# Cone Color Picker & Identifier — user reviews > 78 indexed App Store user reviews of Cone Color Picker & Identifier by Mystical Bits, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 195 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cone-color-picker-and-identifier/id1221305627/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cone-color-picker-and-identifier/id1221305627.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 159 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of Cone Color Picker & Identifier? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Accurate color mixing - 🌈 Vast array of combinations - 🌟 Colorblind mode awesome - 💡 Useful for artists - ✨ Helpful for colorblind users - 🎨 Great for graphic design - 🎨 Good for color matching - 🎨 Useful for artists - 🎨 Great for palettes - 🎨 Simple and beautiful UI - 🎨 Well-designed and useful - 🎨 Easy and fun to use - 🎨 Fantastic implementation - 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing - 🎨 Sick app, great UI - 🎨 Delightful and easy to use - 🎨 Great for remembering colors - 🎨 Helpful for drawing references - 🎨 Simple UI, joy to use - 🎨 Accurate color information - 🎨 Well spent money **Cons** - 💸 Pay for basic things - 👎 Dishonest about pro version - 🤔 Unintuitive interface - 💰 Very expensive - 🚫 Useless without pro - 💸 Needs premium subscription - 😡 Subscription attitude - 💸 Forced subscription - 💸 Don't like paying - 💸 Very expensive for features - 💸 Not worth the $$ - 🚫 Doesn't match reality - 👎 Misleading about pro - 📉 Large range of error - 📉 Doesn't detect Pantone - 🤔 App sometimes misunderstands color - 📉 Image appears darker - 👎 Not what's advertised - 👎 Worthless due to licensing - 💸 Purchased for Pantone, now gone **Commonly reported bugs** - Doesn't open anymore - Moving swatches not easy - Deleting not just a swipe - Confused about buckets - Adding colors to bucket broken - Crashes when exiting color selection - App crashes immediately - Doesn't identify color correctly - Only live camera **Most requested features** - Include Munsell notation - Add PMS reference numbers - Add LAB value for scanned colors - Option to choose color space in real-time view - Add Pantone Solid Coated colors - Copy closest Pantone hex - Add Share sheet support - Add custom labels - Ability to name/add notes to colors - Way to group color selections - Use on existing photos - Zoom frozen image - Average parameters over longer periods - Spatial filtering for glare/lighting - Import picture from Photos - Choose photo recognition from album - Ability to delete multiple colors - Display colors on side of screen when picking - Make a mini game for finding colors ## Newest reviews (10 of 78) ### 4/5 — Can I sync across iDevices? *2026-07-05* Can I sync across my iPhone and iPad? Moving swatches from one bucket to another is not easy. Deleting is also not just Colorblind mode is awesome!! **Developer response:** Hey, the latest update has some enhancements to make it easier to manage colors in buckets. >How do I set a bucket and have all samples land in that bucket? This will be available in the next update. Thank you for your feedback. ### 4/5 — Purchased but unintuitive *2025-05-05* Moving swatches from one bucket to another is not easy. Deleting is also not just a swipe. Still confused about buckets but colorblind mode is awesome!! **Developer response:** Hey, the latest update has some enhancements to make it easier to manage colors in buckets. >How do I set a bucket and have all samples land in that bucket? This will be available in the next update. Thank you for your feedback. ### 3/5 — Purchased but unintuitive *2022-12-18* Moving swatches from one bucket to another is not easy. Deleting is also not just a swipe. 1. How do I set a bucket and have all samples land in that bucket? 2. How do I move a samples color from (apparently the default) All Colors to a specific bucket? Time to modernize gestures to match 2022 mobile software UX. **Developer response:** Hey, the latest update has some enhancements to make it easier to manage colors in buckets. >How do I set a bucket and have all samples land in that bucket? This will be available in the next update. Thank you for your feedback. ### 4/5 — Awesome app, would like a couple more details on color readouts. *2022-03-15* I love this app so far, it’s really awesome to be able to compare colors and mix CMYK and RGB builds to help with color matching. A couple of things that would be an awesome inclusion would be searching/adding colors based on PMS reference numbers, also an LAB value for scanned colors. **Developer response:** Hi, LAB values have been added in the latest update. Searching with PMS reference numbers will be available in a future update. Thank you for the review! ### 4/5 — So close *2021-10-08* With pantone charging a subscription to pick colors, I suddenly need a solution for color picking the closest Pantone color asap. I have rgb / cmyk images I need to convert to Pantone but there doesn't seem to be anything that gives the same accuracy, or doesn't even let me select the Pantone color profile I need. Would it be possible for you to add the option for Pantone Solid Coated colors? **Developer response:** Thank you for the review. With the latest update, you can now choose between coated and uncoated colors. ### 3/5 — Adding colors to a bucket is broken *2021-07-03* I am trying to collect colors that I like into a bucket for my upcoming wedding but when I long press and try to select my wedding bucket it slides right off the side of my screen. I have also experienced crashes while trying to exit the color selection screen **Developer response:** I am so sorry for the issue you faced. The latest update fixes all these problems. ### 5/5 — Cried with satisfaction *2021-05-12* I’m sure anyone who is color blind has been asked a dozen stupid questions by those who’s cones are intact. This app saves me from having to ask random strangers what color something is. It’s saves me from telling people that my favorite shirt is blue when it’s actually purple. We all see the world differently and that’s what makes it beautiful but this app gives me the ability to know what other people take for granted. ### 5/5 — Very expensive but works well *2021-03-08* Very expensive for what it does but it is well designed. I would have expected $3.99 and not $6.99. But it’s well done, works well and in fact is the only app on the App Store I could find giving me also common (non pantone names) names of