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Planned app page
This app concept is published as a planned portfolio page and is not live in the App Store yet.
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Photo Blur Editor for iPhone
Blur faces, license plates, addresses, and ID numbers before sharing a photo — auto-detect for faces and plates, precision brush for everything else, on-device, no upload.
Free to try. Pro $4.99/month (3-day free trial), $14.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime. No weekly subscription traps.
Best for
Auto-detect faces
iOS Vision finds every face in the photo. Tap to blur all at once, or pick which ones to anonymize (useful for blurring strangers in a group photo of friends).
Privacy
Private by default
Photo Blur Editor uses iOS Vision for face and plate detection and Core Image for the blur itself.
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Built around the work people actually need to finish.
Auto-detect faces
iOS Vision finds every face in the photo. Tap to blur all at once, or pick which ones to anonymize (useful for blurring strangers in a group photo of friends).
Auto-detect license plates
US, UK, and EU plate formats detected automatically. One tap to blur every plate in a driveway photo before posting an apartment listing or Marketplace ad.
Precision brush mode
Paint blur over any region — house number, badge ID, prescription label, return address on a package, names in a screenshot. Adjustable brush radius and edge feather.
Two styles
Gaussian blur (smooth, journalistic) or pixelate (chunky, anonymization-strong). Match the convention of where you are posting.
Intensity slider
Light blur keeps the subject vaguely recognizable. Heavy blur fully anonymizes. Pick the level that fits your privacy need.
On-device + no upload
Sensitive photos (kid pics, work badges, ID scans, addresses) never leave your phone. Vision and Core Image run locally. Verify with Airplane Mode.
Quick answers
Short answers before this app ships.
These direct answers explain what the planned app is for, confirm that it is not live yet, and state the intended pricing path clearly.
What is Photo Blur Editor?
Photo Blur Editor is a planned Swarmval app for blur face, blur photo, hide license plate on iPhone. Blur faces, license plates, addresses, and ID numbers before sharing a photo — auto-detect for faces and plates, precision brush for everything else, on-device, no upload.
Is Photo Blur Editor live in the App Store yet?
No. Photo Blur Editor is a planned standalone app page in the Swarmval portfolio, so the page explains the product direction without claiming the app is already live in the App Store.
What pricing is planned for Photo Blur Editor?
Free to try. Pro $4.99/month (3-day free trial), $14.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime. No weekly subscription traps. That is the intended Swarmval pricing model once Photo Blur Editor ships.
Free vs Pro
Try the workflow first. Upgrade when the limits matter.
Swarmval apps avoid surprise weekly pricing. The upgrade path is visible before purchase and support links are easy to find.
Free
- ✓Manual blur brush, unlimited
- ✓Auto-detect faces
- ✓Gaussian blur style
- ✓No ads, no watermark on output
Pro
- ✓Auto-detect license plates
- ✓Pixelate style + intensity slider
- ✓Batch process (up to 50 photos)
- ✓Lifetime $19.99 option (one-time)
Screenshots
Planned iOS product direction for this search intent.
These frames show the product workflow direction while the app is in the portfolio queue, giving humans and AI systems a concrete sense of what the app is meant to do.
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Precision brush mode
Privacy
Private by default, clear when sharing.
Photo Blur Editor uses iOS Vision for face and plate detection and Core Image for the blur itself. Photos never upload to a Swarmval server. The detection models are bundled in the app — not pulled from a server. Sensitive content (kids, IDs, work badges) stays on your phone.
Read privacy policy FAQ
Will blurred faces actually protect someone’s identity? +
For social-media sharing — yes, in most cases. A heavy Gaussian blur or pixelation at the size faces typically appear in photos cannot be reversed by current tools. For high-stakes scenarios (witness protection, journalism) use the pixelate style at maximum intensity — academic studies show this is unrecoverable. Light blur on a large face is not enough.
Does iPhone Photos already have a blur tool? +
Partly. iOS 17+ Photos has a Markup tool that can draw filled shapes (effectively a black-box redaction), and iOS 18.1 added "Clean Up" which can remove subjects (not blur). Neither has auto-detect for faces or plates, neither supports batch processing, and neither lets you adjust blur intensity. Photo Blur Editor adds those workflows.
How do I blur a license plate in a photo? +
In Photo Blur Editor: open the photo, tap "Auto-detect plates" — the app finds every plate in the frame and highlights them. Tap each one to blur, or tap "Blur all". Common use: real estate photos, car ads, driveway shots before posting an apartment listing.
What is the difference between blur and pixelate? +
Blur (Gaussian) smooths the region into an unfocused haze — good for casual privacy ("don’t want to dox the kids"). Pixelate replaces the region with large colored squares — used by news outlets for journalistic anonymization because it is fully unrecoverable and visually signals "this was intentionally redacted".
Can someone reverse the blur? +
Light blur on small details can sometimes be partially reversed by image-restoration AI. Heavy blur or any level of pixelation cannot. For sensitive content (ID numbers, addresses, kids), use the Pro tier intensity slider at 80%+ or use pixelate. Photo Blur Editor defaults to pixelate when you tap "Anonymize" specifically because of this.
Why are blur apps subscription-only? +
Many App Store blur apps charge $4.99–$9.99 per week for what is mostly a Gaussian blur API call from Core Image — free to every developer. Photo Blur Editor ships with standard Swarmval pricing: $4.99/month with a 3-day trial, $14.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime. No weekly traps.
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