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24 alternatives to Blur for macOS

Easily blur, pixilate, and color images on your Mac.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Blur for macOS launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
All Blur▲166
Instantly blur your screen for privacy or content creation
2025 · allblur.com · its alternatives →
2
BlurData▲269
Automatically protect sensitive data in screenshots and PDFs
2025 · blurdata.app · its alternatives →
3
macOS Mojave▲635
The next generation of software for Macs
2018 · apple.com · its alternatives →
4
CleanShot 2.0▲236
Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen 🚀
2018 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
5
Compress for macOS▲129
Dramatically compress JPG and PNG Images, convert PSD to JPG
2018 · bzgapps.com · its alternatives →
6
Shots▲159
Screenshot manager for macOS
2017 · mobilefirst.in · its alternatives →
7
Sip for Mac▲393
The best way to collect, organize & share your colors
2017 · sipapp.io · its alternatives →
8
Freshly Squeezed▲280
Batch resize, crop, convert and optimize images for macOS
2025 · freshlysqueezed.app · its alternatives →
9
SuperResolution macos▲104
Upscale images unlimitedly on your mac for free
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Pixit▲19
Instant Image Blurring for Privacy
2025 · clemstation.com · its alternatives →
11
Squash 2 for Mac▲421
The easiest way to compress and optimize images for the web
2016 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →
12
Pixea▲142
The invisible image viewer for macOS
2020 · imagetasks.com · its alternatives →
13
Drop▲303
Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Contrast▲341
A macOS app for quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios
2017 · usecontrast.com · its alternatives →
15
CleanShot Cloud Pro▲203
Easiest way to share your screen captures on macOS ⚡️
2021 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
16
GoProd for Mac▲272
Remove backgrounds and upscale lots of pics in 1 click
2023 · icons8.com · its alternatives →
17
Solace▲171
macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…
Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →
18
Bluright▲85
Blur, highlight & spotlight any area of your image easily
2023 · bluright.com · its alternatives →
19
Litur for macOS▲150
A better way to find, collect & organize your colors
2020 · litur.app · its alternatives →
20
Focusdim▲137
A simple Mac app to enhance your visual focus
2025 · privdev.com · its alternatives →
21
Pixdrop▲105
Drag & drop images from Mac menu bar
2016 · pixdrop.cc · its alternatives →
22
PeekFocus▲86
Make your screen instantly presentable with one keystroke.
May 2026 · lucidbit.app · its alternatives →
23
Squash 3▲92
Batch resize and compression app for macOS
2021 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →
24
Creative Convert▲110
Convert a lot of files into graphic files: PDF, Adobe & more
2020 · splashroad.com · its alternatives →

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