Comparison

Anonymous Camera vs Blur ID

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

Head to head
About

Anonymous Camera

This app anonymizes photos and videos in real-time using on-device processing. It offers facial and full-body blurring or color masking, metadata removal, and audio distortion. Control the level of anonymization for interviews and ensure privacy with local storage.

Highlights
  • Facial recognition and anonymization
  • Full-body anonymization
  • Metadata removal
  • Distorted audio
  • Split screen control
  • Real-time processing
  • Local storage
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Anonymous Camera lets anonymise photos and videos in real time, locally on device. → Facial recognition and full-body anonymisation: the app can recognise faces and anonymise them either by applying a solid colour or blur. You can choose to hide either people’s whole bodies or just their face. (full-body anonymisation is only available on iPhone XS and up) → Remove metadata: users can choose to delete any and all metadata associated with the video, including time, date, and location. → Distorted audio: distort the audio track to anonymize people’s voices. → Split screen: control how much of the frame is anonymized to perform interviews while protecting your sources. → Real time processing: files are anonymized in real-time using on-device machine learning and computer vision technology, ensuring that the data is untraceable from the beginning. → Local storage: all processing and storage is done locally. Nothing ever goes to the cloud (try us and use it with flight mode enabled).

About

Blur ID

Automatically detect and obscure sensitive information like faces, usernames, and profile pictures in your screenshots. This app offers a natural-looking blur effect, replacing elements with avatars or emojis for a polished look. It prioritizes privacy by processing all images offline on your device.

Highlights
  • Smart detection of faces, usernames, and profile content
  • Natural-looking blur effects and replacements
  • Works with popular messaging and social apps
  • Completely offline image processing
  • Replaces sensitive info with avatars/emojis
Features
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Blur ID — Privacy protection made simple. Automatically detects and blurs faces, usernames, profile pictures, and sensitive text in your screenshots before you share them. Perfect for sharing chat conversations, social media posts, or any screenshots while keeping everyone's privacy intact. Works with all your favorite apps — iMessage, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tinder, Snapchat, and more. ■ What makes it different: Instead of ugly black bars or pixelated blocks, Blur ID creates clean, natural-looking edits. Profile pictures get replaced with generic avatars, faces are covered with friendly emojis, and usernames are smoothly removed. Your screenshots look polished, not censored. ■ Key features: - Smart detection of faces, usernames, and profile content - Clean, natural-looking blur effects and replacements - Works with popular messaging and social apps - Completely offline — your images never leave your device ■ Privacy first: Everything happens directly on your iPhone. No uploading, no cloud processing, no data collection. You can even disable the app's internet access if you want extra peace of mind. Whether you're sharing funny conversations with friends, posting reviews, or creating content while respecting others' privacy, Blur ID handles the tedious work so you don't have to manually edit every screenshot. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://blurid.app/privacy - Website: https://blurid.app

Screenshots

Anonymous Camera4 screens
Blur ID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blur ID at 4.9 against Anonymous Camera's 4.3. Blur ID also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). Anonymous Camera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blur ID sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Anonymous Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blur ID holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Anonymous Camera's written reviews are positive against 81% of Blur ID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anonymous Camera ships an update every 8 months, Blur ID every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Anonymous Camera versus Blur ID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnonymous CameraBlur ID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (37 ratings)4.9 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews81.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Material, Inc.SmashMelon LLC

Customer experience

Anonymous Camera

All ratings36 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%

Blur ID

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative11.6%

In-app purchases

None

Anonymous Camera

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Blur ID

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is Anonymous Camera free?
Anonymous Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blur ID free?
Blur ID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anonymous Camera or Blur ID?
Blur ID is rated higher. Anonymous Camera averages 4.3 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Blur ID averages 4.9 from 29 ratings.
Do Anonymous Camera or Blur ID have ads?
Neither Anonymous Camera nor Blur ID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anonymous Camera or Blur ID?
Anonymous Camera ships an update every 8 months, and Blur ID every 2 weeks. Most recently, Anonymous Camera was updated on October 24, 2026 and Blur ID on October 24, 2026.

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