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In our first Samsung Galaxy AI vs Apple Intelligence comparison article, we compared Samsung’s Writing Assist with Apple’s Writing Tools, which provide proofreading, writing assistance, and text generation capabilities.
In this article of our comparison series, we are comparing Samsung’s Photo Assist with Apple’s Clean Up features. They can remove unwanted objects from images, and Samsung's Photo Assist also offers some additional functionality.
Note: For our Samsung Galaxy AI versus Apple Intelligence series, we are using Samsung’s Galaxy S23 running One UI 7.0 beta and Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max running iOS 18.4.1. The Galaxy S23 is an older device, but it handles AI features equally as well as newer devices like the Galaxy S25.
Samsung’s Photo Assist offers two features: Generative Edit and Sketch to Image.
Generative Edit offers two functionalities. It can remove objects from an image and change the size and location of objects.
Sketch to Image allows you to draw anything on top of an image and then bring it to life. For example, you can draw a rough sketch of a cat on an image, and Sketch to Image will replace it with a real-looking cat and make it look like a part of the photo, as if it were already there.
Apple Intelligence's Clean Up feature can remove an unwanted object from an image. It can’t resize objects in an image or change their location as Samsung’s Photo Assist can. It doesn’t even let you add objects to an image like Samsung does.
So, when it comes to AI-powered image editing, Galaxy AI is already ahead of Apple Intelligence, at least in terms of the number of features on offer. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, as things only get more interesting from here.
To access Samsung’s Photo Assist, go to the Samsung Gallery app, open an image, and tap on the Galaxy AI button at the bottom of the display.
To access Apple’s Clean Up, go to the Apple Photos app, open an image, tap on the edit button at the bottom of the display, and select Clean Up.
We used the Galaxy S23 and the iPhone 16 Pro Max to capture an image of our work table. A lot of things were placed on it, including a few decorative items. We used Galaxy AI Photo Assist and Apple Intelligence Clean Up features to erase the bike from the table.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/01-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Original image captured using the Galaxy S23.
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Original image captured using the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
On the Galaxy S23, to remove the bike, all we had to do was tap on the object. Photo Assist then automatically outlined the object and provided us options for erasing it and resizing or relocating it.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/05-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit.jpg
Galaxy AI's Photo Assist Generative Edit feature in action.
Once we tapped on the erase button, it removed the bike as well as its shadow on the table, and presented us with an image that had no editing imperfections. You can check it below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/02-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
On the iPhone 16 Pro Max, we had to draw a circle around the bike. Clean Up then recognised the object and removed it. However, it did a poor job.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/05-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-scaled.jpg
Apple Intelligence's Clean Up feature in action.
It couldn’t remove the shadow of the bike. Moreover, the area around the bike looked smudged. Looking at the photo, anyone can clearly notice that something’s wrong with it or someone tried to modify it. You can check out the result below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/02-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
We then decided to take things up a notch by increasing the editing complexity. We placed the bike in front of a few other items on the table and used Samsung's and Apple's image editing features to remove it. And the results were very interesting.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Image captured using the Galaxy S23.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
Image captured using with iPhone 16 Pro Max.
The Galaxy AI Photo Assist identified the bike from other items in the background, removed the object, and filled that area using other parts of the image. As a result, it generated an image where spotting irregularities is extremely hard, as you can see below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/04-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Apple Intelligence Clean Up, on the other hand, couldn’t properly identify the bike among other items in the background. It tried to erase the bike, but it did a very poor job of filling that area. It didn’t replace the bike with the appropriate parts in the image. Once again, it's easy to point out the irregularities in the results produced by Apple Intelligence.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/04-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
As you can see, Galaxy AI Photo Assist Generative Edit does a much better job at removing objects from an image than Apple Intelligence Clean Up.
Samsung’s Photo Assist can also change the size of an object in an image or change its location. To test this feature, we captured an image of the iPhone 16 Pro Max using the Galaxy S23. Then, we used the Generative Edit feature to change the size and the location of the phone. And Samsung did a brilliant job. You can check the result below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/06-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Original photo
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/07-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Edited photo
To test Sketch to Image, we took the same image of our work table and drew a car on it. It placed a toy-like car on the table, and made it look like it was always a part of the photo. You can check out the result in the image below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Original photo
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/08-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Sketch-To-Image-1920x1440.jpg
Edited photo
Unfortunately for Apple fans, Apple Intelligence doesn’t offer any of these additional features.
To sum it up, Samsung’s Photo Assist does a much better job at removing objects from an image than Apple’s Clean Up. Plus, it lets you change the size and location of objects in an image. It even lets you draw any object on it and brings that to life, something that Apple Intelligence doesn’t offer. In the end, Galaxy AI handily beats Apple Intelligence in image editing performance.
The post Samsung Galaxy AI vs. Apple Intelligence [Part 2]: Image editing appeared first on imeisource.
In this article of our comparison series, we are comparing Samsung’s Photo Assist with Apple’s Clean Up features. They can remove unwanted objects from images, and Samsung's Photo Assist also offers some additional functionality.
