Comparison

Photo Retouch 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

Photo Retouch

Enhance your photos and videos with powerful retouching tools. Remove unwanted objects, refine portraits, and transform backgrounds with AI-assisted editing. Explore virtual try-ons for makeup and hairstyles.

Highlights
  • Object removal from photos and videos
  • Portrait refinement and beauty tools
  • Virtual makeup and hairstyle try-ons
  • Background replacement and blurring
  • AI-assisted photo enhancement and repair
  • Video retouching and tracking
  • Cloud backup for edited content
Features
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Photo Retouch is a photo and video editing tool for removing visual distractions, refining portraits, and creating polished edits. Key features: • Object Removal: Brush over distracting objects or background passersby and apply the edit. • Photo and Video Retouching: Make local corrections, blur selected areas, and track moving subjects in videos. • Portrait Tools: Adjust facial proportions, eyes, nose, mouth, skin tone, texture, and the appearance of fine lines. • Makeup, Hairstyle, Hair Color and Virtual Try-On: Preview different makeup styles, hairstyles, hair colors, nail designs, and predefined virtual try-on options. • Background Editing: Automatically separate subjects and replace or blur backgrounds. • Photo Editing Tools: Crop, blur, adjust light and color, apply filters and effects, add text, create collages, and use other creative editing tools. • AI-Assisted Tools: Expand images, restore older photos, add color, preview hairstyles. • AI Photo Enhancement: Improve photo clarity, details, lighting, and overall quality. • Future Baby: Create simulated baby appearances from selected photos using AI-assisted generation for entertainment and creative purposes. • Photo Repair: Improve the perceived clarity and color of older or blurry photos. • Live Photo & Beauty Camera: Apply supported edits to Live Photos and use built-in beauty camera features. • Video Retouching: Apply supported retouching, blur, tracking, and editing tools to videos. • Cloud Backup: Save edited results through the app’s cloud storage feature. Portrait adjustments are creative visual effects and are not medical treatments. Results may vary depending on the source image. Premium Package Subscription - You can subscribe for large cloud storage space & premium features - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - You will be able to use large cloud storage space & premium features for the duration of the subscription - Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "one week"/"one month"/"one year" package 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 at the cost of the chosen package (weekly, monthly or yearly package) - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information - You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below Privacy Policy:https://privacy.tushikeji.com/app/privacy?name=photoretouch&os=ios&language=en&channelNo=1 Terms of Use: https://privacy.tushikeji.com/app/userAgreement?name=photoretouch&os=ios&language=en&channelNo=1

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

Photo Retouch4 screens
Retouch Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Retouch Photo at none against Photo Retouch's shown. Retouch Photo also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Photo Retouch's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 33%) and chart position (#118 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Photo Retouch sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Retouch Photo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retouch Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Retouch has 123K ratings behind it against 19K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Photo Retouch's written reviews are positive against 33% of Retouch Photo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Retouch ships an update monthly, Retouch Photo every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Photo Retouch versus Retouch Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto RetouchRetouch Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (123K ratings)4.7 (19K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews — better33.5% of reviews
Number of ratings123K — better19K
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#118 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB180 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Tushi Technology Co.,LtdYalex FZC LLC

Customer experience

Photo Retouch

All ratings122,578 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews1,933 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative40.7%

Retouch Photo

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

User reviews

Photo Retouch

From 123K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Effective object removal
  • 💡 Useful for editing photos
  • 🔥 Works well for small edits
  • 👌 Mostly free features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Blurry results after removing objects
  • 🤔 Leaves visual artifacts
  • 🤯 Crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🤷‍♀️ Confusing language settings

Retouch Photo

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Excellent object removal
  • ⭐ Great results
  • 👌 Accurate and precise

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paywall for core features
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🤔 Inconsistent performance
  • 💸 Expensive subscription
  • 🙄 Misleading advertising

Bugs and requests

Photo Retouch

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Permanent loading screen issue
  • Unexpected subscription charges
  • Inability to cancel subscription
  • Metadata stripping from photos

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add selection tool for more precise editing
  • Improve object removal algorithm
  • Provide more editing options beyond just removal
  • Add tutorial or instructions for using advanced features

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

8 purchases

Photo Retouch

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly VIP -Flash sale7 Days trial3 variants$4.997 Days
  • Weekly VIP Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly VIP Subscription$4.997 Days
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  • Monthly VIP-Flash Sale1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • AI Membership-Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Yearly VIP subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • AI Membership-Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock function$0.99
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
Show 2 more
  • 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 Photo Retouch free?
Photo Retouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retouch Photo free?
Retouch Photo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Retouch or Retouch Photo?
Retouch Photo is rated higher. Photo Retouch averages 4.5 out of 5 from 123K ratings, while Retouch Photo averages 4.7 from 19K ratings.
Do Photo Retouch or Retouch Photo have ads?
Photo Retouch shows ads; Retouch Photo does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Retouch or Retouch Photo?
Photo Retouch ships an update monthly, and Retouch Photo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Photo Retouch was updated on November 11, 2026 and Retouch Photo on November 11, 2026.

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