Pic Cut Out vs Simple BackgroundEraser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pic Cut Out
Easily remove backgrounds from your photos by drawing a curve. Superimpose cutouts onto other images with various editing tools and effects to create unique compositions. Save and share your creations in full resolution.
- Automatic background removal with curve drawing
- Image superimposition and layering
- Photo editing tools (pan, zoom, rotate)
- Adjustable effects (brightness, contrast, saturation)
- Undo support
- Full resolution output
- Multiple background options
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Pic Cutout can remove the background of any picture of yours and maintain transparency with just draw a closed curve. Then you can paste and superimpose to any other pictures and make new creations. MANY FEATURES: - Cutout Tools : just draw a closed curve, the app can erase the similar color background and cutout images automatically - Brush Tools : adjust the suitable size - Editor Tools : pan & zoom, rotate - Adjust Tools : superimpose more effects,Smooth, brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, highlights, shadows, temperature, vignette,etc. - Support Undo - Full Resolution - Many backgrounds - Share with your friends by social tools
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 review sentiment: Pic Cut Out at 88% against Simple BackgroundEraser's 57%. Pic Cut Out also leads on ratings volume (677 vs 27) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Simple BackgroundEraser's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pic Cut Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple BackgroundEraser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pic Cut Out holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pic Cut Out has 677 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Pic Cut Out's written reviews are positive against 57% of Simple BackgroundEraser's.
Pic Cut Out ships an update every 5 months, Simple BackgroundEraser monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pic Cut Out | Simple BackgroundEraser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (677 ratings) — better | 4.3 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews — better | 56.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 677 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 立明 张 | DoItWell Application Ltd |
Customer experience
Pic Cut Out
Simple BackgroundEraser
Bugs and requests
Pic Cut Out
Reported bugs
4 issues- Photos not loading properly after selecting them
- Blank screen when trying to edit photos
- Purchased ad-free version not working as expected
- Incompatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Smoother edge blending
- Ability to adjust color and contrast
- Checkboxes to quickly delete multiple images
- Brush tool for refining cutouts
Simple BackgroundEraser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pic Cut Out
- Remove all ads$0.99
Simple BackgroundEraser
- Donation program (NoAds)$3.99
Questions
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