Comparison

TouchRetouch vs Lightroom Photo Editor & Video

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

Head to head
About

TouchRetouch

Effortlessly remove unwanted objects, people, and blemishes from your photos. This intuitive tool offers AI-powered object removal, background editing, and natural face retouching to enhance your images quickly and easily.

Highlights
  • AI-powered object removal
  • Background removal and replacement
  • People removal
  • Natural face retouching
  • Line and mesh removal
  • Restore old photos
  • Remove text from images
Features
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Your pocket photo editor app for retouching photos, removing unwanted stuff from photos on the go and even more. It gives your photos a natural look while saving you valuable time. An accidental object, even though it may look tiny and harmless, can completely ruin the entire composition of a photo and make it worthless. However, it’s not a pain if you have your favorite TouchRetouch at hand. At ADVA Soft, we're always innovating. Our latest updates, including the Editing by text, Removing and Adding People to the photo, Natural face retouch, Erase AI feature, the background eraser and changer, and features like Meshes and AI edge-aware object removal, were designed with your feedback in mind. ADVANTAGES: • Remove objects and people, retouch faces and change backgrounds • Keep natural, undetectable retouch results • Get your photos ready to share in under 60 seconds • No editing skills needed WHAT MAGIC CAN YOU DO WITH TOUCHRETOUCH? ERASE AI-POWERED OBJECT REMOVAL: Automatically detect and remove background objects like street signs, trash cans, and stop lights with Erase AI Effortlessly remove wires, power lines, and other linear objects Eliminate foreground meshes for a cleaner background Remove background people and shadows Naturally erase pimples, acne, glare, tattoos, skin blemishes, and wrinkles Clean up travel photos Remove text from Instagram and Snapchat posts Restore old photos BACKGROUND REMOVAL & REPLACEMENT: Erase backgrounds and replace them with your own or stock photos Use the background editor to achieve a transparent background Blur backgrounds PEOPLE REMOVAL A stranger wandering into your perfect shot? TouchRetouch works as a powerful person remover that lets you remove people from photo in seconds. Erase photobombers and clear away background crowds so nothing distracts from the moment. NATURAL FACE RETOUCH Get a professional face retouch that still looks like you — not like a filter. Remove pimples, blemishes, and acne marks Soften wrinkles and reduce under-eye bags Naturally whiten and brighten your smile OBJECT REMOVAL LIKE MAGIC The app declutters your images in a matter of seconds . That could be people or other background details you may need to erase. Use automatic content removal with the Brush tool or, when the result is not that perfect, manual retouching with the Clone Stamp tool to repair a photo. AUTOMATIC MESH DETECTION AND REMOVAL If you think that "getting past the mesh netting" is quite a challenging task, you probably haven’t tried using TouchRetouch yet. The app offers a way to deal with the problem in two simple steps. Select the tool from the main menu and tap the Go button to have a mesh removed just like magic. HELPFUL TUTORIALS Explore in-app tutorials to master TouchRetouch quickly. Little effort and experience are needed to become a pro in using TouchRetouch. The interface and layout are clear and intuitive enough to make you feel comfortable the very first time you use it. Download TouchRetouch now to harness photo magic from your pocket. TouchRetouch is brought to you by ADVA Soft — a team of like-minded professionals and enthusiastic innovators committed to designing intelligent yet simple apps that create magic in your photos and save you time. Visit our website at www.adva-soft.com to learn more about the company and the apps it develops. For any assistance with TouchRetouch, contact ADVA Soft Support at touchretouch@adva-soft.com. We welcome all your inquiries, comments, and suggestions about the app. Love TouchRetouch? Would you like to join our huge community of beta testers already involved in helping us make our products better? Let us know by sending your feedback to touchretouch@adva-soft.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://adva-soft.com/privacy-policy-tr.html

About

Lightroom Photo Editor & Video

This AI-powered photo and video editor simplifies enhancing your content. It offers tools to retouch images, remove distractions, and apply creative effects. Easily create professional-looking photos and videos for social media or personal memories.

