Comparison

Select 3M vs MedusApp

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

Head to head
About

Select 3M

This app digitally displays 3M graphic film colors, allowing designers and professionals to select and apply them to images. It helps find the exact color reference and RGB values, and can compare similar shades for efficient project planning.

Highlights
  • Digital display of 3M graphic film colors
  • Apply selected colors to images
  • View reference numbers and RGB values
  • Compare nearest color shades
  • Works with COLORCATCH NANO
Features
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« SELECT 3M » the first Digital Colour Specifier for 3M Graphic Films. « SELECT 3M » shows the most important Coloured Graphic Films from 3M in digital form. Exclusive software, especially developed for designers, graphic manufacturers, sign makers, architects, stand builders etc… allows to select any 3M Graphic Film colour and to apply it instantly to a picture. Selected colour shows up on the screen of iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, including its reference number and RGB values (this doesn’t apply to metallic colors). 3M colours can instantly be applied to a picture (text inscription, car, logo etc…) taken by an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch or a camera. « SELECT 3M » not only saves professionals and clients considerable time when searching for the right colour among the various 3M Graphic Films. It can even compare and list the nearest color shades by order of proximity. What’s more, « SELECT 3M » App for iPhone can also work with COLORCATCH NANO! COLORCATCH NANO incorporates a revolutionary new technology to accurately measure the color of smooth, structured or patterned surfaces to determine the corresponding color of the preselected swatch. NANO reads and measures 50'000 pixels separately. During reading it eliminates automatically all non-dominant colors such as shade effects and dirty surfaces. 3M Commercial Graphics Division manufactures translucent, opaque and reflective vinyl and polyester graphic films that can be imaged using traditional solvent or UV screen printing, electronic cut graphic decoration, and digital printing.These films are marketed under the 3M™, Scotchcal™, Scotchlite™, Controltac™, Scotchprint™, and Comply™ trademarks . These materials are widely used by sign companies, screen printers, and graphic manufacturers. Disclaimer: Due to technical limitations colours shown on screen may slightly vary from the true colour of the adhesive film. Please obtain a vinyl sample for final colour approval. Colourcards and colourswatches with real product samples are available from 3M distributors.

About

MedusApp

Contribute to scientific research by reporting jellyfish sightings and stings. Receive real-time alerts about nearby jellyfish activity and access a guide for first aid and species identification.

Highlights
  • Report jellyfish sightings and stings
  • Real-time alerts for nearby jellyfish
  • GPS coordinate logging for sightings
  • AI-assisted species recognition
  • Guide to jellyfish species
  • First aid information for stings
Features
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Collaborate with science and at the same time benefit citizens by sending your sightings. Medusapp will inform you as soon as you run the app if within a radius of 5 km. Around you there have been sightings or jellyfish-free beach reports in recent days. Obtaining information about sightings and stings of jellyfish, is crucial for the various scientific research works and have a small tool, that anyone can have installed on their mobile phone and that simplifies the task of reporting where jellyfish or jellyfish are located its effects on people is just what was needed to provide data to science. Just take the photo to the jellyfish with Medusapp, and when you send it you will also be sending GPS coordinates to make a real-time map of the places where these marine animals are sighted. You can also select the species or use the new function based on IA to try to recognice the species. Anyway, scientists will already be responsible for classifying it. With this application you can also report other types of sightings of marine eventualities, as well as the effects of their bites. In addition, it includes a guide of small aid in case of sting, and another of recognition of different species of jellyfish. Scientific development and scientific-medical data management by Dr. Cesar Bordehore and Dr. Eva S. Fonfría. Multidisciplinary Institute for the Study of the Environment "Ramon Margalef", University of Alicante. Dra. Victoria del Pozo and Dra Mar Fernández Nieto. CIBER CIBERES Respiratory Diseases. Immunoallergy Laboratory, Dep. Of Immunology, Giménez Díaz Foundation Health Research Institute (IIS-FJD). Developed by Ramón Palacios and Eduardo Blasco as a contribution to citizen science. The information on jellyfish and first aid comes from the LIFE Cubomed project (www.cubomed.eu), of which Dr. Bordehore participates. Photographs of jellyfish sightings will be made public through the map, while photographs of of bites will not be made public.

Screenshots

Select 3M4 screens
MedusApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

Select 3M and MedusApp both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Select 3M's written reviews are positive against 52% of MedusApp's. MedusApp's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On rating, ads, 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

MedusApp is free to download; Select 3M costs $9.99 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 Select 3M against 5.0 for MedusApp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Select 3M's written reviews are positive against 52% of MedusApp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Select 3M ships an update every 4 months, MedusApp monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Select 3M versus MedusApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelect 3MMedusApp
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better51.6% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColorix SARamon Palacios Saez

Customer experience

Select 3M

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

MedusApp

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative41.9%

In-app purchases

None

Select 3M

No in-app purchases

None

MedusApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Select 3M free?
Select 3M costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedusApp free?
MedusApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Select 3M or MedusApp?
Select 3M and MedusApp are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Select 3M or MedusApp have ads?
Neither Select 3M nor MedusApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Select 3M or MedusApp?
Select 3M ships an update every 4 months, and MedusApp monthly. Most recently, Select 3M was updated on October 14, 2026 and MedusApp on October 13, 2026.

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