Comparison

Annotable vs Chromies

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

Head to head
About

Annotable

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for annotating and marking up images. It offers a wide range of customization options for common annotation elements and unique features like text highlighting on screenshots. The app supports various iOS system integrations for a seamless user experience.

Highlights
  • Common annotation tools (rectangles, text, arrows)
  • Customizable colors, sizes, and fonts
  • Blur and pixelation for obscuring information
  • Spotlights and Loupes for highlighting
  • Text highlighting on screenshots
  • High-resolution output
  • Support for all image types
Features
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Annotable is the most full-featured all-in-one image annotation tool. Featured by Apple in many places: ● Best of 2016 ● New Apps We Love ● Best Apps to Edit Your Photos ● Best Productivity Apps ● Best Utilities "I’ve finally found the best all-in-one image annotation tool for iOS – Annotable for iPhone and iPad." —— Federico Viticci of MacStories Features (many are free, some are unlocked with purchases): ◉ All the expected common tools: rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and texts. ◉ Fully customizable: colors, sizes, outlines, fonts… ◉ Stylishly obscure private information with Blur and Pixelation. ◉ Or on the contrary, highlight something with Spotlights. ◉ If you really want to focus on a particular spot use a Loupe. ◉ You can even highlight text on screenshots of apps like Notes, Twitter, and Safari. It feels like magic, and can really save the day when you want to share a web page screenshot with some words highlighted but forgot to select the words when you took the screenshot. ◉ Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes, 3D Touch, Wide Color…Annotable utilizes your powerful iOS system to the extreme. Distinctions from many other similar Apps: ◆ All the results are high-resolution images. ◆ Not only screenshots but all images are supported. ◆ Large images can be directly annotated and do not have to be cropped.

About

Chromies

Features
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Chromies turns your everyday life into a playground. Every day, a new color is revealed. Your mission: spot it around you and capture it in a photo. It's simple, addictive, and surprisingly beautiful. HOW DOES IT WORK? Open the app, discover today's color, and go hunting. Snap a photo, and our analysis system evaluates the quality of your shot and the accuracy of the color match. The better your snap, the more points you earn. COLOR OF THE DAY Every morning at 8 AM, a brand-new color drops. Nail the exact shade for a 5x multiplier, or match the color family for a 2x bonus. Shoot during golden hour to double your points. Stack the boosts for spectacular scores. COLLECT COLORS Over 100 shades to discover, organized by family: reds, blues, greens, purples, pinks, yellows, oranges, browns, and more. Every snap adds a new shade to your collection. How many colors can you unlock? EXPLORE YOUR CITY AND THE WORLD Every photo is geotagged. Discover new neighborhoods, new cities, new countries. Your map fills up with each chromatic adventure. Colors are everywhere — you just need to look up. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD Compete against other players in weekly leagues. Every week, a fresh start, a new challenge. Stack up points, improve your rank, and prove you've got the sharpest eye. UNLOCK BADGES Two quest tracks await you: • Color Track — from Color Curious (3 colors) all the way to Full Spectrum (104 colors) • Place Track — from First Steps (1 city) to Cartographer (40 cities) Every badge you unlock rewards your progress and curiosity. KEEP YOUR STREAK ALIVE Snap every day to build your streak. The longer it lasts, the higher your status: Spark, En Route, Flame, Inferno. Don't let the fire go out. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Follow friends, discover their snaps in the activity feed, and react to their finds. Chromies is more fun together. Chromies is free. No purchases required to play, progress, and have fun. Download Chromies and start seeing the world in color.

Screenshots

Annotable4 screens
Chromies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chromies at none against Annotable's 8. Chromies also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Annotable's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Annotable sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Chromies asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Annotable ships an update every 2 months, Chromies weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Annotable versus Chromies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnnotableChromies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (894 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings894 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer凌 王JUSTIN CAMILLE MATHECOWITSCH

Bugs and requests

Annotable

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Blur broken ios26
  • Can't save edits on iPad Pro, 14.5.1
  • In-App Purchases do not work
  • Loss of work
  • App freezes occasionally on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open the app directly to the camera
  • Save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images
  • Make a Mac version
  • Add insert photo option
  • Add flexible pointers lines
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  • Add an eraser
  • Add undo/redo action buttons
  • Add crop
  • Add a way to adjust transparency of fonts for watermarking
  • Add rotate image
  • Add a way to draw solid boxes with a color of your choosing
  • Add a way to adjust text size
  • Add a way to center the text
  • Add a way to insert and resize images
  • Add a way to make shapes a solid color in addition to outline

Chromies

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Annotable

One-time8
  • Color Customization$1.99
  • Text Highlighter & Redaction Tool$1.99
  • All Obscuration Styles$1.99
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  • Blur Tool$1.99
  • Spotlight Tool$1.99
  • Loupe Tool$1.99
  • All Text Styles & Fonts$1.99
  • All Features$9.99
None

Chromies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Annotable free?
Annotable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chromies free?
Chromies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Annotable or Chromies have ads?
Neither Annotable nor Chromies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Annotable or Chromies?
Annotable ships an update every 2 months, and Chromies weekly. Most recently, Annotable was updated on October 12, 2026 and Chromies on September 24, 2026.

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