Yoritsuki vs Colored Pencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoritsuki
Experience the serene atmosphere of a Japanese inn with changing seasons and times of day. Customize your room with various shoji, furniture, and decorative items. Enjoy dynamic animations and ambient sounds that reflect the natural world.
- Seasonal view changes
- Dynamic time of day effects
- Customizable shoji designs
- Ambient seasonal sounds
- Interactive room customization
- Sleep timer function
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Yoritsuki is a software application whose theme is that of a Japanese inn.Guest room are richly imbued with Japanese atmosphere. The view changes completely with the turn of the four seasons. As the seasons and daylight hours change, so do the background sounds and animations (birds, snow, fireflies and so on). Choose your favorite shoji. Slide it as you like to alter the view. When you’re a bit tired, how about a little rest at Yoritsuki Inn? _________________________________________ - Support for iOS10(64-Bit). _________________________________________ NEW FUNCTION FOR VER1.5 - Sunset mode - Preset modes (the four seasons) set items all together according to season. (iPhone 3GS onwards with iOS4) - The My Preset function saves the settings, including the layout of shoji and various items. (iPhone 3GS onwards with iOS4) - Evening sounds of cicadas (Higurashi), frogs and the like - The addition of two natsushoji - Adjustable volume of shishi-odoshi (4 levels) - Spring mode activated on the start screen (for a set period) - A button resets an item with a single tap. FEATURES - The view changes with the seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter). - The view changes by time of day. - The animation changes with the seasons (birds, snow, falling cherry blossoms, fireflies, falling leaves and so on). - Background sounds change with the change of season and/or time. - There are 15 optional shoji designs. - Touch your iPhone screen to move the shoji. - You can slide the shoji smoothly to a predetermined point. - The six shojis change all at once by flip animation. - There is a wide-view clock mode. - Shishiodoshi display modes now switchable - Rain mode - Faraway thunder (sound only) - Floors changed (tatami, fresh tatami, borderless tatami, wood flooring) - Low tables added (seven types) - Accessories added (seven types) - Floor cushions (five types, with different colors) - Circular windows (two types) - Wind chimes (two types) These can be positioned on the right or left. - Paper lampshades (two types) These can be positioned on the right or left. - Hanging lanterns (two types) - Reed screens (four types, roll-up design, switchable) - 12- and 24-hour display - Sleep-timer function, _________________________________________ Notes 1. The shoji design and the season are saved when the application is turned off. 2. You can change any individual shoji by tapping it twice. 3. Day and night are determined based on your iPhone’s clock. 4. Note: Double-tap the paper lampshade icon to turn the lamp on and off. Please visit @hybridworks (Twitter) for the latest information.
Colored Pencil
This app allows users to create pencil-style illustrations on their iPhone and iPad. It offers a simple interface with unique color mixing, various drawing tools, and advanced features like layers and zoomable canvases. Easily share your creations or save your favorite colors.
- Unique color mixing
- Simple interface
- Many colored pencils & erasers
- Blender tools
- Layer support
- Zoomable and rotatable canvas
- Undo/redo functionality
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* Introduction * Colored Pencil is a painting application designed to represent a illustration in pencils for the iPhone, and iPad. To use this application, you can enjoy artwork easily everywhere and always. I hope to support a representation of your imagination and idea. Features: - color mixture by the unique processing - simple and easy interface (you need not knowledge of color system such as RGB, HSV and others) - quick gesture control UI - many colored pencils & erasers - blender tools using color smoothing - saving favorite color - canvas size: 320 - 4096 pixels - layers (copy, merge, rearrange, adjust transparency, and add to max 16 layers) - transform layer processing. - smart canvas is fully-zoomable from about 12.5% to 3200%, rotatable in 360-degree circle, and reversible - undo / redo with max 300 steps - upload to Facebook & Twitter - Apple Pencil compatible - Apple Pencil 2 compatible - Adonit Jot Touch compatible - Wacom Bamboo Stylus compatible - 3D Touch compatible * If you have anything questions and problems Please send me e-mail.(tiziano at kengolab.net) I'll do my best about update. Please write some information, your device, your iOS version, situation about problem, and anything else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Colored Pencil at free against Yoritsuki's paid. Colored Pencil also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and chart position (#163 vs unranked). Yoritsuki's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (85% vs 73%). On price, 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
Yoritsuki costs $1.99 and Colored Pencil $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yoritsuki holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yoritsuki has 54 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Yoritsuki's written reviews are positive against 73% of Colored Pencil's.
Yoritsuki ships an update every 8 months, Colored Pencil every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Yoritsuki | Colored Pencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better | 4.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 73.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #163 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HYBRIDWORKS, Inc. | KengoLab |
Customer experience
Yoritsuki
Colored Pencil
Bugs and requests
Yoritsuki
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sound not working after app updates
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options (furniture, accessories, etc.)
- Additional background scenes and environments
- Sleep timer or background mode
- Ability to play own music
Colored Pencil
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yoritsuki
No in-app purchases
Colored Pencil
No in-app purchases









