Vasoline Lens vs Blur Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vasoline Lens
Easily apply soft focus blur effects to any part of your photos using adjustable brush tools. Control brush size, intensity, and shape for precise editing. Recreate the vintage aesthetic of smeared lens filters.
- Adjustable brush tool for selective blur
- Control brush size and intensity
- Multiple brush shapes for fine control
- Simulates soft focus lens effect
- Apply blur to foreground, background, or mid-ground
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Simply use the brush tool to apply light or heavy amounts of blur effect to any portion of your photo - foreground, background and mid-ground. Adjust the brush size and intensity. And select from a number of brush shapes from the editor for fine picture control. Vasoline Lens is inspired by soft focus, a lens flaw, in which the lens forms images that are blurred. To recreate this effect people would smear petroleum jelly on a clear filter or on the front element or even the back element of the lens itself. Messy times!
Blur Master
Easily create custom wallpapers and contact posters with adjustable blur effects. Enhance legibility of text on your lock screen and contact cards. Your creations are saved directly to your device with no data collection.
- Customizable blur types
- Create wallpapers
- Design contact posters
- Adjust text legibility
- Save directly to camera roll
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Craft captivating wallpapers and contact posters effortlessly with Blur Master! Choose your blur type, open an image, and blur away. Save your creations directly to your camera roll in a snap! Struggling with legible text on your lock screen or contact posters? Introducing Contact Poster Style – easily set the height and blur level for a polished, professional look. Rest easy knowing your privacy is our priority. Blur Master ensures that everything stays securely on your device, with absolutely no data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blur Master at 100% against Vasoline Lens's 0%. Blur Master also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Vasoline Lens's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Vasoline Lens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blur Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blur Master holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blur Master has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Vasoline Lens's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blur Master's.
Vasoline Lens ships an update every 2 weeks, Blur Master every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vasoline Lens | Blur Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merriment Ltd | Taylor Vandenberg |
Customer experience
Vasoline Lens
Blur Master
In-app purchases
Vasoline Lens
- Pro Upgrade$0.99
Blur Master
No in-app purchases
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