# Color by Number∘ — user reviews > 177 indexed App Store user reviews of Color by Number∘ by Impala Studios, rated 4.60/5 from 17,209 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-by-number/id1326764484/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-by-number/id1326764484.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13,267 · 4★ 2,074 · 3★ 908 · 2★ 379 · 1★ 581 ## What do users think of Color by Number∘? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ⭐ The best coloring app - 🎨 Fun and relaxing coloring experience - 👍 Great variety of pictures and difficulty levels **Cons** - 💰 Too many premium features - 🔍 Hard to see/find numbers in some pictures - 🐛 Crashes and lost progress issues - 📺 Too many ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Restore purchases not working - Freezing and screen flashing problems - Coloring not registering properly **Most requested features** - Add an eraser/undo tool - Indicate when a color is fully completed - Improve picture quality and clarity - More free/easy pictures to color ## Newest reviews (13 of 177) ### 4/5 — Love this *2026-06-09, version 1.9.5* This game has 4 stars because it won’t let you drag to color but other than that it is so fun to do it is also relaxing!!!! ### 3/5 — Hate new version *2026-01-19, version 1.9.3* The new update sucks. Everything is a money grab now. It keeps glitching now telling me I finished a number and I didn’t. ### 4/5 — Loved it *2026-01-15, version 1.9.3* Only issue I have is it doesn’t complete all the colors ### 2/5 — Picture availability and new update *2026-01-09, version 1.9.3* I love the app. It’s a great way to relax. After a few years I paid for the subscription. However, the picture selection is meant for a 3 year old lately. I’m constantly looking for new pictures like you used to have. I like the insane, intricate ones that take days and days. Lately, insane is a monkey or unicorn that takes an hour at best. Second issue is the recent update. You can no longer long hold on a number to find a square you cannot find. But you have to go all the way to the beginning to hit a certain key to find it. You’ve also darkened all the number squares you’re working on. It’s was much better when you just made the font bolder. With darker colors already completed, it’s hard to see the darkened squares. There is also an issue with the numbers that are putting a check mark as done, complete when they aren’t. Who wants to start a picture you cannot complete? ### 2/5 — Dec 2025 Change is Bad *2026-01-07, version 1.9.3* Been coloring with this app for YEARS. I will try to adjust with Dec 2025 changes, but I predict I will be looking for a new coloring app. The new selected color highlighting is terrible. Also experienced errors. Color got checked as compete but still saw squares/pixels for that color not colored in yet. ### 4/5 — Me *2026-01-07, version 1.9.3* I love the app. After a few years I paid for the subscription. However, there are very few pictures that are meant for an adult. Can we get some more advanced pictures? Something that doesn’t look like a three (3) year olds coloring book. I’m finding myself using my own pictures more and more. Again, love the app. But just want something better to chose from. I haven’t seen any new pictures in quite a while. ### 2/5 — Dropping my subscription *2026-01-03, version 1.9.3* I color in this app every day, and have much enjoyed using my Apple Pencil. On my iPad Pro, I can use the pencil to color the pixels and the “insane” puzzles have been enjoyable. The latest update is a hot mess, at least with my setup. I get that it was a major overhaul—and that it takes a while to work the bugs out. But there are a LOT of bugs, especially when you get near the end of a color or a complete puzzle. There are consistent problems: (a) As I get almost to the end of a number, the app will suddenly mark that number as completed, even though there are still pixels to complete; (b) if you are at the end of a puzzle, there are consistently uncompleted numbers that have yet to be filled, even though the app says the puzzle is 100% complete, moreover (c) it starts to do this weird sparkly thing all over the puzzle well before I’ve completed it (this is my signal that time is running out, and usually the app freezes before I can get done. I can perhaps get back into the puzzle and try to finish if I restart and find it, but that is not always an option. I really enjoyed the app as it was and did not see a need for new tools. The only improvement