ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad vs PPG Paints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad
Explore colors and virtually paint any room with a swipe of your finger. Match colors from photos, save your favorite palettes, and visualize how different shades will look on your walls.
- Virtual room painting
- Color matching from photos
- Custom palette creation
- Save favorite colors
- Visualize wall colors
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Turn inspiration into custom paint palettes that will lead you to your best color decisions yet with ColorSnap Visualizer for iPad. Explore color and virtually paint any room with the swipe of a finger. Match colors from photos, save colors and even paint your own walls.
PPG Paints
This app allows painting professionals to order supplies online, view job-specific pricing, and access color tools. It offers convenient 24/7 ordering, product reordering, and flexible fulfillment options for delivery or store pickup.
- Online ordering for professionals
- View job-specific pricing
- Comprehensive product catalog
- Reorder past purchases
- Store pickup and delivery options
- Color matching and visualization tools
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The PPG Paints app is made exclusively with pros like you in mind. Save time by ordering online, viewing your pricing, and utilizing color tools and services. Conveniently order on the go Order paint anytime, anywhere – 24/7. YOUR Pricing View your job-specific pricing and determine which users can see it too. One-Stop Shopping Browse our more comprehensive product catalog to purchase the necessary items for completing a job or paint project. Reorder Products Easily reorder products from past orders or from customized job shopping lists. Fulfillment Options Easily search by an address to locate a convenient store for pick-up. For delivery, enter an address to have your order delivered directly to a job site. Color Tools and Services Find a paint color match by connecting a data color reader device. View color trends and order color tools for your paint color selection. Submit images and request rendering support to visualize your paint projects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad at 4.9K against PPG Paints's 22. ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). PPG Paints's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad against 3.7 for PPG Paints. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad has 4.9K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 17% of ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad's written reviews are positive against 20% of PPG Paints's.
ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad ships an update fortnightly, PPG Paints every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad | PPG Paints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (4.9K ratings) | 3.7 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 477 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Sherwin-Williams Company | The Pittsburgh Paints Co. |
Customer experience
ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad
PPG Paints
Bugs and requests
ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to upload own photos
- Buttons and features not working as expected
- Inconsistent color rendering
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to save and retrieve projects
- More customization options
- Better integration with Sherwin-Williams color system
PPG Paints
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad
No in-app purchases
PPG Paints
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad free?
Is PPG Paints free?
Which has better reviews, ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad or PPG Paints?
Do ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad or PPG Paints have ads?
Which is updated more often, ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad or PPG Paints?
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