Is there a good app for remove or change a photo background?
Prime Gap: 10 apps already serve this, and 104 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to remove or change a photo background, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto background removal broken | reliability | 20 | El borrador automático ya no funciona correctamente |
| remove background feature removed | missing-feature | 3 | WHERE DID YOU PUT REMOVE BACKGROUND I can’t make any edits anymore with this feature bc it disappeared |
| no video background removal | missing-feature | 3 | Ils ne font pas effacer le fond des vidéos |
| auto background-removal accuracy | bug | 3 | lo quiero borrar auto y me queda muy feo |
| remove background missing | missing-feature | 2 | WHERE TF IS THE BG I CANT FIND IT IS REMOVED |
| edit/delete background image in place | missing-feature | 1 | その場で削除や修正される機能がほしい |
| can only add photo from saved ones, cannot delete background | missing-feature | 1 | you can only add photo from your save ones whaen you cant delete the background |
| remove background removed | missing-feature | 1 | please stop removing remove background it's so annoying |
| background removal deletes whole image | bug | 1 | it removes everything without fail... even the character please fix this |
| remove background gone | missing-feature | 1 | Where is “remove background”? ... now I literally can’t do any videos |
| doesn't remove background as claimed | bug | 1 | ele diz que apaga o fundo mas nn apaga |
| background remove option removed | missing-feature | 1 | Why isn’t there a background rebbe option anymore |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background Changer & Eraser | 3.6 | 3,186 | Free |
| Background Eraser Magic Eraser | 4.7 | 89,785 | Free |
| Background Eraser Photo Editor | 4.8 | 837,104 | Free |
| Background Eraser | 4.7 | 987,461 | Free |
| Background Eraser | 3.5 | 34,542 | Free |
| Photo Retouch-Object Removal | 4.5 | 119,112 | Free |
| Photo Eraser - Remove Objects | 4.6 | 21,958 | Free |
| TouchRetouch | 4.7 | 56,933 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 93 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| salmanalfarisi11/Change-Background-Color-App | active | 6 | Python |
| Adilmunawar/AdiMage | active | 4 | TypeScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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