Comparison

Offline Redactor vs Scrub

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

Head to head
About

Offline Redactor

Features
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Offline Redactor helps you hide sensitive details before you send a screenshot, photo, or PDF. Import a file, review the detected redaction boxes, tap or drag on the preview to add your own boxes where needed, and export a flattened copy. Redactions are burned into the exported file so hidden text or faces are not just covered by a movable layer. Useful for screenshots with names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, account numbers, cards, or codes; photos with faces or private text; and PDFs that need quick visual redaction before sharing. Privacy: no account, no upload, no tracking, no backend. Files stay on your device. The app uses on-device Apple frameworks to detect faces and sensitive text where possible. You always review the boxes before exporting.

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Scrub

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Scrub finds and removes personal information from your photos and PDFs, entirely on your iPhone, so you can safely share files with cloud AI tools, support agents, or anyone else. Nothing ever leaves your device. There is no upload, no account, no sign-in and no telemetry. Detection and redaction both run on the phone, so there's nothing to leak, sell, or subpoena. REAL REDACTION, NOT A BLACK RECTANGLE Most "redaction" just draws a box on top of the data, and anyone can copy the data out or peel the box off later. Scrub destroys the pixels underneath. Once you save, the hidden text, face, or barcode is gone for good and can't be recovered from the new file. Choose your style: • Solid bars: a clean, true pixel burn • Blur: a Gaussian blur over the region • Pixelate: mosaic it out WHAT IT DETECTS • Names and street addresses, found automatically by on-device AI and never uploaded • Emails, phone numbers, card and account numbers, read by on-device OCR • Faces • Barcodes and QR codes • Region-specific identifiers for the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand: national and tax IDs, postal codes, and more, chosen automatically by your device region • Your own custom terms: add a nickname, employer, or account label for extra certainty on top of automatic detection YOU'RE IN CONTROL Detections appear as red boxes right on the image. Tap to review each one, add anything Scrub missed, remove anything you want to keep, then redact. Scrub never touches the original file; it always saves a new "-scrubbed" copy. • Pinch to zoom, drag to pan • Double-tap to add a detection by hand • Accept all or review one by one • Batch up to 10 files in a single pass METADATA, GONE TOO Photos carry hidden EXIF data: GPS location, device, timestamps. PDFs carry author and app metadata. Scrub strips it from the output, irreversibly. PRIVACY BY DESIGN You can only really trust a privacy claim if the app never phones home, so Scrub doesn't. No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporters. Your custom terms list stays on your device, where you can see it and delete it at any time. We have nothing to hand over, because we never collect anything. SUBSCRIPTION Scrub is free to use, with 3 saved files every 7 days. Scrub Unlimited removes that limit, so you can redact and save as many photos and PDFs as you like. • Scrub Unlimited (Monthly): US$3.99 per month • Scrub Unlimited (Annual): US$34.99 per year Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. There is no free trial. Privacy Policy: https://scrub.software/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Requires iPhone running iOS 26 or later. Questions or feedback: support@scrub.software

Screenshots

Offline Redactor3 screens
Scrub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Offline Redactor at none against Scrub's 2. Offline Redactor also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Scrub's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Scrub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Offline Redactor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offline Redactor ships an update every 2 weeks, Scrub every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Offline Redactor versus Scrub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffline RedactorScrub
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKRISHNA PINNAMANENISTEVEN DAVID DIAS ALEXANDER

In-app purchases

None

Offline Redactor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scrub

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Annual$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Offline Redactor free?
Offline Redactor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrub free?
Scrub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Offline Redactor or Scrub have ads?
Neither Offline Redactor nor Scrub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Offline Redactor or Scrub?
Offline Redactor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Scrub every 3 days. Most recently, Offline Redactor was updated on October 7, 2026 and Scrub on September 30, 2026.

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