Comparison

Censor This vs CensorPixel

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

Head to head
About

Censor This

Easily obscure sensitive details in your photos before sharing. This tool lets you blur or pixelate specific areas with simple finger gestures. Preserve privacy in screenshots or group photos effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Blur or pixelate sensitive areas
  • Adjust censorship intensity
  • Zoom and pan for precision
  • Save censored images without overwriting originals
  • Remove ads and watermarks via in-app purchase
Features
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Censor This makes it easy to hide sensitive information in your photos and videos before you share them. Took a screenshot with private details, an address, an account number, a name? Censor it out. Sharing a group photo but want to protect someone's privacy? Blur their face. Posting a video? Now you can censor that, too. Just blur or pixelate anything you don't want seen. It's that simple. PHOTOS ------ Scrub over any area with your finger to blur or pixelate it, perfect for screenshots, documents, IDs, and faces. Zoom in for precision and adjust the strength to taste. VIDEO (NEW) ----------- Censoring now works on video. Draw a box over what you want to hide and let it follow the subject automatically as they move, or tap Detect Faces to blur everyone in the frame at once. Fine-tune anything by hand with keyframes. Your originals are never changed, and every censored photo and video is kept in the app so you can re-share it anytime. FEATURES -------- - Censor both photos and videos - Blur or pixelate - Adjustable censor strength and brush size - Auto-track a moving subject in video - Automatic face detection - Manual keyframes for precise control - Zoom and pan for accuracy - Non-destructive: your original is never overwritten - A private, in-app library of everything you've censored IN-APP PURCHASE --------------- A single one-time purchase, no subscription, unlocks everything: - Export your videos - Remove the watermark from exported photos - Remove all ads Hide what shouldn't be seen.

About

CensorPixel

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CensorPixel lets you aoutomatcly pixelate or hide text from an image. The app will automaticlly detect text in the image and lets you select which ones to censor. The app can both pixelate the text or just hide it with a blank color. The app is perfect if quckliy want to censor some spesific text in a image. Mabye you want to hide some text from a screenshot you want to share or mabye a license plate text from a picture of a car. These are just some examples. The app will detect all the text in the selected photo and lets you choose which text to censor. Important note! It is not garated that the app will detect all the text in the image. Always make sure to review the final result of the censured image so you are satsfied wid the censor of potiential sensative data before sharing the image.

Screenshots

Censor This4 screens
CensorPixel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Censor This at none against CensorPixel's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Censor This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CensorPixel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Censor This ships an update every 4 months, CensorPixel every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Censor This versus CensorPixel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCensor ThisCensorPixel
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChady KassoufSimon Andersson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Censor This

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$3.99
1 purchases

CensorPixel

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is Censor This free?
Censor This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CensorPixel free?
CensorPixel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Censor This or CensorPixel have ads?
CensorPixel shows ads; Censor This does not.
Which is updated more often, Censor This or CensorPixel?
Censor This ships an update every 4 months, and CensorPixel every 5 months. Most recently, Censor This was updated on September 22, 2026 and CensorPixel on September 11, 2026.

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