Comparison

TangleApp vs Color Study

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Mind training challenges
  • Zentangle technique inspiration
  • Step-by-step guides
  • Concentration enhancement
  • Stress reduction
  • Creativity stimulation
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

TangleApp4 screens
Color Study4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
TangleApp versus Color Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTangleAppColor Study
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.9 (529 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews87.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4529 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#130 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlicia Gutierrez ReyBrushLabs LLC

Customer experience

TangleApp

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

Color Study

All ratings512 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TangleApp

Subscriptions3
  • Suscripción mensual$6.001 Month
  • Suscripción trimestral$15.003 Months
  • Suscripción anual$30.001 Year
7 purchases

Color Study

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time3
  • Color Study tip$1.99
  • Color Study tip$19.99
  • Color Study tip$29.99

Questions

Is TangleApp free?
TangleApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Study free?
Color Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TangleApp or Color Study?
Color Study is rated higher. TangleApp averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Color Study averages 4.9 from 529 ratings.
Do TangleApp or Color Study have ads?
Neither TangleApp nor Color Study shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TangleApp or Color Study?
TangleApp ships an update every 10 days, and Color Study every 11 days. Most recently, TangleApp was updated on October 20, 2026 and Color Study on October 28, 2026.

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