Grayscale App vs StayGray
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grayscale App
Manage hiring and employee engagement on the go. Seamlessly message candidates and employees, schedule events, and collect feedback via SMS or WhatsApp. Stay productive and organized from your mobile device.
- Candidate messaging
- Employee engagement
- Event scheduling
- Feedback collection
- SMS and WhatsApp integration
- Onboarding management
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Take your hiring and employee engagement process wherever you go with the Grayscale Mobile app! Stay connected by seamlessly messaging candidates, new hires, and employees, scheduling events, and collecting feedback—all through convenient sms or WhatsApp messaging. Whether you’re managing interviews, onboarding, or ongoing communication, Grayscale keeps everything moving effortlessly, right from your mobile device. Stay productive, responsive, and organized, no matter where you are!
StayGray
This app helps reduce screen time by automatically switching your device to grayscale. You can customize when color is allowed, set schedules, and track your progress in reducing usage.
- Automatic grayscale switching
- Customizable color exceptions
- Scheduled monochrome periods
- Location-based color activation
- Progress tracking for screen time
- Color breaks for temporary color access
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StayGray automatically switches your iPhone to grayscale, so apps feel less magnetic and you scroll less. Your screen stays black and white by default, and you decide when color is allowed. WHY GRAYSCALE Colorful interfaces are built to grab your attention. Take the color away and the little “reward hit” gets weaker, which makes it easier to stop the endless checking without blocking any apps. CONTROL WHEN COLOR IS ALLOWED • Schedules: set work hours, evenings, or bedtime for monochrome • App exceptions: keep Maps, Camera, Photos, or any app in color • Locations: turn color on automatically at home, at work, or at the gym • Color breaks: switch to full color for a bit, then go back to gray automatically TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See how your habits change over time and estimate how much screen time you save by staying in black and white. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No ads. No tracking. StayGray does not collect, store, or transmit personal data. Privacy policy: https://www.staygray.app/privacy/en.html Terms: https://www.staygray.app/terms/en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grayscale App at none against StayGray's 3. Grayscale App also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). StayGray's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. StayGray sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Grayscale App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Grayscale App against 5.0 for StayGray. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Grayscale App's written reviews are positive against 67% of StayGray's.
Grayscale App ships an update every 2 months, StayGray fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grayscale App | StayGray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Grayscale Labs, Inc. | MATTHIAS NEUWIRTH |
Customer experience
Grayscale App
StayGray
In-app purchases
Grayscale App
No in-app purchases
StayGray
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- StayGray Plus$8.991 Year
- StayGray Plus: Lifetime$24.99
