# Color Viewfinder - palette — user reviews > 119 indexed App Store user reviews of Color Viewfinder by ANDRES FELIPE SARRAZOLA VELEZ, rated 3.80/5 from 62 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-viewfinder-palette/id519551982/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-viewfinder-palette/id519551982.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 31 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Color Viewfinder? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface - 💡 Innovative color palette extraction from photos - 🎨 Multiple layout templates for color display - 📸 Works with both camera and photo library - 💾 Ability to save and share color palettes - 🔢 Hex code generation for colors - ⚡ Quick and easy color sampling - 🎯 Useful for designers and artists - 📧 Email sharing functionality - ✨ Aesthetic visual presentation **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes when adding photos - 🐛 App hangs and freezes intermittently - 📉 Poor image quality on export/save - 🔲 Square-only image format limitation - 🎯 Misses obvious colors in photos - 💰 Expensive watermark removal ($1.99-$2.99) - ⚠️ Hex codes removed in recent update - 🔍 Color picker placement inaccurate - 📱 Compatibility issues with newer devices - ⏱️ Slow photo loading times - 🔄 Requires reload when switching photos - 🎨 Limited to 3-5 colors by default - 📸 Cannot access photo gallery reliably **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when adding photos from library - Color picker goes to random location instead of finger position - App crashes during sharing/export - In-app purchase button non-functional - Pro version features not working as expected - Pro version purchase not persisting after reinstall - Hex code text scaling incorrect on most templates - Camera white balance producing inaccurate colors - Green dot artifact appearing in center of photos - Photo gallery fails to load or loads very slowly - Compatibility issues with iPhone 6/6 Plus screen sizes - Website/support links broken or suspended - Crashes on complex photos - Portrait-only display on iPad - Hex codes missing after recent update - Unable to save multiple palettes **Most requested features** - Custom watermark with copyright info - Export hex codes as CSV file - RGB values as alternative to hex codes - Color name display instead of just hex codes - Ability to manually select/pick individual colors - Dropper tool for custom color selection - Manual color reordering/arrangement - Set default number of swatches generated - Direct export to Procreate or Adobe apps - Copy hex code to clipboard with long press - Support for non-square aspect ratios - Manual white balance adjustment - Color history/palette management - Notes section for palette ideas - Landscape mode support on iPad - Shuffle/sort colors by hue, brightness, saturation - More color variations (darker/lighter shades) - CMYK values in addition to RGB/Hex - Restore purchases functionality - Better help/tutorial documentation ## Newest reviews (17 of 119) ### 3/5 — Color picker is weird *2022-09-18* When selecting add color, the color picker goes to some random spot on the picture, not in any way reflecting where my finger is pointing! So hard to pick the color I want. Otherwise, I really love the app; I use it for generating color palettes for weaving projects. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for the feedback! We’ll take a look at the color picker behavior and work on improving it in the next updates. ### 4/5 — Water mark *2022-09-13, version 4.8* Will there be any future options for a custom water mark or accessibility to export the hex code as a csv file? ### 4/5 — Improvement *2020-07-01* Hi there,is it possible that you add a catalogue below the picture so that the photo is completely.Bacause it cut the half of the photo.Important is below the photo and not in the photo.Would be really great. I think the app is great. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate the suggestion and the latest version includes several improvements ### 4/5 — Ótimo *2020-05-20* Ótimo app . Só gostaria de saber como colocar a paleta acima ou abaixo da imagem. E qualidade da imagem poderia continuar a mesma depois da seleção das paleta **Developer response:** Obrigado pelo feedback, fico feliz que tenha gostado do app e a versão mais recente já inclui várias melhorias ### 2/5 — Can’t edit watermark *2020-01-12, version 3.0* I want to edit the watermark to put my copyright info, but strangely this is not available! Please add this simple feature. Often hangs on my iPhone 11 Pro with iOS 13.3. ### 4/5 — Like but would like better if... *2019-04-14, version 3.0* Love the app. I do wish it didn’t make the photo a poorer quality when you save though, would love to have a clear quality photo with the colours. Being able to use a dropper tool would be handy when you don’t have a colour you want on the given colours at the bottom which happens more than I would want 👎🏼 ### 3/5 — Too small *2019-03-22, version 3.0* Too small in the app, other than that, it’s great ### 2/5 — Como faz para salvar imagem com qualidade? *2019-03-01* O app acaba com a qualidade da imagem depois de salva. Quero saber se tem como mudar isso. E também se dá para selecionar a imagem no tamanho que eu quiser para identificar a paleta, e não só o tamanho quadrado que aparece. ### 3/5 — Great app but flawed *2019-02-19* I love this but why does it always leave out key colors. Please fix it and I will be very happy with it! ### 3/5 — Like it, hope it evolves too! *2019-02-12* Like others have mentioned, not being able to pick important colors is a bummer. It is fun, like the layout options, and current functions for saving and exporting. Without that color choice function (and maybe being able to arrange the color boxes in the order I want), it’s not perfect. (Yet?) ### 3/5 — Improve the quality of the export *2018-11-15* Could you please improve the quality of the image when we save it? Even a screenshot is clearer than the exported one. ### 3/5 — Camera White Balance *2018-06-15* This app REALLY needs to have a manual white balance. Depending on the light source, the camera is not producing accurate color. I have to take the picture with another app that has that ability. ### 3/5 — Love the concept, poor usability *2018-04-22, version 3.0* First off, the idea of selecting a few colors & focusing on them is very cool. It adds more dimension to a picture, making it accessible to people with colorblindness to add the hex code. Wonderful! Second, the usability of this app is poor. It is slow to load my pictures, and when I go back to select a different picture, it has to reload everything which takes