censor photo vs Image Filters for Shortcuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Image Filters for Shortcuts
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Image Filters for Shortcuts brings 146 powerful image filters to Apple Shortcuts, letting you automate image editing workflows across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Every filter is available as a Shortcuts action with full parameter control. Chain multiple filters together, process images in bulk, or trigger edits automatically — no manual work required. FILTERS INCLUDED Color Adjustments Brightness & Contrast, Hue & Saturation, Exposure, Gamma, Vibrance, White Balance, Highlight & Shadow, Levels, Color Curves, Color Threshold, Channel Mixer, Color Monochrome, False Color, Gradient Map, Color Clamp, Color Polynomial, and Dither. Blur & Sharpen Gaussian Blur, Box Blur, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Disc Blur, Bokeh Blur, Depth Blur, Tilt Shift, Median, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Morphology Gradient, Morphology Maximum, Morphology Minimum, Gabor Gradients, and Depth of Field. Distortion Twirl, Pinch, Bump Distortion, Hole Distortion, Vortex, Circle Splash, Glass Distortion, Glass Tiles, Droste, Displacement, Torus Lens, Center Stretch, Nine Part Stretch, Kaleidoscope, Triangle Kaleidoscope, Light Tunnel, Mirror, Magnify, Fisheye, Circle to Square, Polar Tiles, Slipping Tiles, Drunk Vision, Liquify, Seamless Tile, Perspective Correction, and tile effects including Affine, Fourfold Rotated, Sixfold Rotated, and Twelvefold Reflected. Stylize & Effects Vignette, Pixelate, Crystallize, Edges, Comic Effect, Pointillize, Solarize, Bloom, Gloom, Line Overlay, Spot Light, Spot Color, Edge Work, Height Field, Shaded Material, Hexagonal Pixelate, Dot Screen, Line Screen, Circular Screen, Hatched Screen, CMYK Halftone, Halftone Color, and Equalizer. Artistic & Film Pencil Sketch, Oil Painting, Emboss, Watercolor, Stained Glass, Neon Glow, Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Anaglyph 3D, Double Exposure, Orton Effect, Thermal Camera, Night Vision, Cross Process, Infrared, Lomography, Duotone, Split Toning, Film Grain, Vintage, VHS, Scanlines, ASCII Art, and Chroma Key. Generators & Noise Checkerboard, Stripes, Grid, Sunbeams, Star Shine, Lens Flare, Starburst, Voronoi, Clouds, Value Noise, Organic Noise, Random Texture, Add Noise, Noise Reduction, Op Tile, Parallelogram Tile, Perspective Tile, Glide Reflected Tile, and Color Wheel. Enhancement Dehaze, Clarity, Auto Tone, Skin Smoothing, Miniature, Raindrops, Frosted Glass, Photo Collage, Flashlight, Contours, Spheres, Angular Waves, Radial Waves, and Seamless Tile. SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION Each filter appears as its own action in the Shortcuts app. Parameters like radius, intensity, angle, and position are fully adjustable. Pass images between actions to build multi-step editing pipelines. Automate repetitive edits or create one-tap shortcuts for your favorite filter combinations. The app also includes a built-in image editor for quick manual adjustments. Open images from Files or Photos, preview filters in real time, adjust parameters with sliders, and export the result. Runs entirely on-device using Core Image. No internet connection required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Image Filters for Shortcuts at none against censor photo's shown. Image Filters for Shortcuts also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months). censor photo's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
censor photo ships an update every 11 months, Image Filters for Shortcuts weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | censor photo | Image Filters for Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sounak Sarkar | Huibert Aalbers |
In-app purchases
censor photo
No in-app purchases
Image Filters for Shortcuts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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