Whiteout: Redact & Blur Photos

Name: Whiteout: Redact & Blur Photos
Rating: 4.3 (227 reviews)
Author: Jordan Zeleny

By: Jordan Zeleny

Censor text in images and PDFs

Features & Capabilities

Whiteout makes it fast and precise to mark up text in photos and PDFs. Redact sensitive information, highlight important details, and clean up documents with accuracy and speed. It offers a full suite of markup tools—redact, blur, pixelate, underline, strike through, erase, draw, and sign—with line- and word-based control.

Smart search and match lets you find words and automatically redact repeated text. Work with photos, screenshots, and PDFs, zoom for detail, and export high-resolution results. A free plan is available with limited saves, and a Pro plan unlocks unlimited edits and watermark-free exports.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Privacy & Security Photography Content

By:

Jordan Zeleny

Rating:

4.30

(227)

Version:

3.1.9 Last updated: 2026-02-11

Version code:

881801219

Creation date:

2022-09-27

Compatible devices:

Size:

52.82MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 111,625 ▼ 36

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Developed by:

Jordan Zeleny

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whiteout-redact-blur-photos/id1642452158

Website:

https://whiteout.app

User Reviews

Reviews are mixed: the app offers a clean, minimal UI and effective redaction for simple cases, which some call useful for individuals and small businesses. But frequent crashes, instability, and unreliable redaction that can leak data are repeatedly reported. Billing concerns include upfront payments and refund frustration. Users also want more flexible editing (non-straight-line blur and movable redaction areas). Overall, it shows potential but reliability and value questions recur in multiple reviews.

Pros

Minimal, clean UI focused on redaction tasks.
Core redaction capability is effective for simple cases, making it useful for individuals and small businesses.
App is described as neat, well-made, and easy to use.
Does what it promises without unnecessary complexity.

Cons

Frequent crashes and instability during redaction, page navigation, and loading PDFs/photos.
Redaction is not secure or reliable; redacted data can remain readable and performance is inconsistent.
Billing/subscription model issues with upfront payments and refund frustrations.
Functional limitations, such as blur only along straight lines and limited ability to move/rescale redactions.

Recent reviews

I paid $20 for lifetime membership and then find out that the app crashes when I try to redact information from a PDF file. After a few reductions, the app doesn’t even let me swipe the document up or down. If I saved the file and then try to read the file again the app crashes without me doing anything. I would not recommend this app to anybody. I hope they refund my money.

by Bl*****, 2026-03-09

This application only puts a black square over the text you want to redact. That’s suitable for printing, but the data you’re redacting stays in the PDF and can still be read if you’re sharing the your document electronically. Thus, it only works for a specific use-case (printing), and probably not the one you’re looking for.