Comparison

Retouch vs Remove Objects, Photo Eraser

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

Head to head
About

Retouch

Effortlessly remove unwanted objects, people, and backgrounds from your photos. Enhance selfies with skin retouching, body reshaping, and a variety of filters and adjustments for professional-looking results.

Highlights
  • AI object and people removal
  • Background changer
  • Face and body reshaping
  • Skin retouching
  • Photo adjustments and filters
  • HD quality export
Features
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Retouch AI can auto detect, remove objects, people and background from your photos RETOUCH - Photo & Selfies Editor is the best option for you with enhanced photo editing tools & exclusive features such as skin whitening, acne & blemish removal, body reshape, object erase, background change, сropping, text, filters, and many other up-to-date retouch functions. You will get an impactful and easy photo retouch experience with RETOUCH - Photo & Selfies Editor with advanced features includes: EASY OBJECT ERASER • Remove and restore unwanted objects like clothes, people, watermarks- no matter the complexity - with resizeable brush and pixel zoom. PRACTICAL BACKGROUND CHANGER: • Easily cut-out, remove background or transparent it and replace with a new one from our selective backgrounds or your own selections. FACE STRUCTURE RETOUCH (NEW) • Beautify your selfie, slim your face, enlarge your eyes acne & blemish blur, pimple & wrinkle removal, editors that will make you look gorgeous in every way. BODY SHAPE EDITOR (NEW) • Reshape your body and facial structure or any specific area, for example, arms, breast, abs, as well as buffing your muscle. POWERFUL ADJUSTMENT: • Professionally enhance your pics with customized exposure, contrast, saturation, vibrance, warmth, tint, shadows, highlights, fade, sharpness, and blur. 1-TAP FILTERS AND EFFECTS: • Elevate your photos simply by add-in stunning customizable filters, creative glitch effects, background blurring, and so on. SAVE WITH HD QUALITY • Export your works quickly to high-quality output. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION - Subscription starts from USD 2.99. + a week subscription + a month subscription + a year subscription • Check in app for exact pricing in your region • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration/price selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • You can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings, but refunds will not be given for any unused portion of the term. Terms of Service: https://www.maplelabs.co/policies/#terms Privacy: https://www.maplelabs.co/policies/#terms If you have any feedback, do not hesitate to contact us at support@maplelabs.co

About

Remove Objects, Photo Eraser

Effortlessly erase unwanted elements from your pictures using advanced AI. Remove people, blemishes, or any object with realistic results, and even change photo backgrounds. Enhance image quality with adjustable brightness, contrast, and saturation.

Highlights
  • AI object removal
  • Background removal and replacement
  • Image enhancement tools
  • Blemish and pimple removal
  • Realistic background reconstruction
Features
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Photo Eraser is an AI photo editor that removes unwanted objects, people, and blemishes from your pictures, then automatically rebuilds the background for a clean, natural result every time. Erase people from photo with ease, no need those unwanted people, remove them. Our advanced AI technology can guess and draw the missing part of the photo with super realistic result. One tap to clean people, text, blemishes, pimple, acne or anything else as if they had never existed. "It really does the job like they were never there" "Very helpful in making perfect photos!" BACKGROUND REMOVAL: Need to change the backdrop of your photo? No problem! We offer a seamless background removal feature that allows you to isolate the main subject with incredible precision. Replace the background with a solid color, a custom image, or a transparent background for endless creative possibilities. BLUR BACKGROUND: Make your subject pop with a one-tap depth-of-field effect. Smoothly blur the background to give any shot a professional, portrait-mode look — no fancy camera required. PHOTO ENHANCER: Bring small, soft, or noisy photos back to life. A built-in AI enhancer upscales detail, sharpens edges, and cleans up grain so your images look crisp and gallery-ready. SUPER ENHANCE (AI): Subscribers unlock Super Enhance — our most powerful AI image model that adds dramatic detail and lifelike texture to your photos. Toggle it on in the Enhancer for the best possible result. CROP & REFRAME: Trim and perfect your composition with the built-in crop tool. Standard aspect ratios or freeform — get the exact frame you want. BEFORE / AFTER SLIDER: See exactly what changed. Drag the slider to reveal the original underneath the edited result, on every tool. Subscription: • Smart Eraser, an AI-powered object removal that provides super realistic result. • Super Enhance, our AI-powered photo enhancement for the most detailed and lifelike results. AI Retouch Annual Pro Subscription auto-renew at the end of current period, unless cancelled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Per Apple policy, no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Terms of Use: https://appable.app/legal#terms Privacy Policy: https://appable.app/legal#privacy

