Comparison

Background Eraser vs Background Eraser ⁺

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

Head to head
About

Background Eraser

Easily cut out subjects from photos with automatic recognition or manual brush tools. Enhance your images by adding color strokes, text, stickers, and custom backgrounds. Quickly combine multiple images for creative compositions.

Highlights
  • Automatic portrait matting
  • Brush matting
  • Multiple matting shapes
  • Add color line strokes
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Text editing
  • Sticker addition
Features
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Do you want to cut out the characters in the picture quickly? Do you want to make your pictures more beautiful and interesting! This App can help you cut out any material you need from the picture, just a few simple operations, you can make a perfect picture! MAIN FUNCTIONS MATTING FUNCTION - Automatic portrait recognition, quick matting with one click - Brush matting, custom matting area - Multiple matting shape choices PICTURE EDITING - Add color line strokes to the matting section - Picture scale switching, supporting multiple image scale selection - Picture background, support solid color, local album selects photos to add to the picture background - Text editing to add interesting font styles to pictures - Add stickers to make pictures more delicate and lovely QUICK MAPPING - Select random arrangement and combination of pictures to quickly generate pictures If you have any questions and suggestions in the process of using, please give us feedback in the App.

About

Background Eraser ⁺

Features
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This application provides cool photo editing tools that can help you easily edit photos. The operation is very simple. Gently apply the tool to the area to be cut. Whether it's life photos or landscape photos, you can create perfect masking effects. The font texture, photo beautification, background changes, and starlight beautification functions allow you to enjoy the fun of image editing! It is easy to remove unwanted objects from photos. Application features -Multiple starlight styles, one click production and generation. -Multiple text styles, add descriptive text, and create with just one click. -Use smudging and brush tools to quickly pick hair. -Erase the selected masking area. -Free to change the background of the image. -Free cropping of images. If you have any questions or suggestions during use, please feel free to give us feedback in the application.

Screenshots

Background Eraser4 screens
Background Eraser ⁺4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Background Eraser ⁺ at weekly against Background Eraser's every 3 months. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Eraser ships an update every 3 months, Background Eraser ⁺ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Background Eraser versus Background Eraser ⁺: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EraserBackground Eraser ⁺
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (418 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings418 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer传彬 戴周桂 吴

Bugs and requests

Background Eraser

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Picture isn't perfect, looks flawed

Requested features

1 request
  • Add holiday background choices

Background Eraser ⁺

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Background Eraser

No in-app purchases

None

Background Eraser ⁺

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Background Eraser free?
Background Eraser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Background Eraser ⁺ free?
Background Eraser ⁺ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Background Eraser or Background Eraser ⁺ have ads?
Both Background Eraser and Background Eraser ⁺ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Background Eraser or Background Eraser ⁺?
Background Eraser ships an update every 3 months, and Background Eraser ⁺ weekly. Most recently, Background Eraser was updated on October 7, 2026 and Background Eraser ⁺ on October 1, 2026.

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