NIX Redaction vs Text Redact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NIX Redaction
Securely redact sensitive information from photos and PDFs directly on your device. Remove GPS data, camera details, and other metadata without uploading any of your content. Protect your privacy with powerful, on-device editing tools.
- On-device redaction and metadata stripping
- Redact photos and PDFs with boxes
- Solid black, blur, or pixelate effects
- Remove GPS, camera, and other metadata
- Batch processing for up to 20 items
- Security-first PDF export
- Full undo support
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NIX Redaction Pro is the privacy tool that never sees your data. Every redaction, every metadata strip happens 100% on your device. Nothing uploads. Nothing leaves your phone. REDACT PHOTOS & PDFS • Place redaction boxes with a tap — resize and position precisely • Choose solid black, blur, or pixelate effects • Rectangle or ellipse shapes for any content • Batch redact up to 20 photos at once • "Find All" propagates redactions to matching text across pages • Full undo support — mistakes are reversible • Security-first PDF export: redacted pages are rasterized to destroy underlying text (not just covered up) STRIP METADATA • Remove GPS coordinates, camera info, lens data, timestamps • Batch process up to 20 photos • Multi-pass verification ensures complete removal • Always free, unlimited use BUILT FOR PRIVACY • Zero network permissions — the app cannot send data anywhere • No accounts, no tracking, no analytics • Uses only Apple frameworks: Vision, PDFKit, CoreImage, Photos • Universal app optimized for iPhone and iPad Perfect for journalists, lawyers, healthcare workers, real estate agents, HR professionals, or anyone who shares documents and photos but needs to protect sensitive information first. Redact with confidence. Your data never leaves your device.
Text Redact
Easily hide sensitive information on your photos and screenshots. This tool automatically detects text, allowing you to blur, pixelate, or cover it with custom colors before sharing.
- Automatic text recognition (OCR)
- Multiple editing tools (fill, blur, pixelate)
- Customizable colors and opacity
- Undo/redo functionality
- Full-quality export
- Offline functionality
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Text Redact — a simple and reliable tool to protect personal data on images and video. Redact text on screenshots, documents and photos before sharing. The app automatically recognizes text (OCR) — just tap a word and it will be hidden. Add a watermark to your photos and video to keep your work signed. FEATURES: • Automatic text recognition on images • 9 editing tools: fill, blur, pixelate, highlight, underline, strikethrough, draw, eraser and watermark • Watermark of any kind: text, a logo from your library, a symbol or an emoji • Place it with your fingers — drag, rotate, resize — and adjust color, opacity and angle • Tile the watermark across the whole frame: staggered, grid or concentric, with adjustable spacing • Video: the watermark covers the entire clip and exports in high quality • Customize color, opacity and thickness for each tool • Undo and redo actions • Full-quality export: PNG for photos (lossless), MOV for video • Save to Photos or share via any app • Light and dark theme support • Works completely offline — your data never leaves the device PERFECT FOR: • Hiding names and phone numbers on chat screenshots • Protecting personal data on documents • Signing photos and video with your own watermark before publishing • Preparing images for social media posts • Redacting confidential information before sharing PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION: 3 free exports included (photo or video). For unlimited use, subscribe: • Weekly subscription • Yearly subscription (best value) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTNC-u2tvf_PbGAPbBBQhGDnbx4XjXKIxgDjG6ygPhzjDHZp6USkUGVZSnwFbNmt0B-j9eOHur-ZRDy/pub
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: NIX Redaction at free against Text Redact's freemium. 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
Both are free to download. NIX Redaction sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Text Redact sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NIX Redaction against 5.0 for Text Redact. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
NIX Redaction ships an update every 4 weeks, Text Redact every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NIX Redaction | Text Redact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fitzgerald Digital LLC | Ilnur Mugaev |
Customer experience
NIX Redaction
Text Redact
In-app purchases
NIX Redaction
- NIX Redaction Pro$4.99
Text Redact
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
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