# color bar manager — Focus on the creativity

> Focus on the creativity (iPhone/iPad app by Color Bar Manager Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-bar-manager/id1541771651 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Color Bar Manager Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1541771653)
- Category: Business, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-08-05
- Data updated: 2026-05-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-bar-manager/id1541771651/reviews.md

## What is color bar manager?

Color Bar Manager
An intelligent inventory system designed to save time, reduce color waste, and boost salon profits.

How It Works:
Color Bar Manager (CBM) captures your salon’s color usage in real-time, measured by the gram, making inventory orders faster and more accurate. It calculates mixing ratios and formulations for you, eliminating costly mixing errors while securely storing color formulas for easy access, editing, and duplication.

Key Benefits

* Created for Salon Owners by a Salon Owner: Perfect for salon professionals, freelance stylists, and educators.

* Boosts Profits: Provides an accurate account of color usage per client, ensuring fair and transparent invoicing.

* Focus on Creativity: CBM handles the color math, so stylists can focus on creativity and achieving their goals.

* Consistent Client Experience: Easily access detailed color histories for consistent, high-quality results.

* Reduces Waste: Orders are based on actual usage and your most popular colors, ensuring you stock exactly what you need.

* Compatible with Professional Color Ranges: Supports a growing list of ranges, including L’Oréal, Wella, Kevin Murphy, Redken, Oway, Davines, Crazy Color, and more.

* Seamless Integration with Technology:

    * Works with external Bluetooth scales for fast, precise color mixing.

    * Supports barcode scanning for quick product lookups.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.5 — 2026-02-05

* Bluetooth reliability improvements that significantly improve using the scale.
* Minor fixes and improvements.

### 2.0.4 — 2025-12-10

* Improvements to work with the Half Decent Scale.

### 2.0.3 — 2025-03-30

* Small update to support new scales.

### 2.0.2 — 2025-02-23

Added a reset feature and made minor improvements to the Bluetooth scale.

### 2.0.1 — 2025-02-07

Improved Bluetooth integration for better scale connections and device discovery.

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