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Paint by Number Oil: Hey Color
Tripledot Studios · 160,962 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 36 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"pictures"
9 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No new daily picture. I really like this app…just wondering why there have been no new daily pictures for the past 2 days. It’s Sunday 4/12/26 and the pictures that usually change at midnight are still the same as yesterday. I keep checking, but there’s been no …" - Rosie720
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"picture"
8 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No new daily picture. I really like this app…just wondering why there have been no new daily pictures for the past 2 days. It’s Sunday 4/12/26 and the pictures that usually change at midnight are still the same as yesterday. I keep checking, but there’s been no …" - Rosie720
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"been"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No new daily picture. I really like this app…just wondering why there have been no new daily pictures for the past 2 days. It’s Sunday 4/12/26 and the pictures that usually change at midnight are still the same as yesterday. I keep checking, but there’s been no …" - Rosie720
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"color"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Hey Color!. I keep hoping your Developers will choose to update with some Vibrant Colors. I’ve been a ‘hey colorist’ for many years. Your COLORS are Flat, Dull, Unreal and Boring for too long now. Why has it been over One Year for an Update? Ready to m…" - WEN MEM
5
"coloring"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not happy. Not sure what is going on, but no Friday bonus and now no daily picture. What is going on? You are my favorite app.. Since October, there has been no communication. Don’t bother with this app. All pictures are now computer generated. What …" - imftred
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"daily"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No new daily picture. I really like this app…just wondering why there have been no new daily pictures for the past 2 days. It’s Sunday 4/12/26 and the pictures that usually change at midnight are still the same as yesterday. I keep checking, but there’s been no …" - Rosie720
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"getting"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Daily pictures. Very slow getting the new daily pictures. Mine stopped on the 10th don’t know what the problem is. Fix it!!!!" - momofguys
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"update"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No new daily picture. I really like this app…just wondering why there have been no new daily pictures for the past 2 days. It’s Sunday 4/12/26 and the pictures that usually change at midnight are still the same as yesterday. I keep checking, but there’s been no …" - Rosie720
9
"love"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Takes up too much storage. I love this game so much, I played it almost every day! Unfortunately, it took up 10GB of space on my phone so I had to delete it. Why does it take up so much space? I would love to keep playing but can’t afford the space." - angelface523
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"game"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Takes up too much storage. I love this game so much, I played it almost every day! Unfortunately, it took up 10GB of space on my phone so I had to delete it. Why does it take up so much space? I would love to keep playing but can’t afford the space." - angelface523
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"every"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Takes up too much storage. I love this game so much, I played it almost every day! Unfortunately, it took up 10GB of space on my phone so I had to delete it. Why does it take up so much space? I would love to keep playing but can’t afford the space." - angelface523
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"colors"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Hey Color!. I keep hoping your Developers will choose to update with some Vibrant Colors. I’ve been a ‘hey colorist’ for many years. Your COLORS are Flat, Dull, Unreal and Boring for too long now. Why has it been over One Year for an Update? Ready to m…" - WEN MEM
📋 All 36 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Daily pictures
Very slow getting the new daily pictures. Mine stopped on the 10th don’t know what the problem is. Fix it!!!!
Worst App
Relaxing my a**! In order to get a “clue” which is ridiculous to color, you have to watch an ad for 10 minutes! App is slow, ads are ridiculous and it was the farthest thing from relaxing I’ve ever done! I’m more relaxed writing this review!
Update
Won't open at all after the update.
There has been a problem in the past two months.
There has been a problem in the past two months. There has been no effective bonus from the photos, no new stories, no rewards, and you have reduced the daily photos. What could be the reason? Is it due to poor service?
Not happy
Not sure what is going on, but no Friday bonus and now no daily picture. What is going on? You are my favorite app.. Since October, there has been no communication. Don’t bother with this app. All pictures are now computer generated. What happened to artists? So upset, as this was my favorite for coloring.
Not good anymore
This used to be a real good coloring app - I’ve spent so much time on it, but they have just stopped a lot of the things that made it good. They stopped doing bonus pictures and pictures of the week and have made it impossible to get some of the achievements. And they want a RIDICULOUS amount of money to get rid of the ads. You will be better off with another app.
Moving on
It is no secret that AI plays a large part now of the art you put out, especially the daily art. That, in particular is just chicken scratch… not one decent picture to color pretty much all of 2025.
If you want to continue to keep us coming back, you really need to add some more interesting pictures to color and not the AI-generated garbage you are putting up daily.
If you want to continue to keep us coming back, you really need to add some more interesting pictures to color and not the AI-generated garbage you are putting up daily.
Ads
The ads make this unusable
Glitches
I don’t know what update they did recently or what’s happening but the app will go completely blank mid picture and you have to exit out and go back in and it’s constantly doing it. Makes it more a pain than relaxing
Bad
The app overheats the device like CRAZY (unless you subscribe!) every time you start, or finish a picture you get a video ad, and if you swipe away to change a song or a video? AD! And it’s pay by the WEEK.
Did I mention it’s highly likely the majority of the images are AI generated? Gross.
Did I mention it’s highly likely the majority of the images are AI generated? Gross.