Screenshots

Retouch4 screens
Remove Objects, Photo Eraser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Remove Objects, Photo Eraser at none against Retouch's shown. Remove Objects, Photo Eraser also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (21% vs 8%). Retouch's advantage is ratings volume (8.1K vs 1K). On price, update cadence, 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. Retouch sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Remove Objects, Photo Eraser sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remove Objects, Photo Eraser holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retouch has 8.1K ratings behind it against 1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Retouch's written reviews are positive against 21% of Remove Objects, Photo Eraser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retouch ships an update every 2 weeks, Remove Objects, Photo Eraser fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Retouch versus Remove Objects, Photo Eraser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetouchRemove Objects, Photo Eraser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8.1K ratings)4.7 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.7% of reviews21.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.1K — better1K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaple Labs Co., LtdAppable Yazilim Hizmetleri Limited Sirketi

Customer experience

Retouch

All ratings8,122 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative89.7%

Remove Objects, Photo Eraser

All ratings1,000 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive21.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative76.9%

User reviews

Retouch

From 8.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome app
  • 👍 Good app
  • 🤩 Keeps getting better

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes
  • 🔧 Difficult to use
  • 💸 Expensive/Costs money
  • 🚫 Doesn't work as advertised
  • 🚫 Removal tools don't work properly

Remove Objects, Photo Eraser

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💗 Beautiful app
  • 🎨 Useful for editing photos
  • 👍 Good overall experience

Room to improve

  • 💰 Deceptive free trial
  • 🚫 Charges without consent
  • 🔍 Poor object removal quality
  • 🤔 Confusing trial/subscription model

Bugs and requests

Retouch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezes/Crashes
  • Removal tools don't work
  • Subscription issues/Unable to cancel

Requested features

4 requests
  • Need tutorial/instructions
  • Allow manual object selection
  • Improve background removal quality
  • Add language options

Remove Objects, Photo Eraser

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Object removal failure
  • Blurry results after editing

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve object removal accuracy
  • Offer a true free version
  • Provide better customer support

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Retouch

Subscriptions7
  • Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium$5.997 Days
  • Premium$9.997 Days
Show 4 more
  • Premium1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Premium$19.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Offer$19.99
  • Lifetime Offer$29.99
  • Lifetime 1$39.99
10 purchases

Remove Objects, Photo Eraser

Subscriptions10
  • Smart Eraser3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Remove Objects - Photo Retouch$4.997 Days
  • Full feature photo retouch$6.997 Days
Show 7 more
  • Remove objects from photo3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Remove Objects - Photo Retouch3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Remove Objects - Photo Retouch3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Full feature photo retouch3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Object Removal Super Eraser3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Smart AI Photo Tools Premium$39.991 Year
  • Smart Eraser$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Retouch free?
Retouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remove Objects, Photo Eraser free?
Remove Objects, Photo Eraser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Retouch or Remove Objects, Photo Eraser?
Remove Objects, Photo Eraser is rated higher. Retouch averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8.1K ratings, while Remove Objects, Photo Eraser averages 4.7 from 1K ratings.
Do Retouch or Remove Objects, Photo Eraser have ads?
Retouch shows ads; Remove Objects, Photo Eraser does not.
Which is updated more often, Retouch or Remove Objects, Photo Eraser?
Retouch ships an update every 2 weeks, and Remove Objects, Photo Eraser fortnightly. Most recently, Retouch was updated on October 16, 2026 and Remove Objects, Photo Eraser on October 14, 2026.

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