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 had never thought about doing color by Number because I do my own artwork and I would love to be able to choose my colors, but I haven’t ever found anything like that. Just for something to relax with this is wonderful. They have a problem and it’s not actually I think their problem, but it has something to do with a Zinga ad that keeps knocking you out of the app and taking you to your browser and running a virus scan saying that you’ve got all kinds of viruses which is a total scam. When I went to search for this issue on Google, I saw probably 30 or 40 other messages from people all saying this is happening to them from different apps and it was all over the place. I eventually paid for no ads because I love the app and I didn’t really like being interrupted by ads, but I also did it to get rid of the Zynga problem. Somebody needs to sit on them about that. Zynga is never been a company that I like they have been guilty of underhanded things before. However, this app is beautiful. I love the music. I wish I was a little more variety, but I love it and I love, just relaxing that I’ve got a very high stressful life and some days. I just sit and play with this because it just totally chills me out gets rid of all the things out of my mind That are bothering me. So thank you for that. I did pay for the no ads version and it it So worth spending the $$ for if you can afford it. Not only does it get rid of the ads totally, it also gives you unlimited “lightbulb” hints.

I love doing the “Special” category where lovely shading occurs within each cell shape. The results are honestly breathtaking. My mind focuses on the work and absolutely nothing else, and sometimes I’ll work on them for hours at a time, one after another—the most glorious vacation imaginable, pure relaxation. It’s kind of magical, really. I wish they would provide more variety in the music, though, because listening to the same tune repeatedly for hours is hard to manage gracefully. Still, if the repetition becomes too annoying, I simply turn off the sound and keep working. I think this whole thing is addicting! When not in the Special Category, the pictures of interiors and Victorian houses’ exteriors tend to have garish colors—turquoise walls with pink, orange, purple, and blue furniture inside and all those colors together on the outside. Who could live that way? I’ve stopped working on those types of pictures because they look so silly when I’m through. The same two songs are driving me crazy. There’s a third one that’s very lovely, but it only plays—possibly—once in ten pictures. A year later: pictures in the Special category now only take about 10 minutes to complete. Big blocks fill in all at once rather that, for example, a petal at a time. What’s the fun of that? There’s no challenge left if you do all the work for me! Another year later, these pictures are spectacularly beautiful and make the most amazing greeting cards. People absolutely rave about them; I’m even getting somewhat of a reputation.

Overall, a nice app. PLUS: You can “relax” and color at your own pace (no timers)! You can indicate all cells of a given color or long-press to select color for a cell. Feedback sound when all cells of a color are completed. Hints/help to find those last hidden small cells (available as rewards or by watching ads). You can pause and complete a drawing for later. This capability is useful as a work-around to “save” a drawing (e.g., just fill one cell) to complete at a later time. You can filter for some topic/content types, but it would be helpful to be able to search drawings by topic or keywords. Although the “like” function (available on some drawings) is helpful in finding similar topics. New drawings are added frequently, but you may have to scroll a while to find one you like (depending on your interests). The App saves drawings by date completed (latest on top). You can snapshot or share completed still, or animate the coloration pattern. MINUS: Resolution, detail, quality, and style of pictures vary widely, with no categorization or explanation. I have found at least five pictures with bugs (that do not color completely), but no mechanism to report the problem. There is no capability (e.g., folders) to organize completed works by subject/topic, theme, type, resolution, or number of cells, etc. Some ads are troublesome/buggy (e.g., don’t mute, ignore close button, don’t show a close button, or loop continuously).