PANTONE Studio User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience18.9% of reviews
Neutral7.1% of reviews
Negative experience74.0% of reviews

~ Based on 254 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is PANTONE Studio Safe?

PANTONE Studio appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for PANTONE Studio is 72/100.

This assessment is based on 844 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.6/5.

Safety Analysis

63.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
30.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 844 App Store ratings for PANTONE Studio.

Is PANTONE Studio Legit?

PANTONE Studio is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PANTONE Studio is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

sanctioned

Your sanction policies are absolutely ridiculous and disgusting!
Why should Iran be sanctioned? What have Iranian designers done that you won’t allow them to use the software?
It’s your problem with the Islamic Republic, so why are you punishing Iranian designers?
This action has no humanitarian justification whatsoever — it’s pure discrimination and racism!
I’m truly sorry for such an action…
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Change accounts?

I have a paid Pantone Connect account registered to my work email. I cannot register or log in to this product with that email. I’ve installed this on my iPad, which uses my Apple ID in the App Store, not my work email. There is no option to access it with a different account.

The colors LOVER

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation for this app. It has been an invaluable resource for many designers like myself, bridging the gap where we often find ourselves at a disadvantage.

Not every freelance designer can afford the full set of printed color samples or maintain a pricey subscription. I consider myself fortunate to have purchased the app a while back and am grateful that we have the privilege to use it indefinitely.

I genuinely hope that the developers continue to keep the app updated. It means so much to those of us who are striving to make our mark in the design community on a shoestring budget. Thank you for your support and understanding in helping us succeed!
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App Being Discontinued June 2025?

What will happen to my grandfathered in-app purchases?

Location services required?

Can’t use the app without enabling location services… not sure why an app like this would need access to that. Didn’t bother continuing

Invasive requirements

This app will ONLY work if you allow it access to your location. Hard no.

No words to say

I….. I don’t know what to say….. but I can’t believe this Pantone studio would be discontinued in mid-2025

Color selection

Identified wrong colors. And it is not shade or two off— it is an entire different color.

Super Buggy

Sometimes shares the image, sometimes doesn’t. Useful but definitely not a pro app for the iPad.

I love Pantone

This is where and how I choose my color palettes for the season. Pairs well with PAPERSOURCE

It won’t even open

I got the app to help me with an art project, looking forward to taking a shortcut to getting colour schemes for my reference photos. When I got it and opened it, it did the introduction thing, but then it just stayed on the dark blue loading page with the Pantone logo and the words, “hmmm, this is taking a bit longer than expected”. I reconnected to the wifi, deleted it and reinstalled it, to make sure that it wasn’t just something my phone was doing. I kept the tab open for twenty minutes just watching the loading screen, and left it to figure itself out. After a couple hours, it still didn’t load.
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Very poor UX

This app is a UX nightmare. You can immediately tell it was designed by folks in Austin Texas. I used it for 5 minutes before deleting it

doesn’t work

massive shame as this app sounded really promising to me, but i just get stuck on the loading screen every time i boot it up. their other app “pantone connect” isn’t any more functional. for a company so focused on design you think they’d at least have a functional app?

nice but also not

this app is so good for needing to be inspired with colors,but i have noticed that when i take a picture of somthing it tints it a little bit making the colors darker, this causes the colors to be in accurate. Also ok the home screen of the page in the app is always rna same color, but i do live this app also because it’s totally free ❤️👍 have a good day everyone.
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Great app, but not updated

For some reason, no matter what I do, the app still shows the color of the year for 2020. Nothing current. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong or whether it’s an internal error. I reinstalled it, “reset it” and more, but it still has that blue for the Pantone color of the year 2020 listed as the “current” color. I absolutely adore Pantone and this is frustrating.
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Poor colour matching

The app worked fine for me but i took pictures of my actual pantone booklet and the apps matches were wildly off, rendering this app pointless. Really wish there were more alternatives out there, this woudlve been a great tool had it worked.

Doesn't Load

Indefinitely stuck on the opening screen.

Lotsa filler, nothing practical

Just wanna find a color but that’s too complex for this app, apparently, I understand that lighting varies but with a flash, what’s the excuse?

Colour Blind

Pantone, what the actual ?

You had one job - match a colour in a picture.

Take a picture of a deep blue sky, comes back with slate grey?!

Beyond useless.

Not able to buy a subscription

Not able to buy a subscription, cannot see the option to allow me to purchase a subscription…