Color Scouter vs Location
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Scouter
This utility app uses your device's camera to identify and display color values in multiple formats, including RGB, HSV, and hexadecimal. You can then edit and save these detected colors for later use.
- Camera-based color detection
- RGB color value display
- HSV color value display
- Hexadecimal color value display
- Color editing
- Save detected colors
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The Color Scouter can detect a color value with a camera. The value is written in RGB, HSV, hexadecimal notation for Web. It can be edited and saved.
Location
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Notifies you when you are approaching a registered location! This application notifies you when you are approaching a registered location. You can use it to avoid missing a train. How to use Press and hold on the map to register a location. Turn on/off the notification. Once you are notified, it will be turned off and you need to turn it on again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Color Scouter at none against Location's shown. Location's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 27 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Color Scouter ships an update every 27 months, Location every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and May 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Scouter | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroaki SAWANO | Tsuyoshi Matsuoka |
In-app purchases
Color Scouter
No in-app purchases
Location
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Color Scouter free?
Is Location free?
Do Color Scouter or Location have ads?
Which is updated more often, Color Scouter or Location?
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