Highlights
  • AI-powered photo and video editing
  • One-tap quick actions and adaptive presets
  • Generative Expand and Generative Remove tools
  • Background blur and object removal
  • Batch editing for consistency
  • Community-inspired filters and templates
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Adobe Lightroom is a free AI photo and video editor that helps your content show what makes a moment feel special. From your dog’s goofy grin to that sunset that took your breath away, Adobe Lightroom makes it simple to bring those moments to life, just the way you see them. Whether you’re snapping pics on the go or curating your social feed, Lightroom puts powerful AI photo editor tools in your pocket to help you create photos you’re proud to share. Now introducing Generative Expand. Never lose a shot due to the wrong framing. As AI expands, the results are always authentic, meant to enhance your photo, not change it. AI PHOTO EDITOR THAT EASILY MAKES YOUR PHOTOS LOOK AMAZING Adobe Lightroom’s one-tap features like Quick Actions, Adaptive Presets let you retouch and enhance photo quality in seconds. These AI photo editor tools suggest the best edits for your images. Perfect for quick photo fixes look better in your selfies and profile photos. REMOVE DISTRACTIONS AND BLUR BACKGROUND Adobe Lightroom gives you professional photo editing tools that are easy to use. Blur the photo background for a polished look, adjust finer details, or use AI Generative Remove as an object eraser in photos. POWERFUL EDITS WITH ZERO HASSLE Use photo lighting tools to tweak exposure, highlights, and shadows. Fix photos with presets, photo effects, color grading, hue, saturation, or add a blurry bokeh effect to match your vibe. GET INSPIRATION FROM THE COMMUNITY Browse photo filters, templates, and presets shared by creators around the world. From vintage film photo effects to retro photo filters and presets to match your aesthetic kick off your edits in a tap. Whether you’re looking to make bold edits with AI expand and photo editor tools or subtle tweaks for polished portrait edits, find a look that matches your style. EDIT ONCE, APPLY EVERYWHERE Snapped a whole concert, travel day, or family gathering? Instead of editing each shot one by one, make quick edits with AI photo editor tools. Fix photos in batches with photo editor tools to keep your photo edits looking consistent. WHY ADOBE LIGHTROOM?  • It’s for every moment: whether editing photos for fun, capturing memories, gaining confidence, or sharing on social media. • It’s flexible: Edit photos and grow into a better photographer along the way. Fix photos, crop and resize images, blur background elements, or remove distractions with our object eraser — the editing options are endless with Adobe Lightroom. • It’s an AI photo editor designed to help build confidence, spark creativity, and showcase your authentic style. PHOTO EDITOR TOOLS YOU'LL LOVE • Quick Actions: Fix photos with suggested edits tailored to your pics. • Preset Edits: Discover film filters or make your own signature look. • Background Blur: Create depth with a blurry background effortlessly. • Generative Remove Edits: Take out the things you didn’t want with this AI photo eraser. • Video Editing: Bring the same creative energy to your clips with tools for light, color, and presets. • NEW AI Expand with Generative Expand: Extend your photo’s edges to fit any size, readjust your shot, and fill in what’s missing. FOR EVERY KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHER Lightroom is here to empower you - to capture sunsets, family moments, or your latest foodie find. With tools to fix pictures, enhance photo quality, and edit videos, Adobe Lightroom gives you the right balance of ease and control. Download Adobe Lightroom today. Terms & Conditions: Your use of this application is governed by the Adobe General Terms of Use http://www.adobe.com/go/terms_linkfree_en and the Adobe Privacy Policy http://www.adobe.com/go/privacy_policy_linkfree_en Do not sell or share my personal information www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights-linkfree

