Colorfader vs Silver B&W Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colorfader
Transform your photos by selectively adding color to black and white images. This app allows you to highlight specific objects or color areas, creating a dramatic artistic effect. Easily edit existing pictures or take new ones, with intuitive tools for zooming, painting, and adjusting colors.
- Selective color splash
- Black and white conversion
- Adjust hue, contrast, saturation, blur
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Adjustable brush size and hardness
- Change background color
- Add vignette effect
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ColorFader is the application that enable you to emphasize some particular objects or color parts of an image that is converted to black and white.The outcome is a very striking effect that helps you to give an artistic touch to your images. It's very easy, in a couple of minutes you'll be able to save fantastic images. Open an existing image or take a new one with the camera. Use two fingers to move around an image or zoom in. Use only one finger to paint upon the image. If color tab is selected you'll paint color strokes, otherwise, if Gray tab is selected, you'll paint in black and white You can also change background image color if black & white is not the effect you want to set for your image. Key features: -Saved images scale 1:1 with original images -Possibility to change hue, contrast, saturation and blur of colored and b/w part of image -Multiple working sessions -Undo/Redo function to delete unwanted strokes above the image -User friendly interface -Brush monitor for easy drawing -Possibility to regulate width and hardness of the strokes -Change background image color with sephia and other 8 colors -Possibility to add vignette to final image -Share and store final images
Silver B&W Camera
Capture stunning black & white or color photos and videos with advanced manual controls. Offers RAW and ProRAW formats, customizable B&W transformations, and various video resolutions and frame rates.
- Manual focus and exposure
- B&W and color photo modes
- RAW and ProRAW capture
- Customizable B&W color transformation
- 4K and Full HD video recording
- Manual white balance
- Image stabilization
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Color and black & white camera app with ProRAW and RAW formats and manual control support for every photography enthusiastic. You can take great B&W photos where color is transformed to grayscale just the way you want. And you can take great color photos — even in RAW or ProRAW format and you can control the camera with manual focus and exposure settings. Users in over hundred countries have downloaded this camera app. Color adjustment sliders for B&W transformation and quick access mode buttons are shown on screen alongside preview window. After settings are selected preview window can be expanded to full screen for better viewing if so desired. Great photo features include • ability to shoot B&W or color photos (default mode can be selected in settings) • sliders to set how light or dark red, green and blue color are transformed to grayscale • quick access buttons to select color mode, natural b&w transformation or any single color channel to grayscale transformation • exposure bias +/- • manual exposure (ISO and shutter speed) • manual white balance • manual focus • zoom with control buttons or pinch gesture • flash mode selection • camera lens selection if device has multiple cameras • image stabilization setting (automatic or off) • RAW and ProRAW mode (**) (see additional information on www.ahola.dev/raw) • JPEG and HEIC photo formats (**) Also great video features • 4K, Full HD and 720p video (*) • 60, 50, 30, 25 and 24 fps (*) • video stabilization standard, cinematic or off (*) • color and B&W • H.264 and HEVC video file formats (*) This app is free download and is ad supported. If paid version is previously downloaded or in app purchase of full version is made at any time then no ads are shown. ** Note about app privacy: Ahola Development does not collect any user data or track users in any way. All data collection and user tracking is done by ad framework used in app. This framework is Google AdMob and it operates in confinement set by Apple in iOS and iPadOS systems restricting access to user private and personal data. ** (*) Actual available settings are depending on a device capabilities and selected combination of settings. For example cinematic stabilization mode may not be usable or available. Mismatching settings are downscaled to best available device capability. 4K video with 24, 25 or 30 fps on iPhone 11 Pro and later devices. HEVC video mode requires supported device. (**) HEIC and ProRAW requires supported device otherwise feature can not be used.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Silver B&W Camera at Free against Colorfader's $0.99. Silver B&W Camera also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Colorfader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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
Silver B&W Camera is free to download; Colorfader costs $0.99 up front. Silver B&W Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Colorfader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Silver B&W Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Colorfader ships an update fortnightly, Silver B&W Camera every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colorfader | Silver B&W Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | michele barbieri | Ahola Development |
Customer experience
Colorfader
Silver B&W Camera
In-app purchases
Colorfader
No in-app purchases
Silver B&W Camera
- Free Trial (no ads)Free
- Full Version (no ads)$1.99
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