Comparison

FaceAway vs mosaiccy

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

Head to head
About

FaceAway

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FaceAway is a privacy app that automatically detects faces in photos on your device and quickly applies a mosaic effect. There are no complicated editing toolsβ€”just choose a photo, tap or drag over the areas you want to cover, and save. Key Features - Automatic face detection - Toggle mosaic on/off with a single tap - Manually select missed areas - Supports both pixel mosaic and blur effects - 3 levels of intensity control - Batch processing for multiple photos - Save after removing location metadata Why FaceAway? - Use it right away with no sign-in. - All photo processing happens on your device. - Edit quickly without sending photos to a server. - A simple workflow focused on masking, without the complexity of full editing apps. Useful When - You want to hide faces captured in the background of marketplace photos - You want to cover some faces before sharing family or group photos - You want to directly select and hide license plates in vehicle photos or sensitive areas in document photos

About

mosaiccy

Features
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mosaiccy is a local-only photo mosaic app for anonymizing people before you share a photo. It is built for group photos, event photos, street photos, and field photos where several faces may appear in one image. The app detects face and eye candidates on device, shows them for review, and lets you mosaic only the selected faces or manually drawn areas. β€’ On-device face and eye detection β€’ Per-face selection, select all, invert, and small-face selection β€’ Select every face except the people you want to keep clear β€’ Full-face, eye-only, and circular face mosaic regions β€’ Manual rectangle, circle, and brush regions β€’ Pixel mosaic, blur, solid mask, and emoji effects β€’ Adjustable intensity, per-face range, and edge softness β€’ JPEG, PNG, and HEIC edited-copy export β€’ The original photo is never overwritten Everything runs on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics SDK, no server upload, no cloud sync, no subscription, and no in-app purchase. Video mosaic is not supported in this version.

Screenshots

FaceAway3 screens
mosaiccy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FaceAway at 13.0 against mosaiccy's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
FaceAway versus mosaiccy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceAwaymosaiccy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size53 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoyoung BaekLim Sangjin

In-app purchases

None

FaceAway

No in-app purchases

None

mosaiccy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FaceAway free?
FaceAway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mosaiccy free?
mosaiccy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FaceAway or mosaiccy have ads?
Neither FaceAway nor mosaiccy shows ads.

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