Comparison

Background Editor vs NeuralPix

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

NeuralPix

Transform your photos and videos using AI text prompts. Describe any edit, and the AI will make it happen, with options to animate transformations into short videos. Explore a library of curated edits or use free on-device tools.

Highlights
  • Edit photos with AI text prompts
  • Animate transformations into video
  • Curated prompt library with previews
  • Object removal and background replacement
  • AI upscaling and style filters
  • On-device offline editing tools
Features
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AI Photo & Video Editor Edit Photos with AI Prompts. Animate into Video. Edit photos with AI prompts. Type what you want or pick from a curated prompt library - one tap to apply. Then animate any transformation into video. Pro headshots, selfie transformations, art styles & more. EDIT WITH AI PROMPTS Describe any edit. AI makes it happen. • "Make me a knight" • "Remove the background" • "Oil painting style" • "Professional headshot" Type it, get it. ANIMATE INTO VIDEO Turn any transformation into a TikTok-ready video: • Watch yourself transform in motion • 4-8 second animated videos • Perfect for Reels & TikTok • Share directly from the app PROMPT LIBRARY Curated edits that actually work. See the before/after, pick your favorite, one tap to transform. New prompts added all the time. • Pro headshots - professional portraits in seconds • Object removal - erase anything from your photos • Background replacement - new scenes, new vibes • Art styles - paintings, illustrations, anime • Selfie transformations - become anyone, anything • And so much more... There's an editing prompt for that. PLUS: 8 FREE AI TOOLS On-device editing that works offline: • AI Eraser - remove objects instantly • Pro Background Blur & Bokeh • AI Upscaling - enhance photo quality • AI Styles & Filters • And more... Free forever. No subscription. No limits. HOW IT WORKS 1. Browse our library of AI editing prompts 2. See the before/after preview 3. Pick your favorite 4. Apply to your photo with one tap 5. Animate into video (optional) 6. Share your creation! Download NeuralPix and start creating today! Terms of Use: https://neuralpix.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://neuralpix.app/privacy

Screenshots

Background Editor4 screens
NeuralPix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NeuralPix at 4.6 against Background Editor's 4.2. Background Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (75% vs 61%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 NeuralPix sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NeuralPix holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 61% of NeuralPix'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, NeuralPix monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Background Editor versus NeuralPix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EditorNeuralPix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.2K ratings)4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better60.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better1.4K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
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 MB425 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEditr Apps Inc.Neural Cam SRL

Customer experience

Background Editor

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

NeuralPix

All ratings1,389 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative35.7%

User reviews

Background Editor

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient background removal
  • 💡 Lots of customization options
  • 🎨 Good photo editing tools

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive UI
  • 🔒 Deceptive free trial and billing practices

NeuralPix

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Powerful AI-powered features
  • 🔒 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🐛 Color inversion and other bugs
  • 🔍 Limited file format support

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

NeuralPix

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Object eraser not working properly on iOS18
  • Unable to select photos from library
  • Crashes when opening certain images

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for higher resolution photos
  • Automatic downscaling for large images
  • Integration with photo libraries

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

NeuralPix

Subscriptions1
  • NeuralPix Pro3 Days trial$6.997 Days
One-time1
  • 500 Credits$9.99

Questions

Is Background Editor free?
Background Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NeuralPix free?
NeuralPix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Editor or NeuralPix?
NeuralPix is rated higher. Background Editor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while NeuralPix averages 4.6 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Background Editor or NeuralPix have ads?
Neither Background Editor nor NeuralPix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Background Editor or NeuralPix?
Background Editor ships an update every 9 days, and NeuralPix monthly. Most recently, Background Editor was updated on September 22, 2026 and NeuralPix on September 23, 2026.

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