MaskerAid vs IMBUED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MaskerAid
Easily add emoji to your photos to obscure faces or highlight elements. This app automatically detects faces and offers intuitive controls for positioning emoji. It also removes metadata from shared images for enhanced privacy.
- Automatic face detection
- Add and position emoji
- Remove image metadata
- Save and share photos
- Thousands of emoji options
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MaskerAid allows you to quickly and easily add emoji to images. Add emoji for jokes, to call attention to things, hide faces, and more! When you load an image with MaskerAid, it will AUTOMATICALLY detect all the faces in that photo, and obscure them with an emoji. Using MaskerAid, it's quick and easy to obscure the faces of children, shy friends, coworkers, or randos that are in your photos. Additionally, any images you share will automatically have ALL METADATA REMOVED. Privacy is your right, and MaskerAid helps protect it. MaskerAid removes hidden information like where the photo was taken, what device it was taken on, etc. Using the intuitive gestures you'd expect, you can move/resize/rotate emoji to get them centered *just right* over faces and objects. Plus, if you pay for the one-time in-app purchase, you can select from *thousands* of different emoji! Once you've gotten your image just right, you can quickly and easily save it to your Camera Roll, or share it using other apps. MaskerAid is written by one person, Casey Liss, who you may know from the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) or Analog(ue) on Relay FM. MaskerAid does not collect your images, and does not collect unnecessary data.
IMBUED
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Imbued brings art into everyday life. Creativity and technology come together to build a unique network of artists, creators, museums, galleries, and universities—while promoting entertainment, engagement, and research in the field of neuroscience applied to creativity and imagination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IMBUED at none against MaskerAid's 1. IMBUED also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). MaskerAid's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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. MaskerAid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IMBUED asks for nothing beyond the download.
MaskerAid ships an update every 6 weeks, IMBUED every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaskerAid | IMBUED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (317 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 317 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 360 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Limitliss LLC | Alobar LTD |
Bugs and requests
MaskerAid
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent emoji sizing
- Difficulty moving emojis precisely
Requested features
4 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- Increase emoji selection
- Implement ML-based emoji suggestions
- Add video support
IMBUED
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MaskerAid
- Emoji Unlock$2.99
IMBUED
No in-app purchases
