Photo Eraser Background Editor vs Background Eraser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Eraser Background Editor
Effortlessly remove backgrounds from photos with an automated magic eraser. Manually refine cutouts, create stickers, and design YouTube thumbnails. Export high-quality PNGs without watermarks or ads.
- Magic eraser for automatic background removal
- Manual cropping and restoration tools
- Sticker creator
- YouTube thumbnail outline editor
- High-quality PNG export
- No watermarks
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The fastest background eraser out there. Import any photo, hit the "magic eraser" button and let the magic happen. Features: - Magic eraser - Crop out part of a picture manually - Restore part of a picture manually - Stricker creator - Outline editor for YouTube Thumbnails 100% FREE High quality PNG No watermark: you export what you generate. Privacy Friendly: no account needed, no server involved, everything happens on your device. Terms & Privacy Policy: https://www.edouardbarbier.com/apps/the-eraser/privacy
Background Eraser
Effortlessly remove unwanted backgrounds from photos and videos with a single touch. Replace them with solid colors, pre-set designs, or your own images for creative edits. Enjoy real-time background changes for videos.
- One-tap background removal
- Replace background with colors or images
- Use own images as backgrounds
- Real-time video background changes
- Save edited videos
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Instant Remove Background app: erasing background and replacing it with a better one becomes easier than before. With this amazing photo background changer and eraser you can now simply do the magic and remove unwanted background in seconds with a single touch. From gallery or camera! Just one tap. This photo changer will increase your fun as never been before thanks to its eraser features and graet variety of backgrounds. Choose: emty background, one of our cool backgrounds or your own image from the gallery. Looks like the original in the end. Try changing the background in real time on the video in the ability to save the video. Here is possible to use one out backgrounds or your own! It's online! It's unbelievable! Privacy Policy: https://bgapp.tilda.ws/privacypolicy Terms of use: https://bgapp.tilda.ws/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Photo Eraser Background Editor at every 6 days against Background Eraser's every 3 months. Photo Eraser Background Editor also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 57%) and ratings volume (6.5K vs 140). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Photo Eraser Background Editor against 4.5 for Background Eraser. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Eraser Background Editor has 6.5K ratings behind it against 140, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Photo Eraser Background Editor's written reviews are positive against 57% of Background Eraser's.
Photo Eraser Background Editor ships an update every 6 days, Background Eraser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Eraser Background Editor | Background Eraser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (140 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.5K — better | 140 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edouard Barbier | FIODAR PUCHKOUSKI |
Customer experience
Photo Eraser Background Editor
Background Eraser
Bugs and requests
Photo Eraser Background Editor
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cursor offset issue making precise edits difficult
- Inconsistent behavior when resizing or repositioning images
Requested features
4 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- Improve edge feathering and blending
- Provide background replacement options
- Enhance precision and control for manual editing
Background Eraser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Photo Eraser Background Editor
No in-app purchases
Background Eraser
No in-app purchases
Questions
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