Comparison

What Color? vs Wallaroo

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

Head to head
About

What Color?

Identify colors from photos or codes, access color tables, and mix colors. This tool provides RGB, HEX, and RAL codes, with speech synthesis for color names. Useful for designers, painters, and anyone interested in color.

Highlights
  • Identify color from photos
  • Identify color from codes (RGB, HEX, RAL)
  • Color tables (RAL, PANTONE)
  • Color mixer
  • Speech synthesis for color names
  • Live color analysis
Features
Read full description

What Color? is the professional toolkit for identifying, studying and creating colors on iPhone and iPad. IDENTIFY ANY COLOR Point the camera at a surface or choose a photo. Tap the area you care about to see the nearest generic reference, the exact sampled HEX and RGB values, and a confidence indicator. Zoom in, pause live detection, adjust the sampling area and hear the color name spoken aloud. ANALYZE YOUR PHOTOS Move the reticle precisely, open an image full screen, magnify fine details and automatically extract a dominant palette. Share values or save a sample to your library. CONVERT AND COMPARE Work with HEX, RGB, HSL, Lab and OKLCH. Adjust RGB channels numerically or by percentage, copy CSS, SwiftUI and UIKit snippets, compare two colors with CIEDE2000, and check contrast against WCAG AA and AAA criteria. BUILD BETTER PALETTES Blend two colors using multiple models. Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic and monochromatic harmonies, then save your work as reusable palettes. DESIGN FOR ACCESSIBILITY Simulate protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia and achromatopsia. The accessibility lab suggests more distinguishable companions and previews how choices appear across different vision profiles. 206 REFERENCES TO EXPLORE Browse and search a catalog of original generic color references. Open any entry to inspect advanced values, hear its name and save it with one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, cloud, advertising or tracking. Photos, colors, notes and palettes stay on your device, and every feature works offline. Pay once. No subscription and no in-app purchases. Please note: detected color can vary with lighting, camera, display and surface characteristics. Always use calibrated instruments for color-critical work.

About

Wallaroo

Discover and set exciting new wallpapers weekly for your iOS device. Easily customize your lock and home screens with exclusive content, from pop culture to nature. Interactive widgets let you display your favorites directly on your home screen.

Highlights
  • New wallpapers weekly
  • Easy lock/home screen setup
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Exclusive content
  • No ads or data collection
  • Diverse categories
Features
Read full description

Wallaroo is the best way to put fun and exciting wallpapers on a screen near you! Plus you get a new wallpaper every week! ⁕ Quick and Easy Wallaroo's amazing shortcut takes the hassle out of setting your iOS lock and home screen wallpaper. Pick a wallpaper, tap a button, and go! ⁕ Latest and Greatest Wallaroo adds new and exclusive content each week so there's always a perfect wallpaper at your fingertips. You'll get new wallpaper to fit the season, to tout your favorite new show, or suit your mood. ⁕ You're Unique, and Your Wallpaper Is Too! From popular culture topics like movies, anime, and television to beautiful abstract and nature-inspired wallpapers, there's something for everyone. ⁕ Interactive Widgets Put your favorite Wallaroo wallpapers right on your Home Screen. Add multiple widgets and sizes and configure them independently! ⁕ No Ads, Only Wallpapers Enjoy Wallaroo safe in the knowledge we don't collect your information, serve you ads, or push sketchy schemes. Just great FREE content from trusted developers. -- Wallaroo uses auto-renewing subscriptions. The subscription provides access to locked content and new releases each week. The subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of your subscription period and will be charged through your iTunes account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Terms of Use: https://wallaroo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://wallaroo.app/privacy

Screenshots

What Color?4 screens
Wallaroo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wallaroo at Free against What Color?'s $4.99. Wallaroo also leads on ratings volume (213 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). What Color?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, ads 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

Wallaroo is free to download; What Color? costs $4.99 up front. Wallaroo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. What Color? asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Color? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wallaroo has 213 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of What Color?'s written reviews are positive against 58% of Wallaroo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Color? ships an update every 4 weeks, Wallaroo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
What Color? versus Wallaroo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Color?Wallaroo
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (213 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better57.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1213 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValgyThe Iconfactory

Customer experience

What Color?

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Wallaroo

All ratings213 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.5%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive57.8%
Neutral6.7%
Negative35.6%

Bugs and requests

What Color?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Wallaroo

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when sharing
  • Wallpaper not changing after install
  • Shortcut installation loop
  • Share button crashes app
  • App crashes on Mac Studio when sharing
Show 3 more
  • Doesn't work with Focus settings
  • Share button crashes app consistently
  • Right-click support missing

Requested features

4 requests
  • More frequent wallpaper additions
  • Higher resolution downloads (5k)
  • More free wallpapers available
  • No watermarks on free wallpapers

In-app purchases

None

What Color?

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wallaroo

Subscriptions2
  • Wallaroo Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Wallaroo Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is What Color? free?
What Color? costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wallaroo free?
Wallaroo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, What Color? or Wallaroo?
What Color? is rated higher. What Color? averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Wallaroo averages 4.8 from 213 ratings.
Do What Color? or Wallaroo have ads?
Neither What Color? nor Wallaroo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Color? or Wallaroo?
What Color? ships an update every 4 weeks, and Wallaroo every 2 months. Most recently, What Color? was updated on October 16, 2026 and Wallaroo on October 17, 2026.

Other comparisons