Comparison

Blur ID vs Screenshot Editor

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

Head to head
About

Blur ID

Automatically detect and obscure sensitive information like faces, usernames, and profile pictures in your screenshots. This app offers a natural-looking blur effect, replacing elements with avatars or emojis for a polished look. It prioritizes privacy by processing all images offline on your device.

Highlights
  • Smart detection of faces, usernames, and profile content
  • Natural-looking blur effects and replacements
  • Works with popular messaging and social apps
  • Completely offline image processing
  • Replaces sensitive info with avatars/emojis
Features
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Blur ID — Privacy protection made simple. Automatically detects and blurs faces, usernames, profile pictures, and sensitive text in your screenshots before you share them. Perfect for sharing chat conversations, social media posts, or any screenshots while keeping everyone's privacy intact. Works with all your favorite apps — iMessage, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tinder, Snapchat, and more. ■ What makes it different: Instead of ugly black bars or pixelated blocks, Blur ID creates clean, natural-looking edits. Profile pictures get replaced with generic avatars, faces are covered with friendly emojis, and usernames are smoothly removed. Your screenshots look polished, not censored. ■ Key features: - Smart detection of faces, usernames, and profile content - Clean, natural-looking blur effects and replacements - Works with popular messaging and social apps - Completely offline — your images never leave your device ■ Privacy first: Everything happens directly on your iPhone. No uploading, no cloud processing, no data collection. You can even disable the app's internet access if you want extra peace of mind. Whether you're sharing funny conversations with friends, posting reviews, or creating content while respecting others' privacy, Blur ID handles the tedious work so you don't have to manually edit every screenshot. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://blurid.app/privacy - Website: https://blurid.app

About

Screenshot Editor

Easily create and edit screenshots with tools to highlight important information and hide sensitive details. Enhance your images with professional templates, device mockups, and text overlays.

Highlights
  • Redact sensitive information
  • Highlight important areas
  • Add text and notes
  • Use device mockups
  • Apply GIF animations
  • Utilize trending templates
Features
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Create and edit your screenshots. Highlight the important and hide the confidential. We added new 7 tools for your screenshots: Redact, Highlight, Underline, Strike, Blur, Blend and Pixel Screencut is an application for quickly creating beautiful screenshots. Easily create screenshots in a powerful editor that supports photos and videos, multiple device mockups, adding notes, overlaying text and GIF animations, and flexible settings for shadows and fillets. The app also offers dozens of the most trending screenshot templates to make your images look stylish and professional. You can create screenshots in just two clicks, directly from the share menu, making the process even faster and more convenient Terms of use: https://seraleev.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://seraleev.com/privacy Support address: programadorviktor@icloud.com

Screenshots

Blur ID4 screens
Screenshot Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blur ID at none against Screenshot Editor's shown. Blur ID also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Screenshot Editor's advantage is ratings volume (126 vs 30). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Blur ID sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Screenshot Editor sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blur ID holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 126 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Blur ID's written reviews are positive against 75% of Screenshot Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blur ID ships an update every 2 weeks, Screenshot Editor weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blur ID versus Screenshot Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlur IDScreenshot Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (30 ratings) — better4.6 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmashMelon LLCProgramacion Viktor Seraleev EIRL

Customer experience

Blur ID

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative11.6%

Screenshot Editor

All ratings126 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Blur ID

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99
5 purchases

Screenshot Editor

Subscriptions5
  • Redact, highlight, blur3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Screencut Premium3 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • Screencut Premium$14.996 Months
Show 2 more
  • Get Premium access$19.991 Year
  • Screencut Premium$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Blur ID free?
Blur ID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screenshot Editor free?
Screenshot Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blur ID or Screenshot Editor?
Blur ID is rated higher. Blur ID averages 4.9 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Screenshot Editor averages 4.6 from 126 ratings.
Do Blur ID or Screenshot Editor have ads?
Screenshot Editor shows ads; Blur ID does not.
Which is updated more often, Blur ID or Screenshot Editor?
Blur ID ships an update every 2 weeks, and Screenshot Editor weekly. Most recently, Blur ID was updated on September 20, 2026 and Screenshot Editor on September 19, 2026.

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