Comparison

Background Editor vs Blurred Edge Maker

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

Blurred Edge Maker

Easily create artistic photos with blurred edges for social media posts. Select your desired size, choose a photo, and customize its appearance with various editing options before saving.

Highlights
  • Select size modes (Square, Landscape, Portrait, Stories)
  • Resize and reposition photos within frames
  • Adjust round corners, foreground, and background sizes
  • Preview full-sized creations
  • Save to Photo Library
Features
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Create artistic photos accented wth a blurred edge. ▶ First select your size mode. (Square, Landscape, Portrait, Stories) ▶ Tap the Choose Size button and select a photo from your Photo Library. ▶ Resize and reposition your chosen photo inside your frame. ▶ Tap the Options button to experiment with different editing options including round corners, foreground size and background size. ▶ Tap Preview to view a full sized preview of your created photo. ▶ Tap Save to Photo Library to export your final creation into your photo library. Enjoy using the app! ◆ Customer Support You can reach us at contact@tlogicsofthouse.com and we will do our best to solve all of your problems and questions related to the app. We would love to hear from you! Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions by sending an email to: contact@tlogicsofthouse.com.

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Blurred Edge Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Background Editor at 3.2K against Blurred Edge Maker's 21. Background Editor also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). Blurred Edge Maker's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Blurred Edge Maker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blurred Edge Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, Blurred Edge Maker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Background Editor versus Blurred Edge Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorBlurred Edge Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings)4.5 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.2K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.T-Logic

Customer experience

Background Editor

All ratings3,240 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews849 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative13.3%

Blurred Edge Maker

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%

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

Blurred Edge Maker

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
2 purchases

Blurred Edge Maker

One-time2
  • One Month Access$0.99
  • Lifetime Access$4.99

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blurred Edge Maker free?
Blurred Edge Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Blurred Edge Maker?
Blurred Edge Maker is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Blurred Edge Maker averages 4.5 from 21 ratings.
Do Background Editor or Blurred Edge Maker have ads?
Neither Background Editor nor Blurred Edge Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Blurred Edge Maker?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Blurred Edge Maker every 5 weeks. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on October 3, 2026 and Blurred Edge Maker on September 17, 2026.

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