ColorHints Mosaic

Name: ColorHints Mosaic
Price: 1.99 USD
Rating: 3.7 (3 reviews)
Author: Jim Calvin

by Jim Calvin

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: $1.99

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Official categories

Graphics & Design
Lifestyle

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Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Family Sharing	Yes	Unknown	App Store	Store published

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Price: $1.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

3.7 3 ratings · App Store

1/5Not even worth 99¢
It's a waste of money, even at 99¢.

Inaya Shujaat · 31 Jul 2026
5/55 stars
This is an amazing app! It is fun to use, and very handy in organizing the art work to make a real mosaic.

Patrizia V · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Rip off
You can’t color the picture. Pointless. I wasted $1.99!!

Pamelahc2012 · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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3.1
Support for drag and drop in iOS 11 Layout improvements for iPhone X What's new in iOS 11 help and other help improvements Bug fixes
3.1.1
Fixed a bug that caused dragging from the Mosaic tab to stop working
3.2
Tapping the few/many tiles button now decrements/increments the tile count by 1 A long press on the few/many tiles button sets tile count to minimum/maximum Tapping the few/many colors button now decrements/increments the color count by 1 A long press on the few/many colors button set the color count to the minimum/maximum Fixed a bug in the Mosaic Editor that caused the wrong merge ICON to be displayed at times. Fixed a bug in the Mosaic Editor that caused color selection to be incorrect and the selection box to occasionally move on its own. New app ICON
3.3
Now create Mosaics up to 200 x 200 (requires iPhone 6s or newer, iPad Air2 or newer) Performance improvements on all devices. Bug fixes.
3.3.2
Enhanced Auto selection of grid color Bug fixes
3.3.3
Minor bug fixes for printing mosaics and coloring books
3.3.4
Minor bug fixes.
4.0
A complete re-write of ColorHints Mosaic! Now with more tile shapes and an updated interface.
4.0.1
Fixed a bug that in rare cases could cause a crash at startup.
4.1
By request, you can now print or save an image from the Original tab with the tile grid visible.
4.2
By request, cropped images can now be saved
4.2.1
Minor bug fixes
4.3
A "What's New?" feature was added. On newer devices, mosaics can now have up to 60,000 tiles. Now works on iOS9 and newer (previously required iOS10 or newer) Printing with a Color Key now includes the size of the printed mosaic. When printing with a Color Key, there is an additional option to choose the color of the color index printed in each mosaic tile. Printing mosaics from the Mosaic Manager tab now includes the name of the mosaic in the footer of each page. A few bug fixes are also included
5.0
New Design Mosaic option - select a size for a final mosaic and the size of the tiles in the mosaic. Great for precise work. Version 5.0 also has an enhanced printing capabilities.
5.1
A new tool to help reduce the number of colors in a mosaic was added to the Mosaic editor The color sorting order in Edit Colors can now be selected And as always, some bugs were fixed
5.2
When printing, the color key now prints on a single page. The new color key includes a small image of the mosaic. Also, a few bugs were fixed.
5.2.1
Fixed a few bugs that could cause the color merge controls to be difficult to see and/or use.
5.3
A new color sort, By Lightness, was added to Edit Colors… Color keys now print with last color sort choice
6.0
Now change the colors of a mosaic to exact colors from a palette - an RAL palette for example.
6.0.2
Minor bug fixes
6.0.3
Bug fixes, including one that could cause a crash on iOS 17.2 and later.
6.1
Bug fixes for sharing some types of mosaics.
6.1.1
Bug fix for rarely occurring crash.
6.2
Bug fixes and better compatibility with iOS 18 and iOS 26.
6.2.1 · 7 Jul 2026
Improvements to the palette manager and palette editor A few bug fixes as well

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