What Color Is This? vs ForgeMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
What Color Is This?
Instantly identify colors by pointing your camera. Get precise color values like HEX, RGB, and HSL, and find matches within extensive libraries. This app also offers tools for designers, students, and those with color vision deficiencies.
- Live camera color identification
- HEX, RGB, and HSL color codes
- 25+ color libraries (Pantone, RAL, Crayola)
- Closest color match with Delta E
- Color vision deficiency simulation
- Save palettes and export codes
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Identify any color instantly. Point your camera and get the color name, HEX, RGB, and HSL values. Pick colors from sliders, photos, and live video. Find nearest matches and search 25+ libraries (Pantone, RAL, Crayola, Faber‑Castell, etc) for interesting names. The interface and main color library are translated into 9 languages. You can also simulate common color‑vision deficiencies on your photos. Built for: Color vision deficiency Students and creators Designers and pros Features: Live camera color identifier Closest match with Delta E distance HEX, RGB, and HSL color codes with previews 25+ color libraries including Pantone, RAL, Crayola, Faber‑Castell, etc. Save palettes, bookmark colors, export codes Simulate color vision deficiencies with image filters Translated interface and colors to 9 languages
ForgeMe
This app helps you organize your life by centralizing tasks, habits, goals, notes, and a personal journal. It aims to improve productivity, build lasting habits, and provide clarity for daily life. Track progress and manage your life across all your devices.
- Manage daily tasks
- Build sustainable habits
- Define and track goals
- Note important ideas
- Maintain a personal journal
- Visualize progress
- Organize across devices
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ForgeMe is a complete personal productivity platform designed to help you organize your life, achieve your goals and build lasting habits. Manage your tasks, routines, goals, notes and personal journal from a single intuitive workspace. With ForgeMe you can: • Manage daily tasks • Build powerful habits and routines • Set goals and track progress • Capture ideas and notes • Keep a personal journal • Monitor your personal growth • Stay organized across all your devices Whether you want to improve productivity, create better habits or simply bring more clarity to your daily life, ForgeMe helps you move forward every day. Organize. Grow. Achieve. Terms of Use (EULA): https://forgeme.net/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://forgeme.net/en/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ForgeMe at 100% against What Color Is This?'s 42%. ForgeMe also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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
Both are free to download. What Color Is This? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ForgeMe sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
What Color Is This? ships an update every 4 months, ForgeMe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | What Color Is This? | ForgeMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (41 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Troia | PERSEUS CAPITAL |
Customer experience
What Color Is This?
ForgeMe
Bugs and requests
What Color Is This?
Reported bugs
17 issues- Web app doesn't work
- App freezes up constantly
- App stopped working
- App won't load information about color
- App freezes
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- App not working
- Spinning thinking wheel
- App freezes up constantly
- Doesn't pick one single color
- App freezes up constantly
- App not working
- App freezes
- App crashes
- App doesn't open, just crashes
- Camera view gave foggy pic
- App didn't assist in anyway to determine color
- Next step took me to general color chart with no link to scanned pic
Requested features
9 requests- Bring back ability to see similar colors and percentages
- Add Lego color library
- Add more color options
- Improve accuracy of color recognition
- Add ability to change background color in search/picker mode
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- Provide closest color for major paint brands
- Allow clicking color to match
- Make scanning box smaller or resizable
- Add instructions on how to use
ForgeMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
What Color Is This?
- Enable All Libraries$1.99
ForgeMe
- ForgeMe Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
- ForgeMe Ultra Weekly$3.997 Days
- ForgeMe Ultra Weekly$4.997 Days
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- ForgeMe Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- ForgeMe Premium Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- ForgeMe Ultra Monthly$15.991 Month
- ForgeMe Premium Yearly14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- ForgeMe Premium Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- ForgeMe Ultra Yearly$169.991 Year
Questions
Is What Color Is This? free?
Is ForgeMe free?
Do What Color Is This? or ForgeMe have ads?
Which is updated more often, What Color Is This? or ForgeMe?
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