Comparison

Open Spoken vs Blur Face Editor tool

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

Head to head
About

Open Spoken

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Open Spoken is an open-source app to transcribe audio from the microphone into text. It's designed to help communicating with the hearing impaired by showing transcribed text on the device screen. It uses Apple’s speech recognition so it supports any language supported by Apple’s Speech Recognition engine. Supported languages (as of iOS 16): - Arabic - Chinese - Croatian - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Malay - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese

About

Blur Face Editor tool

Easily hide or blur faces in your photos with automatic detection and multiple style options. Protect privacy and censor images for social media or content creation quickly and efficiently.

Highlights
  • Automatic face detection and blurring
  • Manual selection for fine-tuning
  • Multiple blur styles (pixelation, mosaic)
  • Adjustable blur intensity
  • Fast and lightweight performance
  • Export and save edited photos
Features
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Your privacy, your control. Blur Face makes it incredibly simple to hide identities in photos by automatically detecting and blurring faces. Whether you're sharing a group photo, covering strangers, or creating content that protects identities, Blur Face is your go-to privacy tool. - Manual Selection – Fine-tune blur areas or add new ones manually. - Multiple Blur Styles – Choose from classic blur, pixelation, mosaic, and more. - Adjustable Intensity – Control how much to blur or pixelate. - Fast & Lightweight – Get results in seconds, without draining your device. Blur Face is your smart, easy-to-use face censor app that lets you blur, pixelate, or hide faces automatically. Perfect for privacy protection, social media, photo editing, and more. Download now and censor faces in seconds! - Blur/pixelate photos and Faces Automatically - Face Pixelate & Mosaic Tool - Export to gallery and save the photos - Censor Photo for Social Media

Screenshots

Open Spoken3 screens
Blur Face Editor tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Open Spoken at none against Blur Face Editor tool's shown. Blur Face Editor tool's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Spoken ships an update every 14 months, Blur Face Editor tool every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Open Spoken versus Blur Face Editor tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen SpokenBlur Face Editor tool
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTal AviramPANAGIOTIS KONSTANTINOS KARAGIANNIS

In-app purchases

None

Open Spoken

No in-app purchases

None

Blur Face Editor tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Spoken free?
Open Spoken is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blur Face Editor tool free?
Blur Face Editor tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open Spoken or Blur Face Editor tool have ads?
Blur Face Editor tool shows ads; Open Spoken does not.
Which is updated more often, Open Spoken or Blur Face Editor tool?
Open Spoken ships an update every 14 months, and Blur Face Editor tool every 5 days. Most recently, Open Spoken was updated on September 17, 2026 and Blur Face Editor tool on September 29, 2026.

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