# Pantone Connect — user reviews > 136 indexed App Store user reviews of Pantone Connect by Pantone, rated 3.10/5 from 211 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pantone-connect/id1491023737/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pantone-connect/id1491023737.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 95 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 83 ## What do users think of Pantone Connect? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Convenient - 👍 Easy to use - 🔍 Surprisingly accurate color matching **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and unstable - 🔒 Requires login/account - 💰 Paywall for basic features - 📱 Not compatible with newer devices - 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive UI - 🔍 Inaccurate color matching **Commonly reported bugs** - Constant login issues - App crashes on launch - Color match card not working - Inability to purchase premium subscription **Most requested features** - Ability to manage color palettes - Seamless integration with Adobe apps - Support for latest device models - Offline color matching capability ## Newest reviews (20 of 136) ### 1/5 — Huge downgrade from Studio *2025-05-26* I’m not upset that we have to pay for this service now. But at least make it work! The UI is cumbersome, convoluted, and hard to navigate. And the Pantone identifier is horrible! Pantone connect cannot recreate the Pantone extraction capability of its predecessor, Pantone studio. As someone that heavily relies on Pantones and extraction of colors, this is a game breaker for me. I now have to frantically find an alternative. Thanks guys. What a hack. If I could give this negative stars, I would. Way to make our lives more difficult AND we have to pay for it!!! ### 1/5 — Garbage *2025-04-30* This app will not let you even login. I went through signing up using an Apple account and every time you go to sign in it just loops back to sign in prompt again. I really have no idea what the app does as it will not even let me sign in or use the app. Therefore it is extremely fair to say, this app is garbage. ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-04-08, version 1.0.122* Unless you pay for premium subscription you actually can't do anything in this app at all ### 1/5 — unable to log in *2025-04-01, version 1.0.122* my Pantone account is connected to my Facebook account. I can't log in on mobile because the Facebook is unavailable on the browser that Pantone uses to facilitate the login. I also cannot create a new account, as my email is connected to my Facebook, which I cannot login to. ### 1/5 — App is Dead *2025-03-25* I tried to use this today for the first time on an iPhone 12. It requires logging in to use the app in any capacity. I signed up, but was unable to login - not on wifi, not on cellular. No vpns were active. I wish they’d delist their apps that cannot work. I think it’s worse for a brand to keep something published that cannot work for anyone than to leave it up. It’s got ghost town vibes, and Pantone as a company is very much still around. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2025-03-18* Doesn’t work. Cannot even create an account it crashes constantly. Disappointing. ### 2/5 — Péssimo desempenho *2025-03-14* App era ótimo, mas agora quando vamos procurar uma cor por imagem, ele lê uma cor totalmente diferente, ou seja: se tornou basicamente inútil. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with newer phones *2025-02-26, version 1.0.122* They’ve stopped supporting new phones beyond 2022 so now useless to me with Match Card. ### 1/5 — TROP CHER ! *2025-02-19* Y sont gentils Pantone. Utile à tous les créatifs, cette application devrait être à petit prix. ### 2/5 — Used to work *2025-01-25, version 1.0.122* Unable to scroll up or down in any of the color sections. Worked fine last week now suddenly this annoying bug. ### 3/5 — Gotta make some updates *2025-01-24* It seems that a drag and drop feature was added which is great but I can’t scroll because it thinks everything I touch, I have to drag a drop. There needs to be some sort of differentiation so the app knows I want to scroll vs drag and drop. It’s a horrible user experience. The app has no idea what I’m trying to do. ### 2/5 — iPhone 16 support *2025-01-23, version 1.0.122* Please support iPhone 16 cameras. The most recent app version says ‘Device not Supported’ ### 1/5 — Worthless *2024-11-24, version 1.0.122* It’s not working on iPhone 13. ### 1/5 — Download it & Waste Your time *2024-11-02, version 1.0.122* Boo ! There has to be rules for allowing non working apps to be uploaded to the App Store. And you would think a major company like this with sponsors by Nickelodeon, Lacoste and Cadillac would have a state of the art app having the rep of dominating the field of colours or at least be functional. My goodness ### 