Redacted vs Screen Pencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Redacted
Easily obscure sensitive areas of your photos before sharing. Choose from blur, black, or pixelate overlays, and resize or reposition them as needed. Save or share your modified images directly from the app.
- Blur overlay
- Black overlay
- Pixelate overlay
- Drag and drop overlays
- Rescale and reposition
- Crop image sections
- Share to social media/email
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Redacted app allows you to cover sensitive part of an image that you don't want to share with someone. Three types of cover overlays are available: - blur overlay - black overlay - pixelate overlay You can quickly drag and drop overlays, move them around, rescale and delete if needed. You can also crop the part of the image that you need. After you finished you can share your image via social networks, email or save to disk.
Screen Pencil
Record videos of websites while simultaneously taking notes with your finger. Capture audio using the built-in or external microphone for comprehensive documentation.
- Website video recording
- Finger-drawn note-taking
- Audio recording (internal/external mic)
- Productivity tool
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Record a video of a website while taking notes with your finger, with the option to record audio with the built in mic or external mic.
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Verdict
Redacted and Screen Pencil both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Screen Pencil's written reviews are positive against 20% of Redacted's. Screen Pencil also leads on price (Free vs $0.29) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 64 months). Redacted's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Screen Pencil is free to download; Redacted costs $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Redacted against 5.0 for Screen Pencil. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Redacted's written reviews are positive against 100% of Screen Pencil's.
Redacted ships an update every 64 months, Screen Pencil every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Redacted | Screen Pencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.29 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 64 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Peancovschi | DAE J MYUNG |
Customer experience
Redacted
Screen Pencil
In-app purchases
Redacted
No in-app purchases
Screen Pencil
No in-app purchases
