Comparison

Color Band vs Splingo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Color Band

Create art and music by "painting" with sounds in mid-air using your device's camera. Explore over 80 interactive colors, each with a unique sound, and bring your creations to life with touch or automatic playback. Features include a sound sandbox, art creation tools, and an interactive character.

Highlights
  • Mid-air sound painting with camera motion control
  • Over 80 interactive colors with unique sounds
  • Sound sandbox and art creation tool
  • Record custom sounds
  • Touch and automatic playback modes
  • Interactive character playback
Features
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Have you ever dreamt of painting a picture with sounds? Play sounds without even tounching the iPad? Now the dream comes true with ColorBand !! ColorBand not only allows you to play sounds in mid air using the iPads built in camera but is also a complete sound sandbox and art creation tool packed full of fun for you and your kids. We all know children love to create and ColorBand gives them the tools to let their imaginations run free. This is the perfect way to introduce the young ones to music creation and art. Painting will never be the same! Over 80 different interactive colors. Each one with a unique sound that represents an instrument or an effect. After you've finished your drawing, play it using the iPads built in camera, by touch, or by automatic playback. You can also have ColorBands cute mascot bunny "Lalabee" dance along to your creations. Your kids will love it !! - Interactive canvas with easy to use tools. - 80+ professional recorded instruments and sound effects. - Record your own sounds. - Camera based motion-control. - Touch and auto playback mode. - Play with interactive character- Lalabee. Welcome to ColorBand! Learn more at: LND-games.com Follow us on Twitter: @LNDGames Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/LNDGames Subscribe on Youtube: youtube.com/user/ColorBandApp

About

Splingo

Engaging educational games designed by speech and language therapists to help children develop essential communication skills. Features interactive gameplay, bright visuals, and motivating reward systems. Targets various language areas from early words to complex directions.

Highlights
  • Therapist-designed games
  • Targets receptive language
  • Early words development
  • Following directions
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reward games
  • Language assessment tool
Features
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Speech and Language apps for children Designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists, Splingo apps are fun and engaging educational games to help your child develop their speech and language skills. Specially designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists to target different areas of language development Fun and interactive gameplay with an emphasis on learning Bright, colorful images and animations In-built reward games to engage and motivate Recommended by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists Splingo games target all these areas of language development – Following Directions/Receptive Language Actions/verbs Pronouns Early Words development Past Tense Categories Adjectives / Describing Words Language Assessment Splingo also includes a professional’s Language Assessment tool designed to assess children’s receptive language skills. As Speech and Language Therapists / Pathologists with over 40 years experience between us we know what it takes to support children’s speech and language development! We’ve designed these Splingo games to be fun and educational by using bright, colorful images and animations. Splingo games can be customized to target specific language skill areas so you can be certain that your child is playing the right games at the right level. We’ve added high-quality, in-built reward games to motivate your child to keep on learning. The games also have an option to select between US voice and UK voice. Children love playing Splingo and parents and professionals tell us it’s an app that children ask for over and over again – they’re having fun whilst they’re learning! Used for over a decade by Speech and Language Therapists all over the world, Splingo is a go-to app for developing children’s language skills. **Frequently listed as a Top 10 Speech and Language App (Speech Sisters; District Speech; Therapy Tree; The Sped Guru; TechBooky**

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color Band at 73% against Splingo's 35%. Color Band also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). Splingo's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Splingo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Color Band asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Color Band holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Band has 72 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Color Band's written reviews are positive against 35% of Splingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Band ships an update monthly, Splingo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Color Band versus Splingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor BandSplingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (72 ratings) — better3.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings72 — better7
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS5.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB791 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTing-Wei LiuSplingo Ltd

Customer experience

Color Band

All ratings72 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative30.6%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative24.2%

Splingo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative56.5%

In-app purchases

None

Color Band

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Splingo

One-time8
  • Splingos Language UniverseFree
  • Actions With Splingo$0.99
  • Categories With Splingo$0.99
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  • Describing Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Pronouns With Splingo$0.99
  • Past Tense With Splingo$0.99
  • Early Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Language Assessment$9.99

Questions

Is Color Band free?
Color Band is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splingo free?
Splingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Band or Splingo?
Color Band is rated higher. Color Band averages 3.7 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Splingo averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Color Band or Splingo have ads?
Splingo shows ads; Color Band does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Band or Splingo?
Color Band ships an update monthly, and Splingo every 2 months. Most recently, Color Band was updated on November 1, 2026 and Splingo on November 3, 2026.

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