Comparison

Sweep vs Background Remover Simple

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

Head to head
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/

About

Background Remover Simple

Features
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Background Remover Simple makes it effortless to remove the background from any photo — no design skills, no login, and no subscription required. Just pick a photo from your library or snap one with your camera, and our AI instantly detects the subject and cuts away the background, leaving you with a clean, transparent-background image ready to save or share. FREE & UNLIMITED SINGLE-IMAGE REMOVAL Remove backgrounds from as many individual photos as you like, completely free, with no daily limits, no watermarks, and no paywall. BULK MODE — PROCESS UP TO 10 PHOTOS AT ONCE Got a whole batch of product photos, portraits, or images to clean up? Select 2 to 10 images at once and process them all together. Just watch a single short ad to unlock the batch — no per-image cost, no subscription. POWERFUL AI, SIMPLE RESULTS Powered by advanced AI background-removal technology, the app automatically detects people, products, and objects in your photos and precisely separates them from their background — no manual masking or editing required. SAVE & SHARE INSTANTLY Save your background-removed photos directly to your Photos library, or share them straight to your favorite apps — perfect for e-commerce listings, profile pictures, presentations, thumbnails, and creative projects. RECENT HISTORY Quickly revisit your last 20 processed images right from the app, so you never have to reprocess a photo you've already cleaned up. PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No personal information required. Your photos are processed securely and automatically deleted from our servers shortly after your result is delivered — we don't keep copies. You're always asked before any data is used for tracking, per Apple's App Tracking Transparency. WHY CHOOSE BACKGROUND REMOVER SIMPLE? - 100% free for single-image use — no subscriptions, ever - Bulk processing for up to 10 images at a time - Fast, accurate AI-powered background detection - No login or account creation needed - Save results directly to your Photos library - Share results instantly to any app - Simple, clean, distraction-free interface - Supported by ads so the core feature stays free PERFECT FOR - Online sellers creating clean product photos - Creating profile pictures and avatars - Making transparent images for design projects - Removing distracting backgrounds from portraits - Preparing images for presentations, thumbnails, or social media Download Background Remover Simple today and start creating clean, professional-looking photos in seconds — no editing experience required.

Screenshots

Sweep4 screens
Background Remover Simple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Background Remover Simple at none against Sweep's 3. Background Remover Simple also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 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. Background Remover Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sweep versus Background Remover Simple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweepBackground Remover Simple
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCore Arc Studio LLCMuhammad Abid

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
None

Background Remover Simple

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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