Facepixelizer vs BlurFace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Facepixelizer
Easily pixelate or blur specific areas of your photos to protect privacy or create artistic effects. Load images from your library or camera, then draw rectangles over sensitive regions before saving or sharing your anonymized creations.
- Load images from library or camera
- Pixelate specific areas by drawing rectangles
- Delete selected areas
- Save and share resulting images
- Email images
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Experience the look&feel of Facepixelizer with this Free app for iphones/ipod touches/ipads. With this app you can pixelate/blur a whole image or just some areas and then save/share the result. !!!!! How to use the app: - first, load an image from the library or take one with the camera by long press action on screen. - then, double tap to open Image/Pixelate Settings, and enjoy this. Main features: • load image from device's library or straight from the camera • Pixelate Areas - draw rectangles (tap them again to delete them) over the desired areas and when you're finished press Pixelate Area(s) • save/email/share the resulting image Please read all the instructions provided in the Info popup.
BlurFace
Easily pixelate faces and blur sensitive information in your photos directly on your device. Offers automatic detection and manual editing tools for complete control over privacy. Protect identities for social media or personal use.
- Smart auto blur face detection
- Multiple blur filters (pixelate, mosaic)
- Adjustable manual editor brush
- 100% on-device processing
- Free with no watermarks
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BlurFace is a fast and easy way to automatically pixelate faces and blur sensitive content in your photos — directly on your device. Hide or reveal faces with a single tap. It’s that simple. Use the adjustable paint brush in the manual editor for full control. Anonymize people, license plates, backgrounds — you name it. Key Features: - Smart auto blur: Detects faces instantly. - Multiple filters: Pixelate, blur, mosaic, crystallize. - 100% on-device processing — no cloud etc. - Completely free: No subscriptions, no watermarks. Designed for creators, journalists, parents, and privacy-conscious users. Perfect for protecting identities on social media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlurFace at 4.8 against Facepixelizer's 3.0. BlurFace also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 30%). Facepixelizer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 49 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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.
BlurFace holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 115 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Facepixelizer's written reviews are positive against 57% of BlurFace's.
Facepixelizer ships an update every 6 months, BlurFace every 49 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Facepixelizer | BlurFace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (57 ratings) | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.7% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 49 months |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nguyen Tran Lam Phuong | Lukas Lubbe |
Customer experience
Facepixelizer
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In-app purchases
Facepixelizer
No in-app purchases
BlurFace
No in-app purchases
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