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VlogMask is an iOS camera app that mosaics every bystander's face in real time while you record. Tap your face to protect it — everyone else gets pixelated automatically. No post-editing. On-device processing only. Built for street vloggers, travel creators, and anyone who films in public.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Kou, an indie iOS developer based in Japan. VlogMask started with a simple frustration: I love vlogging in Tokyo, but every time I filmed in a busy area like Shibuya, I'd spend hours afterward manually blurring strangers' faces in editing software. That can't be the answer in 2026.
So I built VlogMask. It uses on-device face detection (YuNet CoreML + Vision framework) to find every face in the frame in real time. You tap the face(s) you want to protect — your own, your crew, your kids — and everyone else gets a pixel mosaic applied to their face automatically. The mosaic is burned into the recorded video, so what you see on screen is exactly what gets saved.
A few principles I built around:
🔒 Privacy-first — Everything runs on-device. No video, no audio, no face data ever leaves your iPhone. Nothing to a server, nothing to me.
🎯 Profile + small face detection — Vision alone misses side profiles and distant faces (a real problem when bystanders are walking past). YuNet picks them up too.
📱 Native iOS — AVCaptureSession + Metal pipeline, real-time at 1080p/4K, front and rear camera, portrait and landscape, Bluetooth mic support.
💰 Honest pricing — Free works for solo creators (1 protected face, 5-min recordings). Pro is a one-time ¥1,000 / $7 unlock for unlimited recording and multi-face protection. No subscription.
I'd love your feedback — especially from creators who shoot in public. What works, what doesn't, what's missing.
Happy to answer any questions about the build (Swift, CoreML, on-device privacy approach, etc).
— Kou
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About VlogMask on Product Hunt
“Tap to protect your face. Mosaic everyone else.”
VlogMask was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #87 on the daily leaderboard. VlogMask is an iOS camera app that mosaics every bystander's face in real time while you record. Tap your face to protect it — everyone else gets pixelated automatically. No post-editing. On-device processing only. Built for street vloggers, travel creators, and anyone who films in public.
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