# MaskerAid — Quickly add emoji to photos.

> App to add emoji to photos, automatically detect faces, and remove image metadata. (iPhone/iPad app by Limitliss LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maskeraid/id1590163828 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Limitliss LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1455924924)
- Category: Social Networking, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 314 App Store ratings · 106 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2022-03-01
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maskeraid/id1590163828/reviews.md

## What is MaskerAid?

MaskerAid allows you to quickly and easily add emoji to images.

Add emoji for jokes, to call attention to things, hide faces, and more!

When you load an image with MaskerAid, it will AUTOMATICALLY detect all the faces in that photo, and obscure them with an emoji. Using MaskerAid, it's quick and easy to obscure the faces of children, shy friends, coworkers, or randos that are in your photos.

Additionally, any images you share will automatically have ALL METADATA REMOVED. Privacy is your right, and MaskerAid helps protect it. MaskerAid removes hidden information like where the photo was taken, what device it was taken on, etc.

Using the intuitive gestures you'd expect, you can move/resize/rotate emoji to get them centered *just right* over faces and objects.

Plus, if you pay for the one-time in-app purchase, you can select from *thousands* of different emoji!

Once you've gotten your image just right, you can quickly and easily save it to your Camera Roll, or share it using other apps.

MaskerAid is written by one person, Casey Liss, who you may know from the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) or Analog(ue) on Relay FM.

MaskerAid does not collect your images, and does not collect unnecessary data.

## Key features

- Automatic face detection
- Add and position emoji
- Remove image metadata
- Save and share photos
- Thousands of emoji options

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emoji Unlock | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of MaskerAid?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 🔒 Preserves privacy
- 💡 Versatile for fun and practical use
- 🎨 Allows creative photo editing

**Cons**

- 🐛 Difficulty with emoji placement and resizing
- 🔍 Lack of photo zoom/pan functionality
- 💰 Some features locked behind paywall

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inconsistent emoji sizing
- Difficulty moving emojis precisely

**Most requested features**

- Add undo/redo functionality
- Increase emoji selection
- Implement ML-based emoji suggestions
- Add video support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 106)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maskeraid/id1590163828/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great app for privacy!

*2026-06-13*

This app is just exceedingly well-made, and is really a gold standard of what little utility apps like this should be like. The interface is super easy to parts and understand, and changing the default emoji or adjusting the settings is breezy and obvious. I wish all apps were this simple and elegant.

### 1/5 — Perf

*2026-03-14, version 2025.1*

In app purchases

### 1/5 — Good but flawed

*2025-08-17*

Good app and quite cheap. Does its job well - sometimes: if the faces are too small, the automatically added emojis are incredibly tiny which makes it - literally - impossible to select them. 
 
Suggestions:
- allow to zoom in
- rotate image with iphone orientation (to make the image larger)
- have an option to NOT automatically add emojis
- maybe have a button tocycle through the emojis

EDIT:
Reduced to 1 star as I noticed that the app reduces the image size / quality significantly.

### 2/5 — Mask

*2025-07-19*

Would be nice if there was an actual mask emoji?

### 1/5 — Limitlissly Pointliss

*2024-05-28*

don't buy this nonsense. he'll abandon it in a few months like he did his last two apps. his real money comes from begging on his podcast. and he spends that money on hardware he doesn't need so he can beg for more money. simplissly the worst. 

 edit: he hasn't updated this app since he released his new one. what happened to the logging to catch those squiggly bugs or whatever baby nonsense you're saying?

edit edit: finally an update, TWO YEARS LATER. and apparently the dev was putting watermark on paid photos? lol

### 1/5 — Limitlissly Pointliss

*2024-02-13*

don't buy this nonsense. he'll abandon it in a few months like he did his last two apps. his real money comes from begging on his podcast. and he spends that money on hardware he doesn't need so he can beg for more money. simplissly the worst.

edit: he hasn't updated this app since he released his new one. what happened to the logging to catch those squiggly bugs or whatever baby nonsense you're saying?

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2024-02-04, version 2022.7*

Fantastic app! Works perfectly!

### 5/5 — Works great!

*2023-09-04, version 2022.7*

Just as advertised. Happy user.

### 5/5 — Gave my kid confidence

*2023-04-27*

Just used the app again and it gave my kid confidence to share a photo publicly while preserving their privacy and safety. This gives people of all ages the opportunity to make choices about how their likeness is shared. Love it!

### 5/5 — Good app is good

*2023-03-12, version 2022.7*

This app is good. Obtain app so you have a good app. It does job. I am happy.

## Frequently asked questions about MaskerAid

### What does MaskerAid do?

MaskerAid allows you to quickly and easily add emoji to your photos. It can automatically detect faces in an image and obscure them with an emoji. Additionally, it removes all metadata from images before they are shared, protecting your privacy.

### How do I add emoji to my photos with MaskerAid?

When you load an image into MaskerAid, it will automatically detect faces and offer to obscure them with emoji. You can then use intuitive gestures to move, resize, and rotate the emoji to perfectly position them over faces or objects.

### Is MaskerAid free to use?

The core functionality of MaskerAid, including automatic face detection and basic emoji addition, is free. However, to access thousands of different emoji options, a one-time in-app purchase is required.

### What kind of privacy features does MaskerAid offer?

MaskerAid prioritizes your privacy by automatically removing all metadata from images before you share them. This includes information like the location where the photo was taken and the device used to capture it.

### Can I use MaskerAid to hide specific objects, not just faces?

Yes, while the app excels at automatically detecting and obscuring faces, you can also manually add and position emoji over any object in your photo using the intuitive gesture controls.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2025.1 — 2025-10-16

Critical update to support iOS 26.

### 2024.1 — 2024-05-09

- Fixes for the watermark being forced when creating images using the share sheet
- Log viewer at maskeraid://logs

### 2022.7 — 2022-11-04

Added more robust logging to help me track down a couple of squiggly bugs.

These logs are not sent off your device unless you choose to submit feedback within the app.

### 2022.6 — 2022-09-13

- Fixes for the new version of iOS
- Improved logging in the case of issues (your logs are not shared unless you share them; basic analytics are collected)
- General tidying up

### 2022.5 — 2022-04-25

- Refined and fancier In-App Purchase view
- Better error messaging if an unavailable photo is selected
- Fixed the icon shown on the landing view on iPad
- QuickHelp improvements/refinements
- Lots of copy changes (thanks, MA)

## More apps by Limitliss LLC

- [Peek-a-View](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/peek-a-view/id1491554407)
- [Callsheet: Find Cast & Crew](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/callsheet-find-cast-and-crew/id1672356376)

All apps by Limitliss LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/1455924924

## Related topics

[maskeraid](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/maskeraid) · [emoji face mask photo editor](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/emoji-face-mask-photo-editor)

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