Comparison

Censor This vs Photo Masks

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

Photo Masks

Enhance your photos with a variety of artistic masks and background options. Personalize images with solid colors or opaque backgrounds, then easily share your creations via email or social media.

Highlights
  • Add masks to photos
  • Select from 60 masks
  • Opaque background option
  • Solid color backgrounds
  • Share via email
  • Save to Photo Library
  • Share on Facebook
Features
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This app let you add to any photo, taken from camera or selected from Photo Library, nice masks. You can chose from 60 nice masks, to give to your photos a personal touch. Background can be made opaque. You can also add as background a solid color. Many options to customize perfectly your photos. Finally the app allows you to share the photo by email, save it to the Photo Library or share it on your Facebook account. You will love this app!

Screenshots

Censor This4 screens
Photo Masks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Censor This at every 4 months against Photo Masks's every 42 months. Censor This also leads on rating (2.8 vs 2.5). Photo Masks's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 Photo Masks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Censor This holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Censor This's written reviews are positive against 33% of Photo Masks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Censor This ships an update every 4 months, Photo Masks every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Censor This versus Photo Masks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCensor ThisPhoto Masks
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings) — better2.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 42 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChady KassoufDietmar Herbert Schwarz Webers

Customer experience

Censor This

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.9%

Photo Masks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Censor This

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$3.99
1 purchases

Photo Masks

One-time1
  • Activate all Masks$1.99

Questions

Is Censor This free?
Censor This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Masks free?
Photo Masks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Censor This or Photo Masks?
Censor This is rated higher. Censor This averages 2.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Photo Masks averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Censor This or Photo Masks have ads?
Neither Censor This nor Photo Masks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Censor This or Photo Masks?
Censor This ships an update every 4 months, and Photo Masks every 42 months. Most recently, Censor This was updated on September 22, 2026 and Photo Masks on October 7, 2026.

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