CIGaussianBlur.m

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad{
    _showCoverImage.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
    _showCoverImage.image = [self imageWithBlurredImageWithImage:_showCoverImage.image andBlurInsetFromBottom: 200 withBlurRadius:3];
}

- (UIImage*)imageWithBlurredImageWithImage:(UIImage*)image andBlurInsetFromBottom:(CGFloat)bottom withBlurRadius:(CGFloat)blurRadius{
  UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(image.size);
  CGContextRef context =  UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
  CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1, -1);
  CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, -image.size.height);
  CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height), image.CGImage);
  CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, bottom), [self blurImage: image withBottomInset: bottom blurRadius: blurRadius].CGImage);
  image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
  UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
  return image;
}

- (UIImage*)blurImage:(UIImage*)image withBottomInset:(CGFloat)inset blurRadius:(CGFloat)radius{

  image =  [UIImage imageWithCGImage: CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(image.CGImage, CGRectMake(0, image.size.height - inset, image.size.width,inset))];

  CIImage *ciImage = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:image.CGImage];
  CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIGaussianBlur"];
  [filter setValue:ciImage forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
  [filter setValue:@(radius) forKey:kCIInputRadiusKey];

  CIImage *outputCIImage = filter.outputImage;
  CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];

  return [UIImage imageWithCGImage: [context createCGImage:outputCIImage fromRect:ciImage.extent]];

}

@end