Black Background vs No Crop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Black Background
Easily add black backgrounds to your photos to create perfectly square images for social media. Enhance your pictures with a simple tap and export them ready for platforms like Instagram.
- Add black backgrounds to photos
- Create square images
- Social media optimization
- Easy to use interface
- Export photos
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Want to elegantly frame your photos for your social media feed? Quickly and perfectly add black backgrounds to images from your photo library, with just a few taps. Exported photos are saved in a perfect square format, perfect for posting to Instagram or other social media Enjoy! ◆ Visit our Privacy Policy at: https://www.tlogicsofthouse.com/privacy ◆ Visit our Terms of Service at: https://tlogicsofthouse.com/s/termsofservice.pdf ◆ Customer Support You can reach us at contact@tlogicsofthouse.com and we will do our best to solve all of your problems and questions related to the app.
No Crop
Easily frame photos and videos without cropping, maintaining original resolution and details. Customize borders with colors or blurs, and integrate seamlessly with social media sharing. Offers advanced features like text overlays and batch processing with a premium subscription.
- Frame photos and videos without cropping
- Preserve image resolution and quality
- Customizable border colors and soft blurs
- Direct sharing to Instagram and other apps
- Batch processing with premium subscription
- Add text or watermark to borders
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The app is simple, but has some important features: - Frame photos and videos in square, 4:5 and many other ratios, so there will be no crop. - Image quality - keeps image resolution by adding borders around it. - Preserve HDR highlights when adding borders to supported photos and videos, or choose SDR for a more consistent appearance across devices. - Easy-to-use interface for quick framing. - Native photo picker and share menu to send photos directly to Instagram and other apps. - Choose a border color to match your image. - Soft blurred border: fill the border around your photo or video with a soft blur instead of a solid color. - Preserves photo location and camera details. - Simplified workflow: share images directly from any app to Simple Border using the share button. - Use Siri to frame and share your latest photo, or use Shortcuts, the Action Button, and automations to process selected photos with your last border style. - Adds photos to "Simple Border" album in Photos app. - Keeps last used settings. - Experimental: Add text or a watermark to your photo’s border. - Premium Subscription: share up to 10 images or videos at once, no save limits. Privacy Policy: https://sneawo.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of use: https://sneawo.com/terms.html If you encounter any problems or have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at support+simpleborder@sneawo.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: No Crop at 76% against Black Background's 0%. No Crop also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Black Background's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Black Background sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and No Crop sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
No Crop holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 140 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Black Background's written reviews are positive against 76% of No Crop's.
Black Background ships an update every 4 months, No Crop every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Background | No Crop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (132 ratings) | 4.5 (140 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 132 | 140 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | T-Logic | Andrey Zhukov |
Customer experience
Black Background
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In-app purchases
Black Background
- One Month Access$0.99
- Lifetime Access$4.99
No Crop
- Premium7 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Premium3 Days trial2 variants$1.497 Days
- Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
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- Premium3 Days trial$3.497 Days
- Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime FreeFree
- Premium Lifetime$29.99
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