TangleApp vs Color Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TangleApp
Train your mind, find calm, and boost creativity with guided challenges inspired by the Zentangle method. This app offers step-by-step instructions to enhance concentration and reduce stress, making it ideal for both beginners and artists seeking mindfulness.
- Mind training challenges
- Zentangle technique inspiration
- Step-by-step guides
- Concentration enhancement
- Stress reduction
- Creativity stimulation
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Tangle es una app diseñada para entrenar tu mente, encontrar calma y estimular tu creatividad. Ofrece retos inspirados en la técnica Zentangle, con guías paso a paso para potenciar tu concentración. Perfecta para principiantes y artistas, esta app te ayuda a reducir el estrés y conectar con el momento presente. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Color Study
This app helps artists simplify images into essential shapes and colors for study. It provides tools for accurate color matching, paint mixing guidance, and detailed analysis of value, saturation, and color codes. Advanced features for deeper analysis and paint mixing are available via subscription.
- Image simplification to shapes and colors
- Accurate color picker with pixel averaging
- Paint mixing guidance
- Value, saturation, and color code inspection
- Interactive analysis maps
- Customizable grid overlay
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Color Study is a tool for artists to simplify images, study color and value, and accurately match colors through paint mixing. Load any photo and reduce it to clear shapes and essential color information. Color Study generates a clear color map of your reference and provides guidance for mixing paints to match the colors you see, giving you a practical guide you can use at the easel or in study. Focus on the fundamentals that matter in drawing and painting. Made for artists Core tools: • Accurate color picker with magnification and pixel averaging options • Place and customize color markers directly on your reference • Inspect value, saturation, and color codes (RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, LAB) • Automatically extract key colors and accents in an image, and mark their locations • Compare colors to assess value, relative temperature, saturation, and perceptual difference • Customizable grid overlay for precise alignment Advanced tools: • Interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature maps and notan controls • Paint-mixing guidance designed for opaque paints, with real-time feedback from photographed mixes • Export analysis views and color maps as images for reference or study • Advanced grid controls for precision alignment and subdivision • Generate simplified line drawings and contour maps to clarify structure, edges, and major shapes • Organize your work into projects with images, paint palettes, and artwork details • iCloud sync keeps your projects and palettes in sync across all your Apple devices Advanced tools available with subscription. Train your artistic eye Color Study is not a design tool or palette generator. It is a learning tool for painters, illustrators, and art students who want to analyze what they see and make better decisions in their artwork. Study master paintings, analyze your own photos, and deepen your understanding of value structure, color harmony, and visual design. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Study at 4.9 against TangleApp's 3.0. Color Study also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 45%) and ratings volume (529 vs 4). TangleApp's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. TangleApp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month and Color Study sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Color Study holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Study has 529 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of TangleApp's written reviews are positive against 88% of Color Study's.
TangleApp ships an update every 10 days, Color Study every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TangleApp | Color Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (529 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 529 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #130 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alicia Gutierrez Rey | BrushLabs LLC |
Customer experience
TangleApp
Color Study
In-app purchases
TangleApp
- Suscripción mensual$6.001 Month
- Suscripción trimestral$15.003 Months
- Suscripción anual$30.001 Year
Color Study
- Color Study Pro monthly$2.991 Month
- Color Study Pro monthly$4.991 Month
- Color Study Pro yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Color Study Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Color Study tip$1.99
- Color Study tip$19.99
- Color Study tip$29.99
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