FaceDrop vs Hearts Not Faces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FaceDrop
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When you take a photo with family and friends on the iPhone feel free, you are trying to upload the SNS or blog immediately, Have you thought "you do not want to see in the photograph the face of the child", and "do not want to see in the photograph car number"? Recently, if you do not the management of personal information, it may trouble occurs. In such a case, you can upload to the SNS or blog directly hidden such as matrix face by face recognition automatically this app. [Feature] - It is an application that allows you to automatically recognize a person's face photo you have stored in the iPhone, and you can blur or multiplied by the matrix part of the face. - Places other than the face of a person, you can hide it manually by doing a long tap. - Where it was hidden, you can hide again can cancel the point where you hid when you tap, tap again. - You can directly and post to BLOG and SNS Facebook, Twitter and other photos that I display. You can also also be attached to an e-mail. [How to use] - Please Select a photo from the album. Face photo will be detected automatically and you will be hidden in such a matrix. - If a face is not recognized, then you can hide it and about one second long press the point in question. [Supplement] - There are cases where due to the angle of the person and the accuracy of face recognition, face is not recognized. The Touch and hold for about one second the relevant sections, please hide manually such cases. - When you change the type of the mask on the setting screen, please fix reads the photo.
Hearts Not Faces
This app permanently erases infant faces from photos at the pixel level, preventing the creation of irreversible biometric records. It offers a secure, on-device solution to protect your child's privacy before sharing images online.
- Permanently erases infant faces
- Destroys pixels, not just blurs
- Strips GPS and location metadata
- On-device processing, no data collection
- Manual face selection and protection
- Dedicated protected photo album
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Every time you post a photo of your baby on social media, you're contributing to a permanent, searchable biometric record of a person who never consented to it. Hearts Not Faces gives you a way out. Open your Photos app, select a photo, tap share, and choose Hearts Not Faces. In seconds, your infant's face is permanently erased - not blurred (which can be reversed by AI) but actually destroyed at the pixel level. Then share directly to Instagram or save to your Hearts Not Faces album. Everything happens on your iPhone. Your photos never leave your device. No account. No server. No data collected. WHAT IT DOES - Detects faces automatically using Apple's Vision framework - Erases faces permanently — pixels destroyed, not blurred - Strips GPS coordinates and location metadata by default - Saves protected photos to a dedicated album - Lets you tap any missed faces to protect them manually - Lets you choose which faces to protect and which to keep HONEST ABOUT LIMITATIONS - Cannot protect photos already shared without the app - Cannot protect photos sent via WhatsApp or iMessage where the original is transmitted - May occasionally miss very small or partially hidden faces - we show a warning and let you fix it manually Built by a parent, for parents. Free, forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hearts Not Faces at every 10 days against FaceDrop's every 7 months. FaceDrop's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FaceDrop ships an update every 7 months, Hearts Not Faces every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FaceDrop | Hearts Not Faces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fumio Yoshida | Tristan Aubert |
In-app purchases
FaceDrop
No in-app purchases
Hearts Not Faces
No in-app purchases
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