Screenshots

TouchRetouch4 screens
Lightroom Photo Editor & Video4 screens

Verdict

The call

TouchRetouch and Lightroom Photo Editor & Video both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Lightroom Photo Editor & Video's written reviews are positive against 58% of TouchRetouch's. Lightroom Photo Editor & Video also leads on ratings volume (340K vs 59K) and chart position (#11 vs #92). TouchRetouch's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. TouchRetouch sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Lightroom Photo Editor & Video sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for TouchRetouch against 4.8 for Lightroom Photo Editor & Video. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightroom Photo Editor & Video has 340K ratings behind it against 59K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of TouchRetouch's written reviews are positive against 78% of Lightroom Photo Editor & Video's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TouchRetouch ships an update every 9 days, Lightroom Photo Editor & Video every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
TouchRetouch versus Lightroom Photo Editor & Video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchRetouchLightroom Photo Editor & Video
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (59K ratings)4.8 (340K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews78.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59K340K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#92#11 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple TV
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB354 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperADVA Soft GmbHAdobe Inc.

Customer experience

TouchRetouch

All ratings58,399 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews1,910 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral5.4%
Negative37.0%

Lightroom Photo Editor & Video

All ratings339,071 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews3,132 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.3%

User reviews

TouchRetouch

From 59K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Effective object removal
  • 🚀 Accurate line/segment removal
  • 🚀 Works great for 360 photos
  • 👍 Affordable one-time purchase

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Leaves behind blurry spots or artifacts after object removal
  • 🐛 Cloning tool issues (selection moves during use)
  • 🐛 Crashes or freezes on some devices
  • 💰 Subscription model for new features is disappointing for existing users
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around data collection

Lightroom Photo Editor & Video

From 340K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Adaptable and user-friendly
  • 🚀 Options available are incredible
  • 🚀 Efficient and effective at enhancing photos
  • 🚀 Powerful editing capabilities
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently
  • 🔋 Overheats device and drains battery
  • 🐛 Sync issues between mobile and desktop versions
  • 🐛 Inability to delete individual images
  • 🐛 Presets and edits not syncing properly

Bugs and requests

TouchRetouch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to save edited photos when accessed through Photos app
  • Limits on photo resolution/quality when saving
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to zoom in further for more precise edits
  • Add a 'fit to screen' button after zooming
  • Expand cloning tool capabilities (e.g. mirroring)
  • Improve background blending after object removal
  • Add a face editing feature

Lightroom Photo Editor & Video

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Automatic backup of camera roll photos cannot be disabled
  • Importing and exporting photos is cumbersome
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between editing and library views
  • Presets disappearing or not syncing properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to edit photos in landscape mode
  • Video editing capabilities
  • Improved geotagging and location management
  • Batch editing and selection tools
  • Customizable watermark options
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  • Lossless export options

In-app purchases

10 purchases

TouchRetouch

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Weekly Plan$9.997 Days
  • Yearly Plan Plus$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly Plan3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan Plus1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan3 Days trial$49.991 Year
10 purchases

Lightroom Photo Editor & Video

Subscriptions10
  • Premium monthly 40GB$1.991 Month
  • Premium Weekly 100GB$3.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly 100GB7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • Premium Monthly 100GB$6.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly 100GB$7.991 Month
  • Premium Weekly 100GB$7.997 Days
  • Lightroom plan 1TB$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly 40GB7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium yearly 100GB7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • AI Photo Enhancer & Blur7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is TouchRetouch free?
TouchRetouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lightroom Photo Editor & Video free?
Lightroom Photo Editor & Video is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TouchRetouch or Lightroom Photo Editor & Video?
Lightroom Photo Editor & Video is rated higher. TouchRetouch averages 4.7 out of 5 from 59K ratings, while Lightroom Photo Editor & Video averages 4.8 from 340K ratings.
Do TouchRetouch or Lightroom Photo Editor & Video have ads?
Neither TouchRetouch nor Lightroom Photo Editor & Video shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TouchRetouch or Lightroom Photo Editor & Video?
TouchRetouch ships an update every 9 days, and Lightroom Photo Editor & Video every 2 weeks. Most recently, TouchRetouch was updated on November 12, 2026 and Lightroom Photo Editor & Video on November 12, 2026.
Which is more popular, TouchRetouch or Lightroom Photo Editor & Video?
TouchRetouch currently peaks at #92 in the App Store charts, and Lightroom Photo Editor & Video at #11. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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