Comparison

Cutsy vs iCut

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

Head to head
About

Cutsy

Features
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Point the camera at anything — your cat, your friend, your coffee — and Cutsy lifts the subject clean out of the photo. Then it becomes something you can send. LIFT → MAKE → SHARE MAKE IT YOURS • Four outline styles, previewed on your actual sticker • Props — crowns, top hats, sunglasses, bows — dropped near the head • Speech and thought bubbles with editable text • Captions under the sticker, baked in on export • Drag, pinch, twist and delete every layer on the canvas CARDS, NOT JUST STICKERS Turn a cut-out into a collectible card — Creature, Passport, Wanted — and collect them into themed packs. THE HUNT 100 everyday things to find with your camera. Every find becomes a sticker in your collection, earns XP and moves you up a rank. SEND IT ANYWHERE Export a whole pack and drop it into Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram or anywhere else the share sheet reaches. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The cut-out happens on your iPhone, in about a second, using Apple's Vision framework. No upload, no account, no server holding your photos. FREE, AND ACTUALLY USABLE The cut-out is never paywalled. Free gets you 10 stickers a day per buddy, 3 buddies, 3 packs each, the base styles and decorations, and 1024px exports with a small Cutsy mark. CUTSY PRO • Unlimited stickers, buddies and packs • Every style — Pop, Noir, Neon, Frost • Every decoration set, including seasonal • 2048px exports with no Cutsy mark Requires iOS 17 or later for the on-device cut-out. CUTSY PRO PLANS • Cutsy Pro Monthly — $2.99 per 1 month, renews automatically • Cutsy Pro Yearly — $19.99 per 1 year, renews automatically • Cutsy Pro Lifetime — $49.99, one-time purchase, does not renew Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://starnova-io.github.io/cutsy/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://starnova-io.github.io/cutsy/privacy.html

About

iCut

Features
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Pick a photo and iCut removes the background cleanly. Works on the latest iOS. Saving is free with no watermark, and your photos never leave your device. Great for marketplace and online shop listings, social posts and stickers. ■ Remove the background, just by picking a photo • On-device AI finds the subject and removes the background automatically • Copy, share or save the result as a transparent PNG ■ Finish it as a product photo • Use white, black, any color or one of your photos as the background • Adjust a natural shadow, margins, and the subject's size and position • Choose the output size (original / 1024 / 2000 / 3000 px) • Save a transparent PNG and a white-background JPEG at once ■ Fix the details by hand • Trace to erase or restore, with the cursor just above your finger so it never hides the spot • Erase similar colors in one tap to cut out logos and illustrations • Choose which subjects to keep, or set an area before cutting out • Change how the edges are cut and try again ■ Batch background removal • Process many photos at once (up to 20 per run; 5 photos a day in the free version) ■ Peace of mind • All processing happens on your device. Photos are never sent to a server • Open images from the camera, Photos, Files or the clipboard • Supports iPad drag and drop, side-by-side layout and Shortcuts • Available in 16 languages, with Dark Mode ■ New in 1.1 • Lasso: draw around what you want to keep and erase everything outside it (or erase/restore inside) • Magnifier: see a close-up around your finger while you fix the details • ID photos: automatically sized from the face position for résumé, passport and other formats, with a background color of your choice, plus a print sheet (faces are never retouched) • Export stickers at 370×320 and 512×512 • Manual edits are kept until you save, so you can pick up where you left off • Open photos straight from the Share menu of Photos and other apps • Choose the sticker outline color: white, black or any color • ID photos: red background option, saved with 300 dpi information, and print sheets in 4×6 in too • Draw with Apple Pencil and move the picture with your finger (double-tap the Pencil to switch erase/restore) ■ Saving is free • Cutting out, manual edits, saving and sharing are free with no watermark, at the original size • Transparent PNGs stay transparent. iCut also explains how to send them when a chat app turns them white ■ iCut Premium • Removes ads and unlocks unlimited batch background removal • Unlocks background photos and subject placement • Choose a one-time purchase or a monthly plan Terms of Use: https://umebo.net/en/terms/

Screenshots

Cutsy4 screens
iCut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iCut at none against Cutsy's 3. Cutsy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Cutsy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iCut asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cutsy ships an update every 4 days, iCut weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Cutsy versus iCut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCutsyiCut
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNhan VoKoichiro Umemiya

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cutsy

Subscriptions2
  • Cutsy Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Cutsy Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cutsy Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

iCut

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cutsy free?
Cutsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iCut free?
iCut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cutsy or iCut have ads?
iCut shows ads; Cutsy does not.
Which is updated more often, Cutsy or iCut?
Cutsy ships an update every 4 days, and iCut weekly. Most recently, Cutsy was updated on October 24, 2026 and iCut on October 31, 2026.

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