Comparison

Pixagram vs Blur Lens

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

Head to head
About

Pixagram

Enhance your photos with a wide array of filters, effects, and frames. Add text, adjust image settings, and save your creations in high resolution. Easily share your edited images to social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Color filters (lomo, vintage)
  • Light effects and overlays
  • Frame borders
  • Instafit
  • Orton effect
  • Add text with 30+ fonts
  • Adjust image settings
Features
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Easily create stunning images with Pixagram, and share them to your favorite social network. Add unique filters, effect and frames to create a great design piece! ** Features ** • Color filters as lomo, vintage, ... • Light effects or overlays such as bokeh, leak • Frame borders like instant, grunge, viewfinder, film, ... • Instafit • Orton effect • Add film grain • Adjust contrast, brightness, saturation, exposure, saturation, vibrance, temperature • 30+ fonts to add text to your photos • Vignetting • Save on your device • Share with your friends on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Email, ... • High resolution export You like Pixagram? Please give us 5 stars! Your feedback is very important to our work. Help us to improve Pixagram by sending your bugs or requests on contact@xnview.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/xnview Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/xnview G+: http://plus.google.com/+xnview/

About

Blur Lens

Features
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■ You can add various "blur effects" to real-time camera images and photos in your photo library. ■ You can also mask the recognized foreground and blur only the background. ■ Specifying the focus position for the blur effect is as simple as touching the photo. ■ You can copy, save, and share edited image files. ■ Equipped with over 10 types of rich blur effects such as motion blur, zoom blur, and tilt shift. ■ Equipped with brightness blur, spot blur, and noise reduction effects. [Source Photo] ・Real-time camera captured images ・Start the camera and take a photo ・Select photo from photo album ・Import shared files from other apps ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Types of Blur Effects] ・Box Blur ・Disc Blur ・Gaussian Blur ・Noise Reduction ・Brightness Blur ・Motion Blur ・Zoom Blur ・Vertical Blur ・Horizontal Blur ・Linear Blur ・Spot Blur [Settings] - Blur size - Angle, range, etc. - Zoom - Resolution - Focus position [Photo output] - Save to camera roll: Photo - Photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

Pixagram2 screens
Blur Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blur Lens at fortnightly against Pixagram's every 3 months. Pixagram's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pixagram costs $0.99 and Blur Lens $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixagram ships an update every 3 months, Blur Lens fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixagram versus Blur Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixagramBlur Lens
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (254 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings254 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpierre gougeletMasanori Katsuta

Bugs and requests

Pixagram

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App freezes during editing
  • Cannot save edited pictures
  • Text disappears from saved image
  • App crashes after update
  • Cannot access keyboard for typing
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  • App displays photo upside down on iPad
  • App not fitting iPhone X format

Requested features

6 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • More text options (multiple texts)
  • Utilize full screen on new iPhones
  • Smaller letter fonts
  • Gamma adjustment (shadows)
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  • More frame options

Blur Lens

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pixagram

No in-app purchases

None

Blur Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixagram free?
Pixagram costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blur Lens free?
Blur Lens costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixagram or Blur Lens have ads?
Neither Pixagram nor Blur Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixagram or Blur Lens?
Pixagram ships an update every 3 months, and Blur Lens fortnightly. Most recently, Pixagram was updated on November 1, 2026 and Blur Lens on November 4, 2026.

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