Comparison

Color Splash vs Colorfader

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

Head to head
About

Color Splash

Transform your photos by selectively applying color to black and white images. This app uses an intuitive brush interface to highlight specific areas, creating dramatic and eye-catching visuals. Easily edit details with zoom and multiple brush options.

Highlights
  • Selective colorization
  • Black and white conversion
  • Intuitive brush interface
  • Zoom for detail work
  • Multiple brush types
  • Undo functionality
  • Alternative view mode
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Color Splash lets you give photos a dramatic look by converting them to black and white, while keeping your chosen details in color. This effect draws the viewers' attention to the colored areas, creating striking images. The intuitive and responsive multi-touch user interface makes Color Splash amazingly easy and fun to use. Use your finger as a brush to "paint" sections of your image black and white, or to bring back the original color. Zooming in and out using the two-finger pinching gesture allows you to work on details with pixel-accuracy. Features: - Short tutorial videos explain the use of all features and will have you editing your images in minutes. - Choose photos to edit from your iPhone photo library or from Dropbox or Flickr. - Save multiple sessions to resume your work later. - Email your creations to friends, share them on Flickr or save them to your Dropbox. - Undo any number of accidental brush strokes. - An alternative view mode highlights the regions that will remain in color with a red tint. This makes it easier to see and adjust the boundaries between color and black & white regions. - Choose from 4 different brushes (hard or soft edged, opaque or transparent) and adjust the brush size. - Hide the toolbars in full screen mode.

About

Colorfader

Transform your photos by selectively adding color to black and white images. This app allows you to highlight specific objects or color areas, creating a dramatic artistic effect. Easily edit existing pictures or take new ones, with intuitive tools for zooming, painting, and adjusting colors.

Highlights
  • Selective color splash
  • Black and white conversion
  • Adjust hue, contrast, saturation, blur
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Adjustable brush size and hardness
  • Change background color
  • Add vignette effect
Features
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ColorFader is the application that enable you to emphasize some particular objects or color parts of an image that is converted to black and white.The outcome is a very striking effect that helps you to give an artistic touch to your images. It's very easy, in a couple of minutes you'll be able to save fantastic images. Open an existing image or take a new one with the camera. Use two fingers to move around an image or zoom in. Use only one finger to paint upon the image. If color tab is selected you'll paint color strokes, otherwise, if Gray tab is selected, you'll paint in black and white You can also change background image color if black & white is not the effect you want to set for your image. Key features: -Saved images scale 1:1 with original images -Possibility to change hue, contrast, saturation and blur of colored and b/w part of image -Multiple working sessions -Undo/Redo function to delete unwanted strokes above the image -User friendly interface -Brush monitor for easy drawing -Possibility to regulate width and hardness of the strokes -Change background image color with sephia and other 8 colors -Possibility to add vignette to final image -Share and store final images

Screenshots

Color Splash4 screens
Colorfader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color Splash at 88% against Colorfader's 44%. Color Splash also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (6.5K vs 5). Colorfader's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Splash costs $1.99 and Colorfader $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Color Splash holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Splash has 6.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Color Splash's written reviews are positive against 44% of Colorfader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Splash ships an update every 5 weeks, Colorfader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Color Splash versus Colorfader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor SplashColorfader
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.9 (6.5K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6.5K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#184 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPocket Pixels Inc.michele barbieri

Customer experience

Color Splash

All ratings6,462 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews1,048 reviews
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.4%

Colorfader

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

Bugs and requests

Color Splash

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Unexpected color mixing when using red overlay

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to change original colors
  • Implement a pen/brush tool for finer control
  • Introduce more editing options like filters, effects
  • Develop an iPad-specific version of the app
  • Provide a free version with limited features

Colorfader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Color Splash

No in-app purchases

None

Colorfader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Splash free?
Color Splash costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Colorfader free?
Colorfader costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Color Splash or Colorfader?
Color Splash is rated higher. Color Splash averages 4.9 out of 5 from 6.5K ratings, while Colorfader averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Color Splash or Colorfader have ads?
Neither Color Splash nor Colorfader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Splash or Colorfader?
Color Splash ships an update every 5 weeks, and Colorfader fortnightly. Most recently, Color Splash was updated on October 25, 2026 and Colorfader on October 23, 2026.

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