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 backgrounds from photos and videos with AI. This tool also allows for quick object removal, adding animated stickers, text, and color filters to your images.

Highlights
  • AI background removal for photos and videos
  • One-tap object removal
  • Batch processing
  • Add animated stickers
  • Add text
  • Color filters and effects
Features
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Erase the background from photos & videos automatically, in a quick, easy and intuitive way! You can also remove unwanted objects from pictures with just a single tap. Features: • Background Eraser for photos and videos • Batch processing • Remove Objects (AI-powered) • Add Animated Stickers • Add Text • Color Filters • Effects ------------------------------- PRO Subscription ------------------------------- Subscriptions are billed weekly, monthly or annually depending on the selected subscription plan. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. If you subscribe before a free trial ends, the remainder of the trial period will be forfeited. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your account settings in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://net-sigma.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://net-sigma.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
Background Eraser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Background Eraser at 4.8 against Background Editor's 4.2. Background Eraser also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Background Editor's advantage is ratings volume (3.2K vs 16) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). 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 Background Eraser sells 3 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

Background Eraser 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 16, 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 100% of Background Eraser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, Background Eraser monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 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)4.8 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.2K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB244 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.NET Sigma

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 ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
  • Background Eraser - PRO$2.997 Days
  • Background Eraser - PRO$5.991 Month
  • Background Eraser - PRO3 Days trial$9.991 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 Eraser is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Background Eraser averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do Background Editor or Background Eraser have ads?
Neither Background Editor nor Background Eraser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or Background Eraser?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and Background Eraser monthly. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 22, 2026 and Background Eraser on September 23, 2026.

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