Comparison

Almost vs Photo Blur

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

Head to head
About

Almost

This app helps you beautifully track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. It offers widgets for your home and lock screens, Live Activities, and smart reminders to ensure you never miss a moment. Organize events with custom groups, notes, and photos.

Highlights
  • Countdown widgets for Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island
  • Live Activities for real-time countdown updates
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Siri Shortcuts and voice control
  • Smart reminders before events
  • Recurring event support
  • Customizable event organization with groups, notes, and photos
Features
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Almost makes counting down to life's best moments beautiful and effortless. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, graduation, or holiday — Almost keeps your most important dates front and center with stunning widgets, Live Activities, and smart reminders. ■ COUNTDOWN WIDGETS EVERYWHERE Add countdowns to your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island. Watch days, hours, and minutes update in real time — no need to open the app. ■ LIVE ACTIVITIES & DYNAMIC ISLAND Pin your most urgent countdown to the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen banner. See it update live throughout the day. ■ APPLE WATCH APP & COMPLICATIONS A full native watchOS app — not just a companion. Add countdown complications to your watch face and check your events with a glance. ■ SIRI SHORTCUTS & VOICE CONTROL "Hey Siri, how many days until my trip?" Create countdowns, check dates, and mark events complete — all with your voice. ■ SMART REMINDERS Get notified 1 hour, 1 day, 3 days, or 1 week before any event. Never miss a moment. ■ RECURRING EVENTS Birthdays, anniversaries, weekly goals — set them once and Almost automatically resets the countdown each time. ■ ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create custom groups with icons and colors. Add notes, milestone checklists, and background photos. Sort by date or drag to reorder. ■ STATISTICS & INSIGHTS Track your countdown history, view completion stats, and see which categories you count down to most. ■ TEMPLATES Get started in seconds with built-in templates for New Year's, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, and more. ■ SYNC EVERYWHERE iCloud sync keeps everything in perfect harmony across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. ■ FREE TO START 3 free countdowns to get started. Upgrade to Almost Pro for unlimited countdowns, all widgets, and an ad-free experience. Almost supports 16 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, and Turkish. Download Almost today and make every countdown count.

About

Photo Blur

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Protect your privacy before you share. Blur, censor and redact faces, text and personal information in photos and screenshots. AI automatically detects sensitive areas so you can hide them in seconds. No complicated editing. Select a photo, let AI find what you want to hide, review the detected areas, and censor them in seconds. AI Photo Privacy & Censoring: Automatically detect faces and text directly on your device and hide sensitive information with blur, mosaic or pixelation. Perfect for: • Faces in photos and group pictures • Text in screenshots and conversations • Phone numbers and addresses • Documents and IDs • License plates • Other personal or sensitive information Your Photos Stay on Your Device AI detection runs directly on your iPhone. Your photos don't need to be uploaded to a remote server for detection, giving you a more private way to edit and protect your images. Blur, Mosaic & Pixelate Choose the censoring style that works best for you: • Blur — subtly hide private details • Mosaic — create a classic censor effect • Pixelate — strongly obscure sensitive areas Automatic or Manual Let AI find faces and text automatically, or take complete control yourself. Manually select any area you want to hide and apply blur, mosaic, or pixelate exactly where you need it. Protect Before You Share Use Background Photo Effects to protect private information in: • Photos • Screenshots • Chats and conversations • Documents • IDs • License plates • Personal information Whether you're posting online, sending a screenshot, sharing a document, or simply keeping a photo private, make sure sensitive information stays hidden. AI-powered. On-device. Built for privacy. Protect your photos before you share them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Almost4 screens
Photo Blur4 screens

Verdict

The call

Almost and Photo Blur are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Almost sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Photo Blur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Almost ships an update every 3 weeks, Photo Blur fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Almost versus Photo Blur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlmostPhoto Blur
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLPAIM TECH LTDAMouad Bousbaa

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Almost

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Pro (Monthly Plan)$1.991 Month
  • Unlock Pro (Yearly Plan)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Forever$29.99
3 purchases

Photo Blur

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly subscription$2.997 Days
  • Yearly subscription$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent$39.99

Questions

Is Almost free?
Almost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Blur free?
Photo Blur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Almost or Photo Blur have ads?
Both Almost and Photo Blur show ads.
Which is updated more often, Almost or Photo Blur?
Almost ships an update every 3 weeks, and Photo Blur fortnightly. Most recently, Almost was updated on October 14, 2026 and Photo Blur on October 8, 2026.

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