Comparison

Snippa vs Sweep

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

Head to head
About

Snippa

Features
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Remove the background from any photo in one tap. Snippa is a fast, private AI background remover and photo cutout tool that erases the background from your photos right on your device — no upload, no account, no waiting. Whether you want a transparent PNG for a logo, a clean product photo on a white background, a fresh profile picture, or a fun sticker, Snippa makes it simple. Pick a photo and the on-device AI instantly separates the subject from the background. Then refine the edges by hand and drop in a new background: a solid color, a smooth gradient, a soft blur, or another photo. WHY YOU'LL LOVE CUTOUT - One-tap background removal powered by on-device AI segmentation - Erase and restore brush to fine-tune tricky edges and stray pixels - Adjustable brush size and hardness for precise, natural cutouts - Replace the background with transparent, solid color, gradient, blur, or a photo - Resize, reposition and add a drop shadow to the subject - Export a transparent PNG or a flattened JPG in high quality - Pinch to zoom and pan for pixel-perfect detail work - Undo and redo every change, with a gallery of saved projects PERFECT FOR - Online sellers making clean product photos on a white background - Creators and influencers designing thumbnails, posts and stories - Anyone making a transparent background logo or watermark - Building stickers and cutouts for chats and social media - Profile pictures for social, work and dating apps - Designers who need a quick photo cutout without a desktop app REMOVE BACKGROUND FROM A PHOTO, INSTANTLY The auto cutout uses on-device machine learning to detect people and subjects, so you get a clean cut in seconds. If a photo is tricky, switch to the manual erase brush to remove leftover background, or the restore brush to bring back parts of the subject you want to keep. The transparent background maker shows a checkerboard so you always know exactly what is transparent before you export. CHANGE THE BACKGROUND, NOT THE PHOTO Swap the background for any solid color, a two-color gradient, a blurred version of the original photo, or a completely new image from your library. Move and scale the subject, add a soft drop shadow, and you have a polished composite that looks professionally made — all in a few taps. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE Snippa runs entirely on your device. Your photos never leave your phone and are never uploaded to a server. There is no sign-up and no account — just open the app and start cutting out backgrounds right away. It is the private background eraser that keeps your images yours. EXPORT AND SHARE ANYWHERE Save your work as a high-quality transparent PNG or a smaller JPG and share it anywhere — messages, social apps, online stores, presentations, or design tools. Re-open any saved project from your gallery whenever you want to keep editing, duplicate it, or export a new size. Download Snippa and remove the background from any photo, make a transparent PNG, or create the perfect product photo on white — fast, private and easy to use.

About

Sweep

Effortlessly remove photo backgrounds directly on your device. Create transparent PNGs, add new backgrounds, and refine cutouts with studio-quality edges. Your photos remain private and secure, with no internet connection required.

Highlights
  • On-device background removal
  • Transparent PNG export
  • Replace background with colors, gradients, or photos
  • Manual retouching brush
  • Edge refinement tools
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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Sweep is a background remover for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that works entirely on your device. No uploads, no account, no internet required. Your photos never leave your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Lift the subject out of any photo in a tap and drop it onto a transparent background, a solid color, a gradient, a blur, or another photo. Export a clean PNG with perfect transparency, ready for stickers, product shots, profile pictures, presentations, and design work. MADE FOR • Listing photos for resale and marketplace apps, on plain white • Product photos for an online shop • Profile pictures and headshots with a fresh background • Stickers of friends, pets, and favorite things to share in chats • Slides, school projects, thumbnails, and collages WHY SWEEP • 100% on device, powered by Apple's Vision engine. Nothing is ever uploaded. • Works offline, wherever you are. • No account, no tracking, no ads. • Studio quality edges, down to fine detail like hair. • One app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Pro works on all three. REPLACE THE BACKGROUND • Transparent PNG cutout • Solid colors • Gradients • Blur the original for a depth look • Drop in any photo as a new background BUILT FOR REAL WORK • Press and hold to compare before and after • Multiple subjects, so you can keep or drop each one • Retouch brush to erase or restore any part of the cutout by hand • Refine, to run the cutout again inside just the area you painted back • Batch, to cut out up to 50 photos in a single run (Pro) • Sticker maker, to turn a cutout into a sticker with an outline and a shadow (Pro) • Edge controls to refine the cut • A library of your imports and finished cutouts • Save the original and the cutout side by side FREE AND PRO Sweep is free to remove backgrounds, retouch by hand, and export. Free exports are up to 1080 pixels with a watermark, three a day on iPhone and iPad. Upgrade to Pro for exports at full resolution, every background type, edge controls, batch runs of up to 50 photos, stickers, and unlimited exports with no watermark. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one time Lifetime purchase. Either way, Pro unlocks on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Private by design. Fast by nature. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Snippa4 screens
Sweep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snippa at none against Sweep's 3. Snippa also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Sweep's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. Sweep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Snippa asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Snippa versus Sweep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnippaSweep
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFerran EspunaCore Arc Studio LLC

In-app purchases

None

Snippa

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sweep

Subscriptions2
  • Sweep Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Sweep Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sweep Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Snippa free?
Snippa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sweep free?
Sweep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Snippa or Sweep have ads?
Snippa shows ads; Sweep does not.

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