Comparison

High Point Market App vs Datacolor ColorReader

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

Head to head
About

High Point Market App

Plan your High Point Market Week by searching exhibitors and events. Save your favorites, take notes, and navigate between buildings and showrooms with blue dot technology. Keep your plans synced between the website and the app.

Highlights
  • Exhibitor search by category, price, style, building
  • Browse educational and social events
  • Personalized event and showroom planning
  • Website plan synchronization
  • Blue dot navigation between buildings and showrooms
  • Save favorite showrooms and take notes
Features
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Map out your complete High Point Market Week plan with High Point Market App. Search exhibitors by category, price point, style, and building. Browse educational and social events to find your favorites. Add your showrooms and events to your personal High Point Market App plan. We will keep your website plan in sync with the app. Then, when you get to town, open the High Point Market app to see your saved plan plus every other exhibitor and event at Market. You can love the showrooms that stood out to you and take detailed notes. Best of all, you can enjoy blue dot navigation from building to building and for every showroom within IHFC, 220 Elm, and all Centers of High Point.h Please Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Datacolor ColorReader

This app helps professionals and DIYers accurately match paint colors from walls or objects to popular paint brands. It provides color values and recommendations, saving time and ensuring job quality.

Highlights
  • Accurate paint color matching (>90%)
  • Matches to uploaded fan decks
  • Build, save, and share color palettes
  • Color measurement history
  • Color scheme recommendations
  • Get paint brand color name and number
  • Provides RGB, Hex, CIELab values
Features
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Matching paint color by eye is subjective. Job quality is not. That’s why you need the Datacolor ColorReader. It matches paint color with more than 90% accuracy. All at the push of a button. All in the brand of your choice. The ColorReader analyzes the color of a wall or object and matches it in less than a second to the closest paint color. For those who need to know paint color to do their jobs. No more matching by eye and searching through fan decks or color cards. Paint confidently. Design confidently. DIY confidently. Be confident with color. Highest Accuracy Across Popular Paint Brands • Industry leading matching with more than 90% success rate • Matches color to any uploaded fan deck • Easy to use • One-click analysis • Ultra-portable • Bluetooth®-connected • OLED display for standalone device use (ColorReader Pro only) Expanded capabilities through the mobile app: • Build, save, and share color palettes • Color measurement history • Color scheme recommendations for harmonious color flow • Get paint brand color name and number • Get color values for measurements and color matches including RGB, Hex, CIELab, and more! • QC functionality (ColorReader and ColorReader Pro only) Backed by the Leading Precision Color Company For more than 45 years, Datacolor’s passion for precision color has helped us meet the exacting needs of more than a million customers whose entire job depends on the accuracy of their colors. What People Are Saying about ColorReader? “This device is incredibly easy to use - and it’s dependable.” John Metz - Haddon Painting “I love it. It cut one hour of time off my desk.” Debbie Deutsh – Interiors by Cornerstone “In this industry, time is money. If I can’t get the exact color they want, I’m losing time and material costs. “ Jon Ipock – ProTastic Painting “I have not stopped using it in matching colors to fabric and wall covering. It has saved me so much time in trying to match with paint chips.” Vincent Wolf – Vincent Wolf Associates, Inc. “There are many contenders in this field, but this in my opinion is the only one that provides the best balance between accuracy, ease-of-use and price. Whatever color you read with your ColorReader will be matched against those fan decks and the best matching returned. This is a much better alternative to purchasing multiple paint samples and trying them out, and is in my opinion the best bang for the buck.” Amazon Customer “Bought this (the lower cost one) because it seemed there had to be a better way than trying to match paint swatches to what is on the walls now. Setup was straight forward, and the app is fairly easy to use to take readings. The device accurately identified a swatch that I had, and it was straight forward to take multiple readings of the long ago painted walls in our old house.“ Amazon Customer Terms & Conditions: https://www.datacolor.com/legal/us/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: http://www.datacolor.com/legal-documents/colorreader/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

High Point Market App4 screens
Datacolor ColorReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Datacolor ColorReader at 4.7 against High Point Market App's 2.7. Datacolor ColorReader also leads on ratings volume (710 vs 46) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). High Point Market App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Datacolor ColorReader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. High Point Market App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Datacolor ColorReader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Datacolor ColorReader has 710 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of High Point Market App's written reviews are positive against 26% of Datacolor ColorReader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

High Point Market App ships an update fortnightly, Datacolor ColorReader every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
High Point Market App versus Datacolor ColorReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHigh Point Market AppDatacolor ColorReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (46 ratings)4.7 (710 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.5% of reviews25.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46710 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHigh Point Market AuthorityDatacolor Inc.

Customer experience

High Point Market App

All ratings43 ratings
Positive34.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative55.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive18.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative77.8%

Datacolor ColorReader

All ratings709 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive25.6%
Neutral9.0%
Negative65.4%

Bugs and requests

High Point Market App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Datacolor ColorReader

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Blank page on device registration
  • White screen during app startup
  • Calibration failed error messages
  • Device won't connect to smartphone
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues requiring multiple attempts
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  • Fan deck update stuck indefinitely
  • Missing read button on iPhone XS Max
  • iOS 12 compatibility broken after update
  • Inaccessible color history after fan deck removal
  • Support ticket system non-functional

Requested features

10 requests
  • Store scanned colors on phone without device connection
  • Cloud sync for color history across devices
  • Tutorial or guided walkthrough for app navigation
  • Ability to delete individual colors from history
  • Reorder colors within custom palettes
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  • Search by paint swatch number
  • Support for more eco-conscious paint brands
  • Expanded UK/European paint brand options
  • Separate color selection for trim and cabinets in photo mode
  • Display custom color names in detail view

In-app purchases

None

High Point Market App

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Datacolor ColorReader

Subscriptions4
  • NCS Colour (monthly)$9.991 Month
  • British Standards (monthly)$14.991 Month
  • NCS Colour (yearly)$89.991 Year
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  • British Standards (yearly)$149.991 Year

Questions

Is High Point Market App free?
High Point Market App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datacolor ColorReader free?
Datacolor ColorReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, High Point Market App or Datacolor ColorReader?
Datacolor ColorReader is rated higher. High Point Market App averages 2.7 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Datacolor ColorReader averages 4.7 from 710 ratings.
Do High Point Market App or Datacolor ColorReader have ads?
Neither High Point Market App nor Datacolor ColorReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, High Point Market App or Datacolor ColorReader?
High Point Market App ships an update fortnightly, and Datacolor ColorReader every 2 months. Most recently, High Point Market App was updated on November 1, 2026 and Datacolor ColorReader on November 1, 2026.

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