# Blur Photo Background — user reviews > 362 indexed App Store user reviews of Blur Photo Background by SUNWOONG JANG, rated 4.30/5 from 18,721 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blur-photo-background/id1106799120/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blur-photo-background/id1106799120.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,495 · 4★ 3,267 · 3★ 2,170 · 2★ 783 · 1★ 1,006 ## What do users think of Blur Photo Background? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Effective blurring - 💡 Variety of blur effects - 👍 Quick and simple **Cons** - 🔒 Locked features behind paywall - 🐛 Watermark on saved images - 🐛 Inconsistent performance - 🐛 Buggy/glitchy behavior **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to save images - Blur effect not working as expected - Inability to access paid features after purchase **Most requested features** - Adjustable blur brush size - More customization options - Ability to remove watermark without payment ## Newest reviews (16 of 362) ### 2/5 — Eh. *2026-07-24, version 3.0.1* It would’ve been great but for some reason, the app makes my pictures less clear when I choose it. The photos lose clarity all around just by using the app. The blur feature is really good but the quality of the photo itself is just ruined. ### 3/5 — New updates cool but needs a few changes *2026-03-28, version 3.0.0* I use this app a lot and it makes my photos look amazing. Only some complaints 1. I wish I the slider bar was more like the old one and wasn’t a setting type, makes it a little annoying when their either too much or too little blur 2. The only thing I wish was added was a Spin blur/ circular motion/ radial touch blur given what I do. 3. When making little edits it will randomly blur everything( very annoying) 4. I can’t zoom in on my photos as much anymore, which can make small edits extremely difficult to do Great App still definitely worth the purchasing ### 4/5 — New updates cool but needs a few changes *2026-03-11, version 3.0.0* I use this app a lot and it makes my photos look amazing. Only two MINOR complaints 1. I wish I the slider bar was more like the old one and wasn’t a setting type, makes it a little annoying when their either too much or too little blur 2. The only thing I wish was added was a Spin blur/ circular motion/ radial touch blur given what I do. 3. When making little edits it will randomly blur everything( very annoying) Great App still definitely worth the purchasing ### 4/5 — Great app now that the update works *2026-03-06, version 2.2.2* I use this app a lot and it makes my photos look amazing. Only two MINOT complaints 1. I wish I could see the numbers by the slider bar so I don’t have to keep guessing what my previous edit was at 2. The only thing I wish was added was a Spin blur/ circular motion/ radial given what I do. Great App still definitely worth the purchasing ### 2/5 — V 2.1.0 keep crashing the app *2025-10-20, version 2.1.0* I use this app a lot and the new update keeps crashing it ### 3/5 — Crashing suddenly *2025-10-18, version 2.1.0* Been subscribe me to this app for a long time. Now it’s suddenly crashing before it even opens. And I just re-subscribed. Can someone address this issue? ### 3/5 — Be careful *2025-03-30, version 2.0.1* Beware, what this app shows you is not what your image looks like. It opens images to be edited in such low quality that users may think no editing is needed for sensitive information after all, before sharing. But when the same image is opened in iOS photos & other apps, text in image is perfectly clear & legible. Also disappointing, big chunky blocks for pixelated look, can't see a way to make them smaller. ### 3/5 — Decent for the free option *2024-09-29, version 2.0.1* Honestly it does the job if you need a quick blur fix. I would’ve given it a 4 star if it at least had some free trial option. I would’ve given it a 5 star if it was free in general. ### 4/5 — Works great with the pizza stone *2024-08-03, version 2.0.1* It’s late but this ball is still on fire 🔥 and it’s a beautiful day for a walk in the woods with my friends so I can get some more pics to share and play around with using this amazing app!!! It’s so fun to play around with all the cool elements and create new colors in the background ### 3/5 — Review *2024-07-22, version 2.0.1* I like it but its to hard to not get it on the person ### 2/5 — Loved the App. *2024-03-17, version 2.0.1* You had to go and charge a subscription. I’m more upset that there was no notice. ### 3/5 — Ehh *2023-09-18, version 2.0.1* It blurred my photo like I wanted. Just a tad hard to use in general. But gives you a lot of ads, which pause your music to play theirs. I’m going to try to find an app where this doesn’t happen. ### 1/5 — Ads ruin it *2023-08-28, version 