Comparison

Asketch vs Blur Video·

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

Head to head
About

Asketch

A digital sketchpad designed for both beginners and advanced artists. It offers a focused drawing experience with intuitive gesture controls, powerful zooming for detail work, and image transformation capabilities. Capture your ideas anytime, anywhere with this versatile tool.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based drawing interface
  • Pressure-sensitive drawing support
  • High-quality image zooming
  • Image transformation (scale/rotate)
  • 50 levels of undo/redo
Features
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Asketch is a unique and versatile sketch pad. It allows creativity on the go, anytime, anywhere. Its deliberate simplicity makes it perfect for beginners who want to learn to draw; equally, advanced artists will find a wonderful buttery, tonal canvas for their life studies, cartoons, abstracts, landscapes and other subjects. The app is engineered to deliver rapid, but powerful image capture, facilitated by a great transform function that allows you to pick up the drawing, resize it and move it around the canvas, and a amazing zoom that lets you draw in minute detail. So if you want to put a traditional, but digital sketch pad in your pocket, this is the app for you. Features and functionality: Gesture based drawing interface: Changing the surface area of your finger on the screen controls the focus of the drawing. Supports pressure sensitive drawing on iPhones that support pressure sensitivity. Image zooming that actually works: Do amazing detail work when zoomed in. No pixelation of brushes while drawing. Image transformation: Scale/Rotate the image via a simple pinch gesture. 50 Levels of undo/redo. Swipe the undo/redo button to toggle back and forth. Hold down the button for rapid unwind/rewind.

About

Blur Video·

Enhance your videos with advanced blur effects. Easily conceal personal details, create artistic touches, or focus attention with customizable blur intensity and shapes. This app offers professional-grade tools for privacy and creative expression.

Highlights
  • Advanced blur technology
  • Automatic background blur
  • Object tracking blur
  • Professional face blurring
  • Customizable blur level
  • Multiple blur shapes
Features
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Add a stunning cinematic effect to your videos with Blur Video. With our app's advanced blur technology, you can easily blur your videos without compromising on the quality. Whether you're looking to hide personal details, create a dreamy effect or just to add some artistic touch to your videos, our app's innovative features ensure that the blurring process is both effective and seamless. Blur Video enables you to conceal confidential data such as credit card details, addresses or documents within your videos, ensure vital information is shielded from prying eyes without compromising the overall content of your videos. Blur Video gives you the power to customize the blurring effect to match your creative style. Experiment with different intensity levels and explore various blur shapes to achieve your desired aesthetic. Let your imagination run wild, knowing that your privacy remains intact while your creative vision shines. Features: - Advanced blur technology that ensures a high-quality video output. - Automatically detect and blur background. - Track object and apply blurry effect. - Blur face like a PRO. - Provide unique blur effects to make the video more prominent. - Provide multiple shapes to blur videos. - Customizable blur level and focus area. - Effective and easy-to-use tools for creating stunning and cinematic videos. - Buil-in sharing functionality for easy sharing on social media. This is the perfect app for you to add a creative and artistic touch to your videos. With our app's advanced blur technology, easy-to-use features and user-friendly interface, you'll have all the tools you need to create stunning videos that capture the attention of your audience. Control your video privacy, from blurring faces to protecting sensitive information, Blur Video is your go-to solution for ensuring your privacy remains intact. Discover a whole new level of security and peace of mind as you wield the power to blur, hide and safeguard your videos like never before. Blur Video Pro: • You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features within the app and remove ads. All personal data is protected in accordance with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://rockybrain.com/terms/ https://rockybrain.com/policy/

Screenshots

Asketch4 screens
Blur Video·4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blur Video· at Free against Asketch's $1.99. Blur Video· also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Asketch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (65% vs 36%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

Blur Video· is free to download; Asketch costs $1.99 up front. Blur Video· sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Asketch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Asketch against 4.4 for Blur Video·. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 224 and 123 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Asketch's written reviews are positive against 36% of Blur Video·'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Asketch ships an update every 2 months, Blur Video· monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Asketch versus Blur Video·: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsketchBlur Video·
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (224 ratings)4.4 (123 ratings)
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews — better35.7% of reviews
Number of ratings224 — better123
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#71 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew KernLe Giang Nam

Customer experience

Asketch

All ratings224 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews314 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative26.1%

Blur Video·

All ratings123 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative53.6%

Bugs and requests

Asketch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Eraser not working as expected
  • Brush strokes moving to unexpected locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and export drawings
  • More brush/pencil options
  • Color support
  • Layers and blending tools
  • Background/paper texture options

Blur Video·

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Asketch

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Blur Video·

Subscriptions2
  • Blur Video Pro3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Blur Video Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Blur Video Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Asketch free?
Asketch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blur Video· free?
Blur Video· is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Asketch or Blur Video·?
Asketch and Blur Video· are both rated 4.4 out of 5 on the App Store, from 224 and 123 ratings respectively.
Do Asketch or Blur Video· have ads?
Neither Asketch nor Blur Video· shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asketch or Blur Video·?
Asketch ships an update every 2 months, and Blur Video· monthly. Most recently, Asketch was updated on October 1, 2026 and Blur Video· on September 29, 2026.

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