Palmtop Bell 3 vs FaceGuard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Palmtop Bell 3
This utility app simulates a desktop bell and allows you to set up to three distinct timers. It's designed to provide audible alerts for various time-based tasks, with sound volume dependent on your device's ringtone settings.
- Desktop bell simulation
- Up to 3 timers
- Customizable timer alerts
- Volume control integration
- Silent mode compatibility
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This app simulates a desktop bell on your device. You can set 3 timers. *** Bell sound volume depends on ring/notification sound volume. The bell sound won't be played when ring/notification sound volume is 0, or a device is in silent mode. ***
FaceGuard
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FaceGuard is a photo editing app for hiding faces in your photos. It automatically detects face regions and lets you edit them with mosaic, blur, emoji, or eye line. You can also manually add, delete, move, and resize detected regions as needed. Key Features - Take a photo / choose a photo - Automatic human face detection - Switch between blur / mosaic / emoji / eye line - Adjust blur/mosaic intensity and eye line color/thickness - Apply the same style to all regions at once - Save to device / iCloud Drive / share - On-screen guide shown the first time you open the editor Specifications - Requires iOS 17 or later - Still images only (video not supported) - Supported formats: JPEG / PNG - Detects human faces only - Region shape: ellipse only - Up to 30 regions per image - Up to 30 saved emoji presets About Privacy - Image editing (face detection, mosaic processing, etc.) is performed on-device. Images are only sent externally when you explicitly choose to share or save to cloud storage. - The app may send anonymous usage data to help improve the service; you can turn this off anytime in Settings. Note - Face detection results may vary depending on the photo (angle, lighting, occlusion, etc.).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FaceGuard at none against Palmtop Bell 3's 2. FaceGuard also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 56 months). Palmtop Bell 3's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Palmtop Bell 3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. FaceGuard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Palmtop Bell 3 ships an update every 56 months, FaceGuard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Palmtop Bell 3 | FaceGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 56 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genji | MINERVA, INC. |
In-app purchases
Palmtop Bell 3
- Buy Developer a Coffee$0.99
- Buy Developer a Sushi$9.99
FaceGuard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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