BlurFace vs Blur Your Bub
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.
Blur Your Bub
Easily blur faces, cover sensitive details, and remove hidden data from photos and videos. This secure editor ensures your shared content protects identities and privacy, with edits exporting as permanent files.
- AI-proof face blur for photos and videos
- Multiple blur styles and emoji stickers
- Blur backgrounds, logos, and text
- Metadata and EXIF data removal
- One-tap export to social media
- 100% on-device editing
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Blur faces in photos and videos — fast, private, and permanent. Blur Your Bub is the face blur app made for parents who want to share family moments without sharing their child's identity. Every edit happens on your device. Your photos and videos are never uploaded to us, and the blur is flattened into the exported file — there is no separate layer or mask that anyone can switch back off. FACE BLUR FOR PHOTOS - Faces are found automatically — one tap and they're covered - Choose blur, pixelate, or an emoji sticker - Adjust the size and strength for a clean, natural finish - Draw over anything else: names, uniforms, school logos, licence plates, documents, house numbers NEW — BLUR A WHOLE ALBUM AT ONCE - Pick up to 30 photos and every face in every photo is covered automatically - Swipe a full-screen preview to check each one properly - Change the cover style on any photo, or remove a photo from the batch - Save the whole set to your camera roll in one tap NEW — VIDEO FACE BLUR THAT FOLLOWS THE FACE - Automatic tracking keeps the blur on the face, frame by frame - Pinch to zoom while you fine-tune - Hold and drag to correct any moment the tracker misses - Blur, Censor and Censor 2 styles, plus emoji covers - Hide the guidelines to preview exactly what you'll export METADATA AND EXIF CLEANER - Strip hidden GPS location, capture time and camera details from exported photos - Stop a shared photo revealing where your child lives, plays or goes to school PRIVACY BY DESIGN - Face detection and blurring run entirely on your device - Your photos and videos are never uploaded to our servers - No advertising SDKs and no cross-app tracking - Use Guest Mode with no account at all - Exports are flat image and video files — the blur is baked into the pixels PERFECT FOR - Parents sharing baby and toddler photos safely - Mums and dads posting family content online - Hiding kids' faces in photos and videos - Keeping classmates and other people's children private - Removing identifying details from school or daycare photos - Anyone who needs a quick, private photo and video editor PREMIUM - Unlimited photo and video exports with no watermark - Bulk blur for up to 30 photos at a time - EXIF and location data removal Free to use with a daily export allowance. Premium unlocks unlimited exports and the bulk tools. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: bluryourbub@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blur Your Bub at 100% against BlurFace's 57%. Blur Your Bub also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 49 months). BlurFace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (120 vs 2). On price and device support 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. Blur Your Bub sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. BlurFace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blur Your Bub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlurFace has 120 ratings behind it against 2, 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 Blur Your Bub's.
BlurFace ships an update every 49 months, Blur Your Bub every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlurFace | Blur Your Bub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (120 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Lubbe | Justin Kleyn |
Customer experience
BlurFace
Blur Your Bub
In-app purchases
BlurFace
No in-app purchases
Blur Your Bub
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- BYB Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- BYB Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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