Comparison

Simple BackgroundEraser 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

Simple BackgroundEraser

Easily remove image backgrounds by selecting similar colors or manually erasing. Features include zoom, crop, and a magnifier for precise edits. Save and share transparent images to your camera roll or other apps.

Highlights
  • Remove similar color backgrounds
  • Adjustable finger erase
  • Automatic wand erase
  • Magnifier view for precision
  • Crop photos
  • Rotate and zoom images
Features
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Simple PhotoEraser -- Cut Out Image Background Eraser This app help to remove similar colour of image/photo background easily, and save/share transparency image back to camera roll. Also can share to any other apps. Major features: - Easy rotate and zoom in/out with two fingers. Otherwise, easy drag with one finger. - Provide Magnifier view, make erase operation smoothly. - Crop Mode: crop your photos quickly and easily. - Wand Erase: select similar colour area automatically - Finger Erase: remove area with adjustable erase size. Other features: - Snapshot mechanism, latest 3 images will be backed up. These images will be recovered while crash accident. - Redo/Undo will only keep latest 10 images. - Remove small island pixels after wand/erase operation. Note: Some export methods will remove the transparent layer, such as COPY, LINE, etc. Save Image, AirDrop or Email will be better. === Detail for "Sponsor program(No ads during reward service period)" on iAP: We have run tens of operations for many years and will strive for long-term operation. However, please be noted that there will be no refund upon the suspension of service due to situations out of our control.

About

Background Eraser

Easily cut out subjects from photos with automatic recognition or manual brush tools. Enhance your images by adding color strokes, text, stickers, and custom backgrounds. Quickly combine multiple images for creative compositions.

Highlights
  • Automatic portrait matting
  • Brush matting
  • Multiple matting shapes
  • Add color line strokes
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Text editing
  • Sticker addition
Features
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Do you want to cut out the characters in the picture quickly? Do you want to make your pictures more beautiful and interesting! This App can help you cut out any material you need from the picture, just a few simple operations, you can make a perfect picture! MAIN FUNCTIONS MATTING FUNCTION - Automatic portrait recognition, quick matting with one click - Brush matting, custom matting area - Multiple matting shape choices PICTURE EDITING - Add color line strokes to the matting section - Picture scale switching, supporting multiple image scale selection - Picture background, support solid color, local album selects photos to add to the picture background - Text editing to add interesting font styles to pictures - Add stickers to make pictures more delicate and lovely QUICK MAPPING - Select random arrangement and combination of pictures to quickly generate pictures If you have any questions and suggestions in the process of using, please give us feedback in the App.

Screenshots

Simple BackgroundEraser4 screens
Background Eraser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Background Eraser at none against Simple BackgroundEraser's 1. Background Eraser also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (419 vs 27). Simple BackgroundEraser's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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. Simple BackgroundEraser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Background Eraser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Background Eraser holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Eraser has 419 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Simple BackgroundEraser's written reviews are positive against 68% of Background Eraser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple BackgroundEraser ships an update monthly, Background Eraser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Simple BackgroundEraser versus Background Eraser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple BackgroundEraserBackground Eraser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings)4.6 (419 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews68.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27419 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoItWell Application Ltd传彬 戴

Customer experience

Simple BackgroundEraser

All ratings27 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative33.3%

Background Eraser

All ratings418 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.8%

Bugs and requests

Simple BackgroundEraser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Background Eraser

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Picture isn't perfect, looks flawed

Requested features

1 request
  • Add holiday background choices

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple BackgroundEraser

One-time1
  • Donation program (NoAds)$3.99
None

Background Eraser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple BackgroundEraser free?
Simple BackgroundEraser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Background Eraser free?
Background Eraser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple BackgroundEraser or Background Eraser?
Background Eraser is rated higher. Simple BackgroundEraser averages 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Background Eraser averages 4.6 from 419 ratings.
Do Simple BackgroundEraser or Background Eraser have ads?
Both Simple BackgroundEraser and Background Eraser show ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple BackgroundEraser or Background Eraser?
Simple BackgroundEraser ships an update monthly, and Background Eraser every 3 months. Most recently, Simple BackgroundEraser was updated on November 2, 2026 and Background Eraser on November 3, 2026.

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