Obscure vs scallion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
scallion
This app uses AI to compress photos and videos, freeing up device storage without sacrificing quality. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to select files, choose compression levels, and share your optimized media.
- AI-powered compression
- Compress photos and videos
- Adjustable compression levels
- User-friendly interface
- Direct sharing of compressed media
- Save device space
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With Scallion's advanced AI-powered compression algorithms, you can confidently compress your photos and videos while preserving their original quality. Say goodbye to bulky files eating up your device's storage space! Smart Compression with AI: Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence, Scallion intelligently analyzes and compresses your media files, ensuring optimal results every time. Let our AI algorithms do the heavy lifting while you enjoy high-quality, space-efficient media files. Easy to Use, Fast Results: Scallion's user-friendly interface makes the compression process a breeze. Simply select your media files, choose your desired compression level, and let Scallion handle the rest. Within moments, you'll have beautifully compressed media ready to share or store. Features: Compress photos and videos with ease AI-powered compression for optimal results Choose from various compression levels to suit your needs Intuitive interface for seamless user experience Share compressed media directly from the app Save space on your device without sacrificing significant quality Coming soon: Batch compression Image editing including cropping and filters Experience the Future of Media Compression with Scallion. Download now and unlock the full potential of your media library!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: scallion at every 2 days against Obscure's every 2 months. scallion also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). Obscure's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 2) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Obscure costs $2.99 and scallion $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
scallion 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Obscure's written reviews are positive against 100% of scallion's.
Obscure ships an update every 2 months, scallion every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obscure | scallion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swift Fox Software LLC | Jesse Benjamin |
Customer experience
Obscure
scallion
In-app purchases
Obscure
No in-app purchases
scallion
No in-app purchases
