The short version
- Choose Phonto when you want to add text — a caption, a quote, a title — and pick the font and style yourself.
- Choose Qutu when you need to change or remove text that’s already in the photo and have the edit blend in.
Changing a word: the difference in practice
With a text-overlay app, changing “Sat, May 3” on a flyer means hiding the old words (with a shape or an eraser), then adding a new text layer and trying to match the font, color and position by eye.
In Qutu you select the line, type “Sun, May 4” and generate. The new date is drawn in the same typeface and color, on the same background.
Where Phonto shines
- A very large font library, including fonts you import
- Detailed styling for new text: stroke, shadow, background, spacing, curved and perspective text
- Quick, lightweight captions for social posts
Where Qutu shines
- Fixing typos and updating details in finished images
- Removing captions, labels and date stamps cleanly
- Extra AI tools for old photos, blurry text and HD enhancement
Product features change often. This comparison reflects our understanding at the date above — check each app’s current listing for the latest.