Comparison

Color Matters Coloring Game vs TBR

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

Head to head
About

Color Matters Coloring Game

This app offers a digital coloring book experience for adults and children, featuring a wide variety of artwork. It provides tools for relaxation and creativity, with options to join a community and unlock premium features.

Highlights
  • Coloring book for adults and children
  • Variety of artwork (animals, patterns, florals, etc.)
  • Coloring community with inspiration and interaction
  • PRO membership for premium features
  • Relaxing background music
  • Brightness, gradient, and palette control tools
Features
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Color Matters Coloring book app for Adults is now the new trend to relax and unwind your day. Its a color therapy for your mind! Begin coloring book now! Both adults and children can enjoy coloring beautiful artwork pictures of animals, architectures, patterns, florals/gardens, famous paintings, iconic, fun doodles and more! Color Matters is free to download for all ages. Kids, boys & girls, and adults can enjoy it without any restrictions. Your kids can enjoy their time with this app. App Highlights: *** COLORING COMMUNITY - Join the Coloring Community of Color Matters - Be Inspired with the work of other colorists - Follow your favorite colorists - Show encouragement by liking and commenting on their pictures *** PRO Membership: - Unlocks EVERYTHING during subscription period - Unlock all colors including Pearl colors - Unlock access to all pictures during the membership period - Gets up to 80 new original artworks per month - Increase the publish limit to 25 pictures per day to Gallery - Unlocks PRO Coloring Tools: - Brightness Control: Now you do not need to waste time looking for similar colors, you can make brights / shades just by sliding the bar! - Gradient Angle Control: This unique feature will enhance the beauty of your artworks. - Personalized Palettes: Open the gate to MILLIONS of colors by customizing your own palettes. *** Many variety of very relaxing and soothing background music to help you unwind. Just click Settings and choose "Song list" to choose your background music - Very simple to use. Just tap to color and pinch to zoom in and out on the coloring pages. Its very relaxing and therapeutic for the mind - Beautiful Frames makes your Artwork more Alive! Lots of Frames to choose from that are suitable for many kinds of artworks - Compatibility and support We are always working hard to make sure Color Matters runs well in all devices with iOS ver 10.1 and above. Please report any issue you may experience to contact@regentech.io. Terms of use: https://www.regentech.io/terms-of-service Subscription & Auto Renewal Information: 1. Prices: - PRO Weekly Membership US$2.99 / Week will be billed weekly - PRO Monthly Membership US9.99 / Month will be billed monthly - PRO Yearly Membership US$59.99 / Year will be billed yearly 2. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. 3. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period 4. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase 5. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period 6. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.

About

TBR

Easily track books you want to read, are currently reading, or have finished. Rate and review books, log favorite moments, and discover new reads. Set yearly reading goals and celebrate milestones with fun animations.

Highlights
  • Track books (to-read, reading, finished)
  • Rate and review books
  • Log favorite moments and quotes
  • Browse public ratings and genre-specific insights
  • Set custom yearly reading goals
  • Earn achievement stickers
  • Pro features: tropes, playlists, adaptations
Features
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Got a growing TBR list? See great book recommendations, but forget them later? Meet TBR Bookshelf! Easily track books you want to read, are currently reading, or have finished with no limits. Rate and review books once you’ve read them and log your favorite moments using our quick and intuitive rating system. Browse public ratings to see a book’s POV, tropes, reread rate, and up to four genre-specific ratings. For example, Romance tracks Spice, Fluff, Humor, and Tear. All ratings are anonymous, so you can be honest with your reviews. Within our rating system, you can log: * Reading format * 5 Star Rating including half stars * Up to four genre ratings * If you would reread a book * DNF (Did Not Finish) * Favorite characters and quotes * Series and standalone books * Pro quotes and annotations (Paid Subscription Required) * Any additional thoughts about the book Celebrate your reading milestones with special book confetti and earn stickers for completing books and certain book tropes. Exclusive Pro features include: * Book tropes * Book playlists to track songs (cannot be played within the app) * POV format and amount * TV show and movie adaptation ratings * Four seasonal ratings All users can create custom yearly reading goals. When you finish a book, it is automatically added to your yearly reading goal bookshelf. Pro users can also fully customize their bookshelves with color themes, bookshelf items, and layouts. TBR Bookshelf makes managing your TBR list fun, easy, and satisfying. Track books, set reading goals, log quotes, and discover new reads all in one place. With customizable shelves, anonymous ratings, and a supportive community, staying on top of your reading has never been more enjoyable. Join TBR Bookshelf, a woman-owned and operated company, BookTok’s favorite, and trusted by millions of readers. TBR Bookshelf is free to download and use. No account or sign-up is required. TBR Bookshelf Pro includes a 7-day free trial and then options for a monthly plan ($4.99), a 6-month plan ($19.99), or a yearly plan ($29.99). All other features remain free indefinitely. A subscription will be applied to your iTunes account at the end of your free trial. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary. Note: This app is for tracking your reading journey. Reading is not available within the app. Privacy Policy: http://jordanpetersonstudio.com/tbr-bookshelf-privacy-policy/
Terms of Service: http://jordanpetersonstudio.com/tbr-bookshelf-terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Color Matters Coloring Game4 screens
TBR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: TBR at 4.3K against Color Matters Coloring Game's 167. TBR also leads on chart position (#43 vs unranked). Color Matters Coloring Game's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Color Matters Coloring Game sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and TBR sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Color Matters Coloring Game against 4.5 for TBR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TBR has 4.3K ratings behind it against 167, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Color Matters Coloring Game's written reviews are positive against 70% of TBR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Matters Coloring Game ships an update every 2 weeks, TBR every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Color Matters Coloring Game versus TBR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Matters Coloring GameTBR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (167 ratings) — better4.5 (4.3K ratings)
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews — better70.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1674.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#43 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB87 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperREVIVAL GENERATION SHENZHEN TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDTBR - Bookshelf, LLC

