Comparison

SherMatch+ vs NxtSteps.ai

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

Head to head
About

SherMatch+

This app helps professional painters and contractors quickly and accurately match paint colors and sheens from any painted surface. It eliminates the need for physical samples, saving time and reducing errors on job sites. Advanced features for custom color creation are available with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Scan and match paint color
  • Measure surface sheen
  • Organize job folders
  • Find nearest store
  • Create custom colors (subscription)
  • Preview colors in rooms
Features
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SherMatch+ (formerly the ColorSnap Match app) is built for professional painters and contractors who need fast, reliable color and sheen matching—without damaging the wall or wasting time. Use your SherMatch+™ device to scan flat, painted surfaces and instantly match both color and sheen to the closest Sherwin-Williams® paint color. With Plus Subscription, unlock custom color matching and create one-of-a-kind colors—made exclusively through Sherwin-Williams stores (Coming February 2026). Designed for interior and exterior applications across residential and commercial paint jobs, SherMatch+ helps pros move faster through the color-matching process and order paint directly from the nearest Sherwin-Williams store. Built for the jobsite • Measure color and sheen directly from a smooth, non-metallic surface • Avoid cutting samples, patching walls, and repainting mistakes • Reduce extra trips to the store • Capture accurate results for interior and exterior surfaces • Ideal for Pros who need accurate color measurement while on the jobsite What you can do for free • Connect your SherMatch+, ColorSnap Match, or ColorSnap Match Pro device • Find the closest Sherwin-Williams paint color • Measure surface sheen (SherMatch+ and ColorSnap Match Pro only) • Save colors and organize job folders • View coordinating and similar colors • Preview colors in different room settings • Find the nearest Sherwin-Williams store Unlock with Plus+ Subscription (Coming February 2026) • Create custom paint colors using your SherMatch+ device • Generate a QR code redeemable at any Sherwin-Williams store in the U.S., Canada, Porto Rico, and the Caribbean • Create custom colors beyond standard Sherwin-Williams offerings • Eliminate cutting, patching, and repeat store visits Subscription Details • Free through May 31, 2026 (Limited Time Offer) • Monthly: $4.99 • Annual: $49.99 Important Notes • SherMatch+ device required for custom color matching • ColorSnap Match and ColorSnap Match Pro support closest-color matching • Sheen measurement supported by SherMatch+ and ColorSnap Match Pro If you previously used the ColorSnap Match app, you’re in the right place—SherMatch+ is the next-generation color-matching device. SherMatch+ devices are sold separately at Sherwin-Williams retail stores. You know as well as we do that matching a paint color can be a time-consuming and challenging process. With so many different colors and sheens available, it’s tough to nail down the right color without taking a sample into the store. That’s why we designed the new SherMatch+™. Eliminate the guesswork in paint matching by instantly matching to a Sherwin-Williams paint color and sheen with the click of a button. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NxtSteps.ai

This AI-powered tool captures critical project details discussed in meetings, transforming them into actionable items with owners and statuses. It helps track risks, dependencies, tasks, objections, and decisions, ensuring accountability and preventing items from being lost. An AI assistant can answer questions about your entire captured workspace.

