Comparison

Kumo vs Blurify Faces

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

Head to head
About

Kumo

This app allows you to permanently remove or obscure faces from your photos and videos. It offers various blurring and sticker options, and ensures privacy by processing everything on your device and stripping metadata.

Highlights
  • Automatic face detection
  • Customizable blur, pixelation, or stickers
  • Irreversible export
  • Metadata stripping (EXIF/GPS)
  • On-device processing
  • Video face tracking
Features
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One photo is all an AI needs today. Kumo removes the faces from your photos and videos before you share them — for good. Tap a face and Kumo covers it with a soft blur, pixels, or a friendly cloud sticker. The export is flattened and irreversible: the face is genuinely gone, not hidden under a layer that someone can peel back later. Original EXIF and GPS metadata are stripped as well, so what leaves your phone says nothing about where it was taken. Everything runs on your iPhone. No upload, no account, no servers, and no facial recognition — Kumo detects where faces are, it never identifies who they are. WHY PARENTS USE KUMO • Share your kids' milestones without putting their faces online • Hide strangers' faces in the background of your shots • Keep only the people you choose visible • Strip location data before posting SIMPLE AND FAST • Pick a photo or video — Kumo finds every face automatically • Tap a face to cover or reveal it — hide the kids, keep whoever you want visible • Add a face manually if one was missed • Save to your library or share anywhere PHOTOS • A soft blur, pixels, or cute stickers — even a different one for each face • The result is flattened and irreversible, and original metadata (EXIF/GPS) is stripped on export VIDEOS • Faces are tracked across the whole clip, even when someone turns or passes behind another person • Choose who stays visible — your selection follows them frame by frame • Quick mute toggle PRIVATE BY DESIGN Kumo uses Apple's on-device technology (Vision + Core Image). No internet connection is required to hide your media. We collect no data of any kind — there is nothing to opt out of, because nothing is ever sent. Kumo Premium (yearly subscription) removes the watermark and unlocks unlimited videos, HD export, and all stickers. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Kumo Premium — yearly auto-renewable subscription (US$4.99/year in the United States; the exact price for your region is shown in the app before any purchase) • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://denim-saturday-6bb.notion.site/Kumo-Privacy-Policy-38e87c5b14c180b0a1f2fb67e8b46a20 ---

About

Blurify Faces

Features
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Some photos are worth sharing — but not everyone in them wants to be seen. Blurify Faces detects faces in your photos and blurs the ones you choose, right on your iPhone. Your photos come out clean — no watermark, no logo, no corner badge. Pick a photo, and the app scans it there on your device. Each face it detects shows up as a thumbnail you can toggle: blur this one, leave that one visible. Blur all of them at once when you're in a hurry. Then save the result to your gallery, or share it straight from the app. NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED Face detection runs on your device with a local model, so the app has everything it needs to work offline. Airplane mode, a basement with no signal, a mountain trail — it makes no difference. There's no account to create and no sign-in either; open the app and start. YOU DECIDE WHICH FACES Detected faces appear as a row of thumbnails. Tap one to blur it, tap again to bring it back. Blur all the detected faces with a single button, or keep your friends visible and blur the strangers behind them. BUILT FOR MORE THAN ONE PHOTO Add several photos at once and swipe between them. Each one is scanned in the background while you work on the others, so a batch of holiday pictures is ready in seconds. Export the one you're looking at, or all of them together. ABOUT DETECTION Detection is automatic, and like any face detector it can miss someone — a face turned away, half in shadow, or far back in a crowd. The result is always shown to you before anything is saved, so take a look, and use Scan again if you'd like another pass. Please check the preview before you share. ALSO INSIDE • Scan again to run detection over a photo a second time • Save to Photos or share to any app • Multiple languages — the app follows your system language, or you can pick one in Settings Blurify Faces is for parents posting a school event, teachers sharing a class trip, anyone putting a crowded street photo online, and everyone who'd rather do this on their phone than in a browser tab.

Screenshots

Kumo3 screens
Blurify Faces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blurify Faces at none against Kumo's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kumo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Blurify Faces asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kumo ships an update every 11 days, Blurify Faces every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kumo versus Blurify Faces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKumoBlurify Faces
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB64 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFranck GeslinDavid Stepanov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kumo

Subscriptions1
  • Kumo Premium$4.991 Year
None

Blurify Faces

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kumo free?
Kumo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blurify Faces free?
Blurify Faces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kumo or Blurify Faces have ads?
Neither Kumo nor Blurify Faces shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kumo or Blurify Faces?
Kumo ships an update every 11 days, and Blurify Faces every 2 weeks. Most recently, Kumo was updated on October 7, 2026 and Blurify Faces on October 18, 2026.

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