# Censor: Blur & Pixelate Photos — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of Censor by Avanio Labs, rated 4.70/5 from 1,227 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/censor-blur-and-pixelate-photos/id1125820377/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/censor-blur-and-pixelate-photos/id1125820377.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,067 · 4★ 73 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 57 ## What do users think of Censor? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Simple and effective - 💡 Excellent blurring/censoring - 👍 Works as expected - 💡 Reasonable one-time charge **Cons** - 🐛 Ads make the app unusable - 🐛 Decreases photo quality - 🐛 Ads with no close button - 🐛 App crashes on ad removal - 🐛 Freezes on ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads in unknown languages - 1-pixel white border on censored images - App doesn't work after update, just shows ads **Most requested features** - Add more blurring/censoring styles - Allow selecting multiple photos - Add rotated rectangle and circle tools - Integrate with Photos app and share sheet ## Newest reviews (10 of 66) ### 2/5 — App works well *2025-10-21, version 1.0.3* It works just fine. It shows an ad before you can edit every picture. Some of the ads are disgusting and not child appropriate. ### 4/5 — 1 pixel bug *2024-09-01, version 1.0.3* This app is nearly perfect, but frequently leaves a 1-pixel white border along one edge of the censored image. Please fix. ### 4/5 — Great app *2022-11-17, version 1.0.3* But wish I could select multiple pics so I don’t have to go back and forth ### 1/5 — Not a real app *2022-07-30, version 1.0.3* This isn’t actually an app. All it does is open a full screen ad that you can’t close or dismiss. ### 4/5 — Best app available, but not yet perfect *2022-07-29, version 1.0.3* The only feature that’s lacking is the ability to do rotated rectangles, maybe a circle tool too. ### 5/5 — I love it *2022-01-08, version 1.0.3* I’m kinda nice right now had a few shots. I lost the app in my phone and forgot the name of it but I’m pretty organized so I ended up finding it, opened it was asked to review it voila and here I am, a drunk reviewer. With that said I love this app for the pixel effect long story short. I use it in hilarious ways nothing nsfw. ### 4/5 — Good. *2022-01-05, version 1.0.3* Good and does the job well. However when I try the option to remove ads it crashes. ### 1/5 — Works but *2021-12-09, version 1.0.3* every time you think about the even using the app, it’s ad after ad after ad. Smh ### 1/5 — Terrible app just gives you adds and doesn’t let you put photos in *2021-03-25, version 1.0.3* 🤬🤬🤬😡😡 ### 5/5 — How cool is this app a lot *2021-03-19, version 1.0.3* Even centering these pictures ever since I I still do it please download this app it’s really cool ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2026-03-02, version 1.0.3* You can’t close ads after watching them so it’s impossible to change any photo. ### 1/5 — Unusable *2025-12-16, version 1.0.3* Can’t close ad, can’t use. ### 1/5 — Virtually unusable app *2025-10-20, version 1.0.3* It worked the very first time I used it. And then, afterwards it now plays full screen ads that cannot be removed no matter how long time has passed. Virtually unusable app after the first time. They literally just need to program a proper timeout code for the X button so that the ad collapses and I can use the app. ### 1/5 — Froze *2025-10-03, version 1.0.3* Froze on ads so app isn’t even usable ### 1/5 — I hate it *2025-06-27, version 1.0.3* It is not blurry enough and I turned up the blurry mode ALL THE WAS😡 ### 1/5 — Ads No longer have close button *2024-05-12, version 1.0.3* App functions but advert implementation is garbage. Cant even close the ads to edit images ### 1/5 — PAID PLEASE *2024-02-03, version 1.0.3* This app was AMAZING until the ads took 9 years per photo. I would gladly pay $10 for the app without ads. Something to think about ### 1/5 — Stupid ads *2023-11-25* I’ve used this app for several years, and the ads have mostly been easy to close. Then they started showing ads in another language (Chinese I think), but I could close them with the X button. Now it’s an ad in yet another language, and I haven’t clicked the right option yet to close the ad. smh It keeps opening a page for whatever that product is. It’s the SAME AD no matter how many times I have closed the app. ### 1/5 — App update added advertising *2023-04-09, version 1.0.3* I downloaded this app years ago, now all of a sudden there is advertising all over it that I have to pay to get rid of. No improvement to the app itself just a cash grab added. ### 1/5 — It destroys your photo - decreasing quality *2023-01-05, version 1.0.3* Functionality works but what is the sense to put 5MB HiRes photo to receive crap with 400KB? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-12-11, version 1.0.3* Great app ### 5/5 — Good *2025-05-17, version 1.0.3* Blurs exactly what I want, nothing more and nothing less ### 5/5 — Does supposed to do. *2024-12-16, version 1.0.3* Does it exactly what it says on the tin. More than happy to pay for this. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2023-12-02, version 1.0.3* This app is amazing at what it’s supposed to do. Excellent ease of use and smooth operation. One short ad per picture which is super reasonable. ### 5/5 — $2.99 one time charge? Count me in! *2023-09-10, version 1.0.3* SO incredibly easy to use, I paid the very reasonable one-time charge to remove the ads within 5 minutes of using this app. 5 stars and a big thank you to the developer. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2023-09-04, version 1.0.3* Great blur and unlike most others you don’t have to pay for pixelation ### 5/5 — Simple, effective, free *2023-02-27, version 1.0.3* Incredibly happy with this app. It does exactly what you need it to do with no catches. Highly recommend this as the only app to edit your sensitive photos ### 5/5 — Best blurring/censoring app *2022-04-23, version 1.0.3* My only caveats are that I wish there were more options for the type of blurring styles and that the pixelations and blurring options don’t work for faces. But honestly, this is my go-to app for when I need to censor things. ### 5/5 — works for me *2022-04-20, version 1.0.3* works for me, one day ### 5/5 — Great- So great I want it without adds… *2022-01-16, version 1.0.3* Does everything and more! Only issue is that I can’t “purchase” the add removal. It immediately closes the app when I do so. Fix this please so I can pay you… thanks in advance! Update: They updated the app and allow add removals without the app closing. --- *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 2026-06-10.*