Highlights
  • Capture risks, dependencies, tasks, objections, decisions
  • Assign owners and track statuses
  • AI assistant for workspace queries
  • Searchable transcripts with citations
  • Signal feed for unresolved items
  • Delivery insights and trend analysis
Features
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NxtSteps is the source of truth for what gets discussed and agreed on. Your Application Lifecycle Management tool records the work. It has no idea what was said in the room that created it. NxtSteps surfaces the moments that matter inside your meetings — risks, dependencies, tasks, objections, decisions — and turns them into tracked items with an owner and a status. Most meeting tools stop at the recap. A note has no owner, no state, and is never "done." NxtSteps captures what was committed, so "did we actually do what we said?" stops being a question anyone has to chase. THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER • Risks — flagged as they surface, before they turn into blockers • Dependencies — the cross-team items that quietly stall delivery • Tasks — who owes what, by when, pulled straight out of the conversation • Objections — the pushback someone raised that never made it into a ticket • Decisions — logged with context, so nothing gets relitigated three weeks later • Open questions — the things left unresolved when the call ended Every one of these carries an owner and a status. They don't sit in a document you'll never reopen. ASK NEXO — YOUR PROGRAM ANALYST Nexo answers questions across everything your workspace has ever captured, not just one call: • "What's blocking the payments launch?" • "What did we decide about the vendor contract, and when?" • "Which commitments are aging without movement?" • "Who objected to the migration plan, and what was their reason?" Answers come back with citations pointing to the exact call and moment they came from — so you can check the source instead of trusting a summary. Ask about a single call, a project, or your whole workspace. This is the part that compounds. A meeting tool can only tell you what happened in one meeting. Nexo reasons over the entire record. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE MEETING • A clean, structured readout in seconds — no editing needed before you share it • Full searchable transcript, speaker-aware, indexed to your library • A signal feed that surfaces what's still unresolved across every call, not just the last one • Commitments that age visibly, so the ones going stale are impossible to miss • A running record of what your team said it would do — and what became of it DELIVERY INSIGHTS • Bus factor — where knowledge is concentrated in one person • Decision graveyard — decisions made and quietly abandoned • Trends across a series of recurring meetings, not just the latest one BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DELIVERY Engineering managers, program and delivery leads, founders, and consultants — anyone who leaves a meeting owning the outcome, not just the notes. If your week is spent reconstructing status from memory, chat threads, and half-updated tickets, this replaces that ritual. NxtSteps doesn't compete with your ALM tool. It captures the layer above it: the concern raised in passing, the dependency named out loud, the objection nobody wrote down, the decision made verbally and never recorded anywhere. RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION • Live capture with speaker-aware transcription • Works for in-person conversations and calls • Recordings and transcripts stay in your library, searchable • Rename speakers once and it sticks across the record Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SherMatch+4 screens
NxtSteps.ai4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NxtSteps.ai at 100% against SherMatch+'s 27%. NxtSteps.ai also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). SherMatch+'s advantage is ratings volume (6.9K vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. SherMatch+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and NxtSteps.ai sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NxtSteps.ai holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SherMatch+ has 6.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of SherMatch+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of NxtSteps.ai's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SherMatch+ ships an update every 2 months, NxtSteps.ai every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SherMatch+ versus NxtSteps.ai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSherMatch+NxtSteps.ai
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.9K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.9K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVariable Technologies LLCRyan Ramtin

Customer experience

SherMatch+

All ratings6,819 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive27.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative68.3%

NxtSteps.ai

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SherMatch+

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and login issues
  • Inability to connect to device
  • Scrolling issues during account creation

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom color creation
  • Integrate phone camera for color matching
  • Add color palette and notes features
  • Improve organization and search in app

NxtSteps.ai

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SherMatch+

Subscriptions2
  • SherMatch+ Custom Color Match7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SherMatch+ Custom Color Match7 Days trial$47.991 Year
4 purchases

NxtSteps.ai

Subscriptions4
  • NxtSteps Standard$20.001 Month
  • NxtSteps Pro$50.001 Month
  • NxtSteps Standard Annual$179.991 Year
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  • NxtSteps Pro Annual$450.001 Year

Questions

Is SherMatch+ free?
SherMatch+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NxtSteps.ai free?
NxtSteps.ai is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SherMatch+ or NxtSteps.ai?
NxtSteps.ai is rated higher. SherMatch+ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while NxtSteps.ai averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SherMatch+ or NxtSteps.ai have ads?
Neither SherMatch+ nor NxtSteps.ai shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SherMatch+ or NxtSteps.ai?
SherMatch+ ships an update every 2 months, and NxtSteps.ai every 2 weeks. Most recently, SherMatch+ was updated on October 29, 2026 and NxtSteps.ai on October 24, 2026.

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