Comparison

Background Eraser vs Retouch Photo

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AI background removal
  • Transparency maintenance
  • Fine pixel-level accuracy
  • Erase/Restore tool
  • Crop with presets
  • Adjust image effects
  • Add new backgrounds
Features
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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.

About

Retouch Photo

Effortlessly remove unwanted objects, photobombers, and imperfections from your photos. This AI-powered editor offers intuitive tools to declutter backgrounds, whiten teeth, and even alter dimensions for perfect shots.

Highlights
  • AI object removal
  • People auto-detection
  • Background replacement/blur
  • Clone stamp tool
  • Teeth whitening
  • Stretching tool
Features
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Tired of being photobombed? Thinking about getting rid of some imperfections in the background of the photo but don’t know how? Need to erase unwanted objects from your pictures to get them just right? All these annoying things shouldn’t be a problem anymore with our AI-driven photo editor. RetouchAI is that magic button that will help you easily transform poorly taken photos into the ones you actually deserve. User-friendly interface, comprehensible functionality, the capability to remove imperfections in “one-click” are features that RetouchAI offers for you, specifically: • People auto-detection RetouchAI offers you highly convenient tools to identify strangers and crowd. The editor will precisely auto-detect the borders and highlight them for further auto removal. You just need to single them out in one tap • Imperfections removal • Lines removal • Blemish removal The app declutters photo imperfections and retouches them in an extremely simplified, yet smart way. The editor makes sure that the chosen area is erased without the photo distortion and is repaired appropriately. • Multiple retouch algorithms Once you select a particular area in your photo that needs to be restored, the app will offer you multiple variants. You may choose the one that looks the most natural and will be the best fit. • Background edit With the RetouchAI photo editor background replacement feature, you can cut out the existing background of your photo easily and replace it with one of the templates from the gallery. In case you don’t want to change the background, the app provides you with the convenient functionality to blur the background to the required extent. • Efficient clone stamp tool When you erase certain objects from the photo, the editor needs to restore the marked area with correctly chosen colors. This is done via the clone stamp tool that uses the surrounding area as a context to restore the photo precisely. • Teeth whitening The tool allows you to whiten your teeth and make your smile even more fabulous than it is now. Everything is simple: select the necessary area, adjust the intensity of the brush, and boom, everything is ready. Explore a natural teeth whitening feature now. • Stretching Allows you to modify the selected area both vertically and horizontally. It's no longer a problem to increase your height, enlarge your hips, or adjust anything else. You just need to choose the place you need to stretch and modify it to the extent you want. • Helpful tooltips & friendly support Despite being rather intuitively obvious, the app has numerous embedded tooltips that pop up once you start using the photo editor. All the tooltips were designed to make your photo editing process seamless and pleasant so that you say goodbye to sophisticated interfaces, confusing buttons, and annoying welcome tutorials. Download RetouchAI and make your photos great again. Enjoy! Don’t forget to check our privacy policy and terms of service: http://retouch-ai.com/privacy-policy.html http://retouch-ai.com/terms-of-service.html SUBSCRIPTION INFO: • Subscription for Retouch AI for full access to all features. • Subscription length: one week, one month, 12 months and lifetime. • 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.

Screenshots

Background Eraser4 screens
Retouch Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Eraser at 75% against Retouch Photo's 33%. Background Eraser also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (134K vs 19K). Retouch Photo's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Background Eraser sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year and Retouch Photo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retouch Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Eraser has 134K ratings behind it against 19K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Background Eraser's written reviews are positive against 33% of Retouch Photo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Background Eraser ships an update every 4 days, Retouch Photo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Background Eraser versus Retouch Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackground EraserRetouch Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (134K ratings)4.7 (19K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.9% of reviews — better33.5% of reviews
Number of ratings134K — better19K
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSUNWOONG JANGYalex FZC LLC

Customer experience

Background Eraser

All ratings134,151 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews2,406 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative20.2%

Retouch Photo

All ratings18,654 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive33.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative61.7%

User reviews

Background Eraser

From 134K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for editing photos
  • 💡 Allows custom backgrounds
  • 🚀 Efficient background removal
  • 👍 Useful for digital scrapbooking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when saving edited photos
  • 🔒 Forced to follow social media for full access
  • 🔒 Paid version doesn't remove all ads
  • 🐛 Eraser tool can be inaccurate
  • 🐛 Leaves pixelated edges after background removal

Retouch Photo

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Excellent object removal
  • ⭐ Great results
  • 👌 Accurate and precise

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paywall for core features
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🤔 Inconsistent performance
  • 💸 Expensive subscription
  • 🙄 Misleading advertising

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

Retouch Photo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and crashes
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel
  • Unexpected errors when trying to use features

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free features
  • Ability to customize background replacement
  • Landscape mode support
  • Improved customer support

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Background Eraser

Subscriptions1
  • Pro - Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove AD & remove watermark$9.99
6 purchases

Retouch Photo

Subscriptions5
  • Retouch AI - 1 Week$3.997 Days
  • Retouch AI - 1 Month$5.991 Month
  • Retouch AI - 1 Week7 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Retouch AI - 1 Month3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Retouch AI - 12 Months$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Retouch AI - Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Background Eraser free?
Background Eraser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retouch Photo free?
Retouch Photo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Background Eraser or Retouch Photo?
Retouch Photo is rated higher. Background Eraser averages 4.5 out of 5 from 134K ratings, while Retouch Photo averages 4.7 from 19K ratings.
Do Background Eraser or Retouch Photo have ads?
Background Eraser shows ads; Retouch Photo does not.
Which is updated more often, Background Eraser or Retouch Photo?
Background Eraser ships an update every 4 days, and Retouch Photo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Background Eraser was updated on October 17, 2026 and Retouch Photo on October 15, 2026.

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