ColoredEye vs Zuzanka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColoredEye
This app identifies colors from your camera or saved photos in real-time. Choose from different color databases to get precise color names for various applications.
- Real-time camera color identification
- Identify colors in saved photos
- Multiple color databases (Basic, Crayola, Detailed)
- Classify colors of specific objects
- Useful for color-impaired individuals
- Educational tool for learning colors
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**THE PERFECT APP FOR THE COLOR-IMPAIRED OR THE COLORBLIND!** ColoredEye will identify the colors from your camera in real-time! Or you have option to identify colors within a saved photo. Simply use your iPhone or iTouch to take a photo in good lighting, then pick an object or location within the photo for ColoredEye to classify, or use the live camera mode to find out colors instantly. Each color database has its own set of names for a range of colors. You can pick from: + BASIC - 16 fundamental colors (purple, green, blue, etc) + CRAYOLA - 134 fun pigments (burnt sienna, piggy pink, turquoise, etc) + DETAILED - 134 descriptive colors (dim gray, dark slate gray, gray, etc) ************ Never wear mismatched socks again! Learning colors can be fun for kids, too! Now you can identify the perfect paint color, sweater, car, anything! For support or suggestions, please email: support@mgsapps.com ************
Zuzanka
This app scans expiry dates, barcodes, and QR codes on food products. It converts expiry dates to text, offers product information, and supports visually impaired users with features like guiding sounds and voice output. Keep your kitchen organized and your food fresh.
- Expiry date scanning with guiding sounds
- Barcode and QR code scanning
- Product information lookup
- Customizable contrast and voice output
- Export scanned data
- OCR feature for text recognition
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Zuzanka is the world's first expiry date, barcode and QR code scanner. The app quickly locates expiry dates on food products, converts them to text format and allows export to other applications. You can also scan barcodes and QR codes, create custom labels and search for additional information about products. Thanks to our special algorithm you will instantly learn all the information about a product that you hold in your hand. Zuzanka was developed to support the blind and visually impaired people, but it will be useful to anyone who wants to keep their kitchen tidy. Having trouble finding the expiration date on the packaging? Can't see the small font that the date is written in? Do you want to check if the product in your fridge is still edible? Don’t know if you hold cream or jogurt in your hand? Want to learn what’s inside a package that you’ve been keeping on that shelf for months?The Zuzanka app is for you! * Easily find the expiration date on the packaging. The guiding sounds generated by your device will help you with this. If the scanned date indicates that the product is expired, the application will additionally inform you about it. * Wondering where to look for expiration dates? Check out the special section where we share our experience gained by taking several thousand photos of expiration dates. * Do you have doubts whether the app recognized the date correctly? No problem. Share a photo with a friend. You can also zoom and rotate the scanned expiration date photo. * Share the recognized date with e.g. to the Notes or Calendar app. * Turn on the contrast mode and read the expiration date in a synthetic voice. You can also zoom in on the recognized date to make it easier to see. All buttons and fonts meet contrast requirements. You can customize them to your needs. * Want to learn what’s the product you hold in your hand? No problem! The app quickly scans barcodes and QR codes. Thanks to our specially designed, unique algorithm you will get instant information about barcodes on most of the products. * If all fails, you can always the built-in OCR feature. Just shake your phone and it will switch into CR mode. Shake again and you will return to scanning. No need to open other applications, Zuzanka offers everything you need to learn about your food products. * The application is fully compatible with VoiceOver. * Use haptic feedback to know when the scanner has started or detected a date, barcode or QR code without having to listen to sounds. Zuzanka is the fulfillment of a need reported by a blind person with whom we work in the team. The release of the app and any additional features is always preceded by tests with blind and visually impaired users. Do you want to report a problem in the functioning of the app? Have ideas on how to improve it? Feel free to contact us: kontakt@zatoichi.pl. You can use the app for free. To scan expiry dates, barcodes and QR codes, the app offers a free 2-week trial, free one scan once a day, free one-day access once a month for the first few months. The app also offers in-app purchases that give you unlimited access to the expiry date, barcode and QR code scanning feature. You can purchase a lifetime access and pay only once, or you can purchase auto-renewable subscription. Privacy policy: https://zuzanka-terms-of-use.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://zuzanka-terms-of-use.web.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zuzanka at 100% against ColoredEye's 61%. Zuzanka also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. ColoredEye sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Zuzanka sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ColoredEye ships an update every 4 months, Zuzanka fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColoredEye | Zuzanka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MGS Technologies LLC | Zatoichi Sp. z o.o. |
Customer experience
ColoredEye
Zuzanka
In-app purchases
ColoredEye
- ColoredEye Ad Free$2.99
Zuzanka
- Product scanning - Monthly1 Month trial$5.001 Month
- Product scanning - 6 mos.6 Months trial$20.006 Months
- Product scanning - Annual1 Year trial$35.001 Year
- Product scanning - Lifetime$79.00







