Comparison

MosaicMachine vs JunkBlock

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

Head to head
About

MosaicMachine

Features
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Nothing leaves your device. Every feature is free. No watermark. MosaicMachine finds faces, pets, bodies, and text, and hides them. It was built out of the usual frustrations with mosaic apps: having to upload the very photos you don't want seen, quality loss on save, and a paywall in front of the save button. Detection, effects, and export all run on your iPhone, so nothing is sent anywhere and saving is free. ■ Faces and pets, hidden automatically Human faces, dogs, and cats are detected for you. In video, the effect follows them as they move, so there is no frame-by-frame work. Tap anyone you want to keep visible. ■ Not just the face. The whole body Choose Full Body when clothes or build could give someone away. Or narrow it down to eyes only or mouth only. Combine it with Hide Everything Else to keep only yourself and hide the whole background. ■ Plates and name tags, found and hidden Detect Text finds license plates, name tags, and addresses in screen recordings. Tap one and it is tracked and hidden. You can also paint with a brush or draw a region by hand, and zoom the preview up to 5x for small text. ■ Nine ways to hide Mosaic, blur, black bar, emoji, pointillism, crystal, hexagon, frosted glass, and sparkle. Adjust the strength, and soften the edges so nothing looks like a mask. ■ Fix it afterwards on the timeline When tracking drifts, move the box at that moment and the frames around it blend naturally. Mute a range of audio, generate subtitles with on-device speech recognition and edit them, and trim the ends, all in one place. ■ Photos, all at once Pick up to 20 photos. Every face is detected and hidden with one shared style, then saved together. Open any single photo in the full editor if it needs a touch. ■ Saved exactly as previewed, at full quality Preview and export use the same processing, so what you see is what is saved. Video keeps its original resolution, frame rate, and color information. Share right after saving. ■ On iPad too On iPad, the preview and controls sit side by side. ■ Features - Automatic face, dog, and cat detection with tracking; tap to toggle each one - Full body, whole face, eyes only, mouth only, and hide everything else - Text detection, brush, draw a region, 1x to 5x zoom - Nine styles, adjustable strength, soft edges - Timeline: keyframe fixes, mute ranges, subtitles (auto and manual), trim - Batch photos (up to 20) - Full-quality export and instant sharing ■ Price Every editing feature is free, with no watermark and no time limit. A single small banner ad appears at the bottom of the screen. A one-time Remove Ads purchase hides it. No subscription. ■ Privacy Photos, videos, and face data never leave your device. Subtitle speech recognition runs on your iPhone as well.

About

JunkBlock

Automatically censors photos and videos with a modesty bar over the primary person. Processing occurs entirely on your device, ensuring privacy without cloud uploads or ads. Offers both instant censoring and precision frame-by-frame tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic modesty bar censoring
  • On-device processing
  • Instant censored photos and videos
  • Precision frame-by-frame tracking
  • Private on-device library
  • No accounts, ads, or cloud uploads
Features
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Keep the private bits private—without fiddling with masks frame by frame. JunkBlock automatically places a black modesty bar over the primary person in your photos and videos. It tracks movement on your iPhone, so your camera frames never need to leave your device. TAKE THE SHOT. KEEP IT COVERED. • Take censored photos • Record clean Instant censored video as the action happens • Generate a separate Precision version with enhanced frame-by-frame tracking • Import an existing video for private on-device Precision processing • Review captures in a private, on-device library • Share only when you choose • No accounts, ads, analytics, or cloud uploads PRIVATE BY DESIGN Camera frames, body-pose results, and audio are processed entirely on your iPhone. JunkBlock never uploads them to a server or uses them for advertising. The app does not browse your Photos library. For Precision processing, JunkBlock keeps a protected source in app-private, backup-excluded storage. It cannot be viewed, shared, or exported by the app. The source is deleted after Precision succeeds or when you remove its Instant video. If processing is canceled or fails, it stays protected on your device so you can retry. EVERYTHING INCLUDED Your App Store purchase includes clean video, video import, camera zoom, and Precision Tracking. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions. Pose detection can miss in difficult lighting, framing, motion, or occlusion. Always review a capture before sharing.

Screenshots

MosaicMachine4 screens
JunkBlock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MosaicMachine at Free against JunkBlock's $0.99. JunkBlock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

MosaicMachine is free to download; JunkBlock costs $0.99 up front. MosaicMachine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JunkBlock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MosaicMachine ships an update every 9 days, JunkBlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MosaicMachine versus JunkBlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosaicMachineJunkBlock
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakahiro ItoSoftwareByEugene

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MosaicMachine

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

JunkBlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MosaicMachine free?
MosaicMachine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JunkBlock free?
JunkBlock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MosaicMachine or JunkBlock have ads?
MosaicMachine shows ads; JunkBlock does not.
Which is updated more often, MosaicMachine or JunkBlock?
MosaicMachine ships an update every 9 days, and JunkBlock every 3 days. Most recently, MosaicMachine was updated on November 5, 2026 and JunkBlock on October 31, 2026.

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