Comparison

Photo Rubber vs blur effect app

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

Head to head
About

Photo Rubber

Easily obscure sensitive information in photos before sharing. This tool allows for precise blurring, cropping, and resizing to prepare images for social media or direct sharing, while also managing EXIF data.

Highlights
  • Precise blurring of unwanted areas
  • Cropping and resizing for social media
  • EXIF data viewing and deletion
  • Zoom up to 20x for detailed editing
  • Undo functionality for all edits
  • Direct sharing to social media and mail
Features
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The "Photo Rubber" is very convenient blur application to be able to easily cover the place that you do not want to show before contributing a photograph. You can also hide the slight wrinkle / stain with thinly blur to the small point. You can operate these series of work with one the "Photo Rubber". And all operations are very simple! 1.Trim an unnecessary part and zoom in the place that you want to show. 2.Blur the small place that you do not want to show. 3.Resize it to size in conformity to the destination SNS site. 4.Confirm the photography date and time, GPS information, etc. which has been deleted. 5.Send to SNS directly. If you do not need to edit, You are reliable when you always confirm photograph information with "Photo Rubber" and contribute it. !! Thanks for all! Exceeded total 970,000 DL. Ranked in #7 at the top free ranking of photo & video category in Japan, and #3 at "Most used free app ranking" by AppBank. [Useful point of Photo Rubber] - The Photo Rubber does not reduce image size without your permission, Therefore, a picture of the part not to blur off does not decline. - You can zoom an image up to 20 times scale and can confirm the details and can edit directly. - You can confirm strength of the blur while rubbing it, and blur becomes more strong when you rub it more. - In the "Colored Blur" mode, You can blur with the color of the point where you started to touch. - In the "clear" mode, You can clear the point where you rubbed. - You can simply trim frame by adjusting corner marker. Aspect ratio adjusting also OK. - You change the image size easily by selecting menu with recommended size. - All editing features come in Undo. Undo buttons will repeat by long press. - You can see the information (exif information) stored in a photograph in visible form clearly and you can appoint it in one-touch which information you want to delete(all the basics delete it). - You can send to Mail/Twitter/Facebook/LINE or every app which can process image. Off course you can save the image to photo library with one touch. [Information from Photo Rubber] The Photo Rubber does not reduce image size without your permission when it is very large size, and blur it with original image size.Therefore, a picture of the part not to blur off does not decline. But big memory may be necessary for this processing. You may find a flag of surrender message with effort for ten seconds when going to blur too big image size at a time. In that case, please do resizing it to slightly small size. You can edit the image smoothly when you use smaller image. If your primary usage is posting to SNS, you should set the auto resize for suitable size to posting site. [support URL] If you want to know detailed usage or latest information, please come to http://www.takechansoft.com/photorubber/

About

blur effect app

Easily apply blur or mosaic effects to your entire photo. Create soft, fluffy images or vibrant, colorful ones with 15 different blur and mosaic styles. Quick and simple processing for immediate results.

Highlights
  • Blur entire photo
  • Mosaic entire photo
  • Fluffy and soft photo effect
  • Colorful photo effect
  • 15 blur and mosaic types
  • Easy and immediate processing
Features
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You can also blur or mosaic the entire photo. The operation is very easy and you can process it immediately. You can process it into a fluffy and soft photo, or add color to it to make it a fluffy and colorful photo. We have 15 types of blur and mosaic.

Screenshots

Photo Rubber4 screens
blur effect app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Photo Rubber at 90% against blur effect app's 40%. Photo Rubber also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). blur effect app's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (212 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Photo Rubber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and blur effect app sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photo Rubber holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: blur effect app has 212 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Photo Rubber's written reviews are positive against 40% of blur effect app's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Rubber ships an update every 5 months, blur effect app fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Photo Rubber versus blur effect app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Rubberblur effect app
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better4.3 (212 ratings)
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKAZUYA TAKECHIYu Abe

Customer experience

Photo Rubber

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.9%

blur effect app

All ratings214 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative52.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Photo Rubber

One-time1
  • Remove Ad banner$2.99
4 purchases

blur effect app

One-time4
  • Development funding$0.99
  • Development funding$1.99
  • Hide advertisement$2.99
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  • Development funding$3.99

Questions

Is Photo Rubber free?
Photo Rubber is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is blur effect app free?
blur effect app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Rubber or blur effect app?
Photo Rubber is rated higher. Photo Rubber averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while blur effect app averages 4.3 from 212 ratings.
Do Photo Rubber or blur effect app have ads?
Both Photo Rubber and blur effect app show ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Rubber or blur effect app?
Photo Rubber ships an update every 5 months, and blur effect app fortnightly. Most recently, Photo Rubber was updated on October 21, 2026 and blur effect app on October 24, 2026.

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