Best apps like ChromaMagic

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.4 avg rating
7 free apps
Updated August 2026

ChromaMagic is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to ChromaMagic

Smarty Paints#1

Smarty Paints by Neural Appworks LLC

Know Your Watercolors
Editor's Choice
🎨 Graphics & Design
4.7(38 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app helps watercolor artists manage their paint collections, find substitute colors, and match tutorial supplies. It simplifies tracking what you own, identifying dupes, and ensuring your paints align with class or tutorial requirements.

Values at Play#2

Values at Play by Neil Daly

Seeing Values in Art
Strong Contender
🎨 Graphics & Design
5.0(5 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app helps users practice identifying and analyzing values in art. It offers tools to create value studies, inspect specific color values, and find areas matching a chosen value. Users can import their own images for practice.

Color Study: Simplify Painting#3

Color Study: Simplify Painting by BrushLabs LLC

Simplify color, value & shape
Worth Considering
🎨 Graphics & Design
4.9(307 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app helps artists simplify images into essential shapes and colors for study. It provides tools for accurate color matching, paint mixing guidance, and detailed analysis of value, saturation, and color codes. Advanced features for deeper analysis and paint mixing are available via subscription.

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Value Study: art reference
Value Study: art reference
Value Study: art reference
Analyze light and shadow
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This app helps artists improve their skills by analyzing light and shadow in reference images. It allows users to break down tones step-by-step, from simple black and white to more complex value ranges, aiding in the understanding of depth and form. It's a tool to enhance traditional art studies.

Step-by-step tone breakdownHighlighting areas of same valueFocus on light, shadow, and form
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ArtRage Vitae Mobile Painting
ArtRage Vitae Mobile Painting
ArtRage Vitae Mobile Painting
Paint realistic on canvas
$4.99

This app offers a realistic digital painting experience with natural color blending and mixing. It simulates the properties of real artistic media like oil paints and watercolors, allowing for detailed texture and shading. Supports advanced features like layers, importing images, and Apple Pencil integration.

Realistic oil and watercolor simulationLayer support with blend modesImport and trace images
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Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing
Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing
Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing
Masterful drawing in minutes!
$14.99

This app uses your device's camera to superimpose a reference image onto your drawing surface, guiding your hand to create detailed art. It offers advanced features and tools to enhance your sketching and painting skills, making art creation easy and fun.

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Color Wheel: Palette ColorGear
Color Wheel: Palette ColorGear
Color Wheel: Palette ColorGear
Harmony Theory, Image Picker
$2.99

Create harmonious color palettes using color theory and image analysis. Offers multiple color models and harmony types, with tools to edit and share your creations.

Two color models (RGB, Itten's)10 color harmony combinationsExtract colors from images
🎨 Graphics & Design
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Painter Values Check
Painter Values Check
Painter Values Check
Check darks and lights
Free

Analyze the lightness and darkness of colors in your artwork or images in real-time using your device's camera. It generates simplified versions to help you assess contrast and focal points, and allows exporting results.

Real-time value checking via cameraAnalyze imported imagesGenerate simplified value versions
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Artist's Companion
Artist's Companion
Artist's Companion
Capture your inspiration
Free

Easily save, crop, and overlay grids on images for drawing and painting inspiration. Keep your device awake while you work, ensuring a seamless creative process.

Save reference imagesOverlay drawing gridsCrop images
🎨 Graphics & Design
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PalettePro – Oil Paint Mixing
PalettePro – Oil Paint Mixing
PalettePro – Oil Paint Mixing
Match Colors From Any Photo
Free

This tool helps oil painters accurately match and mix colors from reference images. It provides step-by-step mixing recipes, generates color palettes, and includes tools for value and tonal analysis to improve painting accuracy.

Color picker from reference imagesAccurate oil paint color matchingStep-by-step color mixing recipes
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