Irix Photo Editor vs Backdrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Irix Photo Editor
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Stunning UNDER 10s EDITS. Join 1M+ users of Irix HDR desktop, now on iOS for the first time. Lowest PRICE GUARANTEE to get a x10 fold likes on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok. Select Photo → 1-Tap edit → Social Media. The only iOS app offering EFFECTS, use exotic 50+ overlays with multiple blend modes and opacity control. Curate memories with MOVIE POSTERS and see your Instagram likes skyrocket. Select from a wide range of posters, or create your own, with a combination of overlays, filters, text and masks. Or, simply select a preset or filter and fine tune the edits. Pick from over 100+ FILTERS such as Vintage & Retro • Film • Nature • Face or create Custom Filters. Export in a tap with SOCIAL MEDIA Ready crop & fit. Share on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitter (X) and more. Ideal for reels, photo dump & carousel. Evoke reactions on social media with Selfies. Edit with powerful FACE & SKIN Tools. Enhance skin tone, grain, remove blemishes, whiten teeth, apply make-up and reshape cheeks or jaw-line. Ideal editor for stunning Headshots. Select from a range of masks like brush, radial, gradient, color, luminance, depth and perform surgical edits with AI Edge Aware like Replace Background • Subject Select • Background Blur • Bokeh • Sky Replace etc. On-the-run, tap AI Auto Enhance. Instant edit, ready to share. Place your favorite tools in the tool tray for quick access and avoid cluttering. Integrated with Apple Photos, Mark Photos as favorite, edited, flagged, rejected or exported. This app includes auto-renewable annual subscription. What others say about us… ***** “Camera to Instagram post in 10s…” -_gloriaowen ***** “Never using Lightroom again!” -TimWeavr4 **** “tools that even VSCO doesn’t have” -Liz_stagram **** “Photos as HDR film posters. Love it!” -BrianPhoto Quick edit workflows… INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TIKTOK, TWITTER (X) and more 3s - Select Photo ⟹ AI Auto Enhance • Filters/Presets ⟹ Social Media 5s - Select Photo ⟹ Apply Overlays • Effects ⟹ Adjust ⟹ Social Media CURATE 30s Select Photo ⟹ Apply Preset ⟹ Mask ⟹ Blur · Warp ⟹ Color grade ⟹ Overlay ⟹ Frame in border ⟹ Text · Watermark ⟹ Publish PRO 60-180s Select Photo ⟹ Apply Preset ⟹ Adjustments ⟹ HSL • Curves ⟹ Mask ⟹ Blur • Dehaze • Grain • Warp ⟹ Insert Overlay ⟹ Border ⟹ Insert Text, Watermark ⟹ Select format ⟹ Export Edit personal, VACATION, BABY or WEDDING photos. Top up with Emojis, Watermark & Text. Get all of Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Picsart, VSCO, Photoroom in one stop shop, at a fraction of the cost. Edit 650+ RAW photos and popular image formats, analyze live histogram, inspect metadata, apply full scale color grading, fringing, vignetting, and so on. Best App for Pro Color Grading - Color grade with highlights & shadows, color & white balance, black level, saturation & luminance on entire image or selected area. BASIC FEATURES • Color: Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation • Light: Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Diffuse • Crop, rotate, flip. Preset crops for Social Media • Heal & Clone ADVANCED FEATURES • RAW image editing in HDR • Perspective, Affine, Keystone corrections • Mesh Warping: Freehand liquify & restore • AI Tools: Clarity, Dehaze, Denoise, Sharpen, Bokeh. Tools for night / low-light editing • Lens & Chromatic correction • Vignette, Grain & Pixelate • Face, Skin & Body sculpt PRO FEATURES • Edge detect & erase • Non-destructive editing: Unlimited layers & history • Dynamic RGB histogram • HSL tone curves • Access Exif and Metadata • Compressed Image Formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, GRAY, HEIF • Raw Image Formats: TIFF, TIF, CRW, CR2, DNG, KDC, MOS, NEF, NRW, PTX, R3D, RAF, RAW, SR2, X3F and more. Irix HDR makes your perfect pocket companion for selfies, headshots, portraits, landscapes, event photos, street photography and editing night & low-light photos. Website: https://irixhdr.com/mobile.html Terms: https://irixhdr.com/terms_of_use.pdf
Backdrop
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Pick a Look and the camera changes. Point it at a street and the street is already painted in oil, or broken into dots, or drawn by hand. You are not previewing a filter. That is the picture, and the shutter keeps it. THE LOOKS Brush. Painted stroke by stroke, coarse to fine, as you move. Mosaic. Rebuilt from its own colours. Cells split where there is detail. Drawn. The world drawn instead of photographed. Flat colour, inked lines. Matter. The picture as a field of grains that drift and settle. Fur. Combed strands that follow what the camera sees. Dither. Tone traded for dots on one fixed grid, nothing in between. Halftone. Print dots on a square or hex grid, in four shapes. Fluted. Seen through ribbed glass. The world arrives in strips. Water. Refraction and caustics, the scene read through moving water. Code. Digital rain over katakana, lit by whatever the camera sees. The list grows. New Looks arrive in updates. TAP OR HOLD Tap the shutter for a photo. Hold it to record, up to ten minutes. Video renders in the background at full quality, one frame at a time, using the exact settings you shot with. TUNE ANYTHING Every Look has its own knobs. Size, grain, relief, speed, depth, whatever that Look actually has. Drag the handle at the edge of the screen and the picture changes under your thumb. Tap a knob to put it back. BRING YOUR OWN Choose from Photos to run something you already have through a Look. For video, trim it first, pick the frame, then render. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, nothing to sign in to. No servers. What you shoot sits in the Shelf on your device. Saving a copy to Photos is a switch, off until you turn it on. BACKDROP PREMIUM Dither, Water, Halftone and Drawn are free, and they record video too. Premium opens every Look, including the ones added later, and takes the Backdrop mark off everything you shoot. Monthly and annual. Payment goes to your Apple Accou renews unless you turn it off at least 24 hours befo Manage or cancel in Settings, Apple Account, Subscri Privacy: backdrop.wiki/privacy Terms: backdrop.wiki/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ iPhone. iOS 18 and later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Irix Photo Editor at 15.6 against Backdrop's 18.0. 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. Irix Photo Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Backdrop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Irix Photo Editor | Backdrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 297 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binaire Private Limited | Shekhar Upadhaya |
In-app purchases
Irix Photo Editor
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
- Upgrade to Pro$24.99
Backdrop
- Backdrop Premium — Monthly$11.991 Month
- Backdrop Premium — Annual$39.991 Year
- Backdrop Premium — Lifetime$79.99