Note: For our Samsung Galaxy AI versus Apple Intelligence series, we are using Samsung’s Galaxy S23 running One UI 7.0 beta and Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max running iOS 18.4.1. The Galaxy S23 is an older device, but it handles AI features equally as well as newer devices like the Galaxy S25.
Galaxy AI Photo Assist: An overview
Samsung’s Photo Assist offers two features: Generative Edit and Sketch to Image.
Generative Edit offers two functionalities. It can remove objects from an image and change the size and location of objects.
Sketch to Image allows you to draw anything on top of an image and then bring it to life. For example, you can draw a rough sketch of a cat on an image, and Sketch to Image will replace it with a real-looking cat and make it look like a part of the photo, as if it were already there.
Apple Intelligence Clean Up: An overview
Apple Intelligence's Clean Up feature can remove an unwanted object from an image. It can’t resize objects in an image or change their location as Samsung’s Photo Assist can. It doesn’t even let you add objects to an image like Samsung does.
So, when it comes to AI-powered image editing, Galaxy AI is already ahead of Apple Intelligence, at least in terms of the number of features on offer. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, as things only get more interesting from here.
How to access Samsung’s Photo Assist feature?
To access Samsung’s Photo Assist, go to the Samsung Gallery app, open an image, and tap on the Galaxy AI button at the bottom of the display.
How to access Apple’s Clean Up feature?
To access Apple’s Clean Up, go to the Apple Photos app, open an image, tap on the edit button at the bottom of the display, and select Clean Up.
Galaxy AI Photo Assist vs Apple Intelligence Clean Up: Effectiveness of removing objects from images
We used the Galaxy S23 and the iPhone 16 Pro Max to capture an image of our work table. A lot of things were placed on it, including a few decorative items. We used Galaxy AI Photo Assist and Apple Intelligence Clean Up features to erase the bike from the table.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/01-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Original image captured using the Galaxy S23.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/01-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
Original image captured using the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
On the Galaxy S23, to remove the bike, all we had to do was tap on the object. Photo Assist then automatically outlined the object and provided us options for erasing it and resizing or relocating it.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/05-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit.jpg
Galaxy AI's Photo Assist Generative Edit feature in action.
Once we tapped on the erase button, it removed the bike as well as its shadow on the table, and presented us with an image that had no editing imperfections. You can check it below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/02-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
On the iPhone 16 Pro Max, we had to draw a circle around the bike. Clean Up then recognised the object and removed it. However, it did a poor job.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/05-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-scaled.jpg
Apple Intelligence's Clean Up feature in action.
It couldn’t remove the shadow of the bike. Moreover, the area around the bike looked smudged. Looking at the photo, anyone can clearly notice that something’s wrong with it or someone tried to modify it. You can check out the result below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/02-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
We then decided to take things up a notch by increasing the editing complexity. We placed the bike in front of a few other items on the table and used Samsung's and Apple's image editing features to remove it. And the results were very interesting.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Image captured using the Galaxy S23.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
Image captured using with iPhone 16 Pro Max.
The Galaxy AI Photo Assist identified the bike from other items in the background, removed the object, and filled that area using other parts of the image. As a result, it generated an image where spotting irregularities is extremely hard, as you can see below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/04-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Apple Intelligence Clean Up, on the other hand, couldn’t properly identify the bike among other items in the background. It tried to erase the bike, but it did a very poor job of filling that area. It didn’t replace the bike with the appropriate parts in the image. Once again, it's easy to point out the irregularities in the results produced by Apple Intelligence.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/04-Apple-iPhone-16-Pro-Max-Apple-Intelligence-Clean-Up-1920x1440.jpg
As you can see, Galaxy AI Photo Assist Generative Edit does a much better job at removing objects from an image than Apple Intelligence Clean Up.
Samsung Galaxy AI Photo Assist vs Apple Intelligence Clean Up: Additional features
Samsung’s Photo Assist can also change the size of an object in an image or change its location. To test this feature, we captured an image of the iPhone 16 Pro Max using the Galaxy S23. Then, we used the Generative Edit feature to change the size and the location of the phone. And Samsung did a brilliant job. You can check the result below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/06-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Original photo
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/07-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Edited photo
To test Sketch to Image, we took the same image of our work table and drew a car on it. It placed a toy-like car on the table, and made it look like it was always a part of the photo. You can check out the result in the image below.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Generative-Edit-1920x1440.jpg
Original photo
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/08-Samsung-Galaxy-S23-Android-15-One-UI-7-Galaxy-AI-Photo-Assist-Sketch-To-Image-1920x1440.jpg
Edited photo
Unfortunately for Apple fans, Apple Intelligence doesn’t offer any of these additional features.
Galaxy AI handily beats Apple Intelligence in Generative AI-powered image editing
To sum it up, Samsung’s Photo Assist does a much better job at removing objects from an image than Apple’s Clean Up. Plus, it lets you change the size and location of objects in an image. It even lets you draw any object on it and brings that to life, something that Apple Intelligence doesn’t offer. In the end, Galaxy AI handily beats Apple Intelligence in image editing performance.
The post Samsung Galaxy AI vs. Apple Intelligence [Part 2]: Image editing appeared first on imeisource.