Comparison

Photo Retouch vs Remove Unwanted Object

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

Head to head
About

Photo Retouch

Easily edit and enhance your photos and videos. Remove unwanted objects, blemishes, or people from images. Add watermarks like emojis, text, or stickers to your media. Includes tools for cropping, trimming, rotating, and changing the cover or rate of videos.

Highlights
  • Remove unwanted objects from photos
  • Add watermarks (emoji, text, stickers)
  • Crop and trim videos
  • Change video cover and rate
  • Rotate and reverse videos
Features
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Photo Retouch - Edit or crop your photos or videos. With this app, you can fix images and videos. Make fun pictures/videos, remove unwanted people, remove unsightly pimples, clean up the perfect shot. - Remove Items: There are three removal algorithms for Complex background, Simple background, Single color background. Select the matching background mode and smear the item - Add watermark: add Emoji, Stickers, Text to Photos/Videos. - Crop Video, Trim Video - Change Video's Cover - Rotate Video - Reverse Video - Change Video Rate #Get Professional version - One-time purchase, valid forever. #Annual professional version: - Annual auto-renewable subscription, automatic renewal upon expiration. - After the purchase of the subscription item is confirmed, the subscription fee will be credited to your iTunes account. The subscription will automatically renew unless the automatic renewal feature is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current time period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy:https://huameivideoretouch.web.app/privacypolicy.html Terms of Use:https://huameivideoretouch.web.app/terms.html Contact us: xihuamei_contact@163.com

About

Remove Unwanted Object

Easily remove unwanted people, objects, stickers, or text from your photos and videos using AI. This tool reconstructs realistic backgrounds without manual cloning, offering a simple way to enhance your media.

Highlights
  • Remove people and objects
  • Erase stickers and text
  • Recreate realistic backgrounds
  • Process photos and videos
  • Adjustable selection tools
  • Local processing for privacy
Features
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With this AI-powered app you can remove unwanted object of photo & video, you can eraser person, eraser object, eraser sticker or text on your photo & video. It's all free! Compared to traditional tools, This app recreates realistic backgrounds without the need for selecting a background reference like the clone stamp tool. Key features: - Delete telephone wires and posts, power lines - Remove surface breaks and scratches - Remove unwanted person - Erase pimples and skin blemishes - Delete human-made objects like stop lights, street signs, trash cans - Remove unwanted sticker or text - Remove whatever you feel is spoiling your photos or videos HOW TO USE? As soon as you start the app it show you option to select image or video After selection you are you are taken to screen with preview and adjustable rectangle/lasso select with actions(specify more than 1 areas) to specify the unwanted object you want to remove. You can also choose zoom option and pinch with fingers to better select small objects. Press Save button and wait for process to complete and view or share the results. FAQ'S How to get better result When selecting an area, you can select it a bit larger, and completely cover the part you want to remove (including the shadow), which can help the algorithm achieve better results. Will my videos/pictures be uploaded to any server? No. app will process your images locally and will not upload to any server. How to improve processing speed In edit screen(where you specify watermark area and other components) there is a gear icon on top right corner, you can use fast/very fast processing speed but output may be not very good, to improve output select default/slow/very-slow as processing speed How this app works In case of images this app always use A.I model to retouch, but in case of video depending on speed selected it suppress area by interpolation of the surrounding pixels or use A.I model. All exports are saved in 'REMOVE UNWANTED OBJECT' album

Screenshots

Photo Retouch4 screens
Remove Unwanted Object4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remove Unwanted Object at none against Photo Retouch's 3. Remove Unwanted Object also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Photo Retouch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (2K vs 61). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Photo Retouch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Remove Unwanted Object asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Photo Retouch against 4.5 for Remove Unwanted Object. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Retouch has 2K ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Photo Retouch's written reviews are positive against 50% of Remove Unwanted Object's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Retouch ships an update every 2 months, Remove Unwanted Object every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photo Retouch versus Remove Unwanted Object: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto RetouchRemove Unwanted Object
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2K ratings) — better4.5 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews46.9% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K — better61
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB424 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer章健 杨Zain Ali

Customer experience

Photo Retouch

All ratings2,029 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews369 reviews
Positive46.9%
Neutral8.1%
Negative45.0%

Remove Unwanted Object

All ratings61 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Photo Retouch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Blank screen after watermark removal
  • Incompatibility with certain devices/OS versions
  • Watermark removal not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add video watermark removal
  • Improve blending and quality of removed objects
  • Provide more detailed instructions and tutorials
  • Expand file format support

Remove Unwanted Object

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Photo Retouch

Subscriptions1
  • Annual professional version$2.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Professional Version$3.99
None

Remove Unwanted Object

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Retouch free?
Photo Retouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remove Unwanted Object free?
Remove Unwanted Object is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Photo Retouch or Remove Unwanted Object?
Photo Retouch is rated higher. Photo Retouch averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Remove Unwanted Object averages 4.5 from 61 ratings.
Do Photo Retouch or Remove Unwanted Object have ads?
Both Photo Retouch and Remove Unwanted Object show ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Retouch or Remove Unwanted Object?
Photo Retouch ships an update every 2 months, and Remove Unwanted Object every 7 months. Most recently, Photo Retouch was updated on September 29, 2026 and Remove Unwanted Object on September 15, 2026.

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