Sweep vs Remove Photo Background
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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/
Remove Photo Background
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Choose a photo, remove its background, and save a transparent PNG in seconds. Background Remover is designed to do one thing well: remove photo backgrounds quickly and simply. Select a photo and the subject is detected automatically. If an edge needs fixing, use Erase and Restore while zooming in for precise adjustments. Choose a transparent, white, black, custom color, or photo background. • One-tap background removal • Transparent PNG export • JPEG export • Full-resolution output • Manual Erase & Restore • Custom colors and photo backgrounds • Save to Photos • Share anywhere Your photos are processed on your device. No account is required. Open the app, choose a photo, remove the background, and you're done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remove Photo Background at none against Sweep's 3. Sweep's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Sweep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Remove Photo Background asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sweep ships an update every 9 days, Remove Photo Background every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sweep | Remove Photo Background |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Core Arc Studio LLC | Yuya Takamoto |
In-app purchases
Sweep
- Sweep Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Sweep Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- Sweep Pro Lifetime$69.99
Remove Photo Background
No in-app purchases
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