Comparison

ASCII vs Blur Info

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

Head to head
About

ASCII

Transform your photos into unique text-based art. Edit images, choose color or monochrome modes, and customize character sets for social media posts or digital art. Share your creations as images or text.

Highlights
  • Photo to ASCII art conversion
  • Advanced image editor
  • Color and monochrome modes
  • Customizable character sets
  • Social media optimized sizing
  • Share as image or text
Features
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Unleash your creativity with ASCII-FY, the ultimate ASCII art generator that transforms your photos into stunning text-based masterpieces! Whether you want to create a unique social media post, a fun iMessage, or just explore a new form of digital art, ASCII-FY gives you all the tools you need. Start with any photo from your library and watch as it’s instantly converted into intricate art made entirely from characters. But it doesn’t stop there! Dive into our powerful editor to make each creation truly your own. Key Features: Powerful Photo Editor: Don't just convert—create! Draw directly on your image with a variety of colors, add other photos as overlays, and rotate, scale, and position them to build the perfect composition before generating your art. Color & Monochrome Modes: Choose between classic black-and-white ASCII for a retro feel or generate full-color text art that brings your photos to life in a vibrant new way. Perfect Sizing for Social Media: Get the perfect look for any platform with preset sizes optimized for Instagram, TikTok, iMessage, and more. Plus, use the custom width option for ultimate control. Custom Character Sets: Select from standard, block, or minimal character sets, or define your very own set of characters for a completely unique artistic style. Share Your Way: Copy as Image: The best way to share! Copies a high-quality image of your art, preserving perfect alignment and color on any platform. Copy as Text: Copies the raw characters (including rich text color data) for pasting into compatible apps. Save to Photos: Save your finished artwork directly to your photo library. Undo/Redo & Clear: Made a mistake? No problem! Easily undo your last action or clear all edits to start fresh. Go Ad-Free: Love the app? You can remove all ads forever with a single, one-time purchase. Just tap the icon in the top corner to learn more. Download ASCII-FY today and start turning your pictures into pixel-perfect text art!

About

Blur Info

Easily censor sensitive information in photos, screenshots, and PDFs. Tools include blurring, pixelation, and blackout to protect your privacy before sharing. Offers freehand drawing and signature addition for quick edits.

Highlights
  • Blackout, blur, and pixelate tools
  • Highlight, underline, and strike-through
  • Blend tool to match background
  • Freehand drawing and signature
  • Import from Photos, Files, or Camera
  • Works with images, screenshots, and PDFs
  • Zoom for detailed edits
  • Quick export and local saving
Features
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Blur Info hides personal details in screenshots, photos and PDFs before you share them. It reads the page on your iPhone, outlines phone numbers, emails, ID, card and account numbers, and lets you cover them in a tap. Nothing is uploaded, ever. FINDS IT FOR YOU • An on-device scan reads English, Malay and Chinese text, down to the fine print • Spots emails, phone numbers, links, addresses, ID numbers, card and account numbers, license plates, labeled names, faces, QR codes and barcodes • Review the list, uncheck false alarms and redact the rest, or tap any outline to cover just that one • Nothing is covered until you say so HIDES IT PROPERLY • Solid black redaction boxes • Blur and pixelate that can't be guessed back. Ordinary blur smudges the hidden text itself, so it can be matched. Blur Info swaps the inside of the box for a nearby patch of the picture first, so nothing of the original is left • Tap a line of text to cover exactly that line • Erase: paint over a watermark, logo or stamp to remove it • Low, Medium or High intensity for blur and pixelate • Highlight, underline, strike through, draw and add text • Undo and redo every step MARKS A COPY FOR ONE USE • Write "For tenancy application only", or any purpose, across every page of a copy • Handy when a landlord, employer or agency asks for a copy of your ID, payslip or bank statement: the marked copy can't be reused for anything else • The mark comes in 15 languages, picked from your phone's language SHARES ONLY WHAT YOU MEAN TO • The export review shows exactly what will be shared and flags detected items nobody has checked • Every export is a flattened copy: hidden content is gone, not just layered on top • Location and camera details are removed from exported images, and PDF creation details are wiped • Your original is never changed • Save to Photos or share to any app WORKS WITH • Photos, the camera, Files and PDFs • Right from the Share button in Photos, Files and other apps, without opening Blur Info first • Join several screenshots of a long chat or receipt into one image, then hide what's private • iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything happens on your device. Blur Info has no server and works offline • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Open documents are hidden from the App Switcher Free: save or share 3 files a day and open PDFs up to 30 pages. Blur Info Plus (yearly or one-time purchase) removes both limits. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ASCII4 screens
Blur Info4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ASCII at 4.5 against Blur Info's 3.4. ASCII also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). Blur Info's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.1). 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. ASCII sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Blur Info sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ASCII holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASCII ships an update daily, Blur Info every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ASCII versus Blur Info: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASCIIBlur Info
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.116.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyler BerndtKok Keong

Customer experience

ASCII

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blur Info

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ASCII

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Remove Ads.$3.99
2 purchases

Blur Info

Subscriptions1
  • Redact Plus Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Redact Plus Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is ASCII free?
ASCII is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blur Info free?
Blur Info is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ASCII or Blur Info?
ASCII is rated higher. ASCII averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Blur Info averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do ASCII or Blur Info have ads?
Neither ASCII nor Blur Info shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASCII or Blur Info?
ASCII ships an update daily, and Blur Info every 6 weeks. Most recently, ASCII was updated on October 24, 2026 and Blur Info on October 28, 2026.

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