Comparison

MaskerAid vs What Agent

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic face detection
  • Add and position emoji
  • Remove image metadata
  • Save and share photos
  • Thousands of emoji options
Features
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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.

About

What Agent

Features
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Whatagent is an ai app that lets you chat with your friends and you can chat with ai as well.

Screenshots

MaskerAid4 screens
What Agent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: What Agent at none against MaskerAid's 1. What Agent also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, 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. MaskerAid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. What Agent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaskerAid ships an update every 6 weeks, What Agent every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MaskerAid versus What Agent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaskerAidWhat Agent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (317 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings317 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimitliss LLCStarfish Apps, Inc.

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

What Agent

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MaskerAid

One-time1
  • Emoji Unlock$2.99
None

What Agent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MaskerAid free?
MaskerAid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What Agent free?
What Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MaskerAid or What Agent have ads?
Neither MaskerAid nor What Agent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MaskerAid or What Agent?
MaskerAid ships an update every 6 weeks, and What Agent every 11 days. Most recently, MaskerAid was updated on November 3, 2026 and What Agent on October 30, 2026.

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