Color Splash vs ThumbCamera
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.
ThumbCamera
Capture photos and control your camera with intuitive one-finger gestures. Easily zoom, focus, change aspect ratios, and share images without needing to reach across the screen. Ideal for one-handed operation.
- One-finger gesture controls
- Zoom and focus with gestures
- Change aspect ratio via swipe
- Instant photo sharing
- Multiple aspect ratio settings
- Geotagging and EXIF data
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ThumbCamera is a gesture controlled camera app. In addition to taking photos and focusing, it lets you perform functions such as zooming and changing the aspect ratio with simple one-finger gestures. ThumbCamera lets you take photos easily with one hand, no matter how you're holding the phone. Demo Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnkspSNDwQc ●Main gesture controls (all operations below can be changed through settings) - Tap: Take photo - Double tap: Focus - Tap and hold: Exposure - Vertical swipe: Zoom in/out - Swipe right: Change aspect ratio - Swipe left: Share (*1) (*1) About sharing - You can immediately send a photo to another photo app - You can also register arbitrary URL schemes ●Other features - Four aspect ratio settings (3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1) - Three image size settings (dependent on device capabilities) - Geotagging ON/OFF - EXIF information written to photos is almost the same as the default camera app information - Silent shutter (If silent is on, image size become smaller) - Rotation lock, flash switch, grid display
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Color Splash at every 5 weeks against ThumbCamera's every 10 months. Color Splash also leads on ratings volume (6.5K vs 1) and review sentiment (88% vs 75%). ThumbCamera's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, 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
Color Splash costs $1.99 and ThumbCamera $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Color Splash against 5.0 for ThumbCamera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Splash has 6.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Color Splash's written reviews are positive against 75% of ThumbCamera's.
Color Splash ships an update every 5 weeks, ThumbCamera every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Splash | ThumbCamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (6.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #118 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pocket Pixels Inc. | sorakaze Inc. |
Customer experience
Color Splash
ThumbCamera
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
ThumbCamera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Color Splash
No in-app purchases
ThumbCamera
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Color Splash free?
Is ThumbCamera free?
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Do Color Splash or ThumbCamera have ads?
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