Comparison

Blur Photo Effect Background vs Picture Bin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blur Photo Effect Background

Enhance your photos by blurring unwanted details, removing blemishes, or creating custom wallpapers. This app offers AI-powered detection and precision editing tools for pixel-perfect results, allowing you to beautify images while maintaining high resolution.

Highlights
  • AI Smart Detection for faces, objects, and backgrounds
  • Precision editing with zoom, pan, and rotate
  • Adjustable blur brush with soft and hard options
  • Blemish remover
  • 13 custom filters
  • Create custom wallpapers
  • Invert blur option
Features
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The ultimate Blur & Photo Editing App to blur out unwanted details, remove blemishes, enhance your photos, or create beautiful custom wallpapers — all with precision and ease. Whether you're editing selfies, documents, or backgrounds, our app gives you powerful tools to blur and beautify your images while maintaining high resolution and full creative control. Why You’ll Love It: AI Smart Detection: Automatically detect and blur faces, objects, or backgrounds using advanced AI. Precision Editing: Work in high resolution with full zoom, pan, rotate, and brush offset control for pixel-perfect results. Complete Photo Editor: Go beyond blur — apply filters, remove blemishes, and fine-tune every detail. Key Features: - Adjustable Blur Brush with soft and hard options - Focus Blur to draw attention where it matters - AI-powered Object, Face, and Background Detection - Blemish Remover - 13 Custom Filters for creative effects - High-resolution editing with deep zoom support - Brush Offset for unobstructed accuracy - Rotate image for easier editing — no need to rotate your device - Undo & Redo options for mistake-free control I- nvert Blur: Blur the entire image and selectively unblur with ease - Export in 14 aspect ratios - Save in high or low resolution - Create pixelated mosaic, halftone, or soft blur wallpapers - Easy in-app help and instructions Create Stunning Wallpapers Use your own photos to design unique wallpapers with built-in cropping presets. Simply select "Wallpaper" size when cropping for the perfect fit. SUBSCRIPTION INFO: ================== PREMIUM You can subscribe to PREMIUM for unlimited access to premium content, including: Unlocking all Blur Effects, All Filters, No Ads, and much more Prices: - $2.99 per month - $11.99 per year with 3 day free trial - You'll be able to use unlimited features for the duration of your subscription - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off for at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription Terms of use: http://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/blurphoto/terms.html Privacy policy: http://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/blurphoto/privacy.html Have you found a bug, got a suggestion, or want a new feature? Email us at: support@honkhonkpunch.com

About

Picture Bin

Features
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Picture Bin finds the clutter in your photo library and helps you tidy it — entirely on your iPhone. Every scan, every edit, every detection runs on the Apple Neural Engine. No photo ever leaves your device. No accounts, no uploads, no analytics. FOUR PILLARS • Cleaner — Spot blurry shots, near-duplicates, accidental screenshots, over- and under-exposed frames, oversized Live Photos, and sensitive content. Swipe to keep or trash, then mass-delete through Apple's standard confirmation sheet. • Smart Search — Type "beach", "receipt", "passport" — Picture Bin classifies every photo in your library on-device and indexes the text it finds, so you can search by what is actually in the picture. • Quick Edits — Background removal (general subject or person), auto-crop to the most attention-grabbing region, auto-straighten using Apple's horizon detection, auto-color, and subject lift. Save the result back to Photos as a new file — your originals are never touched. • Privacy — Redact emails, phone numbers, IBANs and credit-card patterns from screenshots before you share them. Pixellate faces with one tap. Apple's on-device sensitive-content detector flags problematic photos in your scan results. ZERO CLOUD, BY DESIGN Picture Bin uses only Apple's public Vision, VisionKit, Core Image, Photos and SensitiveContentAnalysis frameworks. There is no SDK in this app that talks to a server. You can run it in airplane mode and every feature still works. LIMITED OR FULL LIBRARY Grant access to your entire library — or pick exactly which photos Picture Bin can analyze, using Apple's Selected Photos picker. You can change your mind any time in iOS Settings. PRO SUBSCRIPTION Cleaner and background scanning are free. Smart Search, Quick Edits and Privacy redaction are part of Picture Bin Pro — monthly or yearly, with a free trial. All processing remains 100% on-device whether you subscribe or not. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Account Settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://positiongames.com/snaptidy/privacy REQUIREMENTS iOS 18 or later. Some features (foreground-subject masking, image-aesthetics scoring) take advantage of the Neural Engine on A14 and later.

Screenshots

Blur Photo Effect Background4 screens
Picture Bin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Picture Bin at none against Blur Photo Effect Background's shown. Blur Photo Effect Background's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blur Photo Effect Background sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Picture Bin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blur Photo Effect Background ships an update every 2 months, Picture Bin every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Blur Photo Effect Background versus Picture Bin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlur Photo Effect BackgroundPicture Bin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings27K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan CushwayPosition Games Limited

Bugs and requests

Blur Photo Effect Background

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Image flickering and disappearing
  • Brush settings reset between edits

Requested features

4 requests
  • Smaller brush size
  • Auto-blur background option
  • Ability to edit videos
  • Retain EXIF data after editing

Picture Bin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Blur Photo Effect Background

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
2 purchases

Picture Bin

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Blur Photo Effect Background free?
Blur Photo Effect Background is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Picture Bin free?
Picture Bin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blur Photo Effect Background or Picture Bin have ads?
Blur Photo Effect Background shows ads; Picture Bin does not.
Which is updated more often, Blur Photo Effect Background or Picture Bin?
Blur Photo Effect Background ships an update every 2 months, and Picture Bin every 5 weeks. Most recently, Blur Photo Effect Background was updated on November 9, 2026 and Picture Bin on October 28, 2026.

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