Comparison

Obscure vs FrontShot

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

Head to head
About

Obscure

Easily redact sensitive information from your photos before sharing. This app uses AI to automatically detect and obscure faces, text, and personal details, or allows for manual editing. Protect your privacy by blurring or blocking out private portions of images for safe social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Automatic face, text, and info detection
  • Manual redaction editor
  • One-touch email and phone number hiding
  • Batch editing for multiple images
  • Shortcuts integration for automation
  • Blur, pixelate, or block sensitive areas
Features
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Safely and securely share your photos! Obscure lets you quickly blur, pixellate or block out private portions of your images so that they are safe to share on any social platform. - Automatically detect & obscure faces, text, & personal info with advanced on-device AI - Redact all text from an image - Manually obfuscate any part of a picture with the easy to use editor - Find & hide email addresses and phone numbers with one touch - Edit multiple images in batches using the batch editor - Shortcuts action allows for easy redaction automation Just import an image, tap and drag over sensitive parts of the image then tap share. Use two fingers to pan and zoom to redact fine details. Works great for sharing screenshots! Obfuscate faces, license plates, and brand labels. Easily redact private parts of document images that you want to share. Redacted images can then be shared to any other app on your phone, or just save them back to your photo library. Obscure also works with Shortcuts, allowing you to easily setup an automated image processing pipeline. Long press the app icon to get quick shortcuts to your last taken image, the camera, or to paste an image you copied. Obscure is a one time purchase, no ads and no subscriptions! Privacy Policy: https://obscure.app/privacy Terms: https://obscure.app/terms

About

FrontShot

This app provides a real-time, straight frontal view of any flat surface, even when captured from an oblique angle. It simplifies capturing documents, walls, or posters perfectly aligned, with automatic and manual modes for ease of use.

Highlights
  • Real-time frontal view correction
  • Handles horizontal, vertical, and slanted planes
  • Automatic and manual orientation detection
  • Tilt correction
  • Document mode
  • Eliminates shifting distortion
Features
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A straight frontal view of the plane can be seen in real-time, even if the camera is pointed from an oblique direction. Operation is simple, and you can see a straight frontal view of any plane, such as a document or wall. [Background of FrontShot development] There are times when you want to shoot a straight frontal view of an object such as a document, wall, poster, or time-table. In cases like this, it is convenient if you can just point your camera from an oblique direction, and see the straight frontal view. FrontShot was developed to make this possible. Even if you point your camera from an oblique direction, any sort of plane --documents, walls, etc.-- can be viewed as a straight frontal image. [Features] Has three modes: horizontal plane, vertical plane, and slanted plane. - Can handle any plane The app can handle not only horizontal and vertical planes, but also slanted planes, and thus it is possible to see a straight frontal view of any plane. Naturally, it is also possible to see straight frontal views of ceilings. (Ceilings are regarded as horizontal planes.) - Simple operation Operation is extremely simple. For a horizontal plane, no special operation is necessary. Simply point the camera, and the straight frontal image will appear. For a vertical or slanted plane, the orientation of the plane must be designated (automatically or manually), but if the mode is set to automatic, a straight frontal image will appear just by pointing the camera, as with a horizontal plane. Operation is simple in manual mode too. Just point the camera in the direction of the plane, and press the button. A straight frontal image of the plane will appear. *In the automated mode for vertical and slanted planes, the system calculates the direction of the plane by recognizing the horizontal and vertical lines which appear. - Numerous convenient functions Numerous convenient functions are provided such as tilt correction and document mode. - Display in real-time Processing is performed at high speed using our unique technology, and this makes it possible to display straight frontal images in real-time. [Uses] The app can be used for a variety purposes including: documents, posters, whiteboards, time-tables, buildings, signs, pictures, lettering and pictures drawn on the ground, and online sale items (clothes, books, CDs, other flat items). [Use instructions] There is a "How to use FrontShot" item in the menu of the application, so please see there for details. (Others) * Also, elimination of shifting distortion is supported. * Only flat planes can be converted into a straight frontal view. The app cannot convert curved planes. * This app is the free version. It does not allow saving or sending. Also, watermarks and ads are displayed. If you wish to save, send and hide watermarks and Ads, purchase the product version via in-app purchase. * The in-app purchase price is subject to change without prior notice. * A trial version is available. If you watch video Ad, you can use the same features as the product version (including saving, sending and hiding watermarks and Ads) for a limited time at no charge (there are also limits on the number of images taken). You can view the video Ad any number of times. * In the future, however, the content of the trial version may be changed, or the trial may be discontinued, without prior notice.

Screenshots

Obscure4 screens
FrontShot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FrontShot at Free against Obscure's $2.99. FrontShot also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Obscure's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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

FrontShot is free to download; Obscure costs $2.99 up front. FrontShot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Obscure asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FrontShot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obscure has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Obscure ships an update every 2 months, FrontShot every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Obscure versus FrontShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObscureFrontShot
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (30 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwift Fox Software LLCRivac Inc.

Customer experience

Obscure

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

FrontShot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Obscure

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FrontShot

One-time1
  • Upgrade to product versionFree

Questions

Is Obscure free?
Obscure costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FrontShot free?
FrontShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Obscure or FrontShot?
FrontShot is rated higher. Obscure averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while FrontShot averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Obscure or FrontShot have ads?
FrontShot shows ads; Obscure does not.
Which is updated more often, Obscure or FrontShot?
Obscure ships an update every 2 months, and FrontShot every 3 weeks. Most recently, Obscure was updated on November 2, 2026 and FrontShot on November 2, 2026.

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