Comparison

Image Editor vs Ephora

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

Head to head
About

Image Editor

Easily enhance and transform your photos with a wide range of editing tools. Apply effects, frames, adjust colors, crop, rotate, and add creative elements like stickers and text. Share your masterpieces directly to social media and messaging apps.

Highlights
  • Import images from camera roll
  • Apply image effects and frames
  • Adjust brightness, saturation, contrast
  • Crop, rotate, and straighten
  • Draw, add stickers, text, and memes
  • Sharpen, blur, fix redeye, remove blemishes
  • Share to social media and email
Features
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Base image editing features such as: • You can easily import images from camera roll. • You can enhance any image with gorgeous image effects and frames. • You can adjust brightness, saturation and contrast. • You can crop, rotate, and straighten your images. • You can draw,add fun stickers, add text, create your own memes. • You can sharpen and blur, fix redeye, remove blemishes and whiten teeth. • You can also share images to Facebook,Twitter,Message,Email....

About

Ephora

Effortlessly remove unwanted text, watermarks, objects, and backgrounds from your photos. Create professional-looking headshots for your CV or LinkedIn profile with AI-powered editing tools. Offers various editing options, including background changes and artistic filters.

Highlights
  • Remove text and watermarks
  • Erase unwanted objects and people
  • Change photo backgrounds
  • Generate AI headshots
  • Create product branding visuals
  • Apply artistic filters and adjustments
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Remove text, watermarks, objects and backgrounds from your photos in one tap. Turn a selfie into a studio-style headshot for your CV or LinkedIn. Start with free credits, then buy a credit pack or an optional plan. Every tool shows its credit cost before you tap. Unused credits stay in your balance, and if an AI edit fails, the credits go back to you. Built for online sellers, job seekers and anyone who needs one clean photo today. WHAT YOU CAN DO Text & Watermark Eraser Erase text, captions, date stamps and watermarks. The AI fills in what was behind them, so the photo looks untouched. Object Eraser Mark an unwanted object or person and remove it. The gap is filled with detail that matches the rest of the photo. Background Remover Cut a person or a product out of its background in one tap. Handy for product listings, profile pictures and social posts. Background Changer Pick your photo and the background you want. Ephora places your subject into the new scene as one image. AI Headshot Turn one selfie into a studio-style headshot for your CV or LinkedIn. Ephora keeps your face and your own clothes. Each headshot uses 12 credits; generate again for another take. Product Branding Upload your product, your logo and a background, choose your brand colors, and get a product visual ready for your shop or socials. Ephora It Turn a portrait into a soft, illustrated look with a pastel glow. Filters & Adjustments 11 filters including Sepia, B&W, Vintage and Dramatic, plus color tints, crop, rotate and flip. CREDITS AND PLANS • Background removal: 5 credits • Object removal: 8 credits • Background change, Ephora It, AI headshot and product branding: 12 credits • Text removal: 20 credits • Credit packs are one-time purchases. • Plus adds 500 credits a month and Pro adds 1,000 credits a month, billed monthly or yearly. Plans are optional. PRIVACY Ephora's servers don't store your photos. Our AI provider processes a photo only for your edit and deletes it within 24 hours. Your photos stay yours. Plus and Pro are optional auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://ephora-app.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://ephora-app.com/privacy Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Image Editor4 screens
Ephora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ephora at none against Image Editor's shown. Ephora also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Image Editor's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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. Image Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ephora sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ephora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Image Editor has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Image Editor ships an update every 3 months, Ephora every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Image Editor versus Ephora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage EditorEphora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泝诚 温Codereltech LLC

Customer experience

Image Editor

All ratings49 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ephora

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Image Editor

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
8 purchases

Ephora

Subscriptions4
  • Ephora Plus Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Ephora Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Ephora Plus Yearly$69.991 Year
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  • Ephora Pro Yearly$129.991 Year
One-time4
  • 100 Credits$1.99
  • 500 Credits$8.99
  • 1500 Credits$19.99
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  • 2000 Credits$19.99

Questions

Is Image Editor free?
Image Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ephora free?
Ephora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Image Editor or Ephora?
Ephora is rated higher. Image Editor averages 4.5 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Ephora averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Image Editor or Ephora have ads?
Image Editor shows ads; Ephora does not.
Which is updated more often, Image Editor or Ephora?
Image Editor ships an update every 3 months, and Ephora every 2 weeks. Most recently, Image Editor was updated on November 4, 2026 and Ephora on October 30, 2026.

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