diff --git a/UIImage+BlurredFrame.h b/UIImage+BlurredFrame.h
index 3ed6c60..b8ed80f 100644
--- a/UIImage+BlurredFrame.h
+++ b/UIImage+BlurredFrame.h
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@
            saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor
                        maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage
                          atFrame:(CGRect)frame;
+- (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius
+                 iterationsCount:(NSInteger)iterationsCount
+                       tintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor
+           saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor
+                       maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage
+                         atFrame:(CGRect)frame;
 @end
diff --git a/UIImage+BlurredFrame.m b/UIImage+BlurredFrame.m
index d91b95c..a3c7502 100644
--- a/UIImage+BlurredFrame.m
+++ b/UIImage+BlurredFrame.m
@@ -75,7 +75,17 @@ - (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius
                        maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage
                          atFrame:(CGRect)frame
 {
-    UIImage *blurredFrame = [[self croppedImageAtFrame:frame] applyBlurWithRadius:blurRadius tintColor:tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:maskImage];
+    return [self applyBlurWithRadius:blurRadius iterationsCount:3 tintColor:tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:maskImage atFrame:frame];
+}
+
+- (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius
+                 iterationsCount:(NSInteger)iterationsCount
+                       tintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor
+           saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor
+                       maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage
+                         atFrame:(CGRect)frame
+{
+    UIImage *blurredFrame = [[self croppedImageAtFrame:frame] applyBlurWithRadius:blurRadius iterationsCount:iterationsCount tintColor:tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:maskImage];
     return [self addImageToImage:blurredFrame atRect:frame];
 }
 
diff --git a/UIImage+ImageEffects.h b/UIImage+ImageEffects.h
index d7f151b..33d5e25 100644
--- a/UIImage+ImageEffects.h
+++ b/UIImage+ImageEffects.h
@@ -105,4 +105,6 @@
 
 - (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius tintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage;
 
+- (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius iterationsCount:(NSInteger)iterationsCount tintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage;
+
 @end
diff --git a/UIImage+ImageEffects.m b/UIImage+ImageEffects.m
index 8109c76..c93c6a9 100644
--- a/UIImage+ImageEffects.m
+++ b/UIImage+ImageEffects.m
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ - (UIImage *)applyTintEffectWithColor:(UIColor *)tintColor
 }
 
 - (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius tintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage
+{
+    return [self applyBlurWithRadius:blurRadius iterationsCount:3 tintColor:tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:maskImage];
+}
+
+- (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius iterationsCount:(NSInteger)iterationsCount tintColor:(UIColor *)tintColor saturationDeltaFactor:(CGFloat)saturationDeltaFactor maskImage:(UIImage *)maskImage
 {
     // check pre-conditions
     if (self.size.width < 1 || self.size.height < 1) {
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ - (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius tintColor:(UIColor *)tintCo
         effectOutBuffer.height   = CGBitmapContextGetHeight(effectOutContext);
         effectOutBuffer.rowBytes = CGBitmapContextGetBytesPerRow(effectOutContext);
 
+        BOOL resultImageAtInputBuffer = YES;
         if (hasBlur) {
             // A description of how to compute the box kernel width from the Gaussian
             // radius (aka standard deviation) appears in the SVG spec:
@@ -199,11 +205,15 @@ - (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius tintColor:(UIColor *)tintCo
             if (radius % 2 != 1) {
                 radius += 1; // force radius to be odd so that the three box-blur methodology works.
             }
-            vImageBoxConvolve_ARGB8888(&effectInBuffer, &effectOutBuffer, NULL, 0, 0, (uint32_t)radius, (uint32_t)radius, 0, kvImageEdgeExtend);
-            vImageBoxConvolve_ARGB8888(&effectOutBuffer, &effectInBuffer, NULL, 0, 0, (uint32_t)radius, (uint32_t)radius, 0, kvImageEdgeExtend);
-            vImageBoxConvolve_ARGB8888(&effectInBuffer, &effectOutBuffer, NULL, 0, 0, (uint32_t)radius, (uint32_t)radius, 0, kvImageEdgeExtend);
+            for (int i = 0; i+1 < iterationsCount; i+=2) {
+                vImageBoxConvolve_ARGB8888(&effectInBuffer, &effectOutBuffer, NULL, 0, 0, (uint32_t)radius, (uint32_t)radius, 0, kvImageEdgeExtend);
+                vImageBoxConvolve_ARGB8888(&effectOutBuffer, &effectInBuffer, NULL, 0, 0, (uint32_t)radius, (uint32_t)radius, 0, kvImageEdgeExtend);
+            }
+            if (iterationsCount % 2) {
+                vImageBoxConvolve_ARGB8888(&effectInBuffer, &effectOutBuffer, NULL, 0, 0, (uint32_t)radius, (uint32_t)radius, 0, kvImageEdgeExtend);
+                resultImageAtInputBuffer = NO;
+            }
         }
-        BOOL effectImageBuffersAreSwapped = NO;
         if (hasSaturationChange) {
             CGFloat s = saturationDeltaFactor;
             CGFloat floatingPointSaturationMatrix[] = {
@@ -218,19 +228,18 @@ - (UIImage *)applyBlurWithRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius tintColor:(UIColor *)tintCo
             for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < matrixSize; ++i) {
                 saturationMatrix[i] = (int16_t)roundf(floatingPointSaturationMatrix[i] * divisor);
             }
-            if (hasBlur) {
+            if (hasBlur ^ resultImageAtInputBuffer) {
                 vImageMatrixMultiply_ARGB8888(&effectOutBuffer, &effectInBuffer, saturationMatrix, divisor, NULL, NULL, kvImageNoFlags);
-                effectImageBuffersAreSwapped = YES;
             }
             else {
                 vImageMatrixMultiply_ARGB8888(&effectInBuffer, &effectOutBuffer, saturationMatrix, divisor, NULL, NULL, kvImageNoFlags);
             }
         }
-        if (!effectImageBuffersAreSwapped)
+        if (!resultImageAtInputBuffer)
             effectImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
         UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
 
-        if (effectImageBuffersAreSwapped)
+        if (resultImageAtInputBuffer)
             effectImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
         UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
     }