Comparison

Background Editor vs Erase MasterーBackround 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

Erase MasterーBackround Editor

Easily remove unwanted backgrounds from your photos with precise manual editing tools. Offers adjustable eraser sizes, undo functionality, and left/right-hand modes for comfortable editing. Includes subscription options for enhanced features.

Highlights
  • Remove photo backgrounds
  • Manual eraser with 4 sizes
  • Undo last edit
  • Left/right-hand mode
  • Weekly and yearly subscriptions
Features
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Remove Background app allows you to remove background or erase any part of the photo. Manual mode hase 4 sizes of eraser for more accurate edit. Also user can undo the last edit and switch left or right hand mode for more accuracy during edit. The app is comfortable for reght-handed and left-handed users. About Subscription The app contains weekly subscription at price $2.99 and yearly at price $24.99. • 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 • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/alexapps/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/alexapps/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Erase MasterーBackround Editor3 screens

Verdict

The call

Background Editor and Erase MasterーBackround Editor both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 0% of Erase MasterーBackround Editor's. Background Editor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 23). On price, rating, 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 Erase MasterーBackround Editor sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 Erase MasterーBackround Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 23, 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 0% of Erase MasterーBackround Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, Erase MasterーBackround Editor every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Background Editor versus Erase MasterーBackround Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorErase MasterーBackround Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings)4.2 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better23
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
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
Size178 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Aleksei Metelkin

Customer experience

Background Editor

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

Erase MasterーBackround Editor

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Erase MasterーBackround Editor

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

Erase MasterーBackround Editor

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$12.991 Year
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  • Yearly subscription$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Erase MasterーBackround Editor free?
Erase MasterーBackround Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Erase MasterーBackround Editor?
Background Editor and Erase MasterーBackround Editor are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.2K and 23 ratings respectively.
Do Background Editor or Erase MasterーBackround Editor have ads?
Erase MasterーBackround Editor shows ads; Background Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Erase MasterーBackround Editor?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Erase MasterーBackround Editor every 6 weeks. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 22, 2026 and Erase MasterーBackround Editor on August 16, 2026.

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