Reviews of Datacolor ColorReader

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List of user reviews and ratings for Datacolor ColorReader

Total ratings

4.67 (Rating count: 1,155)

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Review summary

Users appreciate the app's simple interface and usefulness for color matching tasks when working. However, many report persistent problems with app crashes, Bluetooth connection failures, and limited paint brand libraries depending on region. Accuracy issues and the necessity of purchasing an expensive separate device also frustrate users. While some find it valuable for professional use, a significant number experience reliability and compatibility challenges.

Pros

Intuitive and simple to use interface.
Useful for quality assurance and production processes in defect control.
Provides color readings with RGB, Lab, and some paint brand matches when working properly.
Can save color palettes and make notes on colors.
Overall, a helpful color matching tool when functional.

Cons

Frequent app crashes, especially when calibrating or after recent updates.
Connectivity issues between the app and the Datacolor ColorReader device via Bluetooth, with many users unable to connect.
Limited and region-restricted paint brand libraries, lacking coverage in some countries like the Philippines and Europe.
Accuracy and consistency issues in color matching, sometimes leading to incorrect colors.
Requires separate hardware device which is costly and not usable standalone; the app alone does not perform color reading. Users were often unaware of this requirement.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.10

All time rating average: 4.67

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56% (31)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-03-22	Ca*****	meh it's not very handy even for a reader. can't export the values, not even copy them for pasting. History only offers lab value. Opening the single reading offers more sets of values. There is no way to delete colours from history, no way to multiple select colours in a palette. Everything is cumbersome and not very well thought through.
meh it's not very handy even for a reader. can't export the values, not even copy them for pasting. History only offers lab value. Opening the single reading offers more sets of values. There is no way to delete colours from history, no way to multiple select colours in a palette. Everything is cumbersome and not very well thought through.
2026-01-15	GT*****	Wouldn't even open
Wouldn't even open
2025-07-26	Ar*****	not sccurate
not sccurate
2025-06-12	Sa*****	Device works until the app closes then it won't connect again till the app is reinstalled.
Device works until the app closes then it won't connect again till the app is reinstalled.
2025-06-11	ia*****	Do not understand any circumstance use this app with the PPG colourreader! After 4 attempts I still don't have the right colour. Never mind the time of going backwards and forwards to the shop but that with the 4 gallons of emulsion I can't return because they are mixed, added with the £13 a month just to get bs number means that I might as well be doing this job for nothing! AVOID!AVOID! AVOID!
Do not understand any circumstance use this app with the PPG colourreader! After 4 attempts I still don't have the right colour. Never mind the time of going backwards and forwards to the shop but that with the 4 gallons of emulsion I can't return because they are mixed, added with the £13 a month just to get bs number means that I might as well be doing this job for nothing! AVOID!AVOID! AVOID!
2025-05-31	Ca*****	can app get updated with newest colors ?
can app get updated with newest colors ?
2025-04-10	Sc*****	Gets very close on flat surfaces. Doesn't work on rough surfaces, like stucco.
Gets very close on flat surfaces. Doesn't work on rough surfaces, like stucco.
2025-03-20	Je*****	this device more than paid for itself the very first job I used it on. Great tool to have.
this device more than paid for itself the very first job I used it on. Great tool to have.
2024-10-19	Al*****	I'm impressed how close it gets to the original color.
I'm impressed how close it gets to the original color.
2024-09-08	Da*****	simple to use, with an intuitive interface, a cost effective alternative to research grade color meters. this is being added to our QA and production processes to help with defect control. Awesome! Thank you datacolor.
simple to use, with an intuitive interface, a cost effective alternative to research grade color meters. this is being added to our QA and production processes to help with defect control. Awesome! Thank you datacolor.