HUGE PRIVACY CONCERN All ads Open IN WEBSITE- do not use
Recent update has an ad prior to every picture to color- ads will not close until they open up on a website page . Huge Privacy concern
Bad bad bad
I hate all the ads every time I finish a ad comes
I’ve deleted this app!
Been using it for years but all of a sudden way too many ads!
Trojan
I keep getting directed to the internet which my phone blicjs as a Trojan.
Don't downloaf
Don't downloaf
Spam adds that take over phone’s audio
Too many adds as of late, ones that take over your phone’s audio and say they are scanning your system. Randomly opens your browser to a scam website for mcafee antivirus, dangerously close to getting people’s data stolen from using this app
Scanning your Device Warning appeared
So I have been playing this game for a while and I loved it, but now I have been getting an annoying high pitched sound and a notification saying to “Scan your Device”. At first I thought it was an AMBER ALERT. I looked it up and went and turned off the live text feature in my settings. I will be deleting this app. But I wanted to warn other people.
Love the app but art looks like AI
This has been a standout coloring app for me because their magic pages are so fun and beautiful, but for the past few months the art is looking increasingly like AI images. It’s all a very generic style with no clear light source and either over exaggerated or over simplified. I feel like before AI became a big thing their coloring pages seemed to have distinction and variety, like they were made by different people with their own artistic styles. I could be mistaken but the fact that there is no transparency in where their art is sourced is very disappointing and I don’t want to overlook anymore. I would like for the developers to hire human artists as well as credit them openly, otherwise I don’t trust the app and don’t feel comfortable supporting it.
Serious problems
The app was working fine (lots of ads) but suddenly about 2 days ago, none of the pictures would load or open. I keep getting an error message. The ads will still play but I can’t color any of the pictures. There’s no update available so I know it’s the most current version. I’ve thought about uninstalling and trying to reinstall the app but then I’ll lose all of the pictures that I’ve colored.
Some of the new coloring pages aren’t loading properly
Hello there my WiFi is working but so of new artworks are not showing up for me.
No new daily picture
I really like this app…just wondering why there have been no new daily pictures for the past 2 days. It’s Sunday 4/12/26 and the pictures that usually change at midnight are still the same as yesterday. I keep checking, but there’s been no updated pictures since 4/10/26. This is very disappointing. Please fix.
Takes up too much storage
I love this game so much, I played it almost every day! Unfortunately, it took up 10GB of space on my phone so I had to delete it.
Why does it take up so much space? I would love to keep playing but can’t afford the space.
Why does it take up so much space? I would love to keep playing but can’t afford the space.
Hey Color!
I keep hoping your Developers will choose to update with some Vibrant Colors. I’ve been a ‘hey colorist’ for many years. Your COLORS are Flat, Dull, Unreal and Boring for too long now. Why has it been over One Year for an Update? Ready to move on 🤨.
Ads spoiling game experience
It’s a great app but the apps are not allowing me to play recently. Either the app never ends, or ends in a black screen that doesn’t resume the game and I have to shut off my iPad. I’m starting to think I shouldn’t bother with it and just play another paint game
Pics have gone downhill
I like to do the regular epic puzzles but the time between new ones are months apart. I also like to do the pattern ones but the recent ones are not challenging at all.
It’s Changed
What happened? I left a year ago and came back and most of your puzzles are either blend or special! I have to go back to last year’s drawings and color or recolor them. Get rid of the blends and specials!
Not Working
Gets hung up on ad and will not work. Very disappointed. I loved this ap
Age
I don’t understand why the age limit has to be 17+, it wasn’t before.
Ads
There are too many ads and are coming up.
A lot of ads I wish there was a pause button.
I like this at first, but it seems like all the pictures that I choose are now just in shades of browns and greens. No other colors.
Used to be great
This used to be my favorite coloring app but the last year or so it has become very simplistic. I’m sure that appeals to some people, but I like searching for the colors. I don’t like when the colors you’re searching for are all right next to each other. Hopefully someday it goes back to how it used to be.
AI Art ruining it for me
I used to love this app and it is solid but it increasingly seems as though they have switched to AI art. I’ll be looking for another option.
Too many ads.
I love to play this. But I can’t flip off the app to text without having to watch an ad. ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS!! I literally clicked off twice to text and I had to watch 3 ads. I understand watching one before each picture but dang! I’ll just stick to my Coloring Book app
Not as challenging as it was!
I really loved this app, however, with all of their new pictures, the colors go in order and you color one image at a time instead of them being randomly scattered across the entire picture. It’s monotonous and not fun and challenging anymore.
Ad heavy and no backup.
I enjoyed it but it’s ad heavy and once I removed the app and decided to reinstall, all my pictures were gone! There is no backup option like Facebook (I’m sure they used to have this option). :(
Edit: now so much AI “art” 😡
Edit: now so much AI “art” 😡
To many a
Poor because you have so man ads you can’t enjoy the game
Pausing Music
My music keeps being paused while I play, even though I have the app’s sound off. Also, please get rid of the annoying magnifying glass icon that pops up all the time. If you want to keep that pointless feature, please at least put it in the top right corner with the others to make it less distracting.
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)