Color Thief

Name: Color Thief
Price: 1.99 USD
Rating: 4.5 (31 reviews)
Author: Yellow Cedar Software, Inc.

By: Yellow Cedar Software, Inc.

Photo & Video

Features & Capabilities

Color Thief transfers colors from one photo to the next.

Every one of your photos is a new filter.
Playful and quick, it's 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

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Yellow Cedar Software, Inc.

Rating:

4.50

(31)

Version:

2.3.2 Last updated: 2017-11-09

Version code:

841422094

Creation date:

2012-12-12

Compatible devices:

Size:

1.78MB

Price:

1.99

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 237,918 ▼ 98

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Developed by:

Yellow Cedar Software, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/color-thief/id580674843

User Reviews

Overall, users praise Color Thief for its unique color-matching concept and easy-to-use design that yields beautiful, creative color palettes suitable for art and design. However, recurring complaints center on stability (crashes), lack of ongoing updates, and missing features like folder access and LUT export. A portion of reviewers question the value for money, with refund calls. The app feels powerful but sometimes unreliable, with UX changes that some users dislike, suggesting it may be risky to rely on without updates.

Pros

Unique color-matching tool that lets you colorize one image using the palette of another (palette transfer between photos).
Simple, intuitive, easy-to-use interface.
Produces beautiful, creative color palettes and colorization results; great for art, design, and fabric patterns.
Helps maintain consistent tones across a photo series.
Stands out as a rare, one-of-a-kind tool for digital artists.

Cons

Stability issues and crashes, including launch-time crashes after updates.
Long gaps between updates or lack of ongoing development / possible abandonment.
Missing features and requests (folder access, album organization, LUT export, palette management, swapping host images).
Perceived poor value for money; several users seek refunds or feel it's not worth the price.
UI/UX changes in updates that degrade usability or differ from prior, harder-to-use interface.

Recent reviews

I love this app. Spin the dial and you will find such unexpected, yet beautiful color combinations. Color Thief can take a prosaic image and bring it to the wild side. I have used hundreds of filter apps. This has been one of my keepers and is part of my essential tool kit