Comparison

Background Editor vs Remove Background

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

Remove Background

Effortlessly remove backgrounds from photos and videos using advanced AI and manual tools. Perfect for e-commerce, social media, and creating custom GIFs and stickers.

Highlights
  • AI background removal
  • Magic eraser for photos and video
  • Pro erase tools for manual edits
  • Chroma Key technology
  • AI image recognition
  • Border Detection filters
Features
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- Remove Background with Artificial Intelligence - Magic Eraser for Photos & Video - Pro Erase Tools - if you want to erase / restore final details manually - Remove bg from images to put on your online store! - Background eraser for social media profile pics! - Erase background for GIFs, memes & stickers! We are combining multiple erase technologies: - Chroma Key (traditionally used for Green Screen), - AI image recognition, - Border Detection filters, to develop a truly magic eraser. Remove Background Subscription / Credits: You can download the app and try the eraser for free. Exporting edited media may require credits, which you can purchase as a consumable pack or as a subscription which provides a certain number of credits per period. Credits do not expire. Prices vary by country and product - please check the price presented at the moment of purchase. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original package 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 at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Any unused portion of a free-trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. - Terms of Use: dailyltd.com/terms - Privacy Policy: dailyltd.com/privacy

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Remove Background3 screens

Verdict

The call

Background Editor and Remove Background both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 16% of Remove Background's. Background Editor also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 354). Remove Background's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Remove Background sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Background Editor against 4.2 for Remove Background. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 354, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 16% of Remove Background's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, Remove Background every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Background Editor versus Remove Background: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorRemove Background
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings)4.2 (354 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better16.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better354
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Daily Apps

Customer experience

Background Editor

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

Remove Background

All ratings354 ratings
Positive77.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive16.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative77.4%

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

Remove Background

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

Remove Background

Subscriptions2
  • Remove Background Family3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Remove Background Family$7.997 Days
One-time3
  • 10 Remove Background Credits$4.99
  • 100 Remove Background Credits$19.99
  • 400 Remove Background Credits$39.99

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remove Background free?
Remove Background is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Remove Background?
Background Editor and Remove Background are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.2K and 354 ratings respectively.
Do Background Editor or Remove Background have ads?
Neither Background Editor nor Remove Background shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Remove Background?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Remove Background every 2 weeks. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 25, 2026 and Remove Background on August 26, 2026.

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