Color Thief vs Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Thief
This app allows you to transfer colors from one image to another, creating unique filters from your existing photos. It's a quick and playful way to discover new color palettes and harmonize the tone of multiple images. The edited photos are saved at their original resolution.
- Transfer colors between photos
- Create custom filters from photos
- Discover new color combinations
- Harmonize photo tones
- Save results at original resolution
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Color Thief transfers colors from one photo to the next. - Every one of your photos is a new filter. - Playful and quick, it's easy to discover new color combinations. - Harmonize a group of photos to have the same tone. - Results are saved at original resolution. 4.5 / 5 "Color Thief is an app with a singular purpose and it does that task very, very well. ... Highly recommended!" - Life in LoFi iPhoneography 5 / 5 "the results are truly astounding and appear with unusual speed." - iCommePhoto "This little mobile photography gem is a one-trick pony, but the trick is an extremely clever one." - Ars Technica "(Color Thief) is the Robin Hood of the photo world. It takes great colors from one photo and gives those colors to other photos in need." - iOSAffairs "One of the best color manipulating apps I have ever used, hands down! It is amazing!" - REGI on iPhoneArt
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Transform your photos into unique circular images with advanced editing tools. Add professional effects like lens flares, celestial bodies, and customizable center objects to create miniature worlds. Supports 360-degree photos for immersive edits.
- Circular image creation
- 360-degree photo support
- Adjustable zoom, rotation, and invert-mode
- Professional effects (lens flares, sky objects, centers)
- Filters and lens textures
- Center object placement
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Now supports 360 degree photos! - A new twist on photo editing. Turn your photos into amazing circular images with Circular+. Circular+ is a fun app with powerful new features never seen before in this type of app. You can easily zoom in and out of your circular image to get it just right. Once you're happy with your image, add professional effects such as lens flares and sky objects like the sun, moon, planets, and birds. REVIEWS "My favorite iPhone app for this purpose is Circular+" - Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal "I've tried them all and Circular is by far the best "tiny planet" app. You get more controls and fun effects like lens flares and moons. Having a blast with this app!" - Customer Review "I tried different Tiny planet apps, but this is really the best. Love that I can put different things inside the picture ... Thanks for the great work." - Customer Review This app does so much more than just turn your image into a tiny planet. It has all kinds of effects you can add and you have a lot of control over how it twists your image. - Customer Review VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/brainfevermedia/circular Another really cool feature is a collection of "center" objects. These include spheres, planets, and geometric shapes to place at the center of your image circle. This turns your image into a mini world. FEATURES - Super fast and responsive editing - Adjust image zoom, rotation, invert-mode, and repeats - Professional effects: lens flares, sky objects, and centers. The lens flares are the same as the pro desktop app, LensFlare Studio - Filters and Lens Textures - Fun sample images to get your started Tag your photos with #CircularApp for a chance to be featured!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Circular Tiny Planet Editor at 4.7 against Color Thief's 4.3. Circular Tiny Planet Editor also leads on ratings volume (650 vs 32) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). Color Thief's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 11.0). On update cadence, 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
Color Thief costs $1.99 and Circular Tiny Planet Editor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Circular Tiny Planet Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circular Tiny Planet Editor has 650 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Color Thief's written reviews are positive against 71% of Circular Tiny Planet Editor's.
Color Thief ships an update every 2 months, Circular Tiny Planet Editor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Thief | Circular Tiny Planet Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (32 ratings) | 4.7 (650 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 650 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #62 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yellow Cedar Software, Inc. | James Grote |
Customer experience
Color Thief
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Bugs and requests
Color Thief
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes on launch with newer iOS versions
- Images turn black after a few minutes of use
- Cannot access camera roll photos properly
- Location services requirement blocking app access
- Incompatibility with iPad Pro and newer devices
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- Photo access permission issues
- App not working after iOS updates
- Pixelation issues on larger displays
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to adjust effect strength/intensity
- Access to photo folders for easier selection
- Swap/flip functionality between top and bottom images
- Video support
- Album organization for quick access to favorite photos
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- LUT (Look-Up Table) generation capability
- Landscape orientation support for iPad
- Restore previous version interface with dual-image switching
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Color Thief
No in-app purchases
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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