Comparison

censor photo vs Theme Studio

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

Theme Studio

Design custom app icons, themed widgets, and matching wallpapers to personalize your iPhone home screen. Create unique aesthetics by layering colors, gradients, and photos, then easily apply them using Apple's built-in tools.

Highlights
  • Custom app icon maker
  • Themed widget builder
  • Matching wallpaper generator
  • Icon pack library
  • Save and load custom themes
  • Share themes with friends
Features
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Theme Studio is a design tool for creating custom app icons, themed widgets, and matching wallpapers for a personalized iPhone home screen aesthetic. You make everything in the app, save it to your Photos, then apply it yourself: icons through Apple's Shortcuts app, and wallpapers through the iOS Settings app. Theme Studio never changes your app icons, wallpaper, or any system setting automatically. HOW IT WORKS 1. Design a custom icon, widget, or wallpaper in the app. 2. Save the image to your Photos library. 3. For icons, open Apple's Shortcuts app and add the saved image to your Home Screen. For wallpapers, set the saved image from the iOS Settings app. The app walks you through these steps the first time. ICON PACKS 5,900+ icons in 9 styles. Choose from a variety of icon styles: minimalist line art, bold chroma, retro pixel grids, and more. Each pack is designed to feel cohesive. Browse the collection, search by app name, or mix and match icon packs to design a custom home screen aesthetic. STUDIO: CUSTOM ICON MAKER & ICON CHANGER Studio is your in-app custom icon maker and icon changer. Customize any glyph: layer solid colors, gradients, photo backgrounds, or blurred wallpaper slices behind it. Tune position, scale, shadow, and color overlays, or upload your own PNG or JPEG. The live preview shows how each icon will look once you apply it. When you are happy with an icon, save it to your Photos and use the Shortcuts app to add it to your Home Screen. WIDGETS Build clock, weather, calendar, battery, app grid, photo, quote, and tabbed widgets that match your home screen aesthetic. Pick fonts, colors, backgrounds, and styles, from minimalist to bold, or bake your wallpaper into the widget background for a transparent look. Widgets are added by you from the standard iOS widget gallery (touch and hold the Home Screen, then add a Theme Studio widget). WALLPAPERS Browse a library of curated wallpapers, or generate color-matched wallpapers from your icon palette. Save them to your Photos, then set them as your Lock Screen or Home Screen wallpaper from the iOS Settings app. SAVE YOUR THEMES Save your icon, wallpaper, and widget combinations as themes. Loading a saved theme brings all of its pieces back into the app at once, ready for you to save and apply. Build seasonal looks, mood-based aesthetics, or personalize your home screen aesthetic for any occasion. Share your own themes with friends as a short code or link. APPLYING YOUR ICONS Theme Studio is an icon changer built around Apple's built-in Shortcuts app, the standard, user-initiated workflow for icon customization on iOS. You save an icon image to your Photos, then add it to your Home Screen yourself in the Shortcuts app. Theme Studio guides you through this the first time, and does not change your app icons or Home Screen for you. Made by an indie developer focused on iPhone personalization. Questions, ideas, or bug reports? Reach out through Settings > Contact. SUBSCRIPTIONS & IN-APP PRODUCTS The free tier includes the Solid icon pack and non-Pro widgets. Theme Studio Pro unlocks additional icon packs, premium widgets, and custom PNG icon saving. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime purchase options are available in the app. Terms and pricing may vary by region. Information about the auto-renewable subscription: Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. Cancel at any time. Manage in Account Settings. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period. For more information on how to cancel a subscription, please review - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

censor photo4 screens
Theme Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Theme Studio at 5.0 against censor photo's 4.0. Theme Studio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 11 months). censor photo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment 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. Theme Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. censor photo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Theme Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Theme Studio has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

censor photo ships an update every 11 months, Theme Studio every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
censor photo versus Theme Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametercensor photoTheme Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSounak SarkarInvader Digital

Customer experience

censor photo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Theme Studio

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

censor photo

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Theme Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Theme Studio Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Theme Studio Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is censor photo free?
censor photo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Theme Studio free?
Theme Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, censor photo or Theme Studio?
Theme Studio is rated higher. censor photo averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Theme Studio averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do censor photo or Theme Studio have ads?
censor photo shows ads; Theme Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, censor photo or Theme Studio?
censor photo ships an update every 11 months, and Theme Studio every 9 days. Most recently, censor photo was updated on November 2, 2026 and Theme Studio on November 7, 2026.

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