CLICS vs LG CHI Color Master Formulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CLICS
This app empowers licensed hair stylists and cosmetology students to precisely create any shade of demi or permanent hair color with a touch of a button. It eliminates guesswork in color formulation, offering a mess-free and waste-free solution for mixing and dispensing custom shades.
- Precise color formulation
- Digital color bar for mixing
- Save custom color collections
- Access curated color libraries
- Client history for touch-ups
- Reduced waste and mess
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The CLICS® app allows hair stylists to access their salon's CLICS Dispensers to create any shade of demi or permanent color with the touch of a button, expanding their creativity and productivity. This precision system takes all of the guesswork out of color formulation, allowing measuring, mixing and dispensing to be done with ease. There's no waste, no mess, and no mistakes. Designed exclusively for licensed hair stylists and cosmetology students, it's the color you've always dreamed of. You dream it, CLICS delivers it. It’s visionary hair color, for artists like you! In order to use the CLICS system a stylist must be invited by their salon and set up a CLICS login. If you work in more than one CLICS-enhanced salons you can easily switch between them using the sign-out icon. Mix Color on the Fly Use the CLICS Design area, your own digital color bar, to quickly formulate simple or complex hair color formulas. Your formulas can be dispensed at the touch of a button. Create Your Own Color Collections Save your best color formulas in your own color collections or use CLICS' curated libraries and conversion formula to get started with great looking color. Touch Up with Amazing Accuracy Easily look up color formulas applied previously for a client using CLICS' client history. Reuse that exact mixture or use an earlier color as a starting point for a brand new look. Protect the Environment While Making Clients Look Great! An important mission for CLICS has been to reduce the waste inherent in traditional color application methods. By combining efficient packaging with digitally-accurate dispensing, waste - and its impact on both the environment and your bottom line - are greatly reduced. Protect the environment while making your clients look great - with CLICS.
LG CHI Color Master Formulator
Experiment with different hair colors virtually before committing to a salon visit. This app allows users to simulate various shades and styles on their own photos.
- Hair color simulation
- Try different shades
- Use personal photos
- Create custom colors
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Simulate and create various hair colors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LG CHI Color Master Formulator at 5.0 against CLICS's 4.4. CLICS's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LG CHI Color Master Formulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CLICS has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CLICS ships an update fortnightly, LG CHI Color Master Formulator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CLICS | LG CHI Color Master Formulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CLICS, LLC | LG Household & Healthcare LTD. |
Customer experience
CLICS
LG CHI Color Master Formulator
In-app purchases
CLICS
No in-app purchases
LG CHI Color Master Formulator
No in-app purchases







