Comparison

Background Editor vs Auto Background Remover

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

Auto Background Remover

Effortlessly remove backgrounds from photos with advanced AI and manual editing tools. Isolate subjects, refine edges, and customize your images for design or sharing. Access the editor quickly with Home Screen widgets.

Highlights
  • AI background removal
  • Manual precision editing
  • Smart threshold detection
  • Flexible image import
  • Background adjustment tools
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Auto Background Remover is a powerful image editing tool designed to quickly remove backgrounds and create clean cutouts with precision. Using advanced AI detection and smart threshold technology, the app automatically separates subjects from the background and allows detailed manual refinement when needed. Whether you want to isolate a portrait, remove unwanted colors, or prepare images for design, the editing tools provide full control with an intuitive interface. The app includes automatic background detection along with manual editing tools that help refine edges, restore removed areas, and precisely erase specific parts of an image. You can start with photos from the camera, gallery, or files, then easily adjust and customize the background before exporting or sharing. WidgetKit support allows quick access to the editor directly from the Home Screen, making it faster to start editing images anytime. Key Features: AI Background Removal: - Advanced AI automatically detects the subject and removes the background in seconds. Smart Threshold Detection: - Improves accuracy when separating subjects from complex backgrounds. Manual Precision Editing Tools: - Erase unwanted areas with adjustable brush size - Restore parts of the image if something is removed accidentally - Magnify tool for detailed edge editing - Color removal tool to erase selected colors from the image Auto + Manual Editing Modes: - Use automatic background removal or refine the result using manual tools for better accuracy. Flexible Image Import: - Capture a new photo with the camera - Import from your photo gallery - Load images from files Background Adjustment Tools: - Customize the final result with color adjustments, themes, and visual effects. Simple Export and Sharing: - Save your edited image or share it directly with other apps. Home Screen Widgets: - WidgetKit support lets you launch the background remover instantly from the Home Screen for faster editing access.

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Auto Background Remover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Editor at 75% against Auto Background Remover's 14%. Background Editor also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Auto Background Remover sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. 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 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 2, 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 14% of Auto Background Remover's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 11 days, Auto Background Remover every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Background Editor versus Auto Background Remover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorAuto Background Remover
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings) — better2.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Rajneesh Mishra

Customer experience

Background Editor

All ratings3,242 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews849 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative13.3%

Auto Background Remover

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

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

Auto Background Remover

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 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-time6
  • Stop Ads$1.99
  • Unlock Blur Effects$1.99
  • Unlock B&W filters$1.99
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  • Recolor Photo$2.99
  • Unlock Advanced Controls$4.99
  • Unlock all filters & features$49.99
4 purchases

Auto Background Remover

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Access$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Access$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Purchase$7.99

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auto Background Remover free?
Auto Background Remover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Auto Background Remover?
Background Editor is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Auto Background Remover averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Background Editor or Auto Background Remover have ads?
Auto Background Remover shows ads; Background Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Auto Background Remover?
Background Editor ships an update every 11 days, and Auto Background Remover every 9 months. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on October 17, 2026 and Auto Background Remover on October 1, 2026.

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