Comparison

Swipe Blur vs Margin

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

Head to head
About

Swipe Blur

Features
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Pick a photo. Swipe over what you don't want seen. Save. That's it. You're about to post a photo of your kid, and their face is in it. You're about to send a screenshot, and your address is sitting right there. Swipe Blur does that one job and nothing else. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a photo 2. Swipe over what you want hidden 3. Save it back to your photos Nothing to learn. No account. No setup screens. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR - Faces, before a photo goes on social media - Addresses, phone numbers and names in a screenshot - Chat threads, notifications and order history, where only a few words need to go - The license plate on a car you're selling - House numbers, mail and paperwork in listing photos - The part of a document, receipt or ID card you'd rather not show WHAT IT DOES - Blurs exactly where your finger goes, and nowhere else - Brush size you can change, for small text or wide areas - Undo one stroke, or clear everything and start over - Reaches the very edge of the photo (the space around the photo takes your finger too) - Saves straight into your photo library WHY A BLUR INSTEAD OF A BLACK BOX A black rectangle announces that something was hidden. A blur lets the photo still look like a photo. PRICING - Free to download. Choosing a photo, swiping to blur it, and checking the result are all free. - Only saving the edited photo to your Photos library requires a one-time in-app purchase. - It's a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Nothing is charged after that. - No ads. No watermark on your saved photos. - You can confirm everything is properly hidden on your own photo before you buy. - If you bought this app back when it was a paid app, saving stays available to you at no extra cost. PRIVACY - Your photos never leave your iPhone. There is no developer server. - The network is used only to buy the in-app purchase or restore it. - No analytics, no ad SDKs, no tracking of any kind. - Add-only access to your photo library. It never reads, changes or deletes the photos you already have. - No account, no sign-in, no email address. REQUIREMENTS - iPhone, iOS 17.0 or later - English and Japanese, switchable inside the app BEFORE YOU START - You blur by hand. There is no automatic face detection. - No mosaic or pixel tiles, no black-out boxes, no video editing. - Very large photos may be scaled down to 4096 pixels on the long edge. Swipe over what you want hidden. That is all this app does.

About

Margin

Features
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Margin adds clean white or black borders to your photos. That's it. No ads β€” not on screen, and never when you save. β–  Made for 4:5 posts Add a clean border in one tap at 4:5, the size that fills the most space in the feed. 1:1, 9:16 (Stories), and the original ratio are available too. β–  Same margins across your carousel (Pro) Load up to 20 photos at once and save or share them all with identical margins. β–  Margins in 0.1% steps Fine-tune the border with the slider or the +/βˆ’ buttons. Save your favorite settings and get the same look every time. β–  Place your photo exactly Drag to move, pinch to zoom. Fit Width and Fit Height are just one tap away. β–  White or black Choose the border color that suits your photo. β–  Full resolution Your photos are saved without losing quality, and you can share them straight to Instagram and other apps. β–  Margin Pro (one-time purchase) ・Batch edit up to 20 photos with the same margins ・Frame colors suggested from your photo, or pick any color you like Buy once, keep it forever. No subscription. β–  Privacy Everything happens on your iPhone. Your photos are never uploaded.

Screenshots

Swipe Blur4 screens
Margin4 screens

Verdict

The call

Swipe Blur and Margin are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Swipe Blur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Margin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swipe Blur ships an update every 2 weeks, Margin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Swipe Blur versus Margin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipe BlurMargin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUYA SATOYoshinao Ito

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swipe Blur

One-time1
  • Unlock Saving$2.99
1 purchases

Margin

One-time1
  • Margin Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Swipe Blur free?
Swipe Blur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Margin free?
Margin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Swipe Blur or Margin have ads?
Neither Swipe Blur nor Margin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swipe Blur or Margin?
Swipe Blur ships an update every 2 weeks, and Margin fortnightly. Most recently, Swipe Blur was updated on November 7, 2026 and Margin on November 6, 2026.

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