Comparison

Photo Editor vs Blurvo

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

Blurvo

Features
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blurvo is a different kind of camera app. You don’t take photos to see them instantly. You take them to rediscover them later. Every photo you capture is immediately locked and blurred. No retakes. No filters. No editing. No deleting. Just one real moment, exactly as it happened. Choose a timer — or let blurvo decide randomly. Minutes, days, or even a full week later, the memory unlocks and reveals itself with a single tap. Sometimes blurvo sends you a random reminder to capture life as it is. No posing. No planning. Just honest moments you would normally forget. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture one-time moments with no retakes • Lock memories for seconds, days, or random durations • Receive spontaneous reminders during the day • Add mood tags and journal notes after unlocking • Save locations and revisit memories on a map • Print unlocked memories as physical keepsakes • Protect everything with PIN and Face ID / Touch ID • Keep all photos fully private on your device PRIVACY FIRST No cloud. No servers. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your memories never leave your phone. Ever. blurvo turns everyday moments into memories worth waiting for. EULA: https://terrariumspiders.eu/blurvo/eula.html

Screenshots

Photo Editor4 screens
Blurvo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blurvo at none against Photo Editor's shown. Blurvo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

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 Blurvo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, Blurvo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Photo Editor versus Blurvo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto EditorBlurvo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings43K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaple Media Apps, LLCADRIAN WRONA

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

Blurvo

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
3 purchases

Blurvo

Subscriptions2
  • Upgrade to Premium – Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Upgrade to Premium – Yearly$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$8.99

Questions

Is Photo Editor free?
Photo Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blurvo free?
Blurvo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photo Editor or Blurvo have ads?
Photo Editor shows ads; Blurvo does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Editor or Blurvo?
Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, and Blurvo daily. Most recently, Photo Editor was updated on October 31, 2026 and Blurvo on October 28, 2026.

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