Discretion vs Face Pixelation & Blur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
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 review sentiment: Discretion at 100% against Face Pixelation & Blur's 50%. Discretion also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Face Pixelation & Blur's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Discretion sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Face Pixelation & Blur asks for nothing beyond the download.
Discretion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Face Pixelation & Blur has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Discretion's written reviews are positive against 50% of Face Pixelation & Blur's.
Discretion ships an update every 2 months, Face Pixelation & Blur every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discretion | Face Pixelation & Blur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Kennedy | 100 Factories |
Customer experience
Discretion
Face Pixelation & Blur
In-app purchases
Discretion
- Yearly Complete7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Yearly Family Complete$2.991 Year
- Life-Time Complete$4.99
- Life-Time Family Complete$7.99
Face Pixelation & Blur
No in-app purchases
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