Coolors Reviews

by Wr18r02

Sign-in doesn’t work; have tried to log into the service multiple times. No errors, even—it just never signs me in. And that’s a problem, because crucial things like saving a palette—something that most other apps allow you to do locally—require being logged in. If you have no internet access, you can’t save any palettes, or browse any of your saved palettes. Coolors is useless without a data connection. That should never be the case for an app that allows you to create content. Imagine if losing internet access meant you couldn’t save any of the photos you took. Even if they somehow get sign-in to work, that’s a major design flaw in Coolors itself. There is NO reason to be charging $2.99 for what’s basically just a front end to their website. One major reason to even offering an app would be working locally when you can’t access the website. I really feel cheated here. It’s a shame—the actual site is very useful, which is why I trusted this app enough to purchase Coolors . Wish I hadn’t.

by Cakeller

Nope. This is not the way. I paid for Coolors with a set of features and now they’ve been pay-walled. It was a decent app, but when you add a pay for ADD features for that fee. But to steal the features we had access to and were already developed - nope, that is absolutely scummy. I also paid for the connector to adobe photoshop as well. And oooh I get a WhOlE yEaR of — standard functionality free for having ‘supported’ the developer early!

If I used Coolors more than a few times a year, It might be worth the sub? But as it is,I paid what it was worth for the original functionality. Now with the subscription - I’ll just have to find something else.

To be clear, I might have considered the sub for a month or a year to support a cool developer IF AND ONLY IF - it was to access cool NEW functionality. But not to access what I already paid for. That was just a big bait and switch.

Filmic pro did this much better. It was still felt like getting the rug pulled out from under us, but at least the provided a “legacy” app that would not get feature updates. Still semi-scummy, but not like this.

Was cool - now just another sleazy money grab. Do better - or don’t.

by Aviannalle

I would have given it 5 stars if it worked!

I think this must be a problem with my device, others seem to have no troubles with Coolors, but at the same time, I don't think it's my device at all because all my other apps work amazing. I have an iPhone 6S for reference.

The problem is, the Explore tab has a loading sign but NEVER loads. Even if I wait over 5 minutes. I cannot access anything more on Coolors then the color pallet maker. I can't save my pallets either, because I cannot sign in to this app! When I try, it just tells me "An error has occurred. Please try again." but I've tried over 10 times. It's been weeks and this problem still persists.

by High Standards

Coolors seems to be either a scam or abandoned. After paying for Coolors, I still needed to create an account in order to use it. But it is impossible to create an account in either Coolors or the developer's own website. Coolors gives a generic, completely unhelpful error, and the website sits there spinning and hangs without ever creating the account.

Save your money and don't waste it on Coolors as I did. For an app with this fundamental of a problem to have not been updated in a year, I have no hope.

by Arelwynn

I had already paid for this application! I have actually used it on my desktop computer without having to pay a dime. But I liked it so much I didn’t mind paying for it to use it on my phone. what I DO mind is having to pay for something after I’ve already paid to have this. I was already using it and now it has been takin away from me because they want me to pay more money.

I want the access to the information on the prismacolors back. It is the whole reason I had purchased this application. I had access to it before. You can not take away a product you sold to someone after you offer it and it’s paid for.

You don’t go into a restaurant and order a meal, pay for it. Only to have the chef come out and take your steak while you are in the middle of eating it telling you that you have to pay more to have it back.