I would have suggested (which is still needed) is a way to navigate to the most recent puzzle you were working on; a lot of times I can’t find it at all though eventually I do. For the first time in many months I abandoned it altogether to go to another app that is not nearly as nice. I have to watch some ads, but it lacks the minor frustrations of this app. (It is annoying to me to get to the last few pixels and get shut down before I finish.) I have subscribed for a couple of years to avoid ads and have better access to the tools that were available, and I loved the app as it was. Now it doesn’t work. If these things are not resolved in a timely fashion, I won’t pay for the subscription fee again. ### 3/5 — Dec 2025 Change is Bad *2025-12-31, version 1.9.3* Been coloring with this app for YEARS. I will try to adjust with Dec 2025 changes, but I predict I will be looking for a new coloring app. Also experienced errors. Color got checked as compete but still saw squares/pixels for that color not colored in yet. ### 3/5 — Last update spoiled a good app *2025-12-27* I color in this app every day, and have much enjoyed using my Apple Pencil. I get that the last update was a major overhaul—and it was one that, for my part, wasn’t needed. The extra features that are now available are, I’m sure, useful at times. The main issue right now is that the app is very buggy. It tells me that a color number is complete, but then I still find pixels with that number, and which now cannot be filled. (Sometimes the paint brush tool allows me to fill them in, but at least once I just had to quit the puzzle and give it up. On the last puzzle the whole app froze.) I am a paid subscriber, and it seems like a few new puzzles have been added (I only choose the insane ones). I liked the app the way it was, but I know there is no going back…now I’d just like it to work properly. ### 2/5 — Hasn’t worked in months *2025-12-19, version 1.9.2* I’ve had this app for years and loved it up until earlier this year in which the app stopped giving me new images. I contact support about this and all they told me was that “it happens” and to wait because there’s nothing that can be done. Very upsetting because I would color everyday on this app. I still receive notifications of a “new image” available but when I check there is nothing new. ### 4/5 — 😁 *2025-12-02, version 1.9.2* I feel like it is pretty good. The only thing I would do is if we could start over ### 4/5 — Me *2025-10-23* I love the app. After a few years I paid for the subscription. However, there are very few pictures that are meant for an adult. Can we get some more advanced pictures? Something that doesn’t look like a three (3) year olds coloring book. I’m finding myself using my own pictures more and more. Again, love the app. But just want something better to chose from. I haven’t seen any new pictures in quite a while. ### 2/5 — whyyy *2025-07-02, version 1.8.12* I hate why none of the photos are freee please make the app have no adds and instead when you finish a drawing give coins and you can by buy new drawings with the coins it will make the game soooooo much better ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Color by nubers review *2026-06-11, version 1.9.5* Their colors images are babyish ### 1/5 — Click bait *2026-02-24, version 1.9.5* So may pop up advertisements that this app is unusable. ### 1/5 — 2 more updates; still no fix *2026-01-28, version 1.9.4* I color in this app every day, and have much enjoyed using my Apple Pencil. On my iPad Pro, I can use the pencil to color the pixels and the “insane” puzzles have been enjoyable. The latest update is a hot mess, at least with my setup. I get that it was a major overhaul—and that it takes a while to work the bugs out. But there are a LOT of bugs, especially when you get near the end of a color or a complete puzzle. There are consistent problems: (a) As I get almost to the end of a number, the app will suddenly mark that number as completed, even though there are still pixels to complete; (b) if you are at the end of a puzzle, there are consistently uncompleted numbers that have yet to be filled, even though the app says the puzzle is 100% complete, moreover (c) it starts to do this weird sparkly thing all over the puzzle well before I’ve completed it (this is my signal that time is running out, and usually the app freezes before I can get done. I can perhaps get back into the puzzle and try to finish if I restart and find it, but that is not always an option. I