GoSpectro vs False Color Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoSpectro
Transform your smartphone into a portable light spectrometer with this app and its accessory. Analyze spectral data for material characterization, with applications in gemology, food analysis, and water quality testing.
- Turn smartphone into a spectrometer
- Measure, record, and analyze spectral data
- Export spectral data
- Material characterization
- Applications in gemology and food industry
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Spectroscopy is a powerful tool that allows to analyze matter from the spectral component of light. So far, it has been restricted to professionals, considering the cost, the size and complexity of the equipment. Today, GoSpectro puts the power of spectroscopy in the hands of everyone, offering the world’s most compact and most simple light spectrometers. This application, combined with the GoSpectro accessory, allows to turn any smartphone into a light spectrometer in order to measure, record, analyze and export spectral data. It is the ideal companion for students, professionals or anyone who needs to measure a light spectrum on the go. This enables to perform material characterization and analysis with an ultra-compact device natively connected to the internet, with applications in gemology (gem identification), food industry (color measurement, allergen detection), water quality (pollution detection), academia/teaching, anti-counterfeiting, art, etc.
False Color Viewer
Analyze exposure in photos and videos with customizable false color overlays. Compare original footage to false color views and switch between different exposure systems. Rendering is done locally, ensuring only selected media is imported for analysis.
- False color overlays
- Exposure inspection
- Compare original and false color
- Switch exposure systems
- Local rendering
- Selective media import
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Import photos and videos to inspect exposure with false color overlays. Compare the original to false color, then switch exposure systems. False color is rendered locally. Only the media you choose is imported. Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: False Color Viewer at 100% against GoSpectro's 25%. False Color Viewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). GoSpectro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. False Color Viewer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. GoSpectro asks for nothing beyond the download.
False Color Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of GoSpectro's written reviews are positive against 100% of False Color Viewer's.
GoSpectro ships an update every 2 months, False Color Viewer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoSpectro | False Color Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Kuntzel | Bagging Groceries |
Customer experience
GoSpectro
False Color Viewer
In-app purchases
GoSpectro
No in-app purchases
False Color Viewer
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
Questions
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