I know for a fact that it is illegal. I am angry, I used this a lot. I will not just let this go.

by Nicholas042893

I understand paying to upgrade or paying for a subscription to access more features, but I do not respect paying for an app, and then being required to start a subscription a while later to use the same features I paid one time for. It doesn’t matter if you change your method of sale; existing owners should not lose access to the features they received when they purchased Coolors . I’ve never had any other app developer do this to me, so it’s not hard to lose trust with just this one scenario. Once is too much. I switched to using Pastel for my palettes.

by Diegoelaras

Coolors is great for what it does: finding, saving & organizing colors. I bought it back in 2020 because that is what I needed. Now it turns out I need to pay again for the same features I had already paid earlier (and even worse it’s a subscription, not a one-time purchase). I understand the need to make money but there is a right way to do things like this: you add more features, you offer discounts, or just give a free lifetime-subscription to your first customers who ALREADY PAID for your product. But removing features and then asking the same customers to pay to get them back is fishy and completely dishonest. Shameful.

by PileOfZeke

I had already bought Coolors over a year ago, but now the features I already paid for are now locked behind a monthly subscription. Extremely scummy.
If there were NEW features included in the subscription, that’d be one thing, but removing already existing features just to force people to pay for the same thing twice is disgusting and greedy. Making a color palette isn’t even worth $4 A MONTH in the first place.

by JalynH101

I love Coolors in theory but a major issue I had with the website was not being able to locate an existing “favorites” tab or section where i could view all the colors I had been saving to my favorites.
It seems ridiculous that there would be the option to add colors to your favorites but then not have a place to view them.

I didn’t expect this issue to continue into the paid version, but it did and it’s very annoying and will probably prevent me from using it.

by TheivingBubbleBees

I used to love Coolors, and used it like every day. They added a “premium” feature, which just means they took away a lot of the reasons I used this. If you can afford to pay it I recommend, but it’s kind of scummy they took away features instead of adding new ones. I’ll be uninstalling it, because I can’t afford it. I understand that the developers need to make money, so three stars seems fair. Taking away even how many colors you can add is too far imo, but I hope it works out for y’all.

by Koko Art

I got Coolors a while ago, since I enjoyed the website but wanted it to be easy to access. It was only a few dollars so I didn’t mind and it already worked well on the website. I now just used it for the first time this month, working on a larger project that I need more colors for and find they added a subscription to a pay-to-use app. This is a bit infuriating for me as you already pay for Coolors , don’t make the user’s pay for “more colors.” While I will still use Coolors , it’s very aggravating to pay for something, only to discover, you have to pay more to actually use it.

by Katniss25895

You need to click on a link in an email to make your account. The page where you enter your email and send the email to yourself is not the same. They do not helpfully confirm what email address the email is sent to. And even more annoyingly, if the email didn’t arrive in your inbox, you don’t know if you should then go through the sign in or login process. Super frustrating. It would be possible for Coolors to save ONE color palette for you to have a good first time experience but nope...any palette saving functionality is only possible after you create an account.

by Vxjhgiiy

This is a decent app for creating a color palette which supports exporting to procreate, which is convenient. That being said, all the knobs for adjusting the palette, which should be a fixed element for easy access, is hidden inside a menu under a tiny button. I have to click it once, and then again to access it, then close down. I found myself constantly opening and closing menus for simple adjustments. So much screen real estate is wasted on huge bars of colors, which look nice, but not very useful. Also another thing to mention, there was no indication on where to find a button to increase the number of colors. After struggling for 20 minutes I found it by going into the library, opening the palette, then accessing a different tab within the menu. I was on the verge of canceling the purchase via Apple support because I thought it was a misadvertisement. Something that should be a split second operation that would normally be out on the front in any other app is hidden behind by 5 second hassle. If you try to use it any seriously you will find yourself constantly opening and closing menus. It is inconvenience for the sake of making things look smooth. So overall, it functions okay, but UI design isn't very practical.

by Juliet Elizebeth Brown

I love Coolors! It’s so helpful to make art, animations, and even character designs! However, I feel like there are less features on here than on the site. Unless I don’t know how to navigate on Coolors , it seems like the only features are to make new palettes, save them, and search up a few, while the website has much more.

by Amelia(B) :)

I started by using the website and was so in love that I payed for Coolors . I do not regret it but I do think that the website had more options available like the color information and all of the extras with the color (color blindness, text appearance, contrast, etc) and I cannot use those on Coolors . Other than this, I use Coolors to paint all the time and really enjoy it !

