Comparison

Photo Retouch vs PickAI Studio

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

PickAI Studio

Features
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One image, one blockbuster commercial. Among the first to integrate Seedance 2.0, enabling low-cost creation of product videos on par with professional advertisements.

Screenshots

Photo Retouch4 screens
PickAI Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PickAI Studio at none against Photo Retouch's shown. PickAI Studio also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Photo Retouch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and PickAI Studio sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Retouch ships an update every 2 months, PickAI Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Photo Retouch versus PickAI Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto RetouchPickAI Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer章健 杨合肥望庄科技有限公司

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

PickAI Studio

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
10 purchases

PickAI Studio

One-time10
  • PickAI-语音合成字数加油包-10000字$0.99
  • Video generation duration 10″$2.99
  • 抖播助手月卡会员$3.99
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  • Video generation duration 30″$5.99
  • 抖播助手季度会员$9.99
  • 1-month membership$9.99
  • Video generation duration 60″$9.99
  • 抖播助手12个月会员$29.99
  • Three-month membership$29.99
  • One-year membership$99.99

Questions

Is Photo Retouch free?
Photo Retouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PickAI Studio free?
PickAI Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photo Retouch or PickAI Studio have ads?
Photo Retouch shows ads; PickAI Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Retouch or PickAI Studio?
Photo Retouch ships an update every 2 months, and PickAI Studio monthly. Most recently, Photo Retouch was updated on October 17, 2026 and PickAI Studio on October 1, 2026.

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