# DeFace Privacy

> Hide faces in photos offline

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6775267681](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6775267681)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6775267681`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ben pohl
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-16
- **First published:** 2026-06-16
- **Size:** 25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deface-privacy/id6775267681)
- **Website:** [https://bias.city](https://bias.city/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://benpohlbasel.github.io/deface/privacy.html](https://benpohlbasel.github.io/deface/privacy.html)

## Description

Pixelate faces and any other sensitive area in your photos — on-device, offline, no upload. Automatic face detection plus a precision brush, with a strong "secure" mode.

DeFace Privacy lets you anonymize faces (and any other sensitive area) in a photo with a single tap — fully on your device. No upload, no account, no tracking. The app works offline.

Highlights
	• Automatic face detection runs locally with YuNet (no internet required).
	• Refine with a soft pixelation brush: adjust block size, hardness, and the optional "secure scramble" that locally reshuffles tiles to defeat naive un-pixelation matching.
	• Editing happens at high resolution, the exported JPEG re-decodes the original at full quality.
	• Save back to Photos through the system share sheet, or send anywhere else.
	• Truly private by design — the image bytes never leave your iPhone.
	• Open source under the MIT License. The bundled face-detection model (YuNet, OpenCV Zoo) is also MIT.

## Rankings

- #1,956,648 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6775267681)