Comparison

Background Editor vs Overclip

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

Overclip

Easily create stunning videos with dynamic backgrounds without needing a green screen. Teleport yourself anywhere by selecting from a vast library of pictures and videos, or use your own media. Unleash your creativity and share your amazing creations.

Highlights
  • Green screen alternative
  • Instant background changes
  • Extensive background library
  • Use personal photos/videos
  • Automated contour detection
  • Selfie mode support
Features
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Create incredible videos with amazing backgrounds! Forget the old "green screen" : you don’t need it anymore to get a perfect visual effect. With Overclip, you teleport yourself anywhere instantly : just browse our backgrounds library and unleash your creativity. There are hundreds of pictures and videos available as backgrounds in Overclip. Just select any of them and start shooting your video! Don’t hesitate to use the #overclip tag to let the world know what you created! Please note: - selfie mode is available on device with a TrueDepth front-facing camera - automated contour detection is available on devices with at least A12/A12X Bionic chips Overclip Premium = + No ads + Unlock all backgrounds + Use your photos and videos as backgrounds + Remove the logo from your videos Overclip Premium is a recurring subscription. You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by going to your account settings on the App Store. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Terms of use: http://misc.tasmanic.com/overclipterms.html Privacy policy: http://misc.tasmanic.com/overclipprivacy.html

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Overclip1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Editor at 75% against Overclip's 28%. Background Editor also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Overclip's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 Overclip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Overclip holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 28% of Overclip's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, Overclip every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Background Editor versus Overclip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorOverclip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings)4.4 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better27.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better1.6K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB68 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Tasmanic Editions

Customer experience

Background Editor

All ratings3,240 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews849 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative13.3%

Overclip

All ratings1,597 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative63.9%

User reviews

Background Editor

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient background removal
  • 💡 Lots of customization options
  • 🎨 Good photo editing tools

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive UI
  • 🔒 Deceptive free trial and billing practices

Overclip

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Fun and entertaining
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Awesome effects and backgrounds
  • 🎥 Good for YouTube videos

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall for many features
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 📽️ Poor video quality
  • 🔍 Tracking/privacy concerns
  • 🙄 Annoying ads and popups

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

Overclip

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Audio not working
  • Incorrect background placement
  • Camera not flipping properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow use of own photos/videos
  • Improve chroma key/green screen functionality
  • Add more customization options
  • Fix camera orientation issues

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
Show 2 more
  • 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
Show 3 more
  • Recolor Photo$2.99
  • Unlock Advanced Controls$4.99
  • Unlock all filters & features$49.99
3 purchases

Overclip

Subscriptions2
  • Overclip Premium$1.991 Month
  • Overclip Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Overclip Premium$22.99

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Overclip free?
Overclip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Overclip?
Overclip is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Overclip averages 4.4 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Background Editor or Overclip have ads?
Neither Background Editor nor Overclip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Overclip?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Overclip every 3 months. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 22, 2026 and Overclip on September 24, 2026.

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