# Colorize Black & White Photo — user reviews > 56 indexed App Store user reviews of Colorize Black & White Photo by Alpine Technologies LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 252 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colorize-black-and-white-photo/id1518441673/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colorize-black-and-white-photo/id1518441673.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 172 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 34 ## What do users think of Colorize Black & White Photo? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✨ High-quality colorization results - 🎨 Effective color transformation of B&W photos - ⚡ Fast processing speed - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💰 Generous free trial period - 🎯 Good results on faces and skin tones - ❤️ Emotional impact on family photos **Cons** - 💳 Requires paid subscription to save results - 🚫 Misleading free version limitations - 🎨 Produces sepia tones instead of true color - 😠 Hostile attitude toward free users - ⚠️ Missing advertised features - 🔧 Limited customization options - 📉 Inconsistent colorization quality - 🚫 Difficult to cancel subscription - 💸 Overpriced for functionality - 🎨 Washed out or muted colors - ❌ Only colorizes faces, not full images **Commonly reported bugs** - Colorization fails on certain photos - No cancellation option available online - Help link in settings doesn't work - Subscription cancellation not processed - Features described in App Store not present **Most requested features** - Manual color editing controls - Selective colorization (partial photo) - Resolution/quality settings - Text editing tools - Advanced editing features - Photo history/previous imports view - More vibrant color options ## Newest reviews (11 of 56) ### 3/5 — Colour washed out ! *2024-05-09* Could be a lot better ! Room for improvement for more vibrant colours ! ### 4/5 — Performs basic colorization, but no resolution settings *2023-10-01* Performs basic colorization nicely, but no resolution settings, or other settings choices, otherwise it would been ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. ### 2/5 — Decent but overpriced *2022-06-12* I would buy it but it’s overpriced for what it is and I certainly don’t want to subscribe to it forever. And it seems a little hostile to people who use the free version — rather than monetizing the free version with advertising and/or up selling with a carrot you get nasty jabs and insulting comments for using the free version. Okay. Then I won’t. Thanks anyway. ### 1/5 — Reclamação *2022-03-08* Não estou conseguindo usar o aplicativo. O can’t use the colorize app . The message that appears on the screen : Failet tô colorize. Please try again later **Developer response:** Issue fixed, sorry! ### 4/5 — Colorized photo *2022-03-02, version 1.0.6* Nice colorization ### 1/5 — Not as advertised *2021-09-28, version 1.0.4* Many things mentioned are not actually available. Canceling after the free days is impossible to find. The colors are not really that great. ### 1/5 — Nope Nope Nope *2021-08-19, version 1.0.4* Turned B&W into Sepia for me. ### 2/5 — No manual controls as per description *2021-06-27, version 1.0.4* Where are the manual controls? ### 1/5 — Lacks advertised features *2021-06-16* I don’t recommend this. 1) The app lacks advertised features. The App Store description promised that the app would allow me to manually edit colorized photos and choose whether to apply colorization to all or part of a photo. My experience was a completely different story. The app did not include any of these features. 2) I found it was slow and not user-friendly. It took longer than other colorization apps, and I had to stare at a dopey photo of an unhappy looking couple the whole time. Maybe this couple had just tried to use the app and that’s why they look so sad. I also could not see any previous photo imports. Also, the “get help” link in the settings menu does not work. 3) I found I could only colorize one photo for free but then the app forced me to subscribe to continuing colorizing photos. I really hate it when apps do that. Because the app did not perform as promised and doesn’t meet my needs, I will be canceling my trial. The one nice thing I can say is that the quality of the colorization looked a little bit better than with other apps I have tried. The colors appeared rich and natural. ### 2/5 — Not the complete photo is colorized *2021-06-13* some parts of the picture like parts of hands are left dark ### 1/5 — Best colorizing App? - One of the worst. *2021-04-03, version 1.0.4* Very disappointed- Found a free app that does a better job. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sepia outcome *2025-05-11* Not worth the time to download if sepia is the only outcome for black-and-white photos, I wouldn’t call that colour ### 1/5 — NOT FREE!!!! *2025-02-26, version 1.1.6* Requires payment to download colored pictures. Only free to download. ### 1/5 — Seriously? *2025-02-25* This app is a total scam. Unless you pay for it, it’s completely useless. All I wanted was to fix a photo or two but you can’t save the photo unless you pay. I do not recommend this app. It will only frustrate you and waste your time **Developer response:** All you need is the free trial! ### 1/5 — Another con *2025-01-30* Not free at all. Avoid. **Developer response:** The app is free! ### 1/5 — SPAM. JUST AN ADVERTISEMENT. NOT AN APP. *2024-12-13, version 1.1.4* This is nothing more than an advertisement. You can’t do anything with it other than spend money. Most photo apps will put a watermark on an image, but you can at least see what they can do. This one doesn’t do even that. ### 1/5 — Not great *2024-09-21, version 1.0.8* The only thing it colorizes is faces and then not that great ### 1/5 — Poor service *2024-05-24* States that the account can be cancelled on line but there is no function for this I have requested by mail for a cancel but received no replies or confirmation ### 1/5 — I wanted color not Sepia *2024-05-01* I tested the app on a black and white photo I took with lots of brown background, light pink lipstick, colored streaks in brown hair and several pops of color on pale or dark brown clothing. The finished product was a sepia image. The AI did made the lips bright red instead of the pale lipstick, no streaks of color in hair, and colorful spots on clothing were either light or dark brown. This is a horrible app. ### 1/5 — Scam *2023-02-07* Won’t let me cancel my subscription ### 1/5 — Probably the worst *2022-03-09, version 1.0.6* I tried many timessssss to colorize a photo of my dad but it always says it fails so this was a waste of time ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best results *2025-04-12* Best results of any app I’ve tried. I used it on my grandmas photos and it worked perfect. Thanks! ### 5/5 — B&W to color photos! *2024-10-08* I have old pictures black and white photos that I have wanted to see in color for years. I didn’t have very high expectations, but this app performed quite well. Really love it. ### 5/5 — 371 *2023-01-25, version 1.0.6* Supergirl ### 5/5 — Kevin *2022-02-05* Fantastic can not believe the transformation I had tears in my eyes when I used it brings back to life lost loved one’s, I will definitely be recommending to friends and family. I look forward to seeing the app develope with options to add text and some editing tools, keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — This App *2021-12-29, version 1.0.6* .....is Amazing!!!! It picks up the colors perfectly! The best investment for my artwork ever!! ### 5/5 — Recommended to all! *2021-05-10* It's a 100% great app and the 10 trial is generous my only slight issue is that most of the pictures that come out have a lot of bloodshot red and I creeps me out a little bit ### 5/5 — Fine App *2021-05-10* Amazing! I was able to take an old black & white picture of my grandparents, my grandpa as a baby, my husband and I at our wedding, and many more and see them in color. ### 5/5 — nice app *2020-11-23, version 1.0.3* As they say, I love application from the bottom of my heart. ### 5/5 — It is important to get it! *2020-11-23, version 1.0.3* It is important to get it! ### 5/5 — nice *2020-11-21, version 1.0.3* This application is very fast and effective. --- *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 2026-08-12.*