ColorHints Mosaic vs MoNo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorHints Mosaic
Transform your photos into pixelated mosaics with customizable tile shapes, colors, and aspect ratios. Perfect for creating patterns for crafts like quilting, cross-stitch, or even Minecraft art. Share, save, or print your creations in large poster sizes.
- Photo to mosaic conversion
- Customizable tile shape and count
- Color limiting and editing
- Save, share, or print mosaics
- Large poster printing up to 200"
- Pattern generation for crafts
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Color Hints Mosaic creates a mosaic or pixelated version of a photograph. The mosaic you create can be shared with others, saved, or printed. To create a mosaic, simply - take or choose a photograph - choose the tile shape, the number, and aspect ratio of the mosaic tiles - select the Mosaic tab to see the results Too many colors in the mosaic for your purposes? Just tap the “Limit” button and then adjust the slider to choose the number of colors that does suit your purposes. Or, use the Mosaic editor to choose exactly the colors you want – including using a palette to assign colors to the Mosaic. Create mosaics to use for - pixel quilt designs - pixel quilt designs - tile patterns - knitting patterns - cross-stitch patterns - beading - mosaics from glass, wood, or other media - minecraft art - posterization - student art Want to share your mosaic? Share directly from Color Hints Mosaic via social media or Air Drop, save it to iBooks as a pattern, or send it to another App, like Color Hints or QuiltSandwich (from NNN Software). Want a printed copy? Print your mosaic as poster as large as 200" (500cm) on a side. Or, print an annotated version of the mosaic complete with a table of colors.
MoNo
Transform your color photos into monochrome images with a retro, Game Boy Pocket Camera aesthetic. This application offers a unique visual style for your pictures.
- Color to monochrome conversion
- Retro Game Boy Pocket Camera style
- Image transformation
- Unique visual filters
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This app converts color images to monochrome. It transforms your photos to look like they were taken with the Game Boy Pocket Camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MoNo at 100% against ColorHints Mosaic's 40%. MoNo also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). ColorHints Mosaic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 25 months) and chart position (#16 vs #193). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99 and MoNo $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MoNo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of ColorHints Mosaic's written reviews are positive against 100% of MoNo's.
ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, MoNo every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorHints Mosaic | MoNo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | #193 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Calvin | Kouichi INAFUKU |
Customer experience
ColorHints Mosaic
MoNo
In-app purchases
ColorHints Mosaic
No in-app purchases
MoNo
No in-app purchases









