Comparison

Photo Editor vs Blurred Edge Maker

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

Head to head
About

Photo Editor

This app is a powerful, all-in-one design studio for photo editing. It allows users to create unique images with a wide range of tools, filters, effects, and templates. Easily enhance selfies, food shots, scenery, and more for professional-looking results.

Highlights
  • Photo filters and effects
  • Stickers, overlays, and artwork
  • Magazine-style templates
  • Drawing and text tools
  • Cropping and collage maker
  • Photo booth fun
Features
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Photo Editor, is one of the most powerful design studios that fits in the palm of your hands. With over 50 million installs, Photo Editor is the premier all-in-one editor to fulfill all of your photo editing needs. If you're looking for an easy way to create unique looking pictures and convey a message, this is the way to do it! Easily edit photos of any kind - selfies, food, architecture, scenery, and fashion. Use items like masks, captions, quotes, watermarks, and memes that you create in the app. Add beautiful typography & artwork, apply stunning filters and photo effects, and add an ever-growing collection of shapes, light FX, textures, borders, patterns, and more to your photos and share them to your favorite social networks. The beauty of Photo Editor is that you don't have to be a professional photographer or a graphic artist to create professional looking results. This app is designed to be easy and quick to use so anyone can benefit from it. Photo Editing Features: Stickers & Artwork • Choose from a delightful collection of stickers, overlays & artwork to add onto your photos. - Expressing yourself has never been more fun! Photo Filters • Apply one of our 50+ gorgeous photo filters - with more on the way. • Enable the Photo Editor photo extension in the iOS Photos app to natively apply Photo Editor filters when editing in your Camera Roll. Photo Effects • Choose from our carefully crafted blends of light leaks, film grains, textures, gorgeous gradients, magical effects, and more! Image Overlays and Masks • Impress your friends by applying a collection of hundreds (and growing) of shapes, borders, overlays, textures and more to add that extra flair to your photos. Magazine Templates • Choose from incredible magazine-style templates to create your own custom cover story. Announce your birthday party, baby shower or job promotion with magazine templates inspired by publications like Time, Forbes, People, Bon Appétit and many more! Custom Artwork • Import custom artwork or your own logo, and use it in your photos as a fully editable layer. This is perfect for the mobile creative, and a big plus to branding efforts everywhere. Drawing Tool • Perfect for those who want to draw some rough notes, instructions, captions & more on their photos. Crop Photos • Easily crop photos using our preset ratios - including the popular 1:1 ratio - perfect for Instagram, or drag cropping tool to your desired width and height. Collage Tool • Choose from our great selection of unique and fun collages. Photo Booth • Endless fun awaits in the Photo Editor Photo booth. You'll never get tired of sharing your awesome photos with your friends. Sticker Pack • Fun set of iMessage stickers included with each download, with the option easily share images created with Photo Editor. This robust photo editing app for iPhone or iPad allows you to create unlimited fun, quirky, or professional photo edits. After installing this app, you will have access to the perfect photo editor for Instagram and for creating beautiful and unique pictures right at your fingertips. Easily upload, edit, and share as many photos as you want, whenever you want. No previous design experience or knowledge is needed to use our photo editing app. View our Terms of Service at: https://maplemedia.io/terms-of-service/ Download. Create. Share. We can't wait to see your creativity in action with Photo Editor! Support: contact@maplemedia.io Happy Editing, The Photo Editor Team

About

Blurred Edge Maker

Easily create artistic photos with blurred edges for social media posts. Select your desired size, choose a photo, and customize its appearance with various editing options before saving.

Highlights
  • Select size modes (Square, Landscape, Portrait, Stories)
  • Resize and reposition photos within frames
  • Adjust round corners, foreground, and background sizes
  • Preview full-sized creations
  • Save to Photo Library
Features
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Create artistic photos accented wth a blurred edge. ▶ First select your size mode. (Square, Landscape, Portrait, Stories) ▶ Tap the Choose Size button and select a photo from your Photo Library. ▶ Resize and reposition your chosen photo inside your frame. ▶ Tap the Options button to experiment with different editing options including round corners, foreground size and background size. ▶ Tap Preview to view a full sized preview of your created photo. ▶ Tap Save to Photo Library to export your final creation into your photo library. Enjoy using the app! ◆ Customer Support You can reach us at contact@tlogicsofthouse.com and we will do our best to solve all of your problems and questions related to the app. We would love to hear from you! Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions by sending an email to: contact@tlogicsofthouse.com.

Screenshots

Photo Editor4 screens
Blurred Edge Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blurred Edge Maker at none against Photo Editor's shown. Blurred Edge Maker also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Photo Editor's advantage is ratings volume (43K vs 21). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Photo Editor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Blurred Edge Maker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Photo Editor against 4.5 for Blurred Edge Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Editor has 43K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, Blurred Edge Maker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Photo Editor versus Blurred Edge Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto EditorBlurred Edge Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43K ratings) — better4.5 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings43K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB16 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaple Media Apps, LLCT-Logic

Customer experience

Photo Editor

All ratings43,073 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews2,089 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative20.0%

Blurred Edge Maker

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%

Bugs and requests

Photo Editor

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Text formatting issues
  • Inability to change font color
  • Crashes and freezes when using multiple features

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore previous sticker packs
  • Improve text editing capabilities
  • Add undo/redo functionality

Blurred Edge Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Photo Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Photo Editor Pro$3.991 Month
  • Photo Editor Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time8
  • Remove Watermark$1.99
  • The Big Stickers Bundle$1.99
  • Unlock All Fonts$3.99
Show 5 more
  • All Collages$3.99
  • All Sticker Packs$4.99
  • All Overlays$4.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • Unlock Bundle$49.99
2 purchases

Blurred Edge Maker

One-time2
  • One Month Access$0.99
  • Lifetime Access$4.99

Questions

Is Photo Editor free?
Photo Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blurred Edge Maker free?
Blurred Edge Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Editor or Blurred Edge Maker?
Photo Editor is rated higher. Photo Editor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while Blurred Edge Maker averages 4.5 from 21 ratings.
Do Photo Editor or Blurred Edge Maker have ads?
Photo Editor shows ads; Blurred Edge Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Editor or Blurred Edge Maker?
Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, and Blurred Edge Maker every 5 weeks. Most recently, Photo Editor was updated on October 27, 2026 and Blurred Edge Maker on October 4, 2026.

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