Comparison

Looom vs Color Catchers

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

Head to head
About

Looom

Create hand-drawn animations with a playful, instrument-like interface. This robust app focuses on loopable animation, offering a dynamic, non-destructive workflow for both beginners and professionals. Explore lines, shapes, and colors in a delightful environment designed for learning and experimentation.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn animation creation
  • Loopable animation focus
  • Musical interface inspiration
  • Dynamic non-destructive workflow
  • Fluid time control
  • Infinite canvas
  • SVG native file format
Features
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A new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators. Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm. Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age and is already being used by some influential indie animators. A delightful environment to learn, experiment, practice and create drawn animation. Wonderfully musical, Next-gen dynamic non-destructive workflow. FLUID TIME No first frame or last. Looom’s threads are independent in length and speed, always tweak-able. INFINITE CANVAS Lets you go as deep or as far as you want thanks to a completely resolution-independent vector engine. OPEN-ENDED Looom uses SVG as it’s native file format. Your work can be viewed in browsers and opened in desktop animation software.

About

Color Catchers

Features
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Catch colors from the real world. Point your camera at anything — a wall, a fabric, a morning sky. Color Catchers pulls a color palette from what you see, right on your device. Capture Photograph any scene and instantly extract a palette from what you see. Collect Build a personal library of color captures, organized by the moments and places that inspired them. Share When you're ready, publish your palettes to colorcatchers.co and discover what other catchers are finding in the world. — Private by default. Palette extraction happens locally, on your device. — No account needed to get started. — Works offline. Built for wanderers, drifters, explorers. Made for creatives Color Catchers is built for photographers scouting light and atmosphere, interior designers tracking materials and moods, illustrators building reference palettes, and anyone who sees color as a language worth collecting.

Screenshots

Looom4 screens
Color Catchers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Color Catchers at Free against Looom's $9.99. Color Catchers also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Looom's advantage is chart position (#68 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, 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

Color Catchers is free to download; Looom costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Looom ships an update every 4 months, Color Catchers every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Looom versus Color Catchers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLooomColor Catchers
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (121 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings121 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#68 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIORAMA ABAlexis desmarais

Bugs and requests

Looom

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes mid-animation causing work loss
  • Grey screen on launch preventing app opening
  • Drawing not registering properly
  • Frame navigation swiping goes wrong direction
  • Accidental marks appearing from sensitive touch controls
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  • Eraser functionality not working on some devices
  • Zoom controls triggering timeline instead
  • Disappearing artwork when switching frames
  • Export controls not grabbable on iPad Pro
  • Accidental deletion of projects with no recovery option
  • Non-Apple Pencil input not recognized without settings change
  • Performance issues and stuttering

Requested features

23 requests
  • Better export options (GIF, video, SVG with proper formatting)
  • Increase frame limit beyond 24 frames
  • More than 5 layers/threads
  • Multiple colors and brush sizes per layer
  • Frame duplication and copy-paste functionality
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  • Undo/redo gesture support (two-finger tap)
  • Shape tools (circles, rectangles, lines)
  • Background image import for reference tracing
  • Hex color input and color picker tool
  • Partial eraser (erase parts of lines, not entire lines)
  • Double-tap Apple Pencil to toggle eraser
  • Layer naming and hiding capabilities
  • Adjustable frame rate and FPS control
  • Sound/audio support
  • Ability to rearrange frame order
  • Onion skin customization (forward and backward)
  • Static/pinned layers
  • Higher resolution export options
  • Video import for rotoscoping
  • Pressure sensitivity support
  • Animation scene management
  • Seamless looping export
  • Left-hand mode accessibility

Color Catchers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Looom

No in-app purchases

None

Color Catchers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Looom free?
Looom costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Catchers free?
Color Catchers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Looom or Color Catchers have ads?
Neither Looom nor Color Catchers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Looom or Color Catchers?
Looom ships an update every 4 months, and Color Catchers every 6 weeks. Most recently, Looom was updated on October 29, 2026 and Color Catchers on October 19, 2026.

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