Comparison

Censor This vs Veil

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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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.

About

Veil

Easily hide sensitive information in photos and screenshots using on-device redaction tools. Apply black bars, blur, or pixelation with rectangle or brush modes. Edit and export without altering your original images.

Highlights
  • On-device processing
  • Black bar redaction
  • Blur and pixelation effects
  • Rectangle and brush modes
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Non-destructive editing
Features
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Veil hides the private stuff in your photos before you share them — entirely on your device. No accounts. No uploads. No data collection. Your photos never leave your phone. CENSOR ANYTHING, FAST • Black bars, blur, pixelation, or emoji covers • Draw exact rectangles or brush freehand; erase to fine-tune • Pinch to zoom with a precision loupe for tricky spots • Crop, undo, redo, and preview before you export LET VEIL FIND IT FOR YOU • Auto-detect proposes faces, card numbers, emails, phone numbers, names, addresses, license plates, barcodes, and documents — nothing is censored until you approve it • Tap-to-censor: Veil finds the text in your photo so you can tap any word to black it out • All detection runs on your device. Nothing is analyzed in the cloud, ever. MORE THAN PHOTOS • Redact PDFs page by page and export a clean, flattened copy • Add a watermark — your logo, signature, or "PROOF" — with control of size, opacity, and placement • Built for iPhone and iPad — with a full side-panel editing layout on larger screens • Import from Photos, Camera, Files, or Clipboard PRIVACY ISN'T A FEATURE. IT'S THE POINT. • 100% on-device processing — works in airplane mode • No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no data collection • Exports are fresh copies with location (GPS) and metadata stripped • Your original photo is never modified • Covered pixels are destroyed in the export — they can't be recovered Veil is free. A single one-time purchase removes banner ads — no subscriptions, ever.

Screenshots

Censor This3 screens
Veil4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Veil at 100% against Censor This's 23%. Veil also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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 Veil 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

Veil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Censor This's written reviews are positive against 100% of Veil's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Censor This ships an update every 4 months, Veil every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Censor This versus Veil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCensor ThisVeil
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChady KassoufMarching Dogs

Customer experience

Censor This

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

Veil

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Censor This

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$5.99
1 purchases

Veil

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Censor This free?
Censor This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Veil free?
Veil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Censor This or Veil?
Veil is rated higher. Censor This averages 2.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Veil averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Censor This or Veil have ads?
Neither Censor This nor Veil shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Censor This or Veil?
Censor This ships an update every 4 months, and Veil every 2 months. Most recently, Censor This was updated on October 29, 2026 and Veil on October 24, 2026.

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