# Blur Background Photo Effects — user reviews > 18 indexed App Store user reviews of Blur Background Photo Effects by Adam frankel, rated 4.38/5 from 34 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blur-background-photo-effects/id1485572454/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blur-background-photo-effects/id1485572454.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 4 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — So you agree? It’s not free? *2025-04-09* Extremely disingenuous to market the app as free and then require a purchase. Just put the price up front. 👎🏼 ### 1/5 — Not free *2022-12-25, version 1.14* Free to download but not free to use. $4.99. I will not pay to reward a misleading cheat and liar. ### 1/5 — Deceiving *2022-08-09, version 1.14* Download this app and you won’t even be able to try it. It’s completely locked until you pay $4.99. That’s fine but just advertise the app as being $4.99 up front. ### 1/5 — No good *2022-01-12* Downsizes images. ### 2/5 — Low resolution photo exporting *2023-04-13, version 1.14* Low resolution photo exporting. Make it “high resolution exporting” Please Note: I regularly update my review/rating for this application. ### 2/5 — Полоса *2020-07-22* Белая полоса вверху на всех фото **Developer response:** Hi Emlis, thanks for the feedback - please try the latest version and let us know if the line is still there ### 3/5 — Creates tiny photos *2024-09-01, version 1.14* Pretty cool app, but the output is only 1-2 megapixel. That’s like digital from 2000. ### 3/5 — UI is the best, missing softness edges adjustment *2020-08-15* UI is the best, missing softness edges adjustment. Also it is not clear what you having for £1,99? Single image logo removing or logo removing forever? **Developer response:** Hi Nicolas - 1.99 removes the watermark forever for all images! There are no other payments, subscriptions or charges all functionality is free. We are planning on adding edge softness adjustment in the next version, any other suggestions? ### 4/5 — Good for what i want ✊🏻 *2022-07-11, version 1.14* …don‘t know what i muss🤷🏽‍♂️ ### 5/5 — Melhor app para tiltshift *2026-07-22, version 1.14* Definitivamente o melhor app que eu testei para fazer o famoso efeito Tiltshift Vale a pena a compra porque ele é fácil de usar, praticamente você não precisa editar a foto (já sai muito boa) você só precisa no máximo colocar aonde você quer o foco o restante vai ser desfocado naturalmente É excelente 👍 realmente parece que eu sou uma fotógrafa que editou a foto e ficou excelente E as opções de edição também são úteis caso você queira: dá pra saturar as cores, tem várias coisas que deixam a foto mais bonita ainda ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — FUN AND CREATIVE *2024-02-28, version 1.14* This app is so fun to use and not complicated! You can get interesting and moody effects easily! And the frame feature is a welcomed finishing touch😊👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Get this app! *2023-11-23, version 1.14* Takes the work out of depth of field. Love it! ### 5/5 — Top App *2023-04-13, version 1.14* Macht alles, was sie verspricht. Wünsche: Undo-Button Gleich speichern können, ohne durch Filter und Rahmen laufen zu müssen. ### 5/5 — Love *2022-11-16, version 1.14* Love this app! ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2022-02-08, version 1.14* Mantém a qualidade da foto depois de colocar o Blur ### 5/5 — Beste Tilt Shift App, die ich gefunden habe! *2021-12-28, version 1.13* Die App tut, was sie soll. Sie bietet für knappe 4 Euro einige Filter zusätzlich zur Tilt-Shift-Funktion, mit denen man ganz schön arbeiten kann. Außerdem lassen sich wie auf der Kamera-App vom iPhone Belichtung, Farbe, Helligkeit, Kontrast und Vignette verändern. Für die Tilt-Shift-Funktion steht ein Kreis, ein horizontaler und ein vertikaler Fokusstreifen zur Verfügung, deren Größe man anpassen kann. Diese Filter sind auch alle verschiebbar. Alle bearbeiteten Fotos lassen sich problemlos in der Mediathek speichern. Wenn man nicht auf die „Done“-Schaltfläche drückt, kann man mehrere Varianten des Fotos herstellen und speichern. Es lassen sich sowohl Fotos aus der Mediathek bearbeiten, als auch direkt mit der App fotografieren. Dazu muss man ihr Zugang zu Fotos und Kamera gewähren. Ich würde mir noch wünschen, dass man eine Zurückfunktion in der Bearbeitung gibt, denn wenn man einmal bei den Filtern angekommen ist, kann man nicht zurück ins Bearbeitungsmenü. Aber das ist kein Grund für Punkteabzug. Von mir daher 5 Sterne! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Great app! *2021-11-09* Simple, easy to use. Does exactly what I need. ### 5/5 — Full screen, no album sorting *2021-07-31, version 1.13* Right now- June, 2021- this looks like the best of it's kind. It shows clearly where it's focusing so there's no surprises and the depth of field is stunning. It's not at all clear how they managed this with these itty bitty lenses … whoops! Lenses! Of course. That's how they did it. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I haven't done a systematic comparison but it looks like all the miniaturizing apps offer pretty extreme filters so I'll leave that until post.(Pt. 2 There's surprising changes to the miniaturized part of the photo as the intensity of the filter is adjusted so I use them all the time.) The photo size selections are excellent, up to full screen. Thanks guys. OTOH, the watermark is so big it almost needs a different name. Unfortunately this doesn't sort photos into a separate album on my camera roll. I find that really useful to figure out how to use an app better. (Pt. 2 It's obvious what's from this camera; I still like automatic sorting) The "wood" frames are pretty bad- they'd just be slabs of (ply?)wood with the middle chunked out. Maybe that works in scrapbooking but not here. Reality calls for mitre cuts. If I could crop and "straighten" before the frames I'd get a lot more use from them. Does anyone do that? Be even more fantastic and try it, devs! If you don't click "done" after frames but "save" in the bottom right instead, you can go back (upper left) and change filters and frames. I really appreciate that, especially since the filters are malleable. I had 4 🌟 initially- lack of album sorting, cropping, hideous "wood" frames but now I see it has other interesting options so should I go for 5 and ask for changes? Sure, why not? 1st review, mid-June. Additions: July 31 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-11.*