Comparison

iContrast Pro vs Color Control Lite

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

Head to head
About

iContrast Pro

Easily adjust contrast, brightness, and midtones for impactful photo editing. This app offers a live split preview, curated presets, and the ability to blend effects for a custom look. Save your favorite settings and share high-resolution before-and-after images.

Highlights
  • Live split preview
  • Curated presets
  • Blend effect with original
  • Save favorite settings
  • High-resolution saving
  • Undo/redo functionality
Features
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Create polished contrast control in seconds with iContrast Pro. Shape highlights, shadows, and midtones for punchier color or a softer, balanced look. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Edit across compact and expanded layouts with keyboard shortcuts • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. The paid edition is ad-free, so you can stay focused on your edit.

About

Color Control Lite

Easily adjust photo color tones with a variety of fine-tuning options. Preview your changes in real-time and save your edited images as JPEG or PNG. Supports transparency.

Highlights
  • Adjust brightness
  • Adjust contrast
  • Adjust hue
  • Adjust saturation
  • Adjust temperature
  • Adjust tint
  • Real-time preview
  • Supports transparency
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◇ Adjust photo color tones quickly and easily with Color Control. ◇ Transparency is supported. ◇ Fine-tune: - Brightness - Contrast - Hue - Saturation - Temperature - Tint ◇ Preview changes in real time. ◇ Depending on the original image format, the output will be saved as JPEG or PNG.

Screenshots

iContrast Pro3 screens
Color Control Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Color Control Lite at Free against iContrast Pro's $1.99. Color Control Lite also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). iContrast Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On rating, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Color Control Lite is free to download; iContrast Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for iContrast Pro against 5.0 for Color Control Lite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Control Lite has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of iContrast Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of Color Control Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iContrast Pro ships an update every 2 months, Color Control Lite every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iContrast Pro versus Color Control Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriContrast ProColor Control Lite
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer福恩 毛handyCloset Inc.

Customer experience

iContrast Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Color Control Lite

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

iContrast Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Color Control Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iContrast Pro free?
iContrast Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Control Lite free?
Color Control Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iContrast Pro or Color Control Lite?
iContrast Pro and Color Control Lite are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do iContrast Pro or Color Control Lite have ads?
Color Control Lite shows ads; iContrast Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, iContrast Pro or Color Control Lite?
iContrast Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Color Control Lite every 17 months. Most recently, iContrast Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Color Control Lite on November 11, 2026.

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