Color Board vs Missiv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Board
This utility app allows users to create vibrant color boards and display large, customizable text on their iPhone and iPad. It's ideal for presentations, events, or making bold statements with adjustable colors, backgrounds, and text effects.
- Create pure color boards
- Display big, customizable text
- Choose background and text colors
- Twinkle mode for flashing effects
- Adjustable font size and speed
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Color Board – Big Text & Pure Colors Color Board is a simple yet powerful tool designed for iPhone and iPad. Whether you need to display a big, clear message or create a vibrant color board, this app makes it easy and effective. With customizable colors, backgrounds, and text, you can instantly turn your device into a bold display. Perfect for presentations, events, or simply grabbing attention. Key Features: • Create pure color boards on iPhone and iPad • Display big, customizable text • Choose any background or text color • Twinkle mode for flashing color effects • Adjustable font size and speed settings Bring your message to life with Color Board – where text meets color in the simplest way.
Missiv
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Send your missive — instantly. This app lets you type any message and instantly turn your phone sideways to display it in big, bold, full-screen text. Perfect for communicating across a room, in loud environments, during events, on set, in class, at parties, or anywhere speaking isn’t practical. Whether you’re: • Sending a message across a crowded bar • Communicating on a film set • Making a silent joke from across the room • Getting someone’s attention without yelling • Sharing a quick note in a noisy space Make it your own with full customization. Adjust font style, text size, color, background color, underline, italics, and more to match your vibe or maximize visibility. Not sure what to say? Explore Starters — a built-in collection of ready-to-use message ideas to get you going. You can bookmark your favorites for quick access, or create and save your own custom presets to build a personal library of go-to missives. Just type your message, rotate your phone, and let the screen do the talking. MISSIV — when your message deserves the whole room.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Missiv at none against Color Board's 1. Missiv also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Color Board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Missiv asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Board ships an update every 2 months, Missiv every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Board | Missiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文睿 李 | Niche Industries LLC |
In-app purchases
Color Board
- Remove Ads$0.99
Missiv
No in-app purchases