2.0.1* Is it good? Couldn’t tell you. Every single button press results in a 30 second ad. It’s literally unusable unless you buy it but you don’t know what you’re buying because the ads make it so you can’t try it ### 1/5 — One time price *2023-06-28, version 2.0.1* Why is this app $12 a year or two dollars a month this app should not be a monthly subscription is horrible Why somebody will pay a monthly subscription just to blur a background that ### 1/5 — Ужасно *2023-05-29* С ходу требует денег, никакого бесплатного периода, ничего. Отстой ### 1/5 — Fake *2023-05-07, version 2.0.1* Costs money. Upon opening the app for the first time, it even advertised some other photo app. Waste of time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2026-03-29, version 3.0.0* 2.99 a month for some basic blur effects??? Get bent ### 1/5 — Paid for a year but pro features are not allowed to be saved to library *2026-03-17, version 3.0.0* I used to love this app and have supported it for many years. I have had a subscription for a long time and still do. So they revamped it and it’s very nice, but if I use any of the pro features, it will not allow me to save any of the photos to my library. All I get is the screen to subscribe and to start a free trial. I tried “restore purchase” and it did not work. Wrote them, no response. ### 1/5 — You have to pay to use it at all. *2026-01-21, version 2.1.2* It will not let you X out of the screen asking you to buy the pro version. The X simply does not work. You cannot even use the "Free" version with the watermark. ### 1/5 — Not good enough to pay for *2025-11-17, version 2.1.2* Sick to death of having to pay for all these stupid apps, especially when they don’t allow you to opt out. It’s not that good of an app ### 1/5 — No functions, only ads *2025-05-30, version 2.0.1* 2 ads to launch app, 2 ads after app is launched, 2 ads after you touch anything ### 1/5 — DO NOT DO THE SUBSCRIPTION *2024-09-21, version 2.0.1* It says $2 for a month but then they charged me $10. It’s only $10 but if you’re trying to do something minor on the app, you can find all of these features on a free app. Literally all they do is blur on this app. ### 1/5 — Shyt *2024-09-03, version 2.0.1* Doesn’t look nice ### 1/5 — Can’t blur background without paying. Tons of ads *2023-10-25, version 2.0.1* Don’t bother ### 1/5 — I Purchased before it went viral, now it wants me to pay MONTHLY! *2023-10-19, version 2.0.1* I purchased this App back in Oct 2020 payed for the no add and watermarked lifetime also in November I purchased for the lifetime opacity. Now that it has switched to monthly or yearly purchase it wants me to purchase again for the same thing, won’t let me use at all. It won’t go past the purchase selection. I pressed already purchase it states there is no record of purchase. I have proof of purchase. ### 1/5 — Не работает бесплатно. *2023-08-29* Сразу всплывает окно оплаты. Без оплаты не работает. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I use Blur every day! *2026-03-08, version 2.2.3* I love using blur with my photography! Blurring backgrounds can give such clarity to my portraits, revealing some interesting colors! ### 5/5 — Love it - It does what it says… *2024-04-11, version 2.0.1* I read all the reviews but i have to say that it is doing exactly what i wanted to do. I have not been asked to pay more to unlock anything. I wish the ‘circle’ used to blur would get smalller in order to fit into smaller areas…but i found a way around it with my apple pen… maybe I’m not a sophisticated user but I sure am happy with the results! ### 5/5 — Perfect app *2023-09-08, version 2.0.1* Imma keep this short and simple. I been trying to blur a f ing photo for a while and I got so frustrated because the best I can find overcomplicated things. This app gets 5 stars by default and imma keep it forever🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — amazing app *2023-06-09, version 2.0.1* needs to be higher rated ### 5/5 — تطبيق تظليل على الصور *2023-03-29, version 2.0.1* التطبيق ممتاز وسهل الاستخدام .. شكرا ### 5/5 — Love this!! *2023-02-02, version 2.0.1* Cool filter’s definitely recommend! ### 5/5 — I can make cool things with this app! *2023-01-22, version 2.0.1* Like blur things to look cool! ### 5/5 — Love it. *2022-11-16, version 2.0.1* Love it! ### 5/5 — Blur is a great app! *2022-10-29, version 2.0.1* Blur is a great app! ### 5/5 — EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED FOR A PHOTO *2022-07-24, version 2.0.1* I’ve been needing to blur some photos and picsart doesn’t allow me to use the blur effect that I want to use. BLUR allows me to use the “motion v” effect, which is perfect for the photos I want to blur!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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