Textify vs BGAway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Textify
Extract and highlight text from images and photos. Easily scan images from your library or camera and zoom in to verify detected text.
- Detect text from images
- Highlight detected text
- Scan from camera
- Select from photo library
- Zoom to verify text
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Detect text from images and photos and highlight it on the go, simply after you pick your image whether from the your images library or right from your camera. Also your image at the bottom of the app you can zoom-in to verify your pick.
BGAway
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BGAway makes background removal fast, simple, and private. Powered by on-device AI, BGAway removes backgrounds directly on your iPhone. Your images are processed locally for background removal, with no need to upload them to a server. REMOVE BACKGROUNDS IN SECONDS Select a photo and let BGAway automatically separate the subject from the background. Create clean cutouts with detailed edges, including hair and complex objects. BATCH BACKGROUND REMOVAL Need to process multiple photos? Add multiple images and remove their backgrounds in one batch, saving time when working with product photos, portraits, or other image collections. BACKGROUND PRESETS Quickly switch between transparent, white, black, and studio-style backgrounds to prepare your images for different uses. TRANSPARENT PNG Create transparent images ready for e-commerce, social media, presentations, design projects, and more. ON-DEVICE AI Background removal is processed locally on your device using AI. Images are not uploaded to our server for background removal. FREE TO GET STARTED • Up to 20 successful background removals per day • Single and batch background removal • Export up to 1200px • BGAway watermark BGAWAY PRO Upgrade to Pro to unlock: • Unlimited background removal • Full-resolution output • No BGAway watermark • Unlimited batch processing Turn photos into clean, ready-to-use images with BGAway. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Textify at every 9 days against BGAway's every 2 months. Textify also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Textify ships an update every 9 days, BGAway every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textify | BGAway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (34 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yahia Alhejoj | 松平 洪 |
In-app purchases
Textify
No in-app purchases
BGAway
No in-app purchases