by Firestarroxie

I really love Coolors, it works amazingly, super fast, awesome colors. but on the website you can push the space bar on your keyboard an it would change the palette, but on Coolors you cant, and i really liked that, it might of been one of the main reasons I bought Coolors . Kinda sad, but its still an extraordinary app, who knows, maybe that’ll change in an update...

by BroBeastGamer101

So simple, yet so beautiful. I love the way Coolors is designed, it looks amazing. The UI is so freaking lovely to look at. I love the explore page, I love being able to save palettes. I didn't even know I could change the palettes to give me a monochromatic, complementary, analogous, etc. color scheme, which is super awesome. I've already used the colors provided for me to use for pen colors on GoodNotes 5 and for BeatSaber on the Oculus. Thank you for this.

by Chrismeansbusiness

I’ve been using this app for years and this newer app version makes it even easier to find the perfect palette. The generator is intuitive and always picks thoughtful sets. The ability to lock, swap, and adjust colors makes customization a breeze. I love the addition of a projects filter. I love exploring what other users have created. This developer is really out here working to make the best possible palette experience a designer at every level could ask for.

by Dlhwwok

I had a problem with Coolors but they resolved it and I forgot to take down my comment.

Problem
(I paid money for Coolors it self. I don’t understand why I am back down to limited features. Me and other people are having this same issue. It should be fixed for us because we paid for the other version earlier. I know you have the information that we paid for it.)

MY PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED

I do want to say thank you so much for your amazing communication about Coolors . I will be editing my comment because my question was answered. Thanks so much.

by Chaxmi1

I saw this recommended and I tried it on the website, to see if I’d like it. I ended up finding a lot of lovely colors so I decided to pay for Coolors . I like that it recommends color complementary options and I think it’s easier to use on Coolors . Mostly because I was a bit confused on how to use it/didn’t read the instructions thoroughly. I am looking forward to using this for future projects!

by Violentcosmos

I’m an illustrator who has always been in love with designing color and making color palettes. Coolers makes creating delicious palettes quick and easy! I am obsessed with the generate button to help me get started on palettes I wouldn’t have ordinarily have come up with on my own. There is a huge array of tools to help collect the perfect tones, shades, and vibrancy. The new update is BRILLIANT. Minimalist design, total palette adjustments and color blind corrections???

I don’t know what I did before Coolers, thank you for Coolors.

by Canteendave

I love how easy it is to use the this app app! I just need one change- to be able to shuffle my completed palettes around so I can see them in any order. It seems to default to oldest on bottom?
Also if I could easily rearrange the color order on a saved palette without having to save a duplicate that would be great! Thanks!

by Henry 93

First of all, this app is a huge time saver for people like me who are creating style sheets for websites. The mobile app, dare I say, is better than the web app! I enjoy the ability to start with a color of my choice, lock it, and keep hitting generate until I get the result I desire. Great app and well worth the money.

by ∙ ✧ Random Person ✧ ∙

Coolors is great for finding good color combinations for art. I often have artist block or trouble finding colors for designs. Coolors helps tremendously in that, and each color combo is unique and usually nice to the eyes. The ability to easily copy these colors and use them in other apps such as Procreate is very useful. 5/5 stars! ⭐️

by Martin Holt

Good UI. Nice range of features. Convenient, easy, flexible, precise, and fast. But this blows Adobe (and any other color tool I can find) out of the water, with one specific feature: the cross-referencing between different pigment systems! Pantone, Copic, generic CMYK—speaking as a professional designer, this is truly a pro-level feature.

by Mr. Logs

I love everything about Coolors. And it’s super fun to create palates on it! The only thing is I wish you could be able to do is, adjust one color on the palate instead of only being able to adjust the whole thing at once.

by Hanko Baggins

First of all, this app is a huge time saver for people like me who are creating style sheets for websites. The mobile app, dare I say, is better than the web app! I enjoy the ability to start with a color of my choice, lock it, and keep hitting generate until I get the result I desire. Great app and well worth the money.