a while. Also, it only allows square cut pictures, so you cut off a lot of the picture. I found that unless you run it through an app to crop the picture into a square, it won’t be able to search all the colors. Hoping you guys sort out a better use experience, love the concept of this app I use this app a lot! Cheers ### 3/5 — Can’t choose colors *2018-04-17* It auto generated swatches for me to choose from but it always misses an obvious color I’d like to include. Example: I took a picture of my nasturtiums and it selected many different greens from the leaves and browns from the pot but not a single color from the two flowers which were electric orange and red, the other yellows. I do love the layout options on the photo. ### 4/5 — Great app, but *2018-03-18* Great app. Does exactly what I want it to do. BUT - I wanted to get the 1.99 in-app purchase just to support the developer, but tapping on it does absolutely nothing. Broken. ### 2/5 — Not flexible enough *2018-01-31* You can't pick your own colors from the palette, only 3 that the app automatically picks for you ### 4/5 — Just missing one thing... *2018-01-27* I just downloaded this app and like that I can create color palettes. I’d like to be able to copy the hex codes so it can paste it into another app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes *2022-06-23, version 4.8* Constantly crashes when I add a photo. Pointless. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2020-08-20* Yet another app from the App Store that doesn’t work properly. **Developer response:** We’ve fixed many bugs and improved stability — we’d love for you to give the app another try! ### 1/5 — Where are the hex codes? *2020-04-30* Before the last update the app had hex codes for the color results and now I can’t find them. I actually used them and they were the reason for having the app. I’m so disappointed. **Developer response:** Hello, you can do it again, thanks! ### 1/5 — Update has deleted the whole reason I purchased the app *2020-04-26, version 4.0* I have just updated & was horrified to find the colours taken from photos, no longer provides the hex codes. This was the some reason I downloaded the app & used it daily. Why on earth would this be removed? So proviing me with tiles of the colours in my images is of no use to me. I then paid to upgrade to the Pro version, assuming the colour codes would be there & no they are not & cannot see any difference to the free version. I would like my $2.99 refunded & will have to find another app. Deleting the hex codes should have been explained, as I would not have updated. Why on earth would this feature be removed? ### 1/5 — Ne faite pas la maj *2020-04-26* Depuis la dernière mise à jour il n'y a plus les codes des couleurs qui s'affiche. Quelle utilité à l'app ? **Developer response:** Merci pour votre retour, je suis désolé que l’expérience ait été décevante, l’application a depuis été mise à jour avec plusieurs améliorations ### 1/5 — Piece of crap *2020-03-07* Selects colors but doesn’t allow you to save. Instead it annoying pushes you to upgrade to get all the features. I’ll skip and uninstall. **Developer response:** We’ve made several great updates that improve the overall experience. We’d love for you to give the app another try. ### 1/5 — Paid *2019-01-01* So I bought the pro version to remove the watermark. Then I deleted the app for a day to free some space quickly. When I re-downloaded it, I no longer had the pro Version and it said I needed to buy it again. **Developer response:** Please contact us if you have problems, is hould be working, you can click on restore purchase ### 1/5 — Won’t download photo gallery *2018-09-30* I can deal with it missing a color or two, but can’t deal with it not being able to access my photos. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Website no longer available *2017-06-23, version 2.5* Seems like a nifty app that allows you to send a color chart via email. But, it doesn't work. The website it directs you to is suspended. ### 1/5 — What Happened?!?! *2016-11-09, version 2.5* This used to be my go-to app for creating color palettes. Now it's doing a VERY poor job of picking up the colors from my photos. It would select MANY, MANY colors. Now, barely a few. Not sure what happened but I'm seriously disappointed. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Schick *2024-09-18* Das ist ne coole App. Wäre schön wenn der Entwickler weiter macht **Developer response:** Vielen Dank! Wir haben die Updates und neuen Funktionen wieder aufgenommen – freue mich, jederzeit deine Ideen oder Feature-Anfragen zu hören. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-02-19, version 4.8* Simple to use ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2020-12-12* I love this app, would love to see the ability to set how many swatches as a default in the app. I do have the pro version and would really like to tell the app to create 30 swatches this would enable me to use a full palette in the app Procreate. And another addition would be a way to export the palette directly into Procreate. **Developer response:** Thank you for the thoughtful feedback, I really appreciate the suggestions and the latest version includes several improvements ### 5/5 — Great App *2020-10-16* I love this app. I paint pictures of photos and this makes it so easy to match colors. **Developer response:** Thank you! I’m really glad it’s been useful for your painting, the latest version includes several improvements ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2019-03-10, version 3.0* Unfortunately the website seems to be down, which is a shame since I was about to buy the pro features. Still works fine for me. ### 5/5 — Outstanding App *2017-07-26, version 3.0* Love this app, just purchased the pro version. Only suggestion is adding RGB values as alternative to Hex code. Keep up the great work. ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2017-06-29, version 2.5* would recommend (: great app and it's FREE ### 5/5 — Really cool *2016-10-01* Indie app that helps to really bing aesthetic photos to life. ### 5/5 — Refreshingly simple *2015-12-08, version 2.5* I really like this app. I'm an artist and teach color theory. This works perfectly to help people break down complex color imagery into single shades to work with. I use an hdmi adapter to put examples up on my TV so the class can see it happening before their eyes. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Does what it says on the label *2015-09-18, version 2.5* This app works , breaks down colours with hex codes . Perfect for interior designing :) --- *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 2026-08-31.*