1/5 — Forget about it *2024-10-16* Purchased the cardboard colour matching card for nearly $50 only to find out that this app doesn’t work on phones newer than 2022! Sharpen up your game Pantone. ### 2/5 — Era ótimo, mas bugou *2024-09-26* Antes, era fácil identificar as cores, mas agora ele lê sem discriminar e não identifica mais a cor que você coloca… ### 1/5 — Worst experience ever *2024-08-04, version 1.0.122* The user experience is very bad and I can’t even login. The time and effort required to login is just insane. Not recommended at all ### 1/5 — App crashed? *2024-08-02, version 1.0.122* I can’t sign in ### 1/5 — HORRIBLE APP *2024-07-30, version 1.0.122* cant even sign in to use the app, it crashes 🥲 ### 1/5 — 全く使えない *2024-06-24* CMYKからの色変換ができない ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why the Paywall? *2026-04-02, version 1.0.122* It’s colors. I have to pay to see colors? I can understand paying for other additional features, but I have to pay to see all of the colors? This is dystopian. Defeats the purpose of the app. This is why everything sucks. ### 1/5 — Billed no access *2026-03-03, version 1.0.122* I was billed $59.99 but my app changed to basic anyway. I can not find anyway to fix this nor anyway to contact anyone about it. I use this app for work so not having it anymore is affecting my progress. Correct this and I’ll change my review. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2026-02-09, version 1.0.122* App has stopped opening entirely. This company has impaired my work process to no end with their utter incompetence. ### 1/5 — Not pro-grade, far worse than Studio. *2026-02-05, version 1.0.122* Easily the poorest ‘pro’ design app I’ve ever used. Won’t load. Won’t perform as described. Costly and billed annually. Studio was far better. ### 1/5 — Bring back the old app *2025-11-22* Regretting deleting the old app and downloading the new app. The old app was much easier to use with a minimalist interface and easy to select colours and find harmonies. ### 1/5 — App is useless *2025-10-19, version 1.0.122* All I wanted was a way to find the Pantone match for a digital color palette. This app gives me shades of gray for red selections. Not just a little off, useless. ### 1/5 — Why change the app if it’s not going to work for EVERYBODY! *2025-09-25, version 1.0.122* Even if we have to pay for the app, MAKE SURE IT WORKS! The last version of Pantone(color studio) was WAY BETTER! I’m honestly disappointed ### 1/5 — Don’t buy. First he taken money for Pantone book. After few days discounted studio app.Total robbery *2025-09-11* Don’t buy. First he taken money for Pantone book. After few days discounted studio app.Total robbery ### 1/5 — Can’t use Apple Account to log in *2025-08-07, version 1.0.122* Error “Update your web browser” when trying to log in… ### 1/5 — Bring back studio *2025-07-03, version 1.0.122* Studio was great for folks like me who just need to occasionally color match and want to use a trusted name to do so. Why would I pay for Connect to be used once a week (at most) Keep your free month and bring Studio back. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 팔레트ㅜㅜㅜ *2022-02-18* 업무에 필요해 잘 이용하고 있습니다- 하지만 팬톤칩을 팔레트에 옮겨 놓고 칩끼리 이동하려고 움직이니 앱이 먹통 되네요 빠르게 오류를 잡아주시면 감사하겠습니다. ### 5/5 — How do you purchase premium? *2021-10-29, version 1.0.122* How do you purchase premium? ### 5/5 — Maravilhoso *2021-08-10* Facilita muito minha vida, o app é perfeito! ### 5/5 — Ficou ótimo *2021-02-13* Depois da atualização nova só melhorou estão de parabéns. O app é perfeito para trabalhar muito prático e rápido com tudo bem localizado e fluido. **Developer response:** Lamentamos muito pela inconveniência. Agora está consertado ### 5/5 — Sensacional *2020-11-18* Excelente app! Parabéns aos desenvolvedores! ### 5/5 — Incrível *2020-10-16* Melhor aplicativo para montar paleta de cores ### 5/5 — Pantone Connect! *2020-09-19, version 1.0.71* Convert and Shades make this app better than Pantone Studio AND its free! ### 5/5 — Convenient! *2020-09-18, version 1.0.71* Liking the navigation and design of the app—easy to use and toggle between the different formula guides. Super convenient! **Developer response:** Thanks for your review! All of our color guides are included for free in Pantone Connect. ### 5/5 — Amei *2020-09-09* Que app maravilhoso e completo! Merecia mais reconhecimento ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2020-09-08* Surprisingly accurate and works great on my iphone, and I just figured out how to measure right into Illustrator! Still exploring the rest of the app but the navigation is easy and there is a ton of color packed in here. **Developer response:** Thanks for this awesome review! We love that you're using the entire Pantone Connect platform (mobile app, web and Adobe Extension) like a pro! --- *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 2026-08-25.*