Customer experience

Color Matters Coloring Game

All ratings168 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%

TBR

All ratings4,340 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews976 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative19.1%

User reviews

Color Matters Coloring Game

From 167 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Wide variety of beautiful pictures and designs
  • 🌈 Excellent selection of colors and palettes
  • 😌 Relaxing and therapeutic experience
  • 🎵 Soothing music options included
  • ✨ Nice effects and frames available

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • 💾 Work not saved after crashes
  • 📱 iPad compatibility issues
  • 🎨 Accidental taps overwrite work
  • 💳 Expensive subscription model

TBR

From 4.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Cute and visually appealing
  • 📚 Helpful for tracking reading progress
  • 🌟 Unique rating system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 No account/sync option to prevent data loss
  • 💰 Too many features locked behind paywall
  • 🔍 Limited book database, hard to find some titles

Bugs and requests

Color Matters Coloring Game

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes while coloring
  • Freezing during signup process
  • Work not saved after crashes
  • iPad compatibility problems
  • App closes unexpectedly
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  • Some pictures freeze and cannot be colored
  • Disconnected line work causing color bleeding
  • Internet connection error messages despite active connection
  • Delayed response when touching to color
  • Account loss after app updates

Requested features

14 requests
  • Freehand drawing and shading tools
  • More advanced editing tools
  • Additional brush options
  • Watercolor and metallic effects
  • Color picker feature
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  • Ability to play personal music
  • More animal and fantasy-themed pictures
  • Makeup-related coloring pages
  • Last used colors memory feature
  • Toggle for swipe coloring function
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • More free pictures or daily gifts
  • Better organization of new pictures
  • More makeup and fantasy creature images

TBR

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books disappearing from shelves
  • Inability to edit read dates
  • Search function not working properly
  • Crashing when trying to access certain features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to organize books by series
  • Option to view other users' reviews and ratings
  • Customizable bookshelves and themes
  • Sync across multiple devices
  • More genre/category options for ratings

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Color Matters Coloring Game

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Deluxe Membership - Monthly (For Premium Users)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Deluxe Membership - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Pro Trimonthly7 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Deluxe Membership - Yearly (For Premium Users)$29.991 Year
  • Deluxe Membership - Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time6
  • 280 Credits$0.99
  • 850 Credits$1.99
  • 3400 Credits$4.99
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  • Premium Membership Promotion$6.99
  • Premium Membership$9.99
  • 8000 Credits$14.99
10 purchases

TBR

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Access7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Access7 Days trial$19.996 Months
  • Pro Access$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • 1500 Gems$2.99
  • 4500 Gems$5.99
  • 20,000 Gems$9.99
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  • Gift 6 Months$19.99
  • Gift 1 Year of Pro$29.99
  • Lifetime Purchase$119.99
  • Gift Lifetime Pro$119.99

Questions

Is Color Matters Coloring Game free?
Color Matters Coloring Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TBR free?
TBR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Matters Coloring Game or TBR?
Color Matters Coloring Game is rated higher. Color Matters Coloring Game averages 4.5 out of 5 from 167 ratings, while TBR averages 4.5 from 4.3K ratings.
Do Color Matters Coloring Game or TBR have ads?
Both Color Matters Coloring Game and TBR show ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Matters Coloring Game or TBR?
Color Matters Coloring Game ships an update every 2 weeks, and TBR every 8 days. Most recently, Color Matters Coloring Game was updated on September 19, 2026 and TBR on September 23, 2026.

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