Blur Me vs Climb Designer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blur Me
Easily blur or apply a bokeh effect to your photos. Select an image from your gallery or take a new one, then use simple controls to achieve the desired blur without losing image quality. Save and share your edited photos instantly.
- Image blurring
- Bokeh effect
- Select photos from gallery
- Take photos with built-in camera
- Lossless editing
- Save and share photos
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Create polished selective blur in seconds with Blur Me: Image Blurring. Soften backgrounds, add motion, disc, or zoom blur, and guide attention to your subject. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. Start creating for free in this ad-supported edition.
Climb Designer
Design and visualize climbing routes in augmented reality. Create custom routes with various holds and walls, and share them with others. Users with compatible devices can view these routes even without the app installed.
- Augmented reality route setting
- Variety of holds, walls, and volumes
- Environmental scanning with Lidar
- Route sharing via website
- Customizable hold colors and materials
- Undo/redo functionality
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Climb Designer allows you to set climbing routes in Augmented Reality, routes can then be viewed by anyone with an iOS device, even without the app installed by visiting the climb designer website. Climb Designer has lots of different types of holds and walls for you to build your creation, if you have a Lidar enabled phone, we can even create a scan of the environment to help visualise your climb. Q: How do I add a hold A: A `ghosted` version of a hold will be displayed on the screen, when you tap, it will be placed wherever it is Q: How do I change to a different hold/volume/wall A: Tap the paintbrush icon to view all available holds/walls/volumes. Select one to set it as your active hold. Long-press a hold to see a larger version of it Q: How do I change the color/material of a hold? A: Tap the color dropper icon. This loads the color picker tool. Tap a material to apply it to your current hold and set it as your active color. Long-press to see a larger version Q: How do I rotate a hold? A: With a hold selected, Identified by a ring, use a two-finger gesture to rotate the hold Q: How do I re-size a hold? A: With a hold selected. use a two-finger pinch gesture to scale the hold Q: How do I move an already placed hold? A: Long-press on a hold, this will pick the hold up so you can move it. Tap again to place it. Q: How do I set the start/finish tags of a route A: Tap the tag icon to add or remove a tag from a hold Q: How do I change the tag color? A: Long-press on the tag icon to show the color picker for the tag. Tap a color to apply it to the tag Q: How do I re-select a hold? A: Double-tap a hold to select it, you can now change it's color etc Q: How do I remove a hold? A: With a hold selected, press the remove button Q: How do I remove all holds? A: With any hold selected, long-press the remove button. You will be asked if you want to remove all the holds. Tap yes to remove all holds Q: How do I undo my last action? A: Swiping left on the screen will undo your last action, you can swipe left until your scene is empty if you wish Q: How do I redo my last action? A: Swiping right on the screen will redo your last undone action. Q: How do I go full-screen? A: Tap the glasses icon to go into full-screen view mode. Tapping the screen again will go back to edit mode Q: How do I upload my climb so others can view it? A: When you're happy with your route, you can upload it for everyone to see. Tap the upload icon at the top of the screen. YOu will be prompted to login/register if you don't have an account already. Once logged in, fill in a few details about your climb, give it a name, description, estimated grade, optional location and press upload. Q: How do I allow a friend to create a climb with me? A: When creating a climb together, make sure that you and your friend both have the latest version of the app. Both users should open the app, The app will automatically find each other. One user can tap a banner at the top of the screen to share the scene with the other user. Your sessions will sync and you will then be sharing the same 3D-Environment to work in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blur Me at 3.0 against Climb Designer's 1.0. Blur Me also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Climb Designer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.5 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Climb Designer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Blur Me asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blur Me holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Blur Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Climb Designer every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Blur Me | Climb Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 1.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | nthState |
Customer experience
Blur Me
Climb Designer
In-app purchases
Blur Me
No in-app purchases
Climb Designer
- Bubble Hold Pack$0.99
- Curvy Volumes Pack$0.99
- Edge Hold Pack$0.99
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- Volumes Pack$0.99
- Dual Texture Stripe Hold Pack$0.99
- Tube Hold Pack$0.99









