Color Thief vs Bluristic
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
Bluristic
Create stunning long exposure photos with real-time object tracking. This app allows you to capture motion blur in the foreground and background by moving your device or tracking moving subjects after recording. It offers multiple capture modes and high-resolution export options.
- Real-time object tracking
- Post-capture object tracking
- Multiple capture modes (Blend, Additive, Negative)
- JPG and PNG export
- Capture images in 4K
- Exposure control
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Long & multi exposure photography with real-time tracking. Track moving or still objects with a real-time preview to create smooth background and foreground blur. You can also record first and apply tracking afterward, which is ideal for faster-moving objects. Combine multiple exposures and step back to remove the last one. Choose between four different capture modes: Blend – smooth, natural long exposure results Additive – bright light trails Negative - creative and experimental dark exposures Zebra - black & white pattern effect Additional features: + three tracking points available + Mirror Mode + long exposure up to 30 minutes + record video during live capture + capture images in 4K + and much more... No subscription. Pay once. Future updates included
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Thief at 4.3 against Bluristic's 3.8. Color Thief also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 12.0). Bluristic's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 62%) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Bluristic $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Color Thief holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Color Thief's written reviews are positive against 74% of Bluristic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Thief | Bluristic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (32 ratings) — better | 3.8 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 74.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #171 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yellow Cedar Software, Inc. | Johannes Pfahler |
Customer experience
Color Thief
Bluristic
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
Bluristic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Color Thief
No in-app purchases
Bluristic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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