Censor This vs Silhouette Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Blur or pixelate anything you don't want seen, in photos and video. Screenshots with an address or account number. A group photo where someone didn't want to be posted. A video with a face, a license plate, or a street sign. Censor This hides it in seconds, before you share. PHOTOS Swipe over any area with your finger to blur or pixelate it. Zoom in for precision, adjust the brush size and strength, and undo anything. Works on screenshots, documents, IDs, chats, and faces. VIDEO Draw a box over what you want hidden and Censor This follows it automatically as it moves. Tap Detect Faces to blur everyone in the frame at once. Need more control? Add keyframes and fine-tune by hand. YOUR ORIGINALS STAY UNTOUCHED Edits are never written over the original. Every censored photo and video is kept in a private library inside the app, so you can re-share it any time without redoing the work. WHY CENSOR THIS • Photos and videos in one app • Blur or pixelate • Auto-track a moving subject • Automatic face detection • Keyframes for frame-accurate control • Adjustable brush size and strength • Zoom and pan for precision • Non-destructive, originals never overwritten • Private in-app library of everything you've censored ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Photo censoring is free. A single one-time purchase unlocks everything: • Video export • Watermark-free photos • No ads Hide what shouldn't be seen.
Silhouette Editor
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■ Use two photos, one for the foreground and one for the background, to create a single photo. ■ Darken the foreground photo to easily create a "silhouette composite photo." ■ Background transparency is fully automatic. Enjoyable and quick photo compositing. ■ To fine-tune the automatic background transparency, you can enlarge the image and edit in detail. ● Foreground recognition function automatically makes only the background of the photo transparent. ● Adjust the brightness of the foreground and background using the brightness graph. ● Leave only the foreground you want to focus on, such as people, pets, cars, buildings, and flowers, and create a silhouette composite with another background. ● Zoom and scroll the image to correct foreground recognition errors and make detailed corrections to transparent parts. ● Zoom, rotate, and edit the position of the foreground and background. ● Copy, save, and share transparent images and composite images. ● Save transparent images to a collection (reusable) [Photo Selection] ・Launch the camera and take a photo. ・Select a photo from the photo album. ・Select a foreground image from a collection. ・Import shared files from other apps. ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Outputs] ・Save to camera roll: Photos ・Share photos: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Censor This at Free against Silhouette Editor's $2.99. Silhouette Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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
Censor This is free to download; Silhouette Editor costs $2.99 up front. Censor This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silhouette Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Censor This | Silhouette Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chady Kassouf | Masanori Katsuta |
In-app purchases
Censor This
- Unlock Full Version$5.99
Silhouette Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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