Comparison

FaceAway vs Blurify Faces

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

Blurify Faces

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Some photos are worth sharing β€” but not everyone in them wants to be seen. Blurify Faces detects faces in your photos and blurs the ones you choose, right on your iPhone. Your photos come out clean β€” no watermark, no logo, no corner badge. Pick a photo, and the app scans it there on your device. Each face it detects shows up as a thumbnail you can toggle: blur this one, leave that one visible. Blur all of them at once when you're in a hurry. Then save the result to your gallery, or share it straight from the app. NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED Face detection runs on your device with a local model, so the app has everything it needs to work offline. Airplane mode, a basement with no signal, a mountain trail β€” it makes no difference. There's no account to create and no sign-in either; open the app and start. YOU DECIDE WHICH FACES Detected faces appear as a row of thumbnails. Tap one to blur it, tap again to bring it back. Blur all the detected faces with a single button, or keep your friends visible and blur the strangers behind them. BUILT FOR MORE THAN ONE PHOTO Add several photos at once and swipe between them. Each one is scanned in the background while you work on the others, so a batch of holiday pictures is ready in seconds. Export the one you're looking at, or all of them together. ABOUT DETECTION Detection is automatic, and like any face detector it can miss someone β€” a face turned away, half in shadow, or far back in a crowd. The result is always shown to you before anything is saved, so take a look, and use Scan again if you'd like another pass. Please check the preview before you share. ALSO INSIDE β€’ Scan again to run detection over a photo a second time β€’ Save to Photos or share to any app β€’ Multiple languages β€” the app follows your system language, or you can pick one in Settings Blurify Faces is for parents posting a school event, teachers sharing a class trip, anyone putting a crowded street photo online, and everyone who'd rather do this on their phone than in a browser tab.

Screenshots

FaceAway3 screens
Blurify Faces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FaceAway at 3 against Blurify Faces's 1. FaceAway also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
FaceAway versus Blurify Faces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceAwayBlurify Faces
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size53 MB64 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSoyoung BaekDavid Stepanov

In-app purchases

None

FaceAway

No in-app purchases

None

Blurify Faces

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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