QuickRedact vs Smata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickRedact
Automatically detect and obscure faces in your photos with various effects like blur or emojis. Process multiple images offline with advanced customization and privacy-focused features. Enjoy a one-time purchase for permanent access.
- Automatic face detection
- Multiple photo processing
- Emoji, blur, and shape effects
- Offline on-device processing
- Metadata removal
- Share and Photo Editing Extensions
- Apple Intelligence/Shortcuts support
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Hide any number of faces in your photos automatically. Here are some of the reasons making QuickRedact unique: - State-of-the-art, robust face detection. Automatically detects any face in your photos. Yes, even hundreds. - Multiple photo support. You can import as many photos as you like and have them processed all at once. - Advanced customization options. Add Emojis, Blur, Pixellation or Shape effects to faces. You can even mix and edit them for each face separately. - Lightning fast on-device image processing. Get realtime previews of the final results, thanks to your device's GPU, Neural Engine & Metal. What you see is truly what you get. - Completely offline. No network connection required. Your device is perfectly capable for this job, so NOTHING is ever transmitted to internet. - Privacy first. As a privacy-focused app, automatically makes sure that ALL metadata is removed from the edited photos, including location, camera information, filenames etc. - No tracking / analytics services. Nothing... just an app that is focused on a single task. - Crystal clear pricing. No subscriptions, in-app purchases or any hidden fees. Just one time purchase for all your devices, forever. - Share Extension. You can easily import any photos to QuickRedact from any app. - Photo Editing Extension. You can redact your images inside Photos app by using the editing extension - fully featured. - Apple Intelligence / Shortcuts support. Create custom workflows by using the shortcut. Ready for Apple Intelligence. QuickRedact is a work of a single developer. If you need help, want to provide feedback or ask for a new feature then please contact me at info@quickredactapp.com. All messages will be responded. * All media used in screenshots are under CC0 license. All screenshots have been captured in-app, no external editing applied.
Smata
Enhance your study sessions with this social platform. Track your progress, block distractions, and connect with friends to see their live study habits. Compete on leaderboards and encourage each other's academic efforts.
- Track study sessions
- Block distracting apps
- View friends' live study activity
- Compete on leaderboards
- Share study photos and strategies
- Encourage friends' efforts
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Study Smarter with Smata! - Track your study sessions. - Block distracting apps. - See where, what, and how long your friends are studying live. - Compete on the friends and campus-wide leaderboards. - View your friends' study photos, strategies, and sessions. - Encourage and give your friends props for their effort! Here at Smata, we are striving to build the ultimate study tool. We hope to provide a platform that enhances your study experience and makes studying a collaborative effort! We hope you enjoy! - The Smata Team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Smata at Free against QuickRedact's $1.99. Smata also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). QuickRedact's advantage is chart position (#28 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Smata is free to download; QuickRedact costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for QuickRedact against 5.0 for Smata. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smata has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
QuickRedact ships an update every 12 months, Smata every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickRedact | Smata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #28 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vasileios Akoinoglou | TheDairy, Inc. |
Customer experience
QuickRedact
Smata
In-app purchases
QuickRedact
No in-app purchases
Smata
No in-app purchases
