Comparison

Blur Background vs Photo Editor Pro

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

Head to head
About

Blur Background

Transform your recording space into a professional studio with real-time background blur, virtual backgrounds, and customizable overlays. Create polished videos quickly without complex editing, and utilize tools like teleprompters and content idea generation.

Highlights
  • Real-time background blur
  • Virtual and animated backgrounds
  • Customizable creator overlays
  • Movable teleprompter
  • AI-powered content idea generation
  • Flexible export options
Features
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Turn any room into a creator-ready studio with StudioBlur. Record polished videos using real-time background blur, virtual backgrounds, animated scenes and customizable creator overlays. Everything is prepared before you press record, helping you create faster without complicated editing. Create your perfect scene: • Apply Cinema, Strong or Extreme background blur • Replace your background with photos or videos • Choose solid colors and custom color combinations • Explore built-in animated studio backgrounds • Adjust subject framing, position and size • Add fun face props • Record in portrait, square or landscape formats • Use the front camera, back camera or Dual Cam Create confidently: • Display a movable teleprompter while recording • Navigate scripts paragraph by paragraph • Adjust teleprompter position and font size • Add Header Panels for questions, hooks and titles • Create Info Panels for bios, announcements and calls to action • Customize panel fonts, colors, backgrounds and animations • Add your brand logo • Present a photo set while recording • Connect another device using Demo Sync • Choose your preferred recording microphone StudioBlur Pro + AI helps you go from idea to camera-ready: • Generate personalized content ideas from your Creator Profile • Create hooks and viewer questions • Build short teleprompter notes • Simplify or expand scripts • Improve Header Panel and Info Panel text • Save and reuse your best ideas Flexible exports let you review your original recording, background version, enhanced result and silence-clipped version. You can also adjust playback speed and save the version that works best for your content. StudioBlur is made for creators, educators, sellers, coaches, founders, professionals and anyone who wants better-looking videos with less setup. Start with StudioBlur Basic or unlock StudioBlur Pro + AI through a lifetime purchase or flexible weekly access. https://qnsub.com/studioblur/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Photo Editor Pro

This app offers professional-grade photo editing tools, including filters, effects, background removal, and text customization. Create eye-catching collages and enhance your social media posts with a wide range of creative options.

Highlights
  • Background removal
  • Filters and effects
  • Text and sticker customization
  • Collage creation
  • Cropping and adjustments
  • Blur and drawing tools
Features
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[Photo & Image] editor, retouch & collage app. With Photo Editor Pro, pro-quality photo editing is easy for everyone. Filters, effects, crop, background removal, text, stickers and collage — all fast and smooth, to craft the exact look you want. ▼ Make it look just the way you imagine - Eye-catching photo edits and collages for social media - Background removal, cutout and blur for portraits - Decorate with text, stickers and frames - Hide anything with mosaic or blur [Main features] ►Crop - Rotate / Flip horizontal / Flip vertical ►Filters ►Adjust - Brightness / Contrast / Saturation / Vignette / Sharpen / White / Hue / Exposure ►HSL ►Effects - Overlay / Neon / Wing / Drip / Splash / Art / Motion / PixFX / Background removal ►Ratio ►Text - Color / Background / Texture / Font / Shadow / Size & more ►Stickers ►Blur ►Draw - Paint / Magic / Neon / Mosaic ►Mirror ►Frame - Color / Gradient ►SQ/BG - Splash BG / Sketch BG / Blur BG / Splash SQ / Sketch SQ Make your memories and daily social posts more creative and more eye-catching with Photo Editor Pro. Start editing now.

Screenshots

Blur Background4 screens
Photo Editor Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blur Background at weekly against Photo Editor Pro's monthly. Blur Background also leads on price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Blur Background costs $2.99 and Photo Editor Pro $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blur Background against 5.0 for Photo Editor Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blur Background ships an update weekly, Photo Editor Pro monthly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blur Background versus Photo Editor Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlur BackgroundPhoto Editor Pro
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOna Pacholo AsisCloudEx Inc.

Customer experience

Blur Background

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Photo Editor Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blur Background

No in-app purchases

None

Photo Editor Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blur Background free?
Blur Background costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photo Editor Pro free?
Photo Editor Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blur Background or Photo Editor Pro?
Blur Background and Photo Editor Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Blur Background or Photo Editor Pro have ads?
Neither Blur Background nor Photo Editor Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blur Background or Photo Editor Pro?
Blur Background ships an update weekly, and Photo Editor Pro monthly. Most recently, Blur Background was updated on October 17, 2026 and Photo Editor Pro on October 17, 2026.

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