Comparison

smart background eraser vs Exacto

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

Head to head
About

smart background eraser

Effortlessly remove and replace photo backgrounds with a touch or AI. Enhance your images with various effects and save them in high quality for sharing or further editing.

Highlights
  • AI background removal
  • Manual touch-to-erase
  • Background replacement
  • Image effects
  • Import from library/camera
  • Save as PNG/JPG
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Quickly erase photo background using this app. Just touch and drag your finger on the photo to erase background pixels and expose transparency or you can simply use our advanced AI tool to automatically remove background. Change image background and apply image effects with this app. Generated image can be used with other apps maintaining transparency. ***************************** ****** FEATURES ******** ***************************** * Import photo from photo library, files app or directly from camera * Touch and remove image background * AI background remove * Select pixels to remove by colour * Zoom to precisely edit background * Invert editing area * Undo editing at any time * Crop Image * Resize image while editing * Apply 10+ image effects * Superimpose images, Change image background, Blur, Pixelate, Crystalize background * Save image as .png or .jpg in your photo library * Share edited photo to social media * Smooth image edge to blend it with background image

About

Exacto

Easily create precise photo cutouts and remove backgrounds with a powerful pen selection tool. This app brings advanced desktop editing capabilities to your mobile device, allowing for pixel-perfect selections and unlimited layers for complex edits.

Highlights
  • Pen Selection Tool for precise cutouts
  • Unlimited layers for multiple selections
  • Delete and insert points in selections
  • Reset control points
  • Unlimited undo/redo
  • Autosave projects
  • Instant preview
Features
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Quickly remove unwanted backgrounds or create razor-sharp photo cutouts with the Pen Selection Tool. Previously found only in advanced desktop programs, now available for the very first time on iPhone and iPad with a streamlined and much simplified implementation optimized for touch. This incredibly versatile tool offers unique capabilities unmatched by anything else on the App Store. It’s an integral part of the professional toolbox and artists and photographers have relied on it for decades. Now you can too! You no longer have to waste hours working on a single photo only to achieve less than satisfactory results. With Exacto you can make pixel-perfect selections that precisely trace the contours of any subject, no matter how intricate or complex. But that’s not all! Exacto even goes beyond the standard functionality of the Pen Selection Tool by introducing features that provide greater flexibility and control such as the ability to delete and insert points anywhere in the selection, the ability to reset control points, and most importantly, unlimited layers for making multiple selections. In addition, Exacto offers other advanced features that greatly enhance the user experience including unlimited undo / redo, projects autosave, instant preview, and much more! Here’s how it works: 1 - Place points around an area of interest then drag them into position to make a selection. 2 - Add layers to make selections of multiple subjects and areas in your photo. 3 - Keep track of your progress with the full-size instant preview option. 4 - Made a mistake? With unlimited undo / redo your entire editing history is preserved, from start to finish. So you can go backward or forward as many steps as you need. 5 - Must leave in a hurry? With autosave your work is never lost and you can pick up right where you left off at any time. 6 - All done? Save your photo cutout to the Camera Roll or open it in other apps. There’s no limit to the fun and exciting ways you could use your photo cutouts. For example, you could: 1 - Superimpose them on different backgrounds. 2 - Insert them in work or school presentations. 3 - Use them as stickers in chats. 4 - Use them in creating decorative art. 5 - Print them out and make actual cardboard cutouts for special occasions. and on and on! Experiencing issues? Have comments or suggestions for future updates? Please contact us at support@exactoapp.com.

Screenshots

smart background eraser4 screens
Exacto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Exacto at 4.5 against smart background eraser's 3.0. Exacto also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months). smart background eraser's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked) and price ($0.39 vs $2.99). On ads, 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

smart background eraser costs $0.39 and Exacto $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Exacto holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exacto has 616 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of smart background eraser's written reviews are positive against 55% of Exacto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

smart background eraser ships an update every 38 months, Exacto every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
smart background eraser versus Exacto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersmart background eraserExacto
Price$0.39 — better$2.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (616 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews55.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2616 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSounak SarkarTinkerworks Apps

Customer experience

smart background eraser

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Exacto

All ratings615 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews233 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative39.5%

Bugs and requests

smart background eraser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Exacto

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on newer iOS versions
  • Saving issues, unable to save with transparent background

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a refine selection brush
  • Ability to add a background layer
  • Magnetic lasso tool
  • Change the color of the selection outline
  • Combine with creative composition tools

In-app purchases

None

smart background eraser

No in-app purchases

None

Exacto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is smart background eraser free?
smart background eraser costs $0.39, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exacto free?
Exacto costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, smart background eraser or Exacto?
Exacto is rated higher. smart background eraser averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Exacto averages 4.5 from 616 ratings.
Do smart background eraser or Exacto have ads?
Neither smart background eraser nor Exacto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, smart background eraser or Exacto?
smart background eraser ships an update every 38 months, and Exacto every 2 months. Most recently, smart background eraser was updated on October 24, 2026 and Exacto on October 26, 2026.

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