Annotable vs Blur ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Annotable
This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for annotating and marking up images. It offers a wide range of customization options for common annotation elements and unique features like text highlighting on screenshots. The app supports various iOS system integrations for a seamless user experience.
- Common annotation tools (rectangles, text, arrows)
- Customizable colors, sizes, and fonts
- Blur and pixelation for obscuring information
- Spotlights and Loupes for highlighting
- Text highlighting on screenshots
- High-resolution output
- Support for all image types
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Annotable is the most full-featured all-in-one image annotation tool. Featured by Apple in many places: ● Best of 2016 ● New Apps We Love ● Best Apps to Edit Your Photos ● Best Productivity Apps ● Best Utilities "I’ve finally found the best all-in-one image annotation tool for iOS – Annotable for iPhone and iPad." —— Federico Viticci of MacStories Features (many are free, some are unlocked with purchases): ◉ All the expected common tools: rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and texts. ◉ Fully customizable: colors, sizes, outlines, fonts… ◉ Stylishly obscure private information with Blur and Pixelation. ◉ Or on the contrary, highlight something with Spotlights. ◉ If you really want to focus on a particular spot use a Loupe. ◉ You can even highlight text on screenshots of apps like Notes, Twitter, and Safari. It feels like magic, and can really save the day when you want to share a web page screenshot with some words highlighted but forgot to select the words when you took the screenshot. ◉ Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes, 3D Touch, Wide Color…Annotable utilizes your powerful iOS system to the extreme. Distinctions from many other similar Apps: ◆ All the results are high-resolution images. ◆ Not only screenshots but all images are supported. ◆ Large images can be directly annotated and do not have to be cropped.
Blur ID
Automatically detect and obscure sensitive information like faces, usernames, and profile pictures in your screenshots. This app offers a natural-looking blur effect, replacing elements with avatars or emojis for a polished look. It prioritizes privacy by processing all images offline on your device.
- Smart detection of faces, usernames, and profile content
- Natural-looking blur effects and replacements
- Works with popular messaging and social apps
- Completely offline image processing
- Replaces sensitive info with avatars/emojis
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Blur ID — Privacy protection made simple. Automatically detects and blurs faces, usernames, profile pictures, and sensitive text in your screenshots before you share them. Perfect for sharing chat conversations, social media posts, or any screenshots while keeping everyone's privacy intact. Works with all your favorite apps — iMessage, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tinder, Snapchat, and more. ■ What makes it different: Instead of ugly black bars or pixelated blocks, Blur ID creates clean, natural-looking edits. Profile pictures get replaced with generic avatars, faces are covered with friendly emojis, and usernames are smoothly removed. Your screenshots look polished, not censored. ■ Key features: - Smart detection of faces, usernames, and profile content - Clean, natural-looking blur effects and replacements - Works with popular messaging and social apps - Completely offline — your images never leave your device ■ Privacy first: Everything happens directly on your iPhone. No uploading, no cloud processing, no data collection. You can even disable the app's internet access if you want extra peace of mind. Whether you're sharing funny conversations with friends, posting reviews, or creating content while respecting others' privacy, Blur ID handles the tedious work so you don't have to manually edit every screenshot. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://blurid.app/privacy - Website: https://blurid.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blur ID at every 2 weeks against Annotable's every 2 months. Blur ID also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Annotable's advantage is ratings volume (894 vs 30) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Annotable sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Blur ID sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blur ID holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Annotable has 894 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Annotable's written reviews are positive against 81% of Blur ID's.
Annotable ships an update every 2 months, Blur ID every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Annotable | Blur ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (894 ratings) | 4.9 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews | 81.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 894 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 凌 王 | SmashMelon LLC |
Customer experience
Annotable
Blur ID
Bugs and requests
Annotable
Reported bugs
5 issues- Blur broken ios26
- Can't save edits on iPad Pro, 14.5.1
- In-App Purchases do not work
- Loss of work
- App freezes occasionally on iPad
Requested features
15 requests- Open the app directly to the camera
- Save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images
- Make a Mac version
- Add insert photo option
- Add flexible pointers lines
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- Add an eraser
- Add undo/redo action buttons
- Add crop
- Add a way to adjust transparency of fonts for watermarking
- Add rotate image
- Add a way to draw solid boxes with a color of your choosing
- Add a way to adjust text size
- Add a way to center the text
- Add a way to insert and resize images
- Add a way to make shapes a solid color in addition to outline
Blur ID
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Annotable
- Color Customization$1.99
- Text Highlighter & Redaction Tool$1.99
- All Obscuration Styles$1.99
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- Blur Tool$1.99
- Spotlight Tool$1.99
- Loupe Tool$1.99
- All Text Styles & Fonts$1.99
- All Features$9.99
Blur ID
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$4.991 Year
- Lifetime$7.99