really enjoyed the app as it was and did not see a need for new tools. The only improvement I would have suggested (which is still needed) is a way to navigate to the most recent puzzle you were working on; a lot of times I can’t find it at all though eventually I do. For the first time in many months I abandoned it altogether to go to another app that is not nearly as nice. I have to watch some ads, but it lacks the minor frustrations of this app. (It is annoying to me to get to the last few pixels and get shut down before I finish.) I have subscribed for a couple of years to avoid ads and have better access to the tools that were available, and I loved the app as it was. Now it doesn’t work. If these things are not resolved in a timely fashion, I won’t pay for the subscription fee again. Update: After at least two updates, the problems continue. ### 1/5 — Not a fan! *2025-12-20, version 1.9.3* Im not liking how the number is a shade of dark grey that you are on for colouring in on….it makes me feel like I have accidentally coloured in that tile with a wrong colour. Can you please change it back! ### 1/5 — New pictures *2025-12-17, version 1.9.2* I’m not getting new pictures even though I’ve paid for premium. Quite irritating. ### 1/5 — Useless app *2025-09-16, version 1.8.12* I have been a PAID subscriber for about 7 years. I have never had any issues until now. I changed to an iPhone 16 and now I cannot restore my premium to be able to use my subscription that I PAY for. I will be canceling my subscription. You have basically made this app useless to me and stolen $40 as well. Shame on you guys for scamming people who have been loyal users. ### 1/5 — NEEDS FIXING! *2025-08-27, version 1.8.12* I have restored my purchase two times now wanting to play this game again, but each time I pay for it, it never restores my purchases or unlocks the pictures to color. Once again I am going to cancel my subscription and delete this app. I have tried reporting a problem and contacting support but there is no one to speak with. ### 1/5 — I don’t recommend this game *2025-08-01, version 1.8.12* This game was making me so frustrated on how bad this game is I tried to color the CORRECT number and it wouldn’t color I was like it’s probably a glitch no it the GAME I don’t recommend this game ### 1/5 — not enough new styff *2025-07-02, version 1.8.12* titel speeks for itself, needs more ipdates ### 1/5 — Frustrated *2025-05-15, version 1.8.12* Not getting any new puzzles and I’m paying the subscription ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟶/𝟿𝟿,𝟶𝟶,𝟶𝟶𝟶,𝟶𝟶 *2026-08-10, version 1.9.5* 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿🥹 ### 5/5 — The BEST coloring app!! *2026-07-31* Before doing the app u should turn WiFi off. Everything else is so fn ### 5/5 — ❤️❤️❤️ *2026-04-01, version 1.9.5* I love this app! Something that makes it stand out to others is that the subscription thingy isn’t very expensive. Before I found this, one of the other apps I turned down WANTED 4 DOLLARS A WEEK. So well done love the app!! ### 5/5 — What I think *2025-12-05, version 1.9.2* It is but since I am only eight some of them get a little to hard some of them i can’t do because they are hard ### 5/5 — I love your app *2025-10-22, version 1.9.0* The only thing is I would love to get new pictures every day like we did when I downloaded your app almost 8 years ago. I’m beginning to wonder what I’m paying for and out of all the other coloing apps out there I still Like yours… ### 5/5 — Not getting new images *2025-09-17, version 1.8.12* I’ve been using this app (paid) for years & it’s always been great but the last couple of years I’ve noticed that I’m not getting any new images!!! I’ve emailed the company twice but not heard anything back from them. I love this app - it helps me stay out of my own head when my depression/anxiety is bad!!! Please Fix This!!! ### 5/5 — Love it 😍 *2025-08-25, version 1.8.12* Amazing 🤩 ### 5/5 — Best game *2025-07-08, version 1.8.12* This is the best thing in the world I play it every day ### 5/5 — Help *2025-03-17, version 1.8.12* Can we have more pics other than cartoon characters? Ready to unsubscribe ### 5/5 — No daily picture *2025-01-27, version 1.8.12* I have paid my yearly subscription, but I haven’t received my daily picture. I’m going on my 3rd week. I wrote twicewith the problem. I haven’t received a response. At least let me know what the problem is. Is it your app or is the problem on my iPad? --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*