Comparison

Adobe Capture vs Colorwaver

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Adobe Capture

Transform your surroundings into design assets like color palettes, vectors, fonts, and brushes. Seamlessly integrate these creations into Adobe apps for graphic design, illustration, and video projects.

Highlights
  • Remove background from images
  • Vectorize images into scalable graphics
  • Identify and find fonts
  • Create color themes and gradients
  • Build custom digital brushes
  • Generate patterns and 3D textures
  • Capture light and color for grading
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"Adobe Capture transforms your images into beautiful color palettes, vectors, fonts, patterns and more. Imagine looking through your camera to see patterns, vectors, and even fonts. Now imagine turning those visions into design materials to immediately use in apps like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Fresco. The power to transform the world around you into creative assets to build your projects is in the palm of your hands. The creation of graphic design elements is now just a camera click away. Remove Background from Images Take your photo inspiration and transform the background to use in your design projects. Create high-quality graphics to use in your projects. Vectorize on the Go Create vectors instantly with Shapes. Turn images into smooth, detailed, scalable vectors with 1-32 colors, for use in logos, illustration, animation, and more. Point and shoot at your drawing or upload a photo and watch it magically transform into clean, crisp lines. Voice or Audio to text Record your voice to see it transform in text. Replace and add text in your speech directly by editing the transcript. This new audio recording feature is easy to use and will enhance your audio creations. Import audio files to different Adobe apps or download them to your device as WAV files. Identify Typography Find your perfect font using Adobe Capture. Take a photo of the type you like (in a magazine, on a label, a sign, anywhere!) and watch a list of similar Adobe Fonts magically appear. Create Color Themes and Gradients Looking for customized color palettes? Find an inspiring gradient? Find color by number or hex? Aim your camera at the scene that has the colors you want and capture them to use in your artwork. Build Beautiful Digital Brushes Can’t find the right brush to paint? Take a photo or use an image to create digital brushes that match your creative vision. Use your brushes in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fresco for rich painterly effects. Craft Intricate Patterns Capture inspiring images and generate patterns with ease. Create beautiful, colorful patterns that fit with your creative projects by using your vector shapes with our precision pattern builder. Generate 3D Textures Generate realistic PBR materials for use in 3D design straight from the camera. Modify your materials for even more texture or blend the edges for seamless repeat tiling on your 3D objects. Capture Light and Color Collect light and hue to turn into beautiful color grading profiles for your images and videos with Looks. Record the magic of sunset and transfer that feel to use in your photos and video projects. Seamlessly Sync Creative Elements All of your assets save to Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries. Instantly access your digital elements from your Creative Cloud account in all compatible applications. Compatible Adobe Apps and Programs for Creative Assets Photoshop, Photoshop for iPad, Adobe Fresco, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Illustrator for iPad, InDesign, Dimension, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Animate, Substance 3D Apps, and Adobe Express. 2GB FILE STORAGE The free, basic Creative Cloud membership includes 2GB of complimentary storage for file syncing and sharing. MORE STORAGE (Optional in-app purchase) You can purchase an additional 20GB for $1.99 (US dollars) of Creative Cloud file storage per month. You must be 13 or older and agree to Adobe’s terms and privacy policy, viewable at: http://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy-linkfree.html http://www.adobe.com/special/misc/terms.html"

About

Colorwaver

Discover natural color palettes from your environment. This tool is ideal for artists, designers, and developers seeking inspiration. Capture and analyze colors to create unique palettes.

Highlights
  • Natural colorwave discovery
  • Palette generation
  • Color analysis from surroundings
  • Inspiration for artists and designers
  • Developer-friendly color tools
Features
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The perfect app for artists, designers and developers - find natural colorwaves and palettes in your surroundings!

Screenshots

Adobe Capture4 screens
Colorwaver4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colorwaver at none against Adobe Capture's 1. Colorwaver also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Adobe Capture's advantage is ratings volume (24K vs 7). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Adobe Capture sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Colorwaver asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Adobe Capture against 4.7 for Colorwaver. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adobe Capture has 24K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Adobe Capture's written reviews are positive against 80% of Colorwaver's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Adobe Capture versus Colorwaver: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdobe CaptureColorwaver
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24K ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24K — better7
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size367 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdobe Inc.Marc Rousavy

Customer experience

Adobe Capture

All ratings24,270 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews581 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative19.3%

Colorwaver

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Adobe Capture

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes when using certain features
  • Inability to log in or access the app on some devices
  • Issues with image tracing and vector conversion
  • Syncing problems and lost files in Creative Cloud
  • Unreliable text recognition and font matching

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to select and export multiple shapes/patterns at once
  • Improved image export quality and resolution
  • More control over vector smoothing and cleanup
  • Offline functionality and reduced reliance on Creative Cloud
  • Better integration with other Adobe apps and services

Colorwaver

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Adobe Capture

Subscriptions1
  • CC Storage (20 GB)$1.991 Month
None

Colorwaver

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Adobe Capture free?
Adobe Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colorwaver free?
Colorwaver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Adobe Capture or Colorwaver?
Adobe Capture is rated higher. Adobe Capture averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while Colorwaver averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Adobe Capture or Colorwaver have ads?
Neither Adobe Capture nor Colorwaver shows ads.

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