Comparison

Mosaic vs No Crop

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

Head to head
About

Mosaic

Easily create professional-quality photos with stunning background blur effects. This app uses AI to automatically detect and blur backgrounds, offering various blur styles like motion, zoom, and soft focus. Achieve artistic looks or clean product shots with high-resolution, watermark-free exports.

Highlights
  • AI background blur
  • Automatic background detection
  • Realistic depth and focus
  • Customizable blur styles (motion, zoom, linear, soft)
  • High-resolution export
  • No watermarks
Features
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Blur backgrounds, hide faces, and make every photo pop — in one tap. Blurr uses AI to find the person in your photo, so you can blur the background for a pro portrait look or hide faces, text and private details before you share. SEE IT ON YOUR PHOTO FIRST Pick a photo and every style is instantly previewed on your own picture. Tap the one you like and fine-tune it. BLUR BACKGROUNDS LIKE A PRO • AI subject detection — no manual masking • Portrait bokeh, soft focus, motion, and zoom blur • Cinematic, Dreamy, Noir, Tilt-Shift, Spotlight and more looks • Adjust strength and style with simple sliders HIDE WHAT SHOULDN'T BE SEEN • Blur or pixelate faces automatically • Blur or pixelate text: license plates, addresses, names, screens • Brush to blur exactly the areas you choose, with undo REMOVE BACKGROUNDS Cut out the subject and save a transparent PNG, ready for stickers, product shots, and designs. Or swap the background for a clean studio white or a bold gradient. CREATIVE EFFECTS Neon Glow, Duotone, Halftone, Pixelate, Crystallize, Twirl, Vortex, Glass, Water, Hologram and dozens more. MADE FOR SHARING • Crop to Instagram, Stories, TikTok and other popular sizes • Save to Photos or share anywhere • Import from your library or Files Perfect for portraits, selfies, product photos, travel shots, and privacy-safe sharing. PREMIUM Go Premium to unlock all Pro templates, full-resolution exports, and an ad-free experience. Free users can save in standard quality. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. • If you start a free trial, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. • Manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal anytime in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://mobile-apps.dev/blur-photo-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://mobile-apps.dev/blur-photo-terms-of-use/

About

No Crop

Easily frame your photos and videos without cropping, maintaining their original resolution. Customize borders with various colors and ratios to perfectly fit platforms like Instagram. Share your creations directly to other apps with a simplified workflow.

Highlights
  • Frame photos and videos without cropping
  • Maintain original image resolution with borders
  • Support for square, 4:5, and other ratios
  • Customizable border colors
  • Direct sharing to Instagram and other apps
  • Preserves photo location and camera details
Features
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The app is simple, but has some important features: - Frame photos and videos in square, 4:5 and many other ratios, so there will be no crop. - Image quality - keeps image resolution by adding borders around it. - Preserve HDR highlights when adding borders to supported photos and videos, or choose SDR for a more consistent appearance across devices. - Easy-to-use interface for quick framing. - Native photo picker and share menu to send photos directly to Instagram and other apps. - Choose a border color to match your image. - Soft blurred border: fill the border around your photo or video with a soft blur instead of a solid color. - Preserves photo location and camera details. - Simplified workflow: share images directly from any app to Simple Border using the share button. - Use Siri to frame and share your latest photo, or use Shortcuts, the Action Button, and automations to process selected photos with your last border style. - Adds photos to "Simple Border" album in Photos app. - Keeps last used settings. - Experimental: Add text or a watermark to your photo’s border. - Premium Subscription: share up to 10 images or videos at once, no save limits. Privacy Policy: https://sneawo.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of use: https://sneawo.com/terms.html If you encounter any problems or have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at support+simpleborder@sneawo.com

Screenshots

Mosaic4 screens
No Crop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mosaic and No Crop both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of No Crop's written reviews are positive against 57% of Mosaic's. Mosaic's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Mosaic sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and No Crop sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 Mosaic against 4.6 for No Crop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 127 and 136 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Mosaic's written reviews are positive against 75% of No Crop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosaic ships an update every 9 days, No Crop fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mosaic versus No Crop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosaicNo Crop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (127 ratings) — better4.6 (136 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings127136 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViacheslav KhakhulinAndrey Zhukov

Customer experience

Mosaic

All ratings127 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

No Crop

All ratings133 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative20.8%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Mosaic

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Quarterly3 Days trial$5.993 Months
  • Yearly3 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$17.99
15 purchases

No Crop

Subscriptions11
  • Premium3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.497 Days
  • Premium3 Days trial2 variants$1.497 Days
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  • Premium3 Days trial2 variants$1.997 Days
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$3.497 Days
  • Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium$4.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Premium Lifetime FreeFree
  • Premium Lifetime$9.99
  • Premium Lifetime$19.99
Show 1 more
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Mosaic free?
Mosaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is No Crop free?
No Crop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mosaic or No Crop?
Mosaic is rated higher. Mosaic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while No Crop averages 4.6 from 136 ratings.
Do Mosaic or No Crop have ads?
Neither Mosaic nor No Crop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosaic or No Crop?
Mosaic ships an update every 9 days, and No Crop fortnightly. Most recently, Mosaic was updated on October 24, 2026 and No Crop on October 27, 2026.

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