Color Splash vs DMD Panorama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
DMD Panorama
Capture immersive 360-degree panoramic photos and selfies with advanced features. Explore a global community of panorama creators, enhance your images with HD upgrades, and experience your creations in an interactive 3D viewer.
- 360 panoramic selfies
- Interactive 3D viewer
- HD upgrade for high resolution
- Multiple exposure settings
- Global panorama community
- Export as looping video
- Virtual Reality support
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Since your camera can shoot a Panorama, why bothering with this app? Because it completes the whole turn, works with front camera for panoramic selfies, shows the result with an incredibly nice 3d viewer, allows your friends and followers to see the same 3d result even without having the app, makes better pictures even in low-light, exports the 360 Panorama as a looping video, lets you experiment Virtual Reality with Google Carboard... ...along many other things: - use the Ultra Wide lens on newest phones to capture panoramas with floors and ceilings - get fantastic resolution with HD upgrade, up to 100MP panoramas - discover more than 1.3 Million panoramas shared from all over the world, - create breath-taking panoramas with 3 different Exposure settings, - follow other panorama lovers and be notified when they upload new pictures, - edit description, tags, geolocation and privacy settings, - view your panoramas with our interactive 3d viewer. We listen and help (support@DerManDar.com). We bet you will be impressed, try us! Please note: - selfie panorama mode unlocks after you capture and save 10 regular panoramas - our app shoots only cylindrical panoramas, - we only stitch the pictures you take with the app, - in-app HD option is for *all* the panoramas you take on *all* your devices - with the same AppleID, - your pictures are *not* automatically uploaded unless you explicitly request it. For spherical capture, get theVRkit app. For 360 tours, get 360visit app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Color Splash at $1.99 against DMD Panorama's $9.99. Color Splash also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). DMD Panorama's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence 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
Color Splash costs $1.99 and DMD Panorama $9.99 up front. DMD Panorama sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Color Splash asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Splash holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Splash has 6.5K ratings behind it against 405, 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 80% of DMD Panorama's.
Color Splash ships an update every 5 weeks, DMD Panorama every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Splash | DMD Panorama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (6.5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (405 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews — better | 79.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.5K — better | 405 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pocket Pixels Inc. | Dermandar |
Customer experience
Color Splash
DMD Panorama
User reviews
Color Splash
From 6.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 High-quality results
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Versatile editing capabilities
- 🕰️ Saves time compared to manual editing
- 🔍 Precise control with zoom feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs or crashes
- 🖌️ Desire for more precise selection tools
- 🎨 Limited color customization options
- 📱 Compatibility issues with newer devices
- 💰 Paid app, some users want free version
DMD Panorama
From 405 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Great panoramic photos
- 🚀 Seamless stitching
- 👍 Excellent quality
- 👍 Fantastic results
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 💰 Requires paid upgrade for HD
- 🔒 Issues with login and account
- 🔋 Battery drain
- 🔍 Lacks advanced editing features
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
DMD Panorama
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to view panoramas
- Camera roll integration not working
- Panorama capture fails on newer devices
- Notification issues after recent updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for 360-degree photos
- Improve stitching and reduce distortion
- Implement better notification controls
- Allow importing and editing existing photos
- Add more sharing and exporting options
In-app purchases
Color Splash
No in-app purchases
DMD Panorama
- HD Video Unlimited Upgrade$4.99
- High Definition Unlimited Upgrade$9.99
Questions
Is Color Splash free?
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