ColorVu vs DYED Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorVu
Enhance your mobile photography with a wide range of live filters. This app offers professional-level effects, including retro, sketchy, and grayscale options, to create dramatic photos. Share your edited images instantly on social media or save them to your device.
- Live photo filters
- Retro, sketchy, grayscale effects
- Texture filters
- Instagram optimization
- Direct sharing to social media
- Save to photo album
- Multi-lingual support
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Classic ColorVu filters, rebuilt for today — with 3 new looks. All of the original ColorVu filters are back, now joined by 3 newly designed filters with a more modern visual style. ColorVu has been completely rebuilt for modern iPhone devices with a new camera and rendering engine. All 38 ColorVu filters are available for free. Features - 38 filters, including 3 newly designed looks - Retro, monochrome, textured, and creative color effects - Real-time filter preview - Take photos directly in ColorVu - Import photos from your photo library - Full-screen photo preview before saving - Save filtered photos directly to your photo library - Share from the full-screen preview - Optional shooting-location metadata - Supports modern iPhone devices and iOS 27 ColorVu has been rebuilt from the ground up while preserving the look and character of its original filters.
DYED Editor
This photo editing app automatically suggests background colors to complement your images. It offers a variety of color combinations, including dark and bright options, and allows for background blurring and frame adjustments. Photos are automatically saved to your album.
- Automatic background color recommendations
- Variety of color combinations
- Dark and bright color options
- Background blur effect
- Adjust picture to frame
- Automatic photo saving
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[DYED: Color Genius] is now available. [DYED] is an editing application that automatically recommends background colors according to your photos. I recommend various colors and gradations suitable for photographs. I can find various combinations such as dark color and bright color. Use two fingers to reduce and enlarge your photos! [How to use] [+] Call up pictures from the album. [ ] Edit your photos in various colors! [R] Change the color combination. [B] Blur the background. [F] Let me adjust the picture to the frame. * Photos are automatically saved in the album! [Q＆A] @：ask.notegg@gmail.com W：www.notegg.co.kr
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DYED Editor at 4.9 against ColorVu's 4.0. DYED Editor also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 56%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). ColorVu's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. ColorVu sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and DYED Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DYED Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DYED Editor has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of ColorVu's written reviews are positive against 93% of DYED Editor's.
ColorVu ships an update every 3 months, DYED Editor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorVu | DYED Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 93.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broong, Inc. | NOTEGG Corp. |
Customer experience
ColorVu
DYED Editor
In-app purchases
ColorVu
- Filter11$0.99
- Filter15$0.99
- Filter22$0.99
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- Filter26$0.99
- Filter27$0.99
- Filter28$0.99
- Filter29$0.99
- Filter32$0.99
- Filter33$0.99
- Unlock all paid filters$1.99
DYED Editor
- UNLIMITED ITEM$1.99
