Comparison

Censor This vs Silhouette Hour

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

Silhouette Hour

Features
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The "silhouette hour" is a magical time when the morning sun or evening sun turns the subject into a silhouette. The photo you take is automatically converted into a beautiful silhouette photo. ● Image recognition automatically converts the subject into a silhouette. ● You can adjust the lighting effects of the silhouette area and background area separately. ● It can generate not only pure black silhouettes, but also silhouettes with light and dark contrast. ● Edited image files can be saved and shared. [Select Photo] ・Launch the camera and take a photo ・Select a photo from the photo album ・Import shared files from other apps ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Settings] ・Edit anchor points on the light and dark graph ・Linear interpolation of the light and dark graph [Touch Operation] ・Pinch in/out: Zoom in on the image ・Pan: Scroll through the zoomed image [Photo Output] ・Save to camera roll: Photo ・Share photos: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

Censor This4 screens
Silhouette Hour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Censor This at Free against Silhouette Hour's $1.99. Silhouette Hour's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Censor This is free to download; Silhouette Hour costs $1.99 up front. Censor This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silhouette Hour asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Censor This ships an update every 4 months, Silhouette Hour every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Censor This versus Silhouette Hour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCensor ThisSilhouette Hour
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating2.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChady KassoufMasanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Censor This

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$3.99
None

Silhouette Hour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Censor This free?
Censor This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silhouette Hour free?
Silhouette Hour costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Censor This or Silhouette Hour have ads?
Neither Censor This nor Silhouette Hour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Censor This or Silhouette Hour?
Censor This ships an update every 4 months, and Silhouette Hour every 2 months. Most recently, Censor This was updated on September 22, 2026 and Silhouette Hour on September 20, 2026.

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