Lock Your Roll vs Privacy Blur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lock Your Roll
Securely hide private photos directly from your camera roll without moving them. This app blurs your images, making them unviewable until unlocked within the app, ensuring your sensitive content remains private and offline.
- Lock photos directly from camera roll
- Adjustable blur intensity
- Offline functionality
- Face ID app lock
- OCR text extraction
- QR code reading
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Lock Your Roll is a new and innovative idea to lock (or unlock) your photos directly from your camera roll without removing or moving in another albums! Now you can give your phone to your friends without worrying about your secret or NSFW photos. FEATURES: • Your photos remain originally exactly were there are: you see only a blurred version of it. • Your blurred photos are un-lockable directly from the app or from your roll, is a safe procedure to avoid data lost. • Your photos are NOT uploaded to cloud, it works completely offline. • You can manage the intensity of blur • Your photos must be original and unedited. By unlocking the photo, you will lose your edits as a result. • Extract text using OCR from screenshots • Read QR codes from your images • You can lock the app using your face-id • Compatible with iPhone and iPad. It's safe by design! Give us a chance and try it for free! Suggestion? Bugs? Please drop an email at lyr-support@albertopasca.it or use the in-app support.
Privacy Blur
Easily obscure faces, license plates, and sensitive areas in your photos with intuitive finger-drawing tools. Maintain original resolution and choose from various blur styles for enhanced privacy before sharing.
- Blur faces and objects with finger-drawn strokes
- Hide license plates and vehicle details
- Multiple blur styles: pixelate, smooth, strong
- High-resolution output, no compression
- Fast and intuitive editing
- Works offline for enhanced privacy
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Blur faces, hide license plates, and protect your privacy — fast and easily. With Privacy Blur, you can blur any part of your photo using just your finger. Whether you're hiding faces, car plates, screens, or sensitive background details, this app gives you full control over what stays visible and what stays private. Perfect for social media posts, online selling, journalism, vlogging, or just sharing with friends — Privacy Blur helps you stay safe without compromising photo quality. - Key Features: • Blur Faces Easily - Tap and drag your finger over faces or objects to blur instantly. • Hide License Plates - Blur car numbers and vehicle plates to stay anonymous. • Multiple Blur Styles - Choose from pixelate, smooth blur, strong blur, or subtle touch. • High-Resolution Output - Your photos stay in original resolution. No compression. • Fast & Intuitive - Designed for speed and ease of use. No learning curve. • Works Offline - All editing happens on your device. Your data stays private. - Use Cases: • Blur people's faces in public photos • Hide children's faces before sharing • Blur screens or confidential documents • Mask out personal details or addresses • Censor bystanders or logos in images • Create safer posts for social media - Why Choose Privacy Blur? Unlike complex photo editors or AI tools that guess what to blur, you stay in control. Just draw over anything you want to hide — fast, direct, and secure. Whether it's a travel photo, family event, car listing, or street shot, Privacy Blur is your go-to privacy tool. - Keep your privacy in your hands. Download Privacy Blur now and make your photos safer before sharing them online. By using this app, you agree to Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lock Your Roll at none against Privacy Blur's shown. Lock Your Roll also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Privacy Blur's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Lock Your Roll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Privacy Blur sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lock Your Roll against 5.0 for Privacy Blur. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Lock Your Roll ships an update every 14 months, Privacy Blur every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lock Your Roll | Privacy Blur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | albertopasca.it | Try the Colors s. r. o. |
Customer experience
Lock Your Roll
Privacy Blur
In-app purchases
Lock Your Roll
- Full Access7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$8.491 Year
- Una tantum$19.99
Privacy Blur
- Privacy Blur Premium$3.997 Days
- Privacy Blur Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Privacy Blur Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Privacy Blur Premium$8.99
- Privacy Blur Premium$29.99
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