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Color Thief app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 5008 ratings )
Photo & Video
Developer: Yellow Cedar Software, Inc.
1.99 USD
Current version: 2.3.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Dec 2012
App size: 1.75 Mb

Color Thief transfers colors from one photo to the next.
- Every one of your photos is a new filter.
- Playful and quick, its easy to discover new color combinations.
- Harmonize a group of photos to have the same tone.
- Results are saved at original resolution.

4.5 / 5 "Color Thief is an app with a singular purpose and it does that task very, very well. ... Highly recommended!" - Life in LoFi iPhoneography

5 / 5 "the results are truly astounding and appear with unusual speed." - iCommePhoto

"This little mobile photography gem is a one-trick pony, but the trick is an extremely clever one." - Ars Technica

"(Color Thief) is the Robin Hood of the photo world. It takes great colors from one photo and gives those colors to other photos in need." - iOSAffairs

"One of the best color manipulating apps I have ever used, hands down! It is amazing!" - REGI on iPhoneArt

Pros and cons of Color Thief app for iPhone and iPad

Color Thief app good for

I love the simplicity and the usefulness. Cool idea well executed.
I have had this app for awhile now, and I still love it. Unique in the App Store, because of its simplicity, I have had some wonderful results. It is especially useful if you want to make sure the tone of a whole series is the same. Never had an issue with it, always has worked as intended.
I love this app, but I wish they hadnt changed the interface. It was much easier to use. I do love how the pictures come out, its like having tons of filters. I can even download pictures that have the color themes that I want and apply them to my photos. Five stars if it hadnt been for the change.
Great new twist on photo filtering, slick and intuitive interface, give this one a try!
Kept this app since ios6, great update for ios9 ☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆

Some bad moments

I bought this despite the negative reviews because curiosity got the best of me. This all was not what I was expecting. Thought it would be cool to just copy filtered pics to others but this doesnt not do that. The picture instead look colorful and horrible. Not sure what it was like before the recent update but this app right now isnt worth $2. In fact I wouldnt even use it if it were free.
I was able to create & save 1 image. Keeps crashing & closing app when I try to create & save another image
This is a stupid app. It refuses to launch if you have location services turned off, while informing you in the same error message that the app never accesses or uses your location information. I keep that feature turned off to save battery life, so this app is useless. Never seen an app that refuses to load because of this, really bad design.
I have to have location services on just to open up the app? DELETE!
This app would be amazing if they let you use it without turning on location. For that reason alone this is a terrible app, you cant even access it!! No other photo app I use requires my location, get it together!
That an app would demand location services be turned on to perform a function that does not require LS is simply moronic.