Color Scouter vs ForgeWatch3D
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.
ForgeWatch3D
Monitor your 3D printers and live camera streams from your Apple devices. Organize multiple feeds into custom layouts for quick viewing and control supported printer features. Add generic MJPEG and RTSP streams for a centralized workspace monitoring solution.
- Monitor FlashForge 3D printers
- Add MJPEG and RTSP camera streams
- Create multiview layouts
- View live device status
- Control printer chamber lights
- Save stream snapshots
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ForgeWatch3D helps you keep an eye on your 3D printers and live camera streams from your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Add FlashForge printers, generic MJPEG streams, and RTSP streams, then organize them into simple multiview layouts for quick monitoring. View individual devices, check live device status, control supported FlashForge printer chamber lights, and save snapshots from single stream views. The main purpose of this app is to allow users of FlashForge Printers (Creator 5, AD5M, AD5M Pro and AD5X models to monitor and control their printers without modding their printers. This app gives users a way to view all printer webcams in a centralized location using the printer list and multiviews. Users can view individual printers to monitor their status, control the chamber light as well as pause, continue and cancel printing. Additionally, on supported models like the Creator 5 and AD5X, users can view filament slot info. Additionally, you can add RTSP camera streams and basic MJPEG streams to the device list as an added benefit of the app. This helps those users that choose to use their own cameras for monitoring printers instead of using the built in FlashForge web cams. ForgeWatch3D is built for makers, print farms, and anyone who wants a fast way to monitor devices around a workspace. Features: - Monitor FlashForge 3D printers - Add generic MJPEG streams - Add RTSP camera streams - Create multiview layouts - View live device status - Control supported printer chamber lights - Save snapshots from single stream views - Use on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV Note: FlashForge printer must be set to LAN only mode in order to use all features of this app. ForgeWatch3D Plus unlocks unlimited devices, unlimited multiview layouts, and iCloud sync so your setup stays available across your devices. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Color Scouter at none against ForgeWatch3D's 2. Color Scouter also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). ForgeWatch3D's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 27 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ForgeWatch3D sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Color Scouter asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Color Scouter against 5.0 for ForgeWatch3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Color Scouter ships an update every 27 months, ForgeWatch3D daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Scouter | ForgeWatch3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroaki SAWANO | Mathew Moore |
Customer experience
Color Scouter
ForgeWatch3D
In-app purchases
Color Scouter
No in-app purchases
ForgeWatch3D
- ForgeWatch3D Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
- ForgeWatch3D Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
