I Subscribed to EVERY Adult Coloring App to find the Ultimate BEST Digital Coloring App!

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Published 2021-12-03
I reviewed EVERY Adult Coloring App I could find for the iPad on the App Store, and subscribed to every trial and subscription available, with the goal to find the BEST Digital Coloring App for Adults…

And I did!

I ended up with 100 digital coloring apps, all claiming to be made for “adults” (some were definitely not), and many charging ridiculous subscription prices for the features they offered. I was even scammed by a few apps, and caught out some copycats!

But after hours of filtering through not so great apps, I also found some amazing coloring apps with great features, and spent about an hour in each, seeing just how far I could take their tools to create digital art.

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The 12 ‘finalist’ apps were Pigment, Recolor, Chroma, Marvel Color Your Own, Colorfly, Colorfy, Lake: Coloring Books & Journal, Adult Coloring Book Color Page, Tayasui Color, Calmeleon, InColor and Color Pop.

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All Comments (21)
  • @rb1643
    Thank you for uncovering the copying of color palettes! I’m the Product Manager of Pigment and we create and name all of our palettes, so they’re all completely original. That’s so unfortunate that other companies are copying our palettes because it takes a lot of work for our artists to curate them!
  • I didn't try as many apps as you did, but I tried quite a few when I first got my iPad. Most of them didn't allow for much creativity or individuality when it came to coloring. I ended up settling on Pigment. With the yearly subscription, it's relatively inexpensive and there are so many coloring pages to choose from. I found it to be the most versatile, allowing me to be as creative as I want to be. I love coloring the grayscale images, as well, which I haven't even tried in an actual coloring book yet. I love the different brushes and the fact that Pigment has a YouTube channel with lots of tutorials for digital coloring that has allowed me to learn some really cool techniques.
  • @ChloeRoseArt
    You have sooooo much patience lol 😂 “how are you feeling?” “Bored” 😂
  • @mute_ed984
    Really don't miss to unsubscribe. It might get really expensive otherwise. Maybe put an reminder in your calendar. Thanks for throwing yourself in and make yourself through the jungle of the App Store
  • Me: can't decide between 3 types of milk at grocery store Sarah Renae Clark: signs up for ONE HUNDRED coloring apps and figures out the best one. Well done, Pigment. You deserve it.
  • Anyone else want Sarah to develop a coloring app?!?! Lol. But seriously
  • I’ve tried a couple of these, and as a 14 year old who is a free user, I’ve found that Recolor is the best for me. It’s really easy to use, and I think that it’s better than pigment for me. Then again, pigment frustrated me because I was already used to using Recolor and it was very different 😂
  • @SarahRenaeClark
    BLOG POST: I’m running a bit late this week, so I’ll work to get the blog post up with the final 12 apps and the full review over the weekend! Thanks for your patience! I hope you found this video entertaining and useful!
  • @EveeLover
    Happy Color is my favorite coloring app. I like that I can't choose the colors, so I don't have to think, just color. I wish they had more simple pictures, most take a long time to complete
  • @elizagrey7243
    I'll be honest, I love Happy Color because I struggle with color theory and it has really helped me to develop a better understanding.
  • when i see the price of those apps , i suddenly feel like bamby walking into the annual bloodthirsty hunters Con . once again thanks for your hard work , it is as always very informative and fun .
  • I like Happy Color (the second app you found) because it's so under-stimulating. I used to create my own art with pen, and then color it with colored pencils. The results were beautiful and it was fun to express myself and play with colors to make it just the way I wanted it, but it usually took weeks of work (and tons of hand cramps) to create a single piece, not to mention how long it would take for me to finally draw something that I was inspired to take into inking stage. It was mentally and physically draining, beautiful as it was. With Happy Color, it requires so little thought and exertion that it's kind of cathartic, and lets me relax my brain - total opposite of creating an advanced drawing by hand. The only real complaint I have towards Happy Color is that they reuse shapes kind of often. For instance, you can be coloring a tropical scene and there are the same flowers repeated 50 times on the screen, sometimes not even oriented differently or flipped. I tend to like stuff with animals in it, and there's this one tiger that they have reused in different coloring pages at least six times. It's awfully distracting but I understand why they copy/paste. There's a lot of crap on that app, but also a lot of genuinely nice art. If you're just looking for something relaxing to do and don't feel like thinking too hard, give it a try! It's definitely not for everyone, but it's good if you just wanna tap your screen and make colors happen.
  • @AlysonGold
    Thank you so much!! I've been looking for a coloring app that was more than just click and fill, but I gave up after hours of searching. I truly appreciate your honest reviews, time and money spent.
  • @sweethaven5
    Very useful and have tried many of the ones you did and came up with the same results! BTW I got your planner and it is AMAZING!! Thanks for all you do!!
  • @l9685
    I am going to be absolutely honest with you when I discovered colouring in a digitally form it was an absolute revelation. See majority of time my hands and fingers don't work due to my spinal autoimmune arthritis so they are in a lot of pain so physically colouring is not possible but the digitally form makes it less painful and continuing to relax and colour.
  • @ShidoDraws
    I play a lot of simulation apps so advertising coloring apps that has assigned colors wasn't a good introduction to digital coloring books since I do like to color more freely. You showed some really cool coloring apps that I never thought exist, realizing that what was shown to me was more than color assignments. I still like coloring my own drawings but it just feels nice to know that the coloring community can find a friend wherever they go on social media. edit: a friend with similar hobbies. (tOtaLlY nOt inTo CoLoRiNg bY tHe wAy)
  • Yes...everybody wants your money! I hope you were able to get out of all of those apps! Wow! That was so fun. I had to watch again! I think I would enjoy one of these apps, but choosing the right one could be really hard. Thanks again, Sarah!