Comparison

censor photo vs BlurBox

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

Head to head
About

censor photo

Easily obscure sensitive parts of your photos with a mosaic blur effect. This tool allows you to crystallize specific areas, hide faces, and adjust blur intensity and brush size for precise editing. Share your edited images directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Import photos from camera or library
  • Apply mosaic blur effect
  • Adjust blur intensity and brush size
  • Hide faces
  • Zoom and pan for precise editing
  • Save and share edited photos
Features
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Crystallise a portion of your photos and hide unwanted contents underneath it using our photo crystalliser. Touch and give your images a mozaic blur effect. Features: * Import photo from Camera, Files app or from Photo library * Change crystallisation or mozaic blur intensity and brush size * Zoom and Pan photo to precisely crystallise photo portions * Hide faces from censored photos * Save, Mail, Share crystallised photos * Share crystallised photos on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

About

BlurBox

Features
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Protect every pixel. BlurBox is the fastest way to blur faces, censor text, and redact sensitive info in photos, videos, and PDFs 100% on-device. Your data never leaves your phone. No cloud, no account, no tracking. ▸ AI FACE DETECTION Tap once to detect and blur every face. Works on group photos, screenshots, ID cards. ▸ SENSITIVE TEXT RECOGNITION Automatically finds credit card numbers, addresses, names, emails, and other private info then redacts them. ▸ MANUAL DRAW Drag to blur anything else. Rectangle or oval. Resize and move handles, undo/redo, tap to remove. ▸ PHOTO • VIDEO • PDF One editor for all three. Video gets AI tracking that follows faces across frames. PDFs get black, white, or pattern redaction across every page. ▸ BATCH EDIT Drop in multiple photos, hit Auto-detect All, save them all at once. ▸ THREE REDACTION STYLES Gaussian blur, pixelate, or mosaic. Adjustable intensity. Emoji stickers too. ▸ 100% PRIVATE No internet permission required. ML runs locally. Crash reports are anonymous and opt-out. ▸ NINE LANGUAGES English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 한국어, العربية, 中文. BlurBox Pro unlocks pixelate, mosaic, emoji blur, PDF redaction, video editing, and batch mode. Free version covers gaussian blur on photos. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS: - Weekly Subscription: $1.99 - Monthly Subscription: $4.99 - Annual Subscription: $29.99 All subscriptions auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Made by a small team that thinks your photos are yours. OUR PRIVACY PRINCIPLES: Your privacy is our most important value. We never share your personal data with third parties and never track your activities. You can review our detailed privacy policy on our website. Privacy Policy: https://lukayn.com/en/privacy Terms of Conditions: https://lukayn.com/en/terms

Screenshots

censor photo4 screens
BlurBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: censor photo at none against BlurBox's 3. BlurBox's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. BlurBox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. censor photo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

censor photo ships an update every 11 months, BlurBox every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
censor photo versus BlurBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametercensor photoBlurBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSounak SarkarLukayn LTD

In-app purchases

None

censor photo

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BlurBox

Subscriptions3
  • BlurBox Premium$1.997 Days
  • BlurBox Premium$4.991 Month
  • BlurBox Premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is censor photo free?
censor photo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlurBox free?
BlurBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do censor photo or BlurBox have ads?
censor photo shows ads; BlurBox does not.
Which is updated more often, censor photo or BlurBox?
censor photo ships an update every 11 months, and BlurBox every 4 months. Most recently, censor photo was updated on August 16, 2026 and BlurBox on September 20, 2026.

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