Comparison

mosaiccy vs MosaCam

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

Head to head
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.

About

MosaCam

Features
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MosaCam is a privacy camera app that makes it easy to hide faces in photos and videos. It automatically detects faces in the camera preview and applies mosaic effects in real time, so you can take photos and record videos with faces already obscured. MosaCam also works with existing photos and videos. Import them from your photo library, detect faces, and choose which people you want to hide. Choose from a variety of effects, including Mosaic, Blur, Crystal, Solid, and Emoji, to match your photo, video, or purpose. Key Features * Automatically detect faces and apply effects in real time * Take photos and record videos with faces obscured * Add mosaic effects to existing photos * Analyze videos and track faces automatically * Choose which people to hide in videos * Mosaic, Blur, Crystal, Solid, Emoji, and other effects * Adjust mosaic size and effect strength * Manually edit photos using Pen, Rectangle, and Circle tools Perfect for photos and videos you want to share on social media, street photography, family photos, group shots, or any situation where you want to protect someone’s privacy. Before or after you shoot. Hide faces with ease.

Screenshots

mosaiccy3 screens
MosaCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mosaiccy at none against MosaCam's 1. MosaCam's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. MosaCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mosaiccy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
mosaiccy versus MosaCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermosaiccyMosaCam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.6 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLim SangjinKouichi INAFUKU

In-app purchases

None

mosaiccy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MosaCam

One-time1
  • Full Package$4.99

Questions

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

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