Comparison

Sweep vs Remove Photo Background

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
Read full description

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

Remove Photo Background

Features
Read full description

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.

Screenshots

Sweep4 screens
Remove Photo Background4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Sweep versus Remove Photo Background: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweepRemove Photo Background
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCore Arc Studio LLCYuya Takamoto

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

Remove Photo Background

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sweep free?
Sweep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remove Photo Background free?
Remove Photo Background is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sweep or Remove Photo Background have ads?
Remove Photo Background shows ads; Sweep does not.
Which is updated more often, Sweep or Remove Photo Background?
Sweep ships an update every 9 days, and Remove Photo Background every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sweep was updated on November 5, 2026 and Remove Photo Background on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons