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Color Lab – Recolor Your Photos

MULIAN LI · Reference · United States store
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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$517
Likely $172 to $1.6K
New ratings
+0
in 1 days, 674 in total
Rating
3.6 of 5
512 ratings in this store
Countries it ranks in
0
was 0 on Oct 18, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 25, 2026 in the 53 countries we track, and ratings growth on the App Store.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$6.2K
4.2 new ratings a month on average since launch
EST. LIFETIME DOWNLOADS
17.9K to 51.2K
Estimated from ratings count
WHERE ITS USERS ARE · SHARE OF RATINGS
  • United States 512 ratings77%
  • Canada 33 ratings5%
  • United Kingdom 32 ratings5%
  • Australia 19 ratings3%
  • Japan 15 ratings2%
  • Mexico 13 ratings2%
  • Saudi Arabia 10 ratings1%
  • Brazil 8 ratings1%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Not in any grossing chart, so this comes from ratings growth (4.2 new ratings a month on average since launch): revenue grows with new ratings, more slowly for apps that collect ratings fast. Tested on 418 apps with verified revenue: typically off by about 2 times, and big earners tend to come out low. Countries we don't track (and Google Play in China, which doesn't exist) aren't included, and neither are ads or web payments. Gross revenue before store fees.
RATINGS
512
AVG RATING
3.64
PRICE
Free
AGE
13.5y
LAST UPDATE
3433d ago
VERSION
2.4
SIZE
49 MB
AGE RATING
4+

Last 30 days

From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart and daily ratings counts.

DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
1 / 30
COUNTRIES NOW
0 (was 0)
NEW RATINGS, LAST 1 DAYS
+0
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Best rank Sep 26, 2026: not ranked. Now: not ranked. Days at zero are days outside every grossing chart.
RATINGS IN THE CORE COUNTRIES, DAILY
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Oct 24, 2026674 ratings
Oct 25, 2026674 ratings
674 on Oct 24, 2026, 674 on Oct 25, 2026. New ratings track new downloads, even outside the charts.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
8 purchases listed
  • Pro Version$4.99
  • Recolor$0.99
  • Colored Pencil Effect$0.99
  • Pencil Effect$0.99
  • Effects Bundle$3.99
  • Crayon Effect$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Blue Pencil Effect$0.99
Top in-app purchases as listed on the App Store, in local prices.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
1.0 reviews / week
  • Trendfalling
  • Recent reviews average4.0 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share16%
From the latest 500 written reviews, covering 3554 days. The store only returns this many, so this is the most recent slice.
RELEASE CADENCE
0 updates in 90 days
  • Typical gap between releases119 days
From the last 11 versions listed on the App Store.
RATING BREAKDOWN
512 ratings
5★50%
4★16%
3★7%
2★3%
1★24%

What users want

From the latest 500 reviews on the United States App Store, Jan 31, 2017 to Nov 17, 2025: 16% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS
Price and subscription26%

21 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ They advertise it as free… Then after you download it and try to use it they charge you $.99, then next thing you knowIt's $4.99!!
★★★★★ The paid version is a RIP OFF.
★★★★★ When you get on it the picture you choose is gray and it cost money for EVERYTHING do not recommend this app if you don't wanna spend $5.00 on a stupid app
Limits, credits, locked features14%

11 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Every thing is unclear PLUS as soon as you down load it and press recolor it pops up a thing that says you have to PAY to do anything!
★★★★★ if the only thing that's free is the download, but you have to pay to use everything else, it's not really free.
★★★★★ You have to pay to even see how recolor feature functions.
Wrong or poor results8%

6 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ This is one of those apps that you downloaded and find out you can't do anything until you “subscribe”. Devs, get Apple to create a subscription category instead of making it as free. You get the one star until they…
★★★★★ useless app unless you want to spend $$$$ for effects others actually do offer for free.
★★★★★ You can't even recolor for free
Too many ads3%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ It's an absolutely wonderful app but there are way too many ads an ad pops up every single time you do a picture even if you stay in the app to do three or 45 to 10 second ads will pop up every single time.
★★★★★ Most of it is just asking for more money for stuff that you could do on your phone without it and the other part is ads.
Lost data, sync, backup3%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ I bought it to color my pictures that were black and turns out it wasn't like that and apparently you can do that for free on Snapchat and also when you click the “ RESTORE “ button you don't get restored they act like…
★★★★★ After using this app for 30 seconds I was already lost.
Missing features3%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ You can't change the color of anything.
★★★★★ Can't change the color from gray.
WHAT THEY ASK FOR
  • Would be great if they gave more details of what the capabilities are prior to purchasing. 1★, Nov 17, 2025
  • I bought the upgrade, and once it up dated it needs another purchase so you can use color. 1★, Jan 11, 2019
  • Look i see that i have to buy this to even USE recolor but it would be cool if i could at least PREVIEW what i'd buy. 3★, Jun 29, 2017
  • I wish it had extra features 4★, Feb 20, 2017
  • This is a pretty good game the only bad thin is that I wish we go the recolor thing for free in stead of having to rate the app. 4★, Feb 5, 2017
  • It's cool but I wish there was more open 3★, Feb 5, 2017
  • I wish you didn't have to pay for almost everything 2★, Feb 4, 2017
  • Good it does what I want and I guess it is alright it works pretty well 4★, Feb 1, 2017
WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS
rip off6black and white4false advertising3recolor option3change the color3
WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS
Fun, addictive8%

28 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ It is so easy to use and has great results......I'll be keeping it and using it on my photos for fun and to enhance them.
★★★★★ Thank you for this wonderful app,it's so much fun that's why I'm giving it 4 stars ✨.
★★★★★ fun to play with special FXs..
Easy to use8%

27 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Love this app. Thank you!
★★★★★ It is so easy to use and has great results......I'll be keeping it and using it on my photos for fun and to enhance them.
★★★★★ The people who are having issues don't know what they're doing. This couldn't be an easier app!
Worth the money5%

18 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ This game is really good and four out of five because I need some improvements first of all this is kind of like you know a screenshot game but it's kind of bad I've had this game for a while at least not me I…
★★★★★ I think this app is very nice I have some suggestions for the app, 1.have effects for free 2.make brush sizes smaller 3.let people see your artwork .
★★★★★ I like this app; still just use the free color effect.
Accurate, great results2%

6 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Also this app works perfectly and has since I purchased it years ago.
★★★★★ Works great for light transfer.
★★★★★ This app is amazing works great
Fast1%

5 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ This is a quick and simple editor anyone can use.
★★★★★ I enjoy using this app to enhance my photos, it's fast, easy to use & very cool.
★★★★★ Just a quick review to unlock a feature.

Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.

What users say

Latest reviews, United States App Store.

★★★★★Nov 17, 2025
Outdated

I downloaded this app many years ago. I believe it was better at one time. You can’t change the color of anything. I thought I could click on an item and change the color but all it does is make your photo black and white and you have to drag your finger over an item to make it color again which causes some bleed. Would be great if they gave more details of what the capabilities are prior to purchasing.

★★★★★Aug 3, 2025
Love it

I love this editing app!! Have used it for years!!!

★★★★★Aug 2, 2023
100% False Advertising

This does not do what the app and images say it will do. No tutorial and no instructions. I demand a full refund! 🤬

★★★★★Apr 2, 2023
It turns all photos gray

And the only recolor option is to paint over them with another color after you pay for the “recolor” option. It’s a scam.

★★★★★Feb 5, 2023
Grateful

I am grateful I purchased this app before it went into subscription mode. Also this app works perfectly and has since I purchased it years ago.

★★★★★Jan 2, 2023
Simple

Love this app. Thank you!

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App Store ads

Apple Search Ads this app ran in the last 90 days, from Apple's public ad repository.

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None in the last 90 days.

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Growth research

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ASO keywords

Most repeated terms in the listing. Highlighted ones also appear in the title.

photos5colors4recolor photos3vivid colors3red3color2recolor2effects2vivid2yellow2blue2boring2images2lets2girl2love2paint2fingers2two2photo2many2

What's new in 2.4

* Bug fixes and stability improvements

Released Apr 30, 2013. Current version shipped Jun 2, 2017.

Store description

Color Lab allows you to recolor your photos and apply various color effects to them. It provides you the most easy-to-use enhancements for creating art photos. You can choose to recolor your photos with vivid colors: red, yellow, blue, green or the boring black and white. Or splash lovely colors on the boring images and make them joyful. Surely, it lets you gray out everyone in an image, except for yourself. You are also allowed to draw a red heart surround the girl you are in love with. Then share it into your social stream which definitely will be a romantic way to express your love and win you a sweet girl. So much fun to play with your ordinary photos. It lets you become the most creative painter to paint the hair yellow, the sky red, the trees blue or anything weird but wonderful. And what you need to do is to use your fingers. One for painting while two for zooming. Some of the awesome features: * Instantly snap a photo or use one from the photo album * Simply move your index finger to paint or splach colors on the images * As many as 66 vivid colors for you to decorate photos * Easily change the Brush Size, Intensity or Translucence * Fastly zoom in or out with two fingers * Quickly to undo the effects with only a tap * Multiple sharing ways: Facebook, Twitter and many more.

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