Comparison

Cut and Paste vs Background Eraser

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

Head to head
About

Cut and Paste

Easily cut out subjects from photos and paste them onto new backgrounds. Create funny and unique images without complex editing software. Adjust brightness, opacity, and position for a polished look.

Highlights
  • Cut out photos
  • Paste onto backgrounds
  • Outline feature
  • Adjust brightness and opacity
  • Add own backgrounds
  • Share creations
Features
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Cut out photos and paste them onto background pictures with Cut & Paste! Make hilarious photos quickly and easily without using Photoshop. Select from one of the many cool background photos or add your own. Choose your paste photo and cut it out with the simple to use outline feature. Pinch and drag into place. Polish up your shape, adjust the brightness and opacity. Paste another photo or check out your creation now. Share your laughs on Instagram. Subscription pricing and terms: Cut & Paste offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $3.99 per week $8.99 per month $39.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Cut & Paste subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here: 


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About

Background Eraser

Easily cut out subjects from photos with automatic recognition or manual brush tools. Enhance your images by adding color strokes, text, stickers, and custom backgrounds. Quickly combine multiple images for creative compositions.

Highlights
  • Automatic portrait matting
  • Brush matting
  • Multiple matting shapes
  • Add color line strokes
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Text editing
  • Sticker addition
Features
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Do you want to cut out the characters in the picture quickly? Do you want to make your pictures more beautiful and interesting! This App can help you cut out any material you need from the picture, just a few simple operations, you can make a perfect picture! MAIN FUNCTIONS MATTING FUNCTION - Automatic portrait recognition, quick matting with one click - Brush matting, custom matting area - Multiple matting shape choices PICTURE EDITING - Add color line strokes to the matting section - Picture scale switching, supporting multiple image scale selection - Picture background, support solid color, local album selects photos to add to the picture background - Text editing to add interesting font styles to pictures - Add stickers to make pictures more delicate and lovely QUICK MAPPING - Select random arrangement and combination of pictures to quickly generate pictures If you have any questions and suggestions in the process of using, please give us feedback in the App.

Screenshots

Cut and Paste4 screens
Background Eraser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Eraser at 68% against Cut and Paste's 29%. Background Eraser also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Cut and Paste's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price 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. Cut and Paste sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Background Eraser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Background Eraser holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cut and Paste has 2.3K ratings behind it against 420, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Cut and Paste's written reviews are positive against 68% of Background Eraser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cut and Paste ships an update every 2 weeks, Background Eraser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Cut and Paste versus Background Eraser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCut and PasteBackground Eraser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.3K ratings)4.6 (420 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.9% of reviews68.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better420
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOwen Schick传彬 戴

Customer experience

Cut and Paste

All ratings2,279 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive28.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative67.8%

Background Eraser

All ratings418 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.8%

User reviews

Cut and Paste

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Fun to use
  • 👍 Useful features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 💰 Overly expensive subscription
  • 🤖 Poor interface and usability
  • 🚫 Limited functionality without paying
  • 💸 Fraudulent charges

Background Eraser

From 420 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy and fast to use
  • 👍 Great for editing
  • 👍 Very useful
  • 👍 Cool app, no need for Canva
  • 👍 Funny for pranks

Room to improve

  • 👎 Limited background options
  • 👎 Intrusive ads
  • 👎 Picture isn't perfect, looks flawed
  • 👎 Boring
  • 👎 Very bad, don't download

Bugs and requests

Cut and Paste

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Editing tools not working as expected
  • Inability to delete or cancel subscription
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save and export edited images
  • More customization options
  • Improved performance and stability

Background Eraser

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Picture isn't perfect, looks flawed

Requested features

1 request
  • Add holiday background choices

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cut and Paste

Subscriptions5
  • Cut and Paste Photos 1 Week$6.997 Days
  • Unlock All 1 Week Subscription$7.997 Days
  • Unlock 1 Month Subscription3 Days trial$17.991 Month
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  • Cut and Paste Photos 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Cut and Paste Photos 1 Year3 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

Background Eraser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cut and Paste free?
Cut and Paste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Background Eraser free?
Background Eraser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cut and Paste or Background Eraser?
Background Eraser is rated higher. Cut and Paste averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Background Eraser averages 4.6 from 420 ratings.
Do Cut and Paste or Background Eraser have ads?
Background Eraser shows ads; Cut and Paste does not.
Which is updated more often, Cut and Paste or Background Eraser?
Cut and Paste ships an update every 2 weeks, and Background Eraser every 3 months. Most recently, Cut and Paste was updated on November 6, 2026 and Background Eraser on November 7, 2026.

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