Color Scouter vs Random Color Finder
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.
Random Color Finder
Generate random colors with adjustable RGB values for your projects. Save and export color data including hex codes, RGB, and Objective-C/Swift code via email or screenshots.
- Random color generation
- Adjustable RGB values
- Save screenshots to photo album
- Export color data via email
- Includes Objective-C and Swift code
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This app will generate a random color every time the Randomize button is pressed. It will display the RGB values and allow you to fine tune them to the perfect color you want. Great for finding the perfect color for any of your projects. Now allows you to screenshot and save to a photo album as well as export via email. The email text will contain the hex code, RGB values, Objective-C code to use the color, and the Swift code to use the color
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Random Color Finder at every 2 weeks against Color Scouter's every 27 months. Random Color Finder also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Color Scouter against 4.9 for Random Color Finder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Random Color Finder has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Color Scouter ships an update every 27 months, Random Color Finder every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Scouter | Random Color Finder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroaki SAWANO | Christian Monson |
Customer experience
Color Scouter
Random Color Finder
In-app purchases
Color Scouter
No in-app purchases
Random Color Finder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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