Comparison

Background Editor vs Background Eraser

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

Background Eraser

Effortlessly remove unwanted backgrounds from photos with AI-powered tools. Easily cut out objects, create professional-looking profile pictures, and enhance images with filters and new backgrounds. Save and share your creations in PNG or JPG format.

Highlights
  • AI Auto background removal
  • Manual erase and repair
  • Create profile photos
  • Apply image filters
  • Blur background
  • Add custom backgrounds
  • Save as PNG/JPG
Features
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Background Eraser - Remove BG :- Background Eraser is an application for cutting pictures and for making a picture's background transparent. Background Eraser is here to make your life easier, now you do not need to learn photoshop to remove the unwanted areas of your photo. No complex photo processing skill needed. Smooth the edges after using the magic eraser to get the most professional photo. Now you can make your profile photo in just one tap. Features:- - AI Auto mode:- - It recognizes pictures with people, animals, plants etc. - You have Just to select the photo, advanced AI tool will cut out the object perfectly. - No need to erase backgrounds bit by bit with fingers. - Manual Mode:- - Erase background from your photo you want to cut using fingers. - Erase and repair the cutout picture easily. - Make Profile Photo:- - It removes background from Photo, add background and places photos in a circular frame. - You can choose from backgrounds, colors or add photos from gallery. - Apply filters to images. - Blur Background. - Add new backgrounds. - Save as png or jpg format. - Share to social media. Enjoy! Privacy Policy - https://deepakjalwa0.blogspot.com/2025/04/privacy-policy.html Terms Of Use - https://deepakjalwa0.blogspot.com/2025/04/terms-of-use-1.html User Support / App Support https://deepakjalwa0.blogspot.com/2025/04/user-support.html

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Background Eraser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Editor at 75% against Background Eraser's 0%. Background Editor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.2 vs 3.7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 Background Eraser sells 3 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 7, 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 0% of Background Eraser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, Background Eraser every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Background Editor versus Background Eraser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorBackground Eraser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings) — better3.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Deepak Jalwa

Customer experience

Background Editor

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

Background Eraser

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews1 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

Background Eraser

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
3 purchases

Background Eraser

Subscriptions3
  • BG Eraser Weekly$0.997 Days
  • BG Eraser Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BG Eraser Yearly$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Background Eraser free?
Background Eraser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Background Eraser?
Background Editor is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Background Eraser averages 3.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Background Editor or Background Eraser have ads?
Background Eraser shows ads; Background Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Background Eraser?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Background Eraser every 4 months. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 25, 2026 and Background Eraser on June 24, 2026.

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