptions5
  • Unlock Premium for 1 Week7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Unlock Premium Tools - monthly$9.991 Month
  • Unlock Premium - special offer$19.991 Year
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  • Unlock Premium Tools - yearly$29.991 Year
  • Unlock Premium Tools - yearly1 Month trial$34.991 Year
One-time5
  • Stop Ads$1.99
  • Unlock Blur Effects$1.99
  • Recolor Photo$2.99
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  • Unlock Advanced Controls$4.99
  • Unlock all filters & features$49.99
1 purchases

Photo Background Editor

One-time1
  • One Time Subscription.$5.99

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Background Editor free?
Photo Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Photo Background Editor?
Background Editor is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Photo Background Editor averages 3.8 from 81 ratings.
Do Background Editor or Photo Background Editor have ads?
Photo Background Editor shows ads; Background Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Photo Background Editor?
Background Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Photo Background Editor every 24 months. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on November 11, 2026 and Photo Background Editor on November 8, 2026.

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