Comparison

Background Editor vs Blur 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

Blur Background ·

Easily blur photo backgrounds to highlight your subject with adjustable blur strength and bokeh effects. This tool offers multiple blur styles and filters for both professional and casual users to enhance their images.

Highlights
  • Adjustable blur strength
  • Radial and Linear blur tools
  • Hand blur for detail editing
  • Gaussian and motion blur styles
  • Apply filters to specific areas
  • Auto-detect background feature
Features
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Blur Background Photos helps to blur photo background with just a few taps. This easy-to-use app allows you to focus on your subject by blurring the background. With a simple and intuitive interface, you can quickly adjust the strength of the blur and add beautiful bokeh effects to your photos, blur unwanted objects, faces or anything. Whether you're a professional photographer or simply looking to enhance your personal photos, Blur Background Photo is the perfect tool for achieving stunning results. Features: - Simple and intuitive interface - Instant blur with auto detect background feature - Radial blur & Linear blur tools - Hand blur to further edit your blur details - Adjustable blur strength - Multiple blur styles to choose from ( Gaussian blur, motion blur) - Apply many filters to whole photo or just background or foreground. Blur Background Photos is completely free to use with many features, but you can unlock even more with a Blur Background Photos Premium. Blur Background Photos Premium offers two auto-renewing subscription options: $1.99 per week $7.99 per month These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Blur Background Photos Premium subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew 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. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read our terms of use at http://typimage.com/blur-terms.html Upgrade your photography game and create beautiful, eye-catching photos with Blur Background Photo. Download now and start making your photos stand out!

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Blur Background ·4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blur Background · at 4.8 against Background Editor's 4.2. Background Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). 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 Blur Background · sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blur Background · holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Editor has 3.2K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 67% of Blur Background ·'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, Blur Background · every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Background Editor versus Blur Background ·: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorBlur Background ·
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings)4.8 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better38
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.LatentApps Company Limited

Customer experience

Background Editor

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

Blur Background ·

All ratings38 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

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

Blur Background ·

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blur Background · free?
Blur Background · is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or Blur Background ·?
Blur Background · is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Blur Background · averages 4.8 from 38 ratings.
Do Background Editor or Blur Background · have ads?
Blur Background · shows ads; Background Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Blur Background ·?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Blur Background · every 2 months. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 25, 2026 and Blur Background · on September 25, 2026.

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