Image Background Extender vs Shable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Image Background Extender
Effortlessly expand your photos with AI-powered background generation, creating more space without cropping. Remove unwanted backgrounds to isolate subjects with precision.
- Magic background extension
- AI fills missing image areas
- AI background removal
- Subject isolation
- Simple interface
- Smart results
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Stop cropping. Start expanding. ## Magic Background Extend Your photo's too tight? Don't crop it smaller—make it bigger. Our AI fills in what should have been there all along. No guesswork, no awkward edges, just more image where you need it. Simple tool. Smart results. Your photo, but with room to breathe. ## AI Background Removal Wrong background? Don't settle for it—remove it. Our AI lifts your subject clean off any backdrop. No fussy selections, no leftover pixels, just you (or whatever matters) floating free. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
Shable
Easily crop your photos into various shapes and customize the background with transparent, blurred, or colored options. Adjust zoom and blur intensity for precise control over your image edits.
- Crop photos into various shapes
- Customize background with transparent, blurred, or colored options
- Adjust blur intensity
- Toggle zoom mode for image and shape resizing
- Select colors with a picker
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Crop photos with different shapes in Shable, customize the background of your photos with transparent, blurred, and colored backgrounds. ** HOW TO USE 1. select an image and choose a shape to automatically crop your photo. 2. Toggle the zoom mode to enlarge or reduce the size of the image and shape. 3. select Blur from the Background tab to give your photo a blurred background. You can change the amount of blur in the controls below. 4. On the Background tab, you can choose a color with the picker or set it to a transparent background color.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shable at 100% against Image Background Extender's 0%. Shable also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Image Background Extender sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Shable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Image Background Extender ships an update every 3 weeks, Shable every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Image Background Extender | Shable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YI CHENG CHANG | Toktilab |
Customer experience
Image Background Extender
Shable
In-app purchases
Image Background Extender
- Pro$3.997 Days
- Pro$9.991 Month
- 10 Credits$0.99
- 100 Credits$4.99
Shable
- Shable AD Free$1.99
Questions
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