Comparison

Blur HQ vs keyboardSTT

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

Head to head
About

Blur HQ

Easily create custom blurred wallpapers from your photos. Select an image from your camera roll or take a new one, apply a blur effect with a single step, and save your personalized background.

Highlights
  • Create blurred wallpapers
  • Use photos from camera
  • Use photos from album
  • One-step blur effect
  • Save custom wallpapers
Features
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The simplest way, the best blurred wallpaper! Choose or Take a picture -> Blur it -> Save it! Use photo from camera or album, with one simple step, you can make beautiful wallpaper yourself!

About

keyboardSTT

Features
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Type with your voice, anywhere on iPhone. keyboardSTT is a private, on-device dictation keyboard. Tap the mic and speak in any app — Messages, Mail, Notes, Safari, Slack — and get fast, accurate text inserted right at the cursor. No cloud uploads, no account, no subscription. It just works, even in airplane mode. BUILT FOR SPEED & PRIVACY • 100% on-device speech-to-text powered by Parakeet running on the Apple Neural Engine • Works offline — perfect for flights, bad Wi-Fi, or private thoughts • No account, no tracking, your audio never leaves your iPhone • 25+ languages with automatic detection (Multilingual model) or ultra-accurate English-only mode DICTATE YOUR WAY • Dictation Keyboard: full QWERTY keyboard with mic key — type and dictate in any app • Siri + Action Button: say “Hey Siri, dictate with keyboardSTT” or press your Action Button to start instantly • Floating Overlay: keep talking while you switch apps — text is copied to your clipboard automatically • Notes Inbox: every dictation is saved as a searchable note with titles, previews, and one-tap copy MADE FOR IPHONE • Native iOS design with large titles, swipe-to-delete, system search, and Dark Mode • Haptic feedback on every tap (with mute toggle) • Words-per-day stats, streaks, time saved, and earnable badges • System / Light / Dark appearance picker HOW TO ENABLE THE KEYBOARD 1. Open iPhone Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard > keyboardSTT 2. Turn on Allow Full Access 3. In any app, tap the globe key to switch to keyboardSTT, then tap the mic to dictate Private. Fast. Offline. Download keyboardSTT and stop typing. Requires iPhone or iPad running iOS 17 or later. First launch downloads the on-device AI model once (~480 MB over Wi-Fi), then everything runs locally forever.

Screenshots

Blur HQ4 screens
keyboardSTT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: keyboardSTT at none against Blur HQ's shown. Blur HQ's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blur HQ versus keyboardSTT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlur HQkeyboardSTT
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泉华 官Noah M

In-app purchases

None

Blur HQ

No in-app purchases

None

keyboardSTT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blur HQ free?
Blur HQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is keyboardSTT free?
keyboardSTT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blur HQ or keyboardSTT have ads?
Blur HQ shows ads; keyboardSTT does not.

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