colors useful when selling things on Amazon sometimes it’s hard to tell the color of stuff. **Developer response:** Thank you so much. The app is slightly expensive because of the Pantone licensing fees. ### 4/5 — Good so far, but... *2021-03-01* This app is amazing but the user interface is not intuitive. I have no idea how to move scanned colors into a folder, and the suggestion to "just tap on a **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for the feedback. I'll improve the experience of adding a color into a bucket. For now, you can long press on a color to go to the edit mode. For there, you'll be able to select the colors and add them to a bucket. ### 4/5 — Please add Share sheet support *2021-01-15* This is color picker has a slick UI (especially Pantone color matching), but it lacks the ability to open a picture directly from Files, forcing you to first save to Photos. If this app added Share sheet support, it would greatly enhance the convenience for the user. **Developer response:** Thanks for the suggestion — You can expect this feature in the near future. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — ridiculous *2025-07-04, version 2.8.0* you have to pay for most basic things ### 1/5 — Doesn't open anymore ! *2025-05-07* What does that mean? Is it forcing people to buy the pro version?? Dishonest. ### 1/5 — Wenn „1 week trial“ a wozu dann Zahlungsweise festlegen? *2024-11-19* Sorry… DAS ist ein „No-Go“! Wenn „1 week trial“ a wozu dann Zahlungsweise festlegen? Entweder die App ist gut - dann werde ich sie abonnieren oder Sie überzeugt mich nicht, dann abonniere ich sie nicht. Automatisch nach Trial-Zeitraum abonnieren ist für mich ein dubioses Geschäft. Damit hat sich diese App sofort disqualifiziert. ### 1/5 — Very expensive *2024-09-01, version 2.8.0* Very inaccurate no info for paint colors ### 1/5 — Useless *2024-03-14* Absolutely useless for colourist and for everyone who works with colours. Colours picked don’t correspond to reality. My eye sees better than this app. Do not recommend. **Developer response:** The accuracy of colors depends a lot on the lighting conditions around you. We recommend either capturing colors in neutral light or using the color temperature tool in Cone to calibrate it with the environment. Hope this helps and apologies for the bad experience. ### 1/5 — Misleading *2024-02-24, version 2.7.31* This app is useless unless you upgrade to pro version with an annual fee. ### 1/5 — Needs premium subscription to pick colors *2024-01-13* Title says it all. Waste of time & I am disappointed **Developer response:** Hi, Cone's camera color picker (the most advanced feature) is completely free to use without any limits. Pantone matching is paid because Cone is officially licensed by Pantone and the license does not come for free. It allows us to keep the colors updated and accurate. Hope it helps! ### 1/5 — Subscription 😡🤬🤢🤮👎 *2023-12-26* I always avoid subscription apps but the info on this App was well hidden. They are careful not to put a value in the description, the primary indicator of a subscribe App. I don’t like these stealth tactics. Being Dyslexic, I don’t want to be forced to read & digest the description just because the App doesn’t want to be upfront about its costs to its customers. The App is nice but the subscription attitude makes it a fail. **Developer response:** Color identification in Cone is free and will always be free. Paid features ensure continuous development of the app and support. ### 1/5 — Downloaded trial how do I nuke it before I get charged? *2023-08-06, version 2.6.61* Easy to sign up for trials. Go to settings it says! ### 1/5 — I don’t like how all these apps need you to pay *2023-06-24* I’m just tryna identify some color type and not trying to pay any money **Developer response:** Color identification in Cone is free and will always be free. Paid features ensure continuous development of the app and support. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Needs iCloud Sync *2026-06-23* A designer’s secret weapon for creating custom colors from real life. The one feature that is missing is iCloud sync across devices. Create colors in one place and use them in other devices. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2026-04-12* I’m usually too lazy to rate apps but I had to make an exception here. I like to mix and make paints and this app has by far been the most accurate and easy to use! Definitely worth supporting! ### 5/5 — Good for daltons as me *2025-07-06* Thank you, bro! Sometimes it’s really useful. God bless you! ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-06-21* After briefly using this app, it is very simple to use while producing a vast array of combinations visually. It seems to be pre calibrated wonderfully accurate and is easy to use. Great product. ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-12-24* Is there a possibility of including Munsell notation? Would be very useful for artists using oil paint that has Munsell notation, ie Gamblin Oil Paint. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-05-16* I’m color blind and it’s so helpffull. It has a fancy name for the color but it also tells u just the basic color ### 5/5 — What you need to know *2024-01-10* I’ve just recently got this app because i’m red green colorblind and this app comes in very handy when non-colorblind people ask about what colors I see. Very easy to use and fast working too!! Also can be VERY helpful for graphic design and art in general. Now I can finally stop asking other people what color things are!! **Developer response:** Thanks a lot for the review! I can totally relate as I am red-green colorblind myself and the whole reason why I made the app was so that I can stop asking others what color things are! Glad you found it useful :) ### 5/5 — Daltonisme *2023-03-21* Super pour les daltoniens ! ### 5/5 — Option to choose color space *2021-10-31, version 2.3* Right now in color picker only hex code is shown in real time. I was wondering if it could be added as a feature that we could choose which color space to show in real time view. Being able to see HSB code is really useful for me but only available when I click in library. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Very useful app! *2021-06-24, version 2.3* Very useful app :) please can you update so I can copy the closest pantone hex?It's just copy the pantone name, thanks --- *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 2026-09-14.*