Comparison

Blurry vs Portrait Video

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

Head to head
About

Blurry

Easily apply beautiful blur effects to your photos to create custom wallpapers and backgrounds. Choose from various blur styles and colors to achieve your desired look.

Highlights
  • Apply beautiful blur effects
  • Create custom wallpapers
  • Dark, light, and custom color blur
  • Load images from photo library or Files app
  • Simple user interface
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Blurry is the go-to image blurring tool to help you apply beautiful blurs for your photos. It is perfect for creating wallpapers, backgrounds, and more. With Blurry, you can customize and apply a blur effect on top of any photos from your photo library to create the perfect background for your wallpaper. Simply load your images from your Photos library, the Files app, or drag an image directly into the app*. Through an extraordinarily simple UI, and a selection of dark blur, light blur, and custom colour blur, you can tweak the image effect however you like and save it when you are satisfied. It's that easy! *Drag and Drop is only available on iPad.

About

Portrait Video

Easily apply and adjust a depth effect to your selfie videos, creating stunning portrait-style visuals. Preview your edits in real-time before exporting and sharing your creations with a single tap. This app works entirely offline, ensuring your privacy.

Highlights
  • Apply depth effect to videos
  • Real-time preview slider
  • One-tap export and share
  • Offline video editing
  • Adjustable blur intensity
Features
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Portrait Mode does wonders to your photos, imagine if your could apply it to selfie videos? Portrait Video allows you to apply and tweak depth effect in selfie videos easily and the results are stunning! -- Real Time Preview Portrait Video allows you to see every frame of your video in Portrait before exporting using the Preview Slider. -- Export with a tap After previewing your effect, just tap the Share Button and share your creation easily. -- Works Offline The whole video editing is done offline using the power of your device's processor. Your data never leaves your device in respect to your privacy. Portrait Video is now available for all iOS devices! *All video footage used to promote this app has been provided by Pexels, as well as the license to use it. The original footage can be found at the following links: https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/lindo-bonito-atraente-elegante-4989867/ https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/afeicao-carinho-simpatia-barcos-5111547/ https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/atraente-encantador-cativante-estante-8199319/ -- Terms of Use: https://portrait-video.web.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://portrait-video.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Blurry2 screens
Portrait Video3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blurry at 100% against Portrait Video's 46%. Blurry also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Portrait Video's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (302 vs 5). On price, ads, 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. Portrait Video sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Blurry asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blurry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Portrait Video has 302 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Blurry's written reviews are positive against 46% of Portrait Video's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blurry ships an update every 4 months, Portrait Video weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Blurry versus Portrait Video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlurryPortrait Video
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.5 (302 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings5302 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShao-Chi LiangArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.

Customer experience

Blurry

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Portrait Video

All ratings302 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blurry

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Portrait Video

Subscriptions1
  • Portrait Video Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Portrait Video Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Blurry free?
Blurry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Portrait Video free?
Portrait Video is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blurry or Portrait Video?
Blurry is rated higher. Blurry averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Portrait Video averages 4.5 from 302 ratings.
Do Blurry or Portrait Video have ads?
Neither Blurry nor Portrait Video shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blurry or Portrait Video?
Blurry ships an update every 4 months, and Portrait Video weekly. Most recently, Blurry was updated on October 10, 2026 and Portrait Video on October 23, 2026.

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