Background Eraser vs Simple BackgroundEraser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Background Eraser
Effortlessly remove backgrounds from your photos with AI-powered tools. Maintain transparency, fine-tune edges, and add new backgrounds. Export in high resolution and various formats.
- AI background removal
- Transparency maintenance
- Fine pixel-level accuracy
- Erase/Restore tool
- Crop with presets
- Adjust image effects
- Add new backgrounds
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This app helps to remove the background of any picture of yours and maintain transparency with just few taps. Just touch where you want to remove. "Target" function removes the area of similar color automatically. The image which one maintaining transparency background can be used with other apps ex) Keynote. Pages, etc. #Cut Out Tools – Cut images (Zoom in to work for fine pixel-level accuracy) ___#Erase/Restore : Erase/Restore the area you touched ___#Target Area Auto remove tool (Area/Color) : Remove similar color area automatically ___#Reverse tool : Reverse removed area #Crop – Crop your photos with 15 different presets feature quickly and easily. #Adjust Effect - 9 ADJUSTMENT tools (Smooth, brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, highlights, shadows, temperature, vignette) **”Smooth” - Smoothing image edge #Add Background Photo - Remove & Change your photo background #Full Resolution - Selecting size of output picture (HQ 3264 x 3264 pixel , Normal 1600 x 1600 pixel, LQ 800 x 600 pixel) #PNG/ JPEG File Selection - Selecting size of output picture (PNG_transparent background,JPEG_white background) #Share Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Mail, Other Apps Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/noonus-ltd/terms-condition Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/noonus-ltd/privacy-policy SUBSCRIPTION INFO: • Subscription for Background Eraser for full access to all features. • Subscription length: 12 months. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription.
Simple BackgroundEraser
Easily remove image backgrounds by selecting similar colors or manually erasing. Features include zoom, crop, and a magnifier for precise edits. Save and share transparent images to your camera roll or other apps.
- Remove similar color backgrounds
- Adjustable finger erase
- Automatic wand erase
- Magnifier view for precision
- Crop photos
- Rotate and zoom images
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Simple PhotoEraser -- Cut Out Image Background Eraser This app help to remove similar colour of image/photo background easily, and save/share transparency image back to camera roll. Also can share to any other apps. Major features: - Easy rotate and zoom in/out with two fingers. Otherwise, easy drag with one finger. - Provide Magnifier view, make erase operation smoothly. - Crop Mode: crop your photos quickly and easily. - Wand Erase: select similar colour area automatically - Finger Erase: remove area with adjustable erase size. Other features: - Snapshot mechanism, latest 3 images will be backed up. These images will be recovered while crash accident. - Redo/Undo will only keep latest 10 images. - Remove small island pixels after wand/erase operation. Note: Some export methods will remove the transparent layer, such as COPY, LINE, etc. Save Image, AirDrop or Email will be better. === Detail for "Sponsor program(No ads during reward service period)" on iAP: We have run tens of operations for many years and will strive for long-term operation. However, please be noted that there will be no refund upon the suspension of service due to situations out of our control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Simple BackgroundEraser at free with in-app purchases against Background Eraser's subscription. Background Eraser's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (134K vs 27). 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. Background Eraser sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year and Simple BackgroundEraser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Background Eraser holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Eraser has 134K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Background Eraser's written reviews are positive against 57% of Simple BackgroundEraser's.
Background Eraser ships an update every 4 days, Simple BackgroundEraser monthly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Background Eraser | Simple BackgroundEraser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (134K ratings) — better | 4.3 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 56.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 134K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 328 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUNWOONG JANG | DoItWell Application Ltd |
Customer experience
Background Eraser
Simple BackgroundEraser
Bugs and requests
Background Eraser
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to exit ad screen
- Losing progress when switching apps
- Inconsistent background removal quality
- Paid version not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add more background options
- Improve accuracy of eraser tool
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Allow importing custom backgrounds
- Add tutorial or guidance for new users
Simple BackgroundEraser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Background Eraser
- Pro - Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Remove AD & remove watermark$9.99
Simple BackgroundEraser
- Donation program (NoAds)$3.99
Questions
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