Comparison

BlurFace vs Discretion

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

Head to head
About

BlurFace

Easily pixelate faces and blur sensitive information in your photos directly on your device. Offers automatic detection and manual editing tools for complete control over privacy. Protect identities for social media or personal use.

Highlights
  • Smart auto blur face detection
  • Multiple blur filters (pixelate, mosaic)
  • Adjustable manual editor brush
  • 100% on-device processing
  • Free with no watermarks
Features
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BlurFace is a fast and easy way to automatically pixelate faces and blur sensitive content in your photos — directly on your device. Hide or reveal faces with a single tap. It’s that simple. Use the adjustable paint brush in the manual editor for full control. Anonymize people, license plates, backgrounds — you name it. Key Features: - Smart auto blur: Detects faces instantly. - Multiple filters: Pixelate, blur, mosaic, crystallize. - 100% on-device processing — no cloud etc. - Completely free: No subscriptions, no watermarks. Designed for creators, journalists, parents, and privacy-conscious users. Perfect for protecting identities on social media.

About

Discretion

Securely share photos by masking sensitive information and removing hidden data. Protect identities with customizable masks and anonymize filenames. This app offers robust privacy controls for images before sharing.

Highlights
  • Automatic and manual face masking
  • Metadata removal (GPS, camera settings)
  • Anonymous filename simplification
  • Layer flattening and TIFF removal
  • Video removal from Live Photos
  • Privacy Report
Features
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Share photos without worrying about sensitive data being seen. Add masks to securely protect identities. These and other features like metadata removal, layer flattening, and anonymous filenames let you share images on your terms, not theirs. Face Masking Features • Optional: Automatic masking / Manual masking / No masking • Built in Mask Editor: • Add and remove masks • Precision edits to the mask size and position • Change each mask's shape and style Automatic face detection is done privately on-device using two different face detection algorithms with combined results for better coverage. Automatic privacy features • Removes tracking metadata - including date, time, location information (GPS coordinates), camera settings, equipment, operating system, editing software and more. • Simplifies the filename to a two digit number like "01.jpg" (to help prevent source tracing) • Flattens PSD files • Removes hidden TIFF files • Removes video from Live Photo These all help prevent unwarranted data mining and reduce the data available for digital fingerprinting. The results can be viewed in the Discretion photo Privacy Report within the app. Sharing Discretion is ideal for sharing privacy enhanced photos to social media. You are not limited to social media sites though! The Discretion app uses the standard share sheet, so you can do anything you can normally do with an image file. Other features • Supports Light / Dark mode • Dynamic text resizing • No watermark • Emoji Mask (standard smilie only! see Complete Discretion for more information) • iPad - split screen • iPad - hardware keyboard support • iPad - drag and drop support * Complete Discretion * Discretion is free to download and use. Complete Discretion is an enhanced version of Discretion available as an in-app purchase. With Complete Discretion you get all the features of Discretion plus: • Unlock access to every single system emoji for creating masks • Unlock access to Genmoji masks on Apple Intelligence supported devices • Unlock access to Memoji and sticker masks on iOS 18+ and iPadOS 18+ • Batch processing - up to ten images processed at a time • Support independent development Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BlurFace4 screens
Discretion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Discretion at 100% against BlurFace's 57%. Discretion also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 49 months). BlurFace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (100 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Discretion sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. BlurFace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Discretion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlurFace has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of BlurFace's written reviews are positive against 100% of Discretion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlurFace ships an update every 49 months, Discretion every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BlurFace versus Discretion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlurFaceDiscretion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (100 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 49 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLukas LubbeDavid Kennedy

Customer experience

BlurFace

All ratings100 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Discretion

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BlurFace

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Discretion

Subscriptions2
  • Yearly Complete7 Days trial$1.991 Year
  • Yearly Family Complete$2.991 Year
One-time2
  • Life-Time Complete$4.99
  • Life-Time Family Complete$7.99

Questions

Is BlurFace free?
BlurFace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Discretion free?
Discretion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BlurFace or Discretion?
Discretion is rated higher. BlurFace averages 4.8 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Discretion averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BlurFace or Discretion have ads?
BlurFace shows ads; Discretion does not.
Which is updated more often, BlurFace or Discretion?
BlurFace ships an update every 49 months, and Discretion every 2 months. Most recently, BlurFace was updated on September 24, 2026 and Discretion on June 9, 2026.

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