Dossier vs BlurCam Record
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Dossier
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Dossier is a privacy-first iPhone camera for the three jobs where pointing an unredacted lens at a person is a real problem: real estate, legal, and journalism. Faces blur in real time. Voices pitch-shift before the audio is even written to the file. Nothing ever leaves your phone. FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS Walk a listing without filming the seller, their kids, or the family photos on the wall. Every face in frame is mosaiced as you record โ including the buyer who just walked into your shot. Drop a manual blur box over a license plate or personal mail. Name each clip in your library ("412 Maple โ kitchen") and sort by listing, client, or date. FOR PARALEGALS AND INVESTIGATORS Capture a witness statement with the speaker's voice pitch-shifted from the moment of capture, so no unredacted audio is ever stored. Every export carries a SHA-256 fingerprint you can prove later in court โ show months from now that a copy is bit-for-bit identical to the original, or prove it isn't. Live captions burn into the recording for transcription. Lock the library behind Face ID. FOR JOURNALISTS Bystanders auto-blur so a source isn't compromised by being in your B-roll. Mark Region covers anything the auto-pass missed โ a badge, a door number. The Safety Pass re-scans your finished clip for faces detected at frame edges. Everything happens locally โ no servers, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs. WHAT DOSSIER DOES โข Real-time face blur โ baked into the file, no unredacted version is ever stored. โข Voice change โ pitch-shifted before audio is written. โข Live captions โ on-device speech recognition, burned into video. โข Tamper-evident receipts โ SHA-256 fingerprint + audit PDF for every export. โข Dual-aspect & dual-camera โ portrait + landscape in one take, or front + back simultaneously. โข Mark Region โ manual blur box over anything missed. โข Safety Pass โ second-look scan for missed faces. โข Photos too โ stills get the same face-blur pipeline. โข Import & redact existing footage from your Photos library. โข Titles & tags โ built for libraries past a hundred clips. PRIVACY โข No accounts. No sign-up. No analytics. No ads. โข No network access of any kind. Dossier has no servers. โข Face detection, voice change, captions, hashing โ all run on-device. โข Face ID / passcode lock optional on the library. REQUIREMENTS โข iPhone running iOS 17 or later. โข Multi-camera and dual-aspect need iPhone 11 or later. A NOTE ON LAWFUL USE Recording laws vary by jurisdiction. Many places require all-party consent for private conversations. Dossier shows a one-time disclaimer on first launch โ lawful use is your responsibility. The redaction features are a defense-in-depth tool, not a substitute for consent.
BlurCam Record
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BlurCam is a camera that blurs faces while you record. Press record, press stop, and the video is already blurred. There is no editing step and no waiting. It also blurs videos and photos you already have: pick one from your library, or share it from Photos and choose Blur with BlurCam. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE Recording, face detection and blurring all happen on your device. Your video is never uploaded. There is no cloud, no account and nothing to sign up for. Put your iPhone in airplane mode and the whole app keeps working. BlurCam detects faces so it can cover them. It does not recognise anyone, match faces against anything, or store face data of any kind. CHOOSE WHAT TO HIDE - Faces: every face the camera finds, the default - Whole person: the entire figure, head to toe - Background: everything except people, so you can film at home without showing the room - Text and number plates: plates, street signs, screens and paperwork, on top of any of the above KEEP YOUR OWN FACE VISIBLE Tap a face in the viewfinder to leave it clear while everyone else stays blurred. Ideal for vlogs and interviews. The choice lasts only while the camera can follow that face; nothing about it is stored. NINE WAYS TO HIDE A FACE Emoji covers, Soft Blur, Pixel, Mosaic, Motion Blur, Black Mask, Gaussian, Frosted Glass and Gradient. Adjust the strength. Blur scales with each face, so someone across the street is hidden as thoroughly as someone in front of you. BLUR WHAT YOU ALREADY FILMED Import any video or up to 24 photos from your library and get blurred copies back, with the original audio kept. Or use Share, then Blur with BlurCam, from Photos or any other app. The picker hands BlurCam only the items you choose; the rest of your library stays private. BUILT LIKE THE CAMERA YOU ALREADY USE Video, Photo, Slo-mo and Time-lapse. Pinch to zoom, tap to focus, torch, front and rear cameras, portrait and landscape. Voice styles change how a voice sounds while you record: Original, Anonymous, Podcast or Robot. RECORD FIRST, DECIDE AFTER Recording and every blur style are free to try. When you stop, the blurred clip waits on your iPhone. Saving it to Photos and sharing it needs BlurCam Premium. BLURCAM PREMIUM Unlocks saving and sharing, unlimited recording, all blur and voice styles, importing, the share extension, highest export quality (4K at 60 fps), Slo-mo and Time-lapse, and every future premium feature. - Individual: 2.99 USD per month or 24.99 USD per year, each with a 3-day free trial - Family (up to 6 people): 5.99 USD per month or 49.99 USD per year Prices vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings. Cancel during the free trial and you pay nothing. A NOTE ON WHAT THIS CAN AND CANNOT DO BlurCam blurs the faces, people and text it detects. Anything it does not detect, such as a face turned away, very small, in poor light or moving fast, will not be blurred. It makes people harder to identify; it is not a guarantee of anonymity. Review your video before sharing it. Terms of Use: https://blurcam24.web.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://blurcam24.web.app/privacy/
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Verdict
Dossier and BlurCam Record are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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Both are free to download. Dossier sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BlurCam Record sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Dossier | BlurCam Record |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weihan Ding | WorkersLab LLC |
In-app purchases
Dossier
- Dossier Pro$9.99
BlurCam Record
- Individual$2.991 Month
- Family Plan$5.991 Month
- Individual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- Family Plan$49.991 Year
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