The Streamer
Reacts to videos for a living and would like to keep the account. Bars the faces, mosaics the names, blankets the whole video when things get risky. Pxlate censors on the page itself, so what OBS captures is already clean.
Chrome extension · Runs on your device
See less.
On purpose.
Pixelate, blur, or black out any video on any page, live while it plays. Draw a zone. Track faces and body parts. Censor by color. All on your device.
Free to start
100% on-device
No account
No analytics, no uploads
Works in fullscreen
Zones
Everything starts with a zone.
A zone is a shape you draw over the page: fullscreen, or just the corner where trouble lives. Everything Pxlate does happens inside one, while the video keeps playing.
- Three shapes. Rectangle, oval, or freehand for everything that isn't a rectangle.
- Three styles. Pixel, Blur, or Solid in any color, each zone with its own strength from 0 to 100.
- Zones stack. Like layers in a design tool: top draws over bottom, reorder anytime. Reveal punches a window through the covers below; Invert censors everything except your shape.
Face tracking
The classic eye bar. Actually glued on.
When a bar is all that stands between a face and the rest of the internet, "mostly stays on" doesn't cut it. Pxlate's face tracking is tuned safety-first: the bar rides head turns, cuts, and camera shake without shaking loose.
- Eyes, mouth, or the whole face. Add the mouth and the cursing can't even be lip-read.
- Words on the bar. Optional text, right on the censor.
- Everyone on screen. Multiple people covered at once, no extra setup.
Body tracking
Tracking, neck down.
The same glued-on tracking, pointed at the rest of the body. Tap a point and a box snaps onto it, on every person in frame, and rides the motion. Seven points. The video speaks for itself.
- Mix points freely. One zone can track a single point or several at once; run more zones for a different look per point.
- Any style. Pixel, blur, or solid in any color, at any strength: a tracked box is still a zone.
- Safe mode works here too. Lose sight of a point and the whole zone covers instantly until tracking is back.
Color masking
Pick a color. It's censored everywhere.
Point the pipette at anything in the frame and that color gets censored everywhere it appears: one team's jersey, an on-screen graphic, a very specific shade of pink. Widen the range to catch nearby shades, or invert it and censor everything except your colors.
Who installs this
Three kinds of people install Pxlate.
The Creator
Makes lesson videos, reaction clips, screen shares. Instead of blurring faces frame by frame in an editor, they draw a zone, let the tracking hold it, and screen-record with whatever they already use. No timeline, no project files, no cloud.
The Gooner
Needs to actually watch something: a lecture, a match, a tutorial. Knows the rest of the page is out to get his attention. Covers everything except the thing he came for, watches it in peace, and gets on with his day.
Pricing
Free proves it. Pro unlocks it.
The free tier answers one question: does Pxlate work on the sites you actually use? After that, Pro is a single payment. No subscription. You have enough of those.
Free
The proof of concept.
- One censor zone: rectangle, oval, or freehand
- Pixel style, strength 50 to 100
- Invert it: censor everything except your shape
- Every supported site, fullscreen included
- Zero network requests while you browse
Pro
$19.99 one-timeEverything on this page. Yours.
- Unlimited zones, stacked however you like
- All styles: Pixel, Blur, Solid, any color, strength 0 to 100
- All ten tracking points: face, eyes, mouth, seven body regions
- Safe mode
- Color masking with the pipette
- The censored-by-default blanket
- License checked once at activation, then it's yours. Three devices.
Privacy
What happens in your browser stays in your browser.
A censoring tool that phones home would be a bad joke, so Pxlate doesn't. No server, no account. While you browse, zero network requests: no analytics, no telemetry, no remote code. Even the tracking runs on your own computer. Nobody knows what you cover. Especially us. The one exception: activating a Pro license sends your key, nothing else, to the payment provider. Once.
Zero code until you click
Nothing runs on any page until you press the toolbar button on that tab. No background scanning, ever.
Per-site access, opt-in
You grant access site by site and can take it back anytime. Even the install dialog proves it: Pxlate never asks to "read and change all your data on all websites".
On-device tracking
The face and body trackers ship inside the extension and run on your computer. What plays in a tab never leaves that tab.
Local storage only
Your zones and settings live in extension storage on this device. No account, no cloud. The one thing that syncs is your Pro license, through your own Chrome profile.
The formal version, including what our payment provider sees: read the privacy policy.
FAQ
Fair questions.
Does Pxlate change the actual page or video file?
No. Pxlate draws its censors over your view, on your device. The site is untouched and can't tell Pxlate is running.
Why doesn't it work in incognito mode?
Chrome's rule, not ours: extensions are blocked in incognito until you allow each one. To let Pxlate in, right-click the Pxlate icon in the toolbar and choose Manage extension, or open chrome://extensions and click Details on Pxlate. There, switch on Allow in Incognito. That's it: everything works the same there, per-site access included.
What exactly is free?
One censor zone (rectangle, oval, or freehand) in pixel style at strength 50 to 100, with invert, on any site Pxlate works on. It exists so you can prove the tool works where you need it before paying. Pro unlocks everything else: unlimited zones, all styles and strengths, all ten tracking points, Safe mode, color masking, and the censored-by-default blanket.
Which sites does it work on?
Any site with videos or images. Pxlate ships with no site access at all; you grant it per site the first time you use it there, and you can revoke any grant in your browser's extension settings.
Does it survive fullscreen?
Yes. Zones, tracking, and the control panel all keep working when playback goes fullscreen, and when it comes back.
Can I use it to hide things from myself?
You can. One switch covers every image and video on a page until you flip it back. Discipline is discipline.
How does the Pro license work?
$19.99, once. Your key is checked online a single time, at activation, and never again. The license rides your Chrome profile, so a new machine with the same profile is already Pro.
Which browsers are supported?
Chrome, installed from the Chrome Web Store. Other Chromium-based browsers like Edge and Brave generally work with the same build.
Cover something.
Free in one click. No account, nothing leaves your device, and one click takes it all back off.