BlurBefore vs Notify Alarm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlurBefore
Automatically detect and obscure sensitive information like phone numbers, ID details, and addresses in your images before sharing. Choose from blur, pixelate, or solid cover styles with adjustable intensity. Process images directly from the iOS share sheet for ultimate convenience.
- Smart detection of sensitive data
- Multiple redaction styles (blur, pixelate, cover)
- Adjustable redaction intensity
- Integrated iOS share sheet functionality
- On-device processing for privacy
- One-tap save and share
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BlurBefore — redact sensitive info before you share. Posting a chat screenshot, parcel label, or ID photo? Phone numbers, ID numbers, and home addresses slip out with your image. BlurBefore finds and covers them automatically — before you share. KEY FEATURES • Smart detection: auto-finds phone numbers, ID numbers, addresses & bank cards • 3 redact styles: blur, pixelate, or solid cover — adjustable intensity • Share sheet built-in: redact right from the iOS share sheet, no app switching • Fully on-device: nothing uploaded, no account, no tracking • One-tap save to Photos or share anywhere USE IT FOR • Chat screenshots: hide phone numbers and account details • Parcel labels: cover names, numbers and addresses • ID photos: redact ID numbers and faces • Cars: blur license plates • Before posting: strip EXIF such as location PRIVACY PROMISE Everything runs on your device. No uploads, no accounts, no data collection. GO PRO The free version includes all redaction tools with a watermark on export. A one-time purchase removes the watermark, or unlocks advanced detection (faces, QR codes, bank cards, addresses) and EXIF removal. Buy once, keep forever — no subscription. -Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/p/a1de546661e60c87d3c86aa9abf0dc549f2141f2 Support: sunjun20141@qq.com
Notify Alarm
This app transforms critical notifications into audible alarms. Set custom rules based on apps, keywords, or content to ensure important alerts, like security warnings or urgent messages, are never missed. It helps prioritize what truly matters, ensuring you get attention for vital information.
- Custom notification rules
- Keyword and content matching
- App-based notification filtering
- Alarm-style reminders
- Prioritize important alerts
- Simple and focused configuration
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Some notifications are too important to miss. Notify Alarm helps important notifications actually get your attention when it matters. Notifications can disappear in a moment, get buried among dozens of others, or simply go unnoticed. Notify Alarm lets you create rules based on apps, keywords, and notification content, then turn matching notifications into stronger alarm-style reminders. Use it for: • Smart home and security alerts • Find My notifications • Glucose monitoring warnings • Urgent work messages • Late-night messages from family • Important emails from specific senders or subjects • Long-awaited delivery or pickup notifications • Flight, train, or appointment reminders • School or childcare messages • Banking, payment, or account security alerts • On-call, server, or system monitoring alerts You don’t need every notification to be louder — only the ones that really matter. Notify Alarm is designed to be simple, focused, and easy to configure, so important notifications can do what notifications are supposed to do: get your attention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Notify Alarm at every 3 days against BlurBefore's every 3 weeks. BlurBefore's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. BlurBefore sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Notify Alarm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BlurBefore ships an update every 3 weeks, Notify Alarm every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | BlurBefore | Notify Alarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 军 孙 | 龙林 武 |
Customer experience
BlurBefore
Notify Alarm
In-app purchases
BlurBefore
- Remove Watermark$0.99
- Advanced Redaction$2.99
- Lifetime Pro$9.99
Notify Alarm
- Lifetime Unlock$4.99








