Privio Face Blur vs Face Mosaic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Privio Face Blur
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Privio helps you protect your privacy by automatically blurring faces in your photos and videos directly on your device. No uploads. No tracking. No compromises. PRIVACY FIRST All processing happens 100% locally on your iPhone using Apple Vision AI. Your photos and videos never leave your device. WHAT'S NEW IN PRIVIO 2.0: • Smart Face Profiles: Teach Privio who to never blur (friends, family, team members) or who to always blur. Face biometric prints are computed and stored 100% on-device. • All-New Privio Studio: A sleek, unified workspace with instant photo & video selection above the fold. • Dual Blur Styles: Choose between classic Gaussian Blur and retro Pixelate. • Side-by-Side Results & Quick Reset: Compare before and after results instantly, inspect full-screen, or reset your batch in one tap. KEY FEATURES: • Automatic Face Detection Privio detects faces and applies blur instantly, whether it's a single portrait, a large group photo, or a moving video. • Smart Face Profiles (Never Blur / Always Blur) Save face profiles in seconds directly from your photos or manual editor. Privio remembers them and automatically respects your privacy rules across future batches. • Video Support & Real-Time Tracking Protect identities in motion! Our on-device AI smoothly tracks faces throughout videos, keeping the blur perfectly positioned even when subjects move or turn. • Manual Editing & Interactive 5x Zoom Full vertical scrolling editor with enlarged 44pt touch targets. Pinch-to-zoom (up to 5x) and pan freely across large crowds to fine-tune or add custom blur regions with pixel-perfect precision. • Flexible Blur Styles & Intensity Switch between Gaussian and Pixelate effects. Use quick presets (Soft, Balanced, Strong) or fine-tune radius, feathering, and face coverage. • Full-Screen Inspection Safely inspect your blurred media in high resolution before saving. • Fast Batch Export Export your processed photos and videos directly to your camera roll in original quality, 100% clean and watermark-free. PRIVIO IS PERFECT FOR: • Group and event photos (classrooms, sports teams, choirs, public events) • Parents protecting their children's privacy online • Social media creators and journalists • Street and documentary photographers • Anyone who values privacy without sending personal media to remote clouds Your privacy matters. Privio keeps it that way. SUBSCRIPTION Privio Premium is available as an auto-renewable subscription: • Duration: 6 months • Price: €0.99 per 6 months • Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings TERMS & PRIVACY • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://alessiobianchini.github.io/privio-privacy/privacy/
Face Mosaic
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Mosaic the face. Or everything but it. Live, on camera. 50 effects running in real time. No editing. What you see is what you get. FACE MASK : : : Flip to the front camera and the app finds your face with Apple's TrueDepth tracking — the full 3D mesh, not a rectangle. Three modes: mosaic just the face, mosaic everything except the face, or mosaic the whole frame. Two dials: SIZE opens the mask wider than the mesh, SOFT feathers the edge. The mask holds through turns, tilts and fast movement, because it's tracked at 60 Hz, not detected every few frames. Everything happens on the device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored. MOSAIC : : : Mosaic Glass. Mosaic Round. Mosaic Glass Fine. Mosaic Blend. Circle Drop. Circle Packing. Quad Blocks. Shatter. LED Screen. Pixelate. Triangles. Diamond. Hex Dots. Honeycomb. Brick. Radial Mosaic. Depth Ramp. Cells break, pack, tile and stack. Radial Mosaic winds its rings out from your face. Depth Ramp keeps cells tight on the face and lets them grow toward the edges of the frame. DOTS : : : Halftone. Halftone Color. Halftone Pop. Stipple. Cross Hatch. Cross Dots. Bayer Dither. Newsprint. Photocopy. Comic. Print rasters, ordered dithering and a real CMYK newsprint screen with all three plates at their proper angles. LINES : : : Ink Lines. Chalk Lines. Pencil. Blueprint. Contour. Radial Lines. Spirals in yellow, magenta and vermilion. Moving waves in acid green, cyan and violet. The spirals turn, and they turn around your face. Vermilion opens two of them — one per eye. Radial Lines throws rays out from the head. Contour reads the frame as a topographic map. FX : : : Digital Rain. ASCII. Cartoon. Thermal. Night Vision. Edge Glow. CRT. Slice Glitch. Ripple. Droste Soft. SHOOT : : : Photos while recording — the still matches the frame exactly. 1080 x 1920, 30 or 60 fps, with sound. No length limit. Front and back camera. Straight to your photo library. No watermark, ever. Point. Pick. Record. MOSAIC PRO : : : Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Weekly - 4.99 USD per week. Annual - 39.99 USD per year, with a 7-day free trial. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://sites.google.com/view/awesome-world-app/face-mosaic-camera-fx-pp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Face Mosaic at 16.6 against Privio Face Blur's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Privio Face Blur sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 6 months and Face Mosaic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Privio Face Blur | Face Mosaic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessio Bianchini | Serhii Rymar |
In-app purchases
Privio Face Blur
- Privio Premium 6 Months$0.996 Months
- Smart Face Profiles$0.99
- Privio Premium – Lifetime$3.99
- Video blur$8.99
Face Mosaic
- Mosaic PRO Weekly$4.997 Days
- Mosaic PRO Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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