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Zen Color - Color By Number

Relaxing Adult Coloring Book

Ratings

Age

4+

Category

Board

Languages

English

Zen Color: Color by Number provides a calming paint-by-number experience with a wide selection of artwork. Features include auto-fill, zoom, daily events, and a smooth interface designed for relaxation and creativity. Unlike other coloring apps, Zen Color focuses on the flow state, offering an aesthetic and auditory experience that reduces anxiety and promotes mindfulness.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

90/100

Zen Color is easily one of the most polished coloring apps on the market. It doesn't bombard you with complex UI or competitive pressure; it’s just pure, meditative coloring. The artwork is diverse and genuinely beautiful, ranging from intricate mandalas to peaceful landscapes. The 'tap-to-fill' mechanic is precise, and the zoom levels allow you to find even the tiniest numbered sections without frustration.

The daily 'Zen' stories are a lovely touch, giving you a sense of accomplishment beyond just finishing a picture. For anyone struggling with stress or just looking for a creative outlet that doesn't require actual paint, this app is a sanctuary. It’s one of the few apps where the 'Zen' in the name feels earned rather than just a marketing buzzword.

Dinsun reviewed on: Thu Feb 26 2026

Features

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Thousands of high-quality artworks

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Relaxing ambient background music

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Smooth tap-to-color interface

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Daily challenges and stress-relief stories

Upcoming Events

Wake the Year!
Wake the Year!
Let your hues waltz with the echoing drums.
Sun Feb 15 2026 - Mon Mar 02 2026
Gaze Upon You
Gaze Upon You
Colors awaken where wild eyes dream
Fri Feb 20 2026 - Sat Mar 07 2026

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes, you can save your completed masterpieces to your camera roll or share them directly to social media.

Ratings & Reviews

Perfect app!
Thu Jul 18 2024 RubyDuke

I absolutely LOVE Zen Color!! I’ve had it only a few months but have colored hundreds of pictures. There are multiple different kinds of pictures from various artists that give you plenty of engaging variety. Yes, it is addicting. I love that there is a timer but it only tells you how long it took to color the picture. I especially love the fact that it only counts the time your finger is on the screen and not the multiple minutes you’re staring at the picture trying to find a particular color. Another aspect of the app that I LOVE is the fact that I can hold my finger down on an uncolored space to highlight and fill it in. I like to color in the order I want to see it animate. It’s especially more enjoyable than going in number order. Developers please don’t change this!! My only suggestion to developers would be the ability to see the bonus badge counter - or whatever it is. When you receive a bonus, a little badge counter adds another number to the badge in the top right corner. The problem for me is, I want to click on it because it looks like it’ll “tell you” something. But it appears quickly and disappears. I’ve done everything I can think of to access it, even going into settings, but I'm unable and it’s frustrating. If you enjoy color by number, it is 100% worth paying for the unlocked version. There are no ads and there are unlimited hints. Unlimited hints are extremely useful in finding that last tiny spot that you eludes you.

I AM OBSESSED!!
Sat Nov 23 2024 Mothership722

This amazing coloring app has changed my life believe it or not! I was completely addicted to several iOS games and was spending all kinds of $money$ I didn’t really have just to play these money-grubbing games. :( Once I found Zen Color, all that stopped! For a while, I played with ads, but then paid the one time, very small fee to remove ads - TOTALLY WORTH IT! And now, I spend my time coloring all kinds of pictures and sending them to my mom, to my aunties, to my cousin, (who has cancer and loves a cheerful pic everyday) to my kids, and to my friends! There seems to be not just one, but many pictures to fit all these people’s interests, hobbies, tastes and personalities! I 💜love💜the fact that you actually EARN more pictures to color…you don’t PAY for more. I am so tired of in-app purchase games. But, Zen Color is not about that and I really hope it stays that way! There are literally hundreds of pictures and all sorts of categories. Also, I have tried probably 20+ other coloring app and I just end up deleting them and going right back to my ZEN!🧘🏼 If you enjoy being on your phone and you’re tired of getting addicted to expensive iOS games, please download this app! Get addicted to a fun, HEALTHY app, that also gives pleasures to others as you share your finished pictures!! THANK YOU ZEN!!! Jen in Kansas xo

Update- Bug was eventually fixed!
Mon Aug 19 2024 Kestrel Pounces

Used to love this app, extremely addictive until the prior update. Then one day all the completed pictures and rewards went blank. Pictures don’t save, whether in progress or completed. All apps have problems occasionally, but there has been no word about this from the creators or even an announcement letting us know an update trying to fix it was available. For me, apps only continue to draw me in when they return a (usually false) sense of accomplishment. Having the picture vanish on completion definitely removes that for me. So I guess… thanks? I appreciate your altruism in finding a way to break my attraction to your app. Update: Bug was eventually fixed. Recently new artists added and they're great! Still get the same style lovely zen and mandalas as before, but with more variation. The animals are now wonderful. More accuracy and details, more species (platypus!), better poses and backgrounds. The animal emphasis has shifted nicely to beauty over cuteness. Flowers are coming in greater variety of species and color, and the koi are often bright ornamental colors rather than muddy wild carp brown. New butterflies are showing up again, and the new simple category is wonderful for a mental refresher or quick break. I've fallen in love with this app all over again!!

