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Best Blur Apps for iPhone (2026)

35 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Blur Photo Effect Background is the top-ranked of 35 blur apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 27,387 ratings.

  1. 1
    Blur Photo Effect BackgroundS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 27,387 ratings · score 95
  2. 2
    Blur Photo Editor & MosaicS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,228 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Blur-VideoS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 13,876 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    Blur Video & MosaicS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,404 ratings · score 91
  5. 5
    Blur PhotoA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 31,531 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Blur or pixelate chosen parts of a photo or video, for a bokeh look or to conceal details.

Not here: Unblurring, sharpening, or otherwise improving image quality alone; Removing or replacing a photo or video background alone; Generating or transforming a new image from a photo alone; Erasing objects and filling in the scene alone; A blur-themed template or wallpaper, a link to a web tool, or general photo or video editing with blur only as an incidental tool alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Blur Photo Effect BackgroundBlur Photo Editor & MosaicBlur-VideoBlur Video & Mosaic
A
Blur PhotoBlur Photo Editor: blur effectBlur Video & Photo BlurEffectBlur Photo EditorBluur camFocosBlur Photo BackgroundPhocus
B
Blur Photo & Background EditBlur Background Photo EffectBlur Video & Photo -AI Pix AppBlur ImageBlur Photo Effect Editor
C
Blur Photo Editor ProFaceBlurBlur Photo Editor - Point BlurMovStashBlur BackgroundBlur Background - Studio Blur
D
Blur Background Photo EditorBlurry PhotoBlur background.FabFocusBackgroundBlur PhotosBlur Background : DSLR CameraBlur Photo Editor - Auto Blur
F
Blur background eraserBlur Background - AI EditorBlur Background: Photo RetouchPhoto Blur

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Blur Photo Effect BackgroundS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 27,387 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  2. 2
    Blur Photo Editor & MosaicS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,228 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Blur-VideoS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 13,876 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    Blur Video & MosaicS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,404 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  5. 5
    Blur PhotoA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 31,531 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  6. 6
    Blur Photo Editor: blur effectA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,676 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  7. 7
    Blur Video & Photo BlurEffectA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 2,302 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  8. 8
    Blur Photo EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 10,582 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  9. 9
    Bluur cam: Blur Effect EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 566 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  10. 10
    FocosA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 51,396 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  11. 11
    Blur Photo BackgroundA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 18,735 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  12. 12
    Phocus: DSLR Portrait CameraA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,840 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  13. 13
    Blur Photo & Background EditB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 2,434 ratings · score 84 · good
  14. 14
    Blur Background Photo EffectB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 19,214 ratings · score 80 · good
  15. 15
    Blur Video & Photo -AI Pix AppB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 937 ratings · score 80 · good
  16. 16
    Blur Image Background - EditorB
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.7 · 145 ratings · score 77 · good
  17. 17
    Blur Photo Effect Editor - BLRB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 114 ratings · score 72 · good
  18. 18
    Blur Photo Editor ProC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 3,423 ratings · score 68 · situational
  19. 19
    FaceBlur photo editorC
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 1,854 ratings · score 65 · situational
  20. 20
    Blur Photo Editor - Point BlurC
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 3 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  21. 21
    MovStash - Blur Video EditorC
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 2,506 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    Blur BackgroundC
    Free · ★ 4.3 · 853 ratings · score 61 · situational
  23. 23
    Blur Background - Studio BlurC
    $2.99 + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 60 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    Blur Background Photo EditorD
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 576 ratings · score 58 · weak
  25. 25
    Blurry Photo AppD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 556 ratings · score 57 · weak
  26. 26
    Blur background.D
    Free · ★ 4.4 · 334 ratings · score 57 · weak
  27. 27
    FabFocus - Portrait Mode BlurD
    $3.99 · ★ 4.7 · 5,997 ratings · score 57 · weak
  28. 28
    Background Blur : BlurEaseD
    Free · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 56 · weak · provisional
  29. 29
    Blur Photos - Motion EffectD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 41 ratings · score 55 · weak
  30. 30
    Blur Background : DSLR CameraD
    Free · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 54 · weak · provisional
  31. 31
    Blur Photo Editor - Auto BlurD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 15 ratings · score 54 · weak
  32. 32
    Blur background eraserF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 37 ratings · score 52 · avoid
  33. 33
    Blur Background - AI EditorF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 20 ratings · score 48 · avoid
  34. 34
    Blur Background: Photo RetouchF
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional
  35. 35
    Photo Blur Background EffectF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 93 ratings · score 35 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best blur app for iPhone?
Blur Photo Effect Background, S tier, ranked #1 of 35, rated 4.7 by 27,387 people.
Which blur apps are free?
33 of 35 are free to download: Blur Photo Effect Background (S), Blur Photo Editor & Mosaic (S), Blur-Video (S), Blur Video & Mosaic (S) and more. 25 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.
Which blur app has the best App Store rating?
Blur Photo & Background Edit at 4.9 from 2,434 ratings.
How many blur apps reach S or A tier?
12 of 35. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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