Comparison

Magic Eraser vs Retouch Photo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Magic Eraser

Easily remove unwanted objects and backgrounds from your photos. Create professional-looking cutouts and transparent PNGs in seconds with intuitive tools. Perfect for product shots, profile pictures, and social media graphics.

Highlights
  • One-tap background removal
  • Erase unwanted objects
  • Manual cutout tools
  • Create transparent PNGs
  • Add new backgrounds
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Make your photos look professional with a fast and accurate background eraser. This app helps you remove backgrounds, clean edges, erase objects, and create transparent PNG images in just a few seconds. Whether you want to make product photos, profile pictures, thumbnails, or simple cutouts, the process is quick and easy. Key Features: One-Tap Background Removal: Get a clean cutout instantly with smart auto detection. Erase Unwanted Objects: Remove people, items, or distractions from any image. Manual Cutout Tools: Refine edges with brush and lasso tools for perfect results. Create Transparent PNGs: Save high-quality PNG images for editing, posting, or sharing. Add New Backgrounds: Replace the background with solid colors or your own photos. Clean Edge Refining: Smooth edges for sharp, natural-looking cutouts. High-Resolution Export: Save your edits in high quality without losing details. Fast, Simple, and Accurate: Designed for anyone who wants quick and professional results. Perfect for product photos, social media images, marketing graphics, or personal edits. Create clear, polished photos in just a few steps.

About

Retouch Photo

Effortlessly remove unwanted objects, photobombers, and imperfections from your photos. This AI-powered editor offers intuitive tools to declutter backgrounds, whiten teeth, and even alter dimensions for perfect shots.

Highlights
  • AI object removal
  • People auto-detection
  • Background replacement/blur
  • Clone stamp tool
  • Teeth whitening
  • Stretching tool
Features
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Tired of being photobombed? Thinking about getting rid of some imperfections in the background of the photo but don’t know how? Need to erase unwanted objects from your pictures to get them just right? All these annoying things shouldn’t be a problem anymore with our AI-driven photo editor. RetouchAI is that magic button that will help you easily transform poorly taken photos into the ones you actually deserve. User-friendly interface, comprehensible functionality, the capability to remove imperfections in “one-click” are features that RetouchAI offers for you, specifically: • People auto-detection RetouchAI offers you highly convenient tools to identify strangers and crowd. The editor will precisely auto-detect the borders and highlight them for further auto removal. You just need to single them out in one tap • Imperfections removal • Lines removal • Blemish removal The app declutters photo imperfections and retouches them in an extremely simplified, yet smart way. The editor makes sure that the chosen area is erased without the photo distortion and is repaired appropriately. • Multiple retouch algorithms Once you select a particular area in your photo that needs to be restored, the app will offer you multiple variants. You may choose the one that looks the most natural and will be the best fit. • Background edit With the RetouchAI photo editor background replacement feature, you can cut out the existing background of your photo easily and replace it with one of the templates from the gallery. In case you don’t want to change the background, the app provides you with the convenient functionality to blur the background to the required extent. • Efficient clone stamp tool When you erase certain objects from the photo, the editor needs to restore the marked area with correctly chosen colors. This is done via the clone stamp tool that uses the surrounding area as a context to restore the photo precisely. • Teeth whitening The tool allows you to whiten your teeth and make your smile even more fabulous than it is now. Everything is simple: select the necessary area, adjust the intensity of the brush, and boom, everything is ready. Explore a natural teeth whitening feature now. • Stretching Allows you to modify the selected area both vertically and horizontally. It's no longer a problem to increase your height, enlarge your hips, or adjust anything else. You just need to choose the place you need to stretch and modify it to the extent you want. • Helpful tooltips & friendly support Despite being rather intuitively obvious, the app has numerous embedded tooltips that pop up once you start using the photo editor. All the tooltips were designed to make your photo editing process seamless and pleasant so that you say goodbye to sophisticated interfaces, confusing buttons, and annoying welcome tutorials. Download RetouchAI and make your photos great again. Enjoy! Don’t forget to check our privacy policy and terms of service: http://retouch-ai.com/privacy-policy.html http://retouch-ai.com/terms-of-service.html SUBSCRIPTION INFO: • Subscription for Retouch AI for full access to all features. • Subscription length: one week, one month, 12 months and lifetime. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription.

Screenshots

Magic Eraser4 screens
Retouch Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retouch Photo at 4.7 against Magic Eraser's 2.8. Retouch Photo also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 116 months). Magic Eraser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads 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. Retouch Photo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Magic Eraser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retouch Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retouch Photo has 19K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Magic Eraser's written reviews are positive against 33% of Retouch Photo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Eraser ships an update every 116 months, Retouch Photo every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Magic Eraser versus Retouch Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic EraserRetouch Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)4.7 (19K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings419K — better
Update frequencyEvery 116 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatel RikunjYalex FZC LLC

Customer experience

Magic Eraser

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Retouch Photo

All ratings18,654 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive33.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative61.7%

Bugs and requests

Magic Eraser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Retouch Photo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and crashes
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel
  • Unexpected errors when trying to use features

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free features
  • Ability to customize background replacement
  • Landscape mode support
  • Improved customer support

In-app purchases

None

Magic Eraser

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Retouch Photo

Subscriptions5
  • Retouch AI - 1 Week$3.997 Days
  • Retouch AI - 1 Month$5.991 Month
  • Retouch AI - 1 Week7 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Retouch AI - 1 Month3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Retouch AI - 12 Months$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Retouch AI - Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Magic Eraser free?
Magic Eraser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retouch Photo free?
Retouch Photo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Eraser or Retouch Photo?
Retouch Photo is rated higher. Magic Eraser averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Retouch Photo averages 4.7 from 19K ratings.
Do Magic Eraser or Retouch Photo have ads?
Neither Magic Eraser nor Retouch Photo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Eraser or Retouch Photo?
Magic Eraser ships an update every 116 months, and Retouch Photo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Magic Eraser was updated on October 21, 2026 and Retouch Photo on October 21, 2026.

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