Easily switch your display between full color and grayscale mode.
Not recently updated — last update was on 2023-08-25.
This app may no longer be actively maintained.
About Gray-Switch (Grayscale)
Gray-Switch (Grayscale) is a health & fitness app developed by Vegard IT GmbH.
Download Statistics
Gray-Switch (Grayscale) has been downloaded 410 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.6 thousand times.
User Ratings
Gray-Switch (Grayscale) is rated 3.69 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.5 thousand ratings.
App Information
Gray-Switch (Grayscale) is FREE to download. The APK download size is 1.63 MB. The latest version available is 2.4.4. The last update was on August 25, 2023.
Technical Requirements
Gray-Switch (Grayscale) requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2019.
Description
**IMPORTANT** If your phone is not rooted, you need to manually grant the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission to the app.
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It does what it says, but if you want your phone in b&w all the time, just enable it in dev options>simulate color space>monochromacy. Ez.
★★★★★Robin Banks· Jan 28, 2026
I'm not able to set up the app yet, as I'm away from home. But it really sucks that you need to download an app, root your phone, or use adb to be able to easily use this basic accessibility feature. This kind of thing should really be preinstalled. The only reason it's so difficult to turn monochrome on and off is because it'd harm the profits of companies that depend on addicting people.
★★★★★A (A)· May 14, 2024
Really easy to follow instructions, got this thing permanently set up through developer mode in just a couple of minutes. (This is impressive for several reasons. The big one is that I'm NOT tech-savvy. AT ALL. And horrible at following text instructions. This just... Worked for me... Easy!) I'll change my review to 1 star if this thing hacks my phone. But hey. It's gray now!
★★★★★Brian Wilson· Dec 25, 2025
Android 11 on Moto G 2021 does not have any built-in grayscale options. This app works great. I especially love that I can selectively enable color in the Camera and Gallery. I am using a text based launcher and this complements it perfectly. Thanks to the detailed video I had no problems changing the permissions setting.
★☆☆☆☆James Sadler· Dec 6, 2024
You DON'T NEED this app to switch your phone to grayscale. It's an option in the accessibility menu under settings (in my android it is, anyway), which should already be there. This app asks for root permissions to get into your phone and I feel like that's pretty invasive. I would prefer not to grant those.
★☆☆☆☆Jax D· Aug 5, 2025
Enable developer options 1. Go to Settings 2. Tap About phone 3. Tap Build number 7 times to enable Developer options 4. Go back to Settings → open Developer options 5. Scroll to Simulate color space 6. Select Monochromacy → Your screen will now be black and white. You don't need this app...
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Technologies used by Gray-Switch (Grayscale)
Gray-Switch (Grayscale) is requesting 4 permissions and is using 9 libraries.
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