Comparison

Picopus vs Text behind image

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

Head to head
About

Picopus

Transform your photos into personalized greeting cards, social media posts, and stickers. Enhance images with effects, custom backgrounds, and text to create unique designs.

Highlights
  • Photo background removal
  • Customizable background patterns
  • Photo enhancement tools
  • Customizable borders
  • Extensive font library
  • Template inspiration
  • Drawing tool
Features
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With Picopus, turn easily your photos into magical memories. Add effects and custom elements to create social media posts, greeting cards, and stickers that will delight your loved ones. Boost your creativity and let your imagination run wild! POWERFUL AND FUN TOOLS • Remove the background from photos • Customize our numerous background patterns by changing colors • Fill stickers or shapes with beautiful patterns and change colors • Enhance, adjust, and customize your photos: adjust brightness, saturation, contrast, exposure, vibrance, sharpness, clarity, noise reduction, vignette, distortion, shadow, tint. • Create custom borders for your photos using patterns, colors, and shadows. • Browse through a large collection of fonts and edit text with color, shadow, frame, border, and precise alignment • Align photos, text, and other elements perfectly with automatic adjustment • Position elements with precision using the move tool • Have fun creating beautiful gradients • Add personality to a look with our many fashion accessories • Get inspired by our templates to create stunning publications • Unleash your imagination with the drawing tool Stickers for iMessage App also included. http://ghislainfortin.wixsite.com/mobile-apps

About

Text behind image

Create eye-catching visuals with this photo editor. Easily place text behind subjects, blur or remove backgrounds, and add doodles. Design posters, stickers, and story posts in seconds.

Highlights
  • Text-behind-image posters
  • Instant sticker creation
  • Blurred or colored backgrounds
  • Advanced text styling
  • Doodles and annotations
  • AI background removal
Features
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Text behind image: Peekaboo is a playful photo editor for stickers, story posts, and poster-style edits. Put text behind your subject, blur or remove backgrounds, doodle on photos, and make eye-catching visuals in seconds. What you can make • Text-behind-image posters with subject-aware layers • Instant stickers from your photos • Story-ready posts with blurred or colour backgrounds • Bold text layouts with curves, outlines, glow, and Liquid Glass styling • Doodles, sketches, and annotations on any photo • Fast exports for Instagram Stories, Reels covers, WhatsApp Status, and more Why creators use Peekaboo • Put text or drawings in front of or behind the subject • Blur background or remove it for cleaner edits • Turn photos into stickers with custom colours and shadows • Style captions with playful fonts, curves, glow, and outlines • Use Story Mode for polished 9:16 posts • Edit with natural language using Apple Intelligence on supported devices • Generate backgrounds with Apple Image Playground on supported devices Free plan • Text, doodles, and subject-aware layering • Basic colours and gradients • Export with a Peekaboo watermark Peekaboo+ • Unlimited exports with no watermark • Sticker Maker tools • AI background removal and scene generation in beta on supported devices • Natural-language edits with Apple Intelligence on supported devices • Extra story options and advanced text effects Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ AI note: On-device AI uses Apple Foundation Models where available, so feature availability varies by device.

Screenshots

Picopus4 screens
Text behind image4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text behind image at Free against Picopus's $2.99. Picopus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Text behind image is free to download; Picopus costs $2.99 up front. Text behind image sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Picopus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Picopus against 5.0 for Text behind image. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Picopus ships an update every 3 weeks, Text behind image fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Picopus versus Text behind image: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicopusText behind image
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB70 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGhislain FortinParth Antala

Customer experience

Picopus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Text behind image

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Picopus

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Text behind image

Subscriptions2
  • Peekaboo+$4.991 Month
  • Peekaboo+$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Peekaboo+ Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Picopus free?
Picopus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text behind image free?
Text behind image is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Picopus or Text behind image?
Picopus and Text behind image are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Picopus or Text behind image have ads?
Neither Picopus nor Text behind image shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Picopus or Text behind image?
Picopus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Text behind image fortnightly. Most recently, Picopus was updated on October 22, 2026 and Text behind image on October 5, 2026.

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