favorite color by number app
Thu Jul 20 2023 alcrisp

My favorite color by number for mindless relaxing is Zen Color. The free version is pretty fantastic for this kind of app. Lots of great pictures, new images all the time. I find the music relaxing. I’ve been doing one before bed. They also let you share and you get bonus images by doing a certain amount of coloring in different areas. Example 3 nature pictures gets you a bonus picture. But even without that there’s lots of images available for free. The animation is cool. The ads aren’t horrible. They only pop up before or after, not while you’re in the middle. Unless you want to earn free hints by watching extra ads. This is so smart since the premise is Zen/relaxation. The only glitch has been every once-in-awhile I can’t get out of the Royal Flush game ad. No X to close out. Please fix this annoying problem. Otherwise very happy. The price to go ad free isn’t bad - $9.99. I will likely pay for it soon as I like supporting well done Apps. As a software tester once-upon-a-time it’s obviously well thought out and cared for. Thank you developers! Potential future improvements- several music choices, color choices as an option & if this is added then also the ability to use an image again and again.

Great variety, fun coloring but only on one device.
Sat Sep 14 2024 AlyssaGind

Only reason I am giving a 4 star is I and I am going to assume most people have multiple devices (I have iPad Air, iPad Pro and iPhone) I would love if there was a way to have this with all of the same pics I have colored on all of my devices and it was the same across the board. Instead on each device I have different pictures colored because it does not share across. Which is crazy in today’s tech. There is no way to update to show what pics you have done on your phone or iPad. Very frustrating. Other than that I have not had many problems, once the music stopped playing but the next day it was back, but to be honest I usually listen to my own music so I will mute it anyways. I read someone said they can’t complete a pic, I have never had that problem and I have colored a lot of pictures. It is a good variety of pics to color. I like the Zen, focus and mandalas. I do have the paid version because I hate ads. So I’m still leaving it as a four star because even though we can now sync, it’s still doesn’t sync it all the way, and my iPad only shows what I’ve done on my iPad and my phone only shows what I’ve done on my phone. And if I’m working on something on my phone. It’ll show that I’m working it on my phone, but it’s not colored. Hopefully the sync will get better.

Absolutely love it
Sun Jul 07 2024 wrenchturner42

I originally got this app because my kids kept wanting color by number apps, and all the ones they downloaded were not very good. Very limited colors, poorly bordered cells, simple pictures, etc. I very quickly started using Zen Color myself. Tons of pictures to choose from, loads of colors, cells are well defined whether large or really tiny. Some pictures have over 100 colors, at least one picture I did had at least 3,000 cells. I pretty quickly paid for no ads, since it’s permanent and not a subscription. I’ve done over 100 pictures and don’t plan on stopping. The following two things are about the only negatives I have. These are definitely in the “nit-pick” category of negatives. 1. I wish there was an “undo” function. Some of the pictures I really like doing in order of cell placement, not color number. If I accidentally fill a cell out of order, depending on the picture it can really mess up the flow of the playback at the end. 2. I’d like to be able to slow down the playback speed of the coloring. Some of these pictures are really cool how they get filled in, and I’d like to be able to follow the detail more closely. It plays so fast it’s hard to catch some small little fill ins.

Amazing!
Sun Dec 01 2024 ☆муsειf☆

Zen Color is one of the BEST games I have on my phone and iPad. It’s a lot better with apple pencil tho. I love the feature where you can change the background and the sound with it. It’s helped my anxiety A LOT, and always calmed my mind. I like to get those little “two for one” add pop ups in the corner to get more hints and to stack them. (You could get 100 if you wanted to!) I have been with Zen Color for almost 2 years! If ANYONE hates this game, I will cry myself to sleep, because this is THE BEST game on my phone and iPad. I have to say unlimited IS better because you get no ads, and unlimited hints, but what I like about the actual start is that you can stack hints. I love that they organize the HUNDREDS of photos into little sections based on how you’re feeling, AND they give you daily pictures to color. I also love that you can see your pictures that you’re working on, and color those, as well as the pictures you’ve already colored, and redo those if they were fun. I know this is getting long, so i’ll rap it up with one thing, THE LACK OF GEESE. I’m still going to give this five stars, but if you like geese this will disappoint you. (Not everyone is obsessed with geese like me, so i’ll give it five stars because of that. (GIVE ME MORE GEESE)).

Good, bad, then good again.
Sat Dec 02 2023 im.wheelin

Started messing with zen color about three weeks ago. I was still using iOS 16. It worked great and I had a lot of fun. I upgraded iOS 17, all of a sudden the app started having a clicking sound in it. It was very annoying so I deleted the app. I tried reloading the app, but the clicking sound continued, while trying to use the app to paint. Went back there yesterday, found out that there was an upgrade version. Downloaded the app. Started coloring again. Voilà, no more clicking sound! Thank you for fixing whatever was wrong with the app. It's a lot of fun! Although, I have to take many breaks because my eyes get sore after about 30 minutes. [but that's the same with any app] Thanks again for fixing the app. Pat [about the new upgrade] although everything seems fine, it would be nice if you change one thing back. Please let me download the picture I color, by itself. I enjoyed coloring a pretty picture, writing a poem, and sending it in a message to my wife. It's not like I'm trying to steal, copyrighted material. The image size only allows it to be printed as a 5 x 5 with any quality. So please take out the background or give me an option where I can just download the picture I finished, by itself. Thank you for listening.

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