Comparison

Photographers Light Table vs Background Remover

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

Head to head
About

Photographers Light Table

Transform your mobile device into a portable light table for viewing film negatives, prints, and creating astrophotography calibration flats. Offers adjustable brightness, white balance, and an optional grid overlay for precise alignment and accurate color work.

Highlights
  • Device to light table transformation
  • Adjustable brightness control
  • Adjustable white balance
  • Optional grid overlay
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Photographers Light Table turns your iPhone or iPad into a clean, evenly lit surface for viewing film negatives and slides, checking prints, and shooting astrophotography calibration flats. Precise, portable, and ready whenever you are. VIEW FILM AND SLIDES Backlight negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets for inspection, DSLR scanning, or digitising — no bulky light box required. PRECISE LIGHT CONTROL Dial in brightness and colour temperature with full-width sliders and live readouts, from warm tungsten to daylight. Pick any custom colour, and keep the ones you use most one tap away. GRID OVERLAY Turn on an adjustable grid for alignment, framing, and repeatable setups. REMOTE CONTROL Adjust your light table from another device without touching it — handy when it's under a camera or telescope. Use any web browser on your WiFi, or a nearby iPhone or iPad directly, with no shared network needed. Group several tables and drive them together, or focus any single one. An optional PIN keeps your table private. SAVED SCENES Store your setups by name and recall them instantly. Apply, rename, and export scenes right from the remote, and back them up or move them between devices. LIGHT EFFECTS Gentle, photosensitivity-safe effects — Breathe, Colour Cycle, and Candle — plus your own programmable colour sequences. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY FLATS Produce an even, stable illuminated field for flat frames, with fine brightness control and steady output. Photographers Light Table is free and supported by ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes them.

About

Background Remover

Features
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Remove the background from any photo in one tap, then fix the edges by hand and save a real transparent PNG. SHARP, FULL-RESOLUTION CUT-OUTS People, pets, products and objects are detected automatically on your iPhone. Cut-outs are made at up to 2560 px, so hair, fur and edges stay crisp, not blurry. ERASE & RESTORE BRUSH Not perfect? Paint away leftovers or bring back missing parts with an adjustable brush. Undo and redo every stroke. TRANSPARENT PNG THAT STAYS TRANSPARENT Saved images keep their transparency, so there is no white box when you paste them into another app, a design or a sticker. NEW BACKGROUNDS - Transparent, white, black or any color - Gradients, a blurred version of the original, or your own photo - Optional soft shadow and white outline for sticker-style cut-outs SIZES FOR SHOPS AND SOCIAL Original, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16 and 16:9, with the subject centred and padded automatically. Perfect for marketplace listings, product photos, profile pictures and stories. Hold to compare with the original at any time. Photos are processed on your device. BATCH, COPY & CAMERA - Batch: up to 50 photos with the same background and size, saved in one go (Premium) - Several subjects in one photo? Tap to keep or remove each one - Pinch to zoom while you erase for precise edges - Copy the cut-out and paste it anywhere as a sticker, or take a photo with the camera Saving needs Premium (monthly or yearly subscription) or watching a short ad for one save. Premium also removes ads. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage them in your Apple ID settings. Terms: https://gwpjuotdwvjbekhldtly.supabase.co/functions/v1/legal/terms Privacy: https://gwpjuotdwvjbekhldtly.supabase.co/functions/v1/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Photographers Light Table4 screens
Background Remover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Photographers Light Table at every 3 weeks against Background Remover's every 13 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. Photographers Light Table sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Background Remover sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photographers Light Table ships an update every 3 weeks, Background Remover every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Photographers Light Table versus Background Remover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotographers Light TableBackground Remover
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam TerminiPaulius Petrusauskas

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Photographers Light Table

One-time1
  • Premium (Ad-Free)$1.99
2 purchases

Background Remover

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Remover$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited Remover$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Photographers Light Table free?
Photographers Light Table is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Background Remover free?
Background Remover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photographers Light Table or Background Remover have ads?
Both Photographers Light Table and Background Remover show ads.
Which is updated more often, Photographers Light Table or Background Remover?
Photographers Light Table ships an update every 3 weeks, and Background Remover every 13 months. Most recently, Photographers Light Table was updated on November 3, 2026 and Background Remover on November 9, 2026.

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