Comparison

SmashX Design vs Datacolor MobileQC

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

Head to head
About

SmashX Design

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SmashX Design lifts every design project to the next level. It’s your digital color card, and it fits in any pocket. The color visualiser and easy project filing enable the professional to act as a color consultant, present various designs and manage the projects in a highly effective manner.

About

Datacolor MobileQC

This app helps professionals in industries like ink, paint, and textiles to identify and control color quality. It pairs with a specific device to create color projects, evaluate samples with pass/fail indicators, and analyze color plots and spectral curves.

Highlights
  • Implement color quality control checkpoints
  • Create and store color projects
  • Evaluate color samples with pass/fail indicators
  • Analyze color plots and spectral curves
  • Customize illuminants, observers, and tolerances
  • Set color space and readings per batch
Features
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Whether you work with inks, paints, textiles, plastics..., identifying color problems early on can save you time and money. But evaluating color by eye can be subjective and very dependent on the person and the environment. Datacolor MobileQC enables you to easily implement color quality control checkpoints in your color workflow. Paired with ColorReader Spectro, you can create & store color projects by customer or job and easily evaluate color samples with pass/fail indicators. You can further evaluate colors with color plots and spectral curves. You can also customize your color quality control process by setting primary, secondary, and tertiary illuminants & observers, tolerances, color space, and number of readings per batch. As the leading color solution provider, Datacolor's passion for getting color right has helped more than a million customers deliver accurate color.

Screenshots

SmashX Design4 screens
Datacolor MobileQC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Datacolor MobileQC at none against SmashX Design's shown. Datacolor MobileQC also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SmashX Design versus Datacolor MobileQC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmashX DesignDatacolor MobileQC
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmashX B.V.Datacolor Inc.

In-app purchases

None

SmashX Design

No in-app purchases

None

Datacolor MobileQC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmashX Design free?
SmashX Design is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datacolor MobileQC free?
Datacolor MobileQC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmashX Design or Datacolor MobileQC have ads?
SmashX Design shows ads; Datacolor MobileQC does not.
Which is updated more often, SmashX Design or Datacolor MobileQC?
SmashX Design ships an update every 4 months, and Datacolor MobileQC every 4 months. Most recently, SmashX Design was updated on October 26, 2026 and Datacolor MobileQC on October 30, 2026.

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