Soft Box Color vs iColorama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soft Box Color
Enhance your photography with a portable lighting studio on your iPad. Choose from various color filters to set the perfect mood for your shots. This app is designed to complement your existing camera, not replace it.
- Portable lighting studio
- Range of color filters
- Set mood for photos
- Enhance photography
- Screen brightness adjustment
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Transform your iPad into a portable lighting studio with Soft Box - the ultimate photo shoot companion. With a range of color filters to choose from, easily set the mood and enhance your photos. Just remember to adjust your screen brightness before using the app. Perfect for photographers on the go, use Soft Box to showcase your portfolio and elevate your photography game. Note: This app does not take photos, use your iPhone or professional camera for capturing images ** This app does NOT take pictures. Use your iPhone or a professional camera to take the photos.
iColorama
Enhance photos and digital art with over 1000 effects, from simple adjustments to complex transforms. Repaint images with various brushes, and import custom Photoshop brushes, curves, and fonts to create unique artistic pieces.
- Over 1000 image effects
- Image adjustments
- Math transforms
- Repainting with brushes
- Import custom brushes
- Import custom fonts
- Import custom curves
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iColorama is an imaging app for creators interested in enhancing their photos/paintings/drawings and converting them into amazing pieces of art. There are too many effects to be listed, more than 1000 !! The effects go from simple image adjustments to complicated math transforms. Images can also be repainted with different brushes. You can also import your own Photoshop brushes and curves and fonts. Follow Instagram:@icolorama for news and best-featured works!! Jerry Jobe's Tutorials: http://enthusiasmnoted.wordpress.com/?s=icolorama Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soft Box Color at none against iColorama's 3. Soft Box Color also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). iColorama's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 46%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. iColorama sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Soft Box Color asks for nothing beyond the download.
iColorama holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 147 and 256 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Soft Box Color's written reviews are positive against 80% of iColorama's.
Soft Box Color ships an update every 30 months, iColorama every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soft Box Color | iColorama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (147 ratings) | 4.5 (256 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 147 | 256 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Rouda | talonsodev |
Customer experience
Soft Box Color
iColorama
Bugs and requests
Soft Box Color
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iColorama
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing issues
- Unable to load photos
- Watermark overlay issues
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save in full quality
- Improved stability and performance
- Support for latest iOS versions
- Restore previous free version
In-app purchases
Soft Box Color
No in-app purchases
iColorama
- iColorama PRO3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- iColorama PRO3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- iColorama PRO$14.99
Questions
Is Soft Box Color free?
Is iColorama free?
Which has better reviews, Soft Box Color or iColorama?
Do Soft Box Color or iColorama have ads?
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