# Photo Censor - Pixelate & Blur — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Photo Censor by AlgoTwist Ltd, rated 4.00/5 from 114 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-censor-pixelate-and-blur/id1265090371/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-censor-pixelate-and-blur/id1265090371.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 81 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 25 ## Newest reviews (11 of 44) ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2020-03-13, version 1.3* The job of censoring works ok takes a moment to figure out without a guide. Then you try to save and it ask for 99p 🤷🏻‍♂️ So it’s not a free app and includes an in app purchase. If you was more honest I probably would have paid for that in the first place. I’m going to buy another app now. ### 1/5 — Die Schlimmste Art von Demoversion *2019-11-01* Man kann ein Bild zum zensieren wählen, man kann es auch zensieren. Nur speichern kann man es erst, wenn man gezahlt hat. Das erklärt die App aber nicht. Und das ist ziemlich ärgerlich. ### 2/5 — Meh *2019-10-20, version 1.3* Seems to work, but needs to be purchased to allow saving, so may as well just make this a paid app from the off. Also the UI isn't super obvious and needs figuring out. ### 1/5 — 0.99 a photo *2019-10-16, version 1.3* Scam ### 1/5 — Not free, not worth .99 *2019-10-13* Really don’t like the deceitful free download, but was willing to try it anyways. Effects are so basic, if I have to buy, I’ll buy a better app. ### 1/5 — 👎👎👎 *2019-03-06* Для сохранения фото требует 75₽ ### 1/5 — No deja exportar *2018-12-17, version 1.3* Al momento de exportar pide realizar un pago. ### 1/5 — Not free. *2018-11-11* App is displayed on the app store as free. Cool, I need an app like this. Once you get in the app, you can edit a photo accordingly, but you can't do anything with it. You can't share it to media platforms. You can't even download the photo onto your phone. It's just there in the app until you pay for premium. ### 1/5 — Requires payment to export *2018-08-09, version 1.3* This app requires payment before downloading an edited picture. ### 1/5 — Scam *2018-02-08* Horrible they charge per photo & you never get the photo. ### 1/5 — Mala *2018-01-26, version 1.2.1* Muy mala ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Payment needed *2025-03-23, version 1.5.1* You need to pay before being able to save the photo. Wasted my time smh ### 1/5 — you cant save or screenshot your photo *2024-02-29, version 1.5.1* this is trash dont download, you cant even save your photo and you have to PAY for your damn photo, and the pixelate isnt good. ### 1/5 — useless *2024-01-24, version 1.5* absoultely useless unless you pay. can't trick the app at all to be able to get a screenshot. everything is blacked out if you try ### 1/5 — FRAUD! *2021-02-02, version 1.3* It forces you to pay (in the way you will pay by accident even you want to do so while you leave the app) AVOID!! ### 1/5 — 0/5 not free *2020-12-27, version 1.3* Why need to pay to save photo? ### 1/5 — Not precise enough *2020-09-09, version 1.3* Although you can blue and pixelate an image it’s annoying that you can’t be more precise with selecting what bit you want editing. Can only select a square shape. Can’t believe I had to pay for this app! ### 1/5 — Not free *2020-07-21, version 1.3* Did a search for a free pixelate app but this tried to charge. ### 1/5 — Делаешь фотку, потом просят деньги *2020-06-14* Платное приложение, которое по факту даже не размазывает как нужно ### 1/5 — Artist from US *2020-04-14* This app does not work properly. The developer is an young Israeli man that I recently contacted. I had back and forth emails with him telling him what was not working on his app. He thanked me and said he would fix, but he never did. He does not care. Neither does Apple. I told apple that his app does not work, and they don't care either. They said they can't take the app down. All the consumer can do is give it a bad review. People are being cheated out of money. Apple could care less. ### 1/5 — Fraud *2020-03-23* Not only it is bad as an app, it is also requires a dollar to save the photo. