Comparison

Colorfader vs imagEdit Lite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

imagEdit Lite

Easily create stunning photos in seconds with intuitive tools. Modify colors, crop images precisely, and even create collages. Access your editing history and work on multiple pictures simultaneously.

Highlights
  • Color removal and change
  • Editing history access
  • Multi-photo editing
  • Easy collage creation
  • Precise cropping tool
Features
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ImagEdit is a fun and simple way to make beautiful pictures in seconds. Use MagicWand , ColorChange tools and more to create and share amazing pics! ◇ Remove or change colors. ◇ Quick access to your change history. ◇ Edit multiple photos. ◇ Make collage easily. ◇ Perfect cropping tool.

Screenshots

Colorfader4 screens
imagEdit Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: imagEdit Lite at Free against Colorfader's $0.99. imagEdit Lite also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 44%). Colorfader's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 1.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

imagEdit Lite is free to download; Colorfader costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colorfader holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Colorfader's written reviews are positive against 84% of imagEdit Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorfader ships an update fortnightly, imagEdit Lite monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colorfader versus imagEdit Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorfaderimagEdit Lite
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews84.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermichele barbieriAli Sahin

Customer experience

Colorfader

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

imagEdit Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.0%

In-app purchases

None

Colorfader

No in-app purchases

None

imagEdit Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colorfader free?
Colorfader costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is imagEdit Lite free?
imagEdit Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Colorfader or imagEdit Lite?
Colorfader is rated higher. Colorfader averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while imagEdit Lite averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Colorfader or imagEdit Lite have ads?
Neither Colorfader nor imagEdit Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colorfader or imagEdit Lite?
Colorfader ships an update fortnightly, and imagEdit Lite monthly. Most recently, Colorfader was updated on November 1, 2026 and imagEdit Lite on November 1, 2026.

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