Comparison

Authman 2FA vs Color Vision Plates

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

Head to head
About

Authman 2FA

Features
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Authman 2FA is a cross-platform, secure and open source app to help you manage your 2-step authentication tokens on mobile and desktop, and securely sync them between devices.

About

Color Vision Plates

This app provides a 14-plate color vision screening for red-green and blue-yellow deficiencies. It uses established clinical methodologies and aims to classify the type of deficiency, offering plain-English results and a plate-by-plate review. The entire test runs offline with no sign-ups or ads.

Highlights
  • 14-plate colorblind screening
  • Red-green and blue-yellow deficiency classification
  • Ishihara and HRR-style plates
  • Classifier plates for specific deficiency types
  • Display calibration check
  • Offline and ad-free operation
  • Screening history saved on device
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I'm colorblind. Every "color blind test" app I tried was either a marketing funnel, an ad farm, or scientifically wrong. So I built the one I wanted: real methodology, sources cited, nothing to sign up for. Color Vision Plates is a 14-plate screening for red-green and blue-yellow color vision deficiency. It doesn't just say "you're colorblind." It attempts to classify the type: protan (red-weak), deutan (green-weak), or tritan (blue-yellow), using dedicated classifier plates that vanish for one type but not the other. HOW IT WORKS • Ishihara-style number plates and HRR-style shape plates (the two standard clinical methodologies, in use since 1917 and 1954) • Classifier plate colors generated by simulating dichromatic vision with the Brettel-Viénot-Mollon (1997) model and selecting pairs that survive one deficiency and disappear under the other • All plate colors defined in CIELAB with matched luminance, so hue is the only available cue: no brightness leaks to give the figure away • A display calibration check before the test starts, because a dimmed or Night-Shifted screen produces false positives • A control plate that catches display problems and flags the result as inconclusive instead of guessing • Plate order shuffles and dot patterns reroll on every retake, so you can't memorize an answer key WHAT YOU GET • A plain-English result ("Likely Green-Type Color Difference") with the clinical term alongside for your eye doctor • What the result might mean day-to-day: brake lights, status indicators, charts, ripe fruit • A plate-by-plate review of every answer • Screening history saved on your device, so you can retest over time and compare honestly • The methodology and full citations, one tap away, always THE HONEST PART This is a screening, not a medical diagnosis. Phone screens vary; clinical tests use calibrated printed plates under standardized lighting. The app says this everywhere (before the test, on your results, in your history) because a screening tool that oversells itself is worse than none. If your results suggest a color vision difference, see an eye care professional. PRIVACY No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. No ads. No network calls. The entire test is bundled with the app and runs offline. Your results stay on your device, and you can erase them anytime. THE SCIENCE Ishihara (1917); Hardy, Rand & Rittler (1954); Brettel, Viénot & Mollon (1997); Sharma, Wu & Dalal (2005) for CIEDE2000 color difference; Birch (2012) on prevalence. From the maker of What Color Is This?, the camera color-identifier built for colorblind people. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women have a color vision difference. Most found out by accident. This is a better way. Made by Luke Steuber. Published by Bridge City Lab LLC.

Screenshots

Authman 2FA4 screens
Color Vision Plates4 screens

Verdict

The call

Authman 2FA and Color Vision Plates are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Authman 2FA ships an update every 10 days, Color Vision Plates weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Authman 2FA versus Color Vision Plates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuthman 2FAColor Vision Plates
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAllstars Inc.LanguageCraft

In-app purchases

None

Authman 2FA

No in-app purchases

None

Color Vision Plates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Authman 2FA free?
Authman 2FA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Vision Plates free?
Color Vision Plates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Authman 2FA or Color Vision Plates have ads?
Neither Authman 2FA nor Color Vision Plates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Authman 2FA or Color Vision Plates?
Authman 2FA ships an update every 10 days, and Color Vision Plates weekly. Most recently, Authman 2FA was updated on October 27, 2026 and Color Vision Plates on October 8, 2026.

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