BlurFace vs Face Pixelation & Blur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Smart auto blur face detection
- Multiple blur filters (pixelate, mosaic)
- Adjustable manual editor brush
- 100% on-device processing
- Free with no watermarks
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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.
Face Pixelation & Blur
Easily hide faces in your photos with automatic recognition and blurring or mosaic effects. Process single or multiple images simultaneously, with the option to exclude specific faces. All processing occurs on-device for enhanced privacy and security.
- Automatic face recognition
- Mosaic or blur effects
- Single and batch photo processing
- Exclude specific faces
- On-device processing
- Privacy-focused
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Are you worried about the photos you share online because of the faces? Now you can easily hide faces in photos with this app. This app automatically recognizes faces in the selected photo and hides them using mosaic or blur. You can process a single photo or multiple photos at once, which saves you a lot of time when you have to handle many photos. By tapping a recognized face, you can also exclude only that face from blurring, allowing you to leave the faces you want as they are. All photo processing is done on the device, so photos are not sent externally, and you don't have to worry about photo leakage. Photos containing precious memories, now with this app, hide faces and share them easily and securely.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Face Pixelation & Blur at every 6 weeks against BlurFace's every 49 months. BlurFace's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (120 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BlurFace holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlurFace has 120 ratings behind it against 17, 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 50% of Face Pixelation & Blur's.
BlurFace ships an update every 49 months, Face Pixelation & Blur every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | BlurFace | Face Pixelation & Blur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (120 ratings) — better | 4.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Lubbe | 100 Factories |
Customer experience
BlurFace
Face Pixelation & Blur
In-app purchases
BlurFace
No in-app purchases
Face Pixelation & Blur
No in-app purchases
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