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works great! Very simple *2024-11-22* I like that the app offers several choices to block info. I learned you have to click the style you want, then drag your finger to make a box around what you want blurred. The small fee supports the developers, so I didn’t mind paying that. I’m writing this review because I got a new phone & didn’t just copy over all the apps. I needed this one soon after, and it took a bit to find it in the app store! I was relieved it’s still there. ### 5/5 — I rarely write reviews unless I’m unhappy. This is an exception. *2022-10-28, version 1.4* Like I said, I normally only write reviews to let others know if I have had a bad experience with an app but when I did my last app update I noticed this app didn’t have many reviews and the ones it had were just blah. And that is a shame This is an awesome app that I actually use in a regular basis. Not so much for blurring our faces and what not but rather blurring put things such as document account numbers and other similar types of personal information for any documentation photo I may need to send (or want to publicly post) but want to protect some parts (like my home address, etc.) This app is very easy to use and pretty straightforward. No bells and whistles, you can black out, pixelization, or blur whatever part of the photo you want. You can do multiple portions of the same photo and in some cases, like if you use the blur function (which I prefer) it is necessary to put multiple layers of blur over the same item to ensure total coverage. Now this last part is just free unsolicited advice. If you’re digitally conscious enough to understand the need to protect things with an app like this then you should follow through and do things properly. Once you’ve censored your photograph this app will allow you to save the censored photo while leaving the original photo in tact back in your phones photo album. IT WOULD BEHOVE YOU to take two more steps to provide you the privacy you’re wanting. ❶ After you have the photo censored and you like it, don’t just send it or post it, that photo still has metadata contained in it which could possibly be connected to you. Instead, take a SCREENSHOT of the photo on your phone (therefore creating a new photo, which is a photo of a photo of a photo…) ❷ Use an application such as “Medaphoto” or “ExifViewer” (those are the ones that I personally use) to allow you to save a copy of the photo without the Photos metadata, essentially removing your digital fingerprints. ③ And this is just if you are really concerned (which you probably are) most smartphones, including modern iPhones, will allow you to manipulate a photos metadata (change the date and place the photo says it was taken). An application like the ones I mentioned above will allow you to change every single part of a photos metadata right down to the camera pixel quality for the camera which took the photo. I know it’s a long review and if you made it this far hopefully I was able to give you a little new knowledge and tools to add to your belt. Stay alert and stay alive. My Data, My Choice ### 5/5 — Great *2017-08-11* It let me do everything I wanted and especially the pixelate effect with a free way to try all effects, it looks great and easy to use and understand! ### 4/5 — Update *2022-10-09* I have been using this app for quite some time. I did find in the beginning it took a bit of a learning curve. Works well for what I need it for. My biggest selling point to purchase premium was because the developer does not collect any data, or says so anyway. I think everyone would appreciate a refreshing update. ### 4/5 — Buono *2021-09-15* App fatta bene ### 4/5 — Good but hard to edit *2020-01-10* I love the app it is the best but it is hard to use your finger to try to make it easy and you can’t share to all those people are mad take screen shots but please make that free ### 3/5 — It’s O.K. *2025-04-06* The Mosiac and blur feature could be stronger, or maybe have a slider that adjust the strength of said options ### 3/5 — Poo *2019-08-18* Poo ### 2/5 — design flaw *2022-08-10, version 1.4* useless if you need to censor anything at the top or bottom of an image that’s the size of/longer than the screen. there’s toll bars at the top and bottom that will cover it and they can’t be hidden, nor can you move the image to make the places those bars cover visible. it’s fine if your image isn’t covered but completely unusable for my purposes. ### 2/5 — Should Charge Upfront *2020-05-26, version 1.3* To save or share the edited photo, you are required to pay. Screenshotting is free. It would be more honest to just charge for the app upfront, as saving and sharing are basic functions. The app did not ask permission to access photos. It works fine, but only 2 stars due to those issues. --- *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 2026-08-26.*