ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile vs Backdrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile
Visualize image colors in a 3D space with various coordinate systems. Generate histograms and identify prominent colors through quantization. Supports 3D and 2D plotting, including CIE plots.
- 3D color space visualization
- Multiple color coordinate systems
- Histogram generation
- Color quantization
- Prominent color identification
- 3D and 2D plotting
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This app allows you to visualize the colors in an image in a 3D color space. It provides a fascinating representation of the distribution of colors within the picture. You have the option to choose from various color coordinate systems, generate histograms, and even create a list of prominent colors through color quantization of the entire image. The app supports the following color coordinate systems: - RGB Cartesian coordinates - Rotated RGB Cartesian coordinates - RGB Cylinder coordinates - HSB Cartesian coordinates - HSB Cylinder coordinates - HLS Cylinder coordinates - YCC Cartesian coordinates - Lab* Cartesian coordinates - CIE xyY - CIE XYZ Cartesian coordinates You can plot these colors in both 3D and 2D, including a CIE plot.
Backdrop
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Pick a Look and the camera changes. Point it at a street and the street is already painted in oil, or broken into dots, or drawn by hand. You are not previewing a filter. That is the picture, and the shutter keeps it. THE LOOKS Brush. Painted stroke by stroke, coarse to fine, as you move. Mosaic. Rebuilt from its own colours. Cells split where there is detail. Drawn. The world drawn instead of photographed. Flat colour, inked lines. Matter. The picture as a field of grains that drift and settle. Fur. Combed strands that follow what the camera sees. Dither. Tone traded for dots on one fixed grid, nothing in between. Halftone. Print dots on a square or hex grid, in four shapes. Fluted. Seen through ribbed glass. The world arrives in strips. Water. Refraction and caustics, the scene read through moving water. Code. Digital rain over katakana, lit by whatever the camera sees. The list grows. New Looks arrive in updates. TAP OR HOLD Tap the shutter for a photo. Hold it to record, up to ten minutes. Video renders in the background at full quality, one frame at a time, using the exact settings you shot with. TUNE ANYTHING Every Look has its own knobs. Size, grain, relief, speed, depth, whatever that Look actually has. Drag the handle at the edge of the screen and the picture changes under your thumb. Tap a knob to put it back. BRING YOUR OWN Choose from Photos to run something you already have through a Look. For video, trim it first, pick the frame, then render. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, nothing to sign in to. No servers. What you shoot sits in the Shelf on your device. Saving a copy to Photos is a switch, off until you turn it on. BACKDROP PREMIUM Dither, Water, Halftone and Drawn are free, and they record video too. Premium opens every Look, including the ones added later, and takes the Backdrop mark off everything you shoot. Monthly and annual. Payment goes to your Apple Accou renews unless you turn it off at least 24 hours befo Manage or cancel in Settings, Apple Account, Subscri Privacy: backdrop.wiki/privacy Terms: backdrop.wiki/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ iPhone. iOS 18 and later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Backdrop at Free against ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile's $0.99. Backdrop also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 8 months). ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
Backdrop is free to download; ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile costs $0.99 up front. Backdrop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile ships an update every 8 months, Backdrop every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile | Backdrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mozusystems, LLC | Shekhar Upadhaya |
In-app purchases
ColorSpatioplotterEx Mobile
No in-app purchases
Backdrop
- Backdrop Premium — Monthly$11.991 Month
- Backdrop Premium — Annual$79.001 Year
Questions
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