# Anonymous Camera

> Capture anonymised footage

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1504102584](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1504102584)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1504102584`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** New Material, Inc.
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (37 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-02-13
- **First published:** 2020-06-10
- **Size:** 5.70 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anonymous-camera/id1504102584)
- **Website:** [http://field.day](http://field.day/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://field.day](http://field.day/)

## Description

Anonymous Camera lets anonymise photos and videos in real time, locally on device.

→ Facial recognition and full-body anonymisation: the app can recognise faces and anonymise them either by applying a solid colour or blur. You can choose to hide either people’s whole bodies or just their face. (full-body anonymisation is only available on iPhone XS and up)

→ Remove metadata: users can choose to delete any and all metadata associated with the video, including time, date, and location.

→ Distorted audio: distort the audio track to anonymize people’s voices.

→ Split screen: control how much of the frame is anonymized to perform interviews while protecting your sources.

→ Real time processing: files are anonymized in real-time using on-device machine learning and computer vision technology, ensuring that the data is untraceable from the beginning. 

→ Local storage: all processing and storage is done locally. Nothing ever goes to the cloud (try us and use it with flight mode enabled).

## Rankings

- #201,320 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app’s simple, elegant design and the effective core blur feature, along with clear privacy controls and solid performance. However, they repeatedly note unreliable blur/detection in real-world use (movement, angles, multiple faces) and privacy concerns tied to initial permissions. There are also several feature gaps opponents would like addressed (uploading existing content, self-timer, blur-size controls, per-face controls, and editing/export options). Overall, strong concept with notable usability and privacy strengths, but reliability and feature parity need improvement.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, elegant design.
- Core face/body blur feature generally works well and is easy to apply.
- Clear privacy controls and transparent data usage.
- Strong overall design and performance with valued Pro features.

### Cons

- Face detection/blur is unreliable in real-world use: struggles with movement, distance, angles, and multiple faces.
- Privacy concerns due to pre-launch permission prompts (AirDrop/mic) and imperfect privacy coverage.
- Feature gaps and requested improvements (uploading existing content, self-timer, blur size controls, per-face unblock, editing/export).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1504102584)