Comparison

Pres Edits vs Backdrop

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

Head to head
About

Pres Edits

Easily enhance your photos with a variety of unique filters and adjustable settings. Create professional-looking edits in real-time, perfect for social media content. Save your high-quality images instantly.

Highlights
  • Dozens of unique aesthetic filters
  • One-tap photo enhancement
  • Adjustable brightness, contrast, saturation
  • Real-time editing previews
  • High-quality image saving
  • Vintage and modern edit styles
Features
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• Dozens of unique aesthetic filters • One-tap photo enhancement • Adjustable brightness, contrast, and saturation • Easy editing with real-time previews • Perfect for Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok creators • Save high-quality images instantly Create the perfect vibe for every photo—from vintage film looks to clean, modern edits. Designed for creators who want beautiful photos without complicated editing tools. Download now and start transforming your photos.

About

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.

Screenshots

Pres Edits3 screens
Backdrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pres Edits at none against Backdrop's 3. Pres Edits also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price 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. Backdrop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Pres Edits asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pres Edits versus Backdrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPres EditsBackdrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB127 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPRESTON VAUGHN LITTLEShekhar Upadhaya

In-app purchases

None

Pres Edits

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Backdrop

Subscriptions2
  • Backdrop Premium — Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Backdrop Premium — Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Backdrop Premium — Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Pres Edits free?
Pres Edits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backdrop free?
Backdrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pres Edits or Backdrop have ads?
Neither Pres Edits nor Backdrop shows ads.

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