Comparison

Blur Image vs Screenshot Editor

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

Head to head
About

Blur Image

Easily blur or pixelate specific areas of your photos to hide sensitive information. Simply swipe your finger over the desired regions and adjust the intensity of the obfuscation effect. This tool offers a quick and effective way to protect privacy in your images.

Highlights
  • Blur or pixelate photo areas
  • Customizable obfuscation level
  • Intuitive finger swipe interface
  • Privacy protection for images
Features
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Blur or pixelate parts of your photos that you want to hide. To do so, you just have to pass your finger over the regions you want to obfuscate and done. You'll also be able to customize the level of obfuscation. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Screenshot Editor

Easily redact sensitive text and annotate screenshots for secure sharing. This app offers on-device processing for privacy and works offline, allowing you to blur, pixelate, or highlight important information.

Highlights
  • On-device text detection
  • Blur, pixelate, or cover text
  • Highlight and strike through text
  • Freehand drawing tools
  • Add shapes and styled text
  • Image cropping and background customization
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Share screenshots without sharing private information. Screenshot Editor - Blur Text helps you hide sensitive text and turn ordinary screenshots into clear, polished visuals. Smart on-device text detection makes words and lines easy to select and edit with a tap. PROTECT SENSITIVE INFORMATION • Blur, pixelate, cover, or blend detected text into its background • Hide names, messages, email addresses, phone numbers, payment details, and other private text • Highlight, underline, or strike through important text • Use a freehand brush to blur, pixelate, cover, or erase any selected area ANNOTATE AND EXPLAIN • Add arrows, lines, circles, rectangles, and ovals • Add styled text, reusable text templates, symbols, and photo overlays • Create numbered steps for tutorials and instructions • Use Spotlight to focus attention on one area • Add a magnifying loupe with adjustable zoom for important details MAKE SCREENSHOTS READY TO SHARE • Crop images and adjust the composition • Add colorful gradients, solid backgrounds, padding, rounded corners, shadows, title bars, and watermarks • Save the finished image or share it directly • Undo and redo edits as you work BUILT FOR PRIVACY Text recognition and image editing happen on your device. Your screenshots are not uploaded for processing. The app works offline, requires no account, and contains no ads. Perfect for sharing conversations, documents, receipts, forms, social posts, bug reports, product feedback, tutorials, and work instructions without exposing sensitive text. Terms of Use: https://screenshoteditor.app/terms/

Screenshots

Blur Image4 screens
Screenshot Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Screenshot Editor at none against Blur Image's shown. Screenshot Editor also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 9 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Blur Image's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 Image sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Screenshot Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screenshot Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blur Image has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blur Image ships an update every 9 months, Screenshot Editor every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Blur Image versus Screenshot Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlur ImageScreenshot Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabricio Cordova LuceroAdrian Kajda

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Blur Image

Subscriptions3
  • Remove Ads For 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Remove Ads For 6 Months$5.996 Months
  • Remove Ads For 1 Year$9.991 Year
3 purchases

Screenshot Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Screenshot Editor - Blur Text3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Screenshot Editor - Blur Text3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Blur Image free?
Blur Image is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screenshot Editor free?
Screenshot Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blur Image or Screenshot Editor?
Screenshot Editor is rated higher. Blur Image averages 4.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Screenshot Editor averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Blur Image or Screenshot Editor have ads?
Blur Image shows ads; Screenshot Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Blur Image or Screenshot Editor?
Blur Image ships an update every 9 months, and Screenshot Editor every 9 days. Most recently, Blur Image was updated on October 24, 2026 and Screenshot Editor on October 21, 2026.

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