Best Color picker and helper alternatives: apps like Color picker and helper

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

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Updated November 2026

Color picker and helper 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 Color picker and helper

Color Picker - Pixel Color#1

Color Picker - Pixel Color by Hue Hoang Thi

Palette Generator & Identifier
Editor's Choice
🔧 Utilities
4.4😞(981 ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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This app offers a suite of tools for digital color selection and manipulation. It enables users to blend, generate gradients, create palettes, and extract colors from images. Additionally, it includes a contrast checker and supports various color code formats.

What We Love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Accurate color detection
  • 💡 Useful color-related features

Room to Improve

  • 🚫 Subscription model
  • 💸 Expensive for basic functionality
  • 📢 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🤔 Unintuitive interface
Pixel Picker: Color Inspector#2
4.4😐(179 ratings)
Free
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Easily extract precise color information from your images. Import photos from your device or cloud storage, then zoom and pan to pinpoint specific pixels and retrieve their RGB values in decimal and hex formats.

What We Love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Quick and efficient
  • ✅ Does what it says
  • 🎨 Accurate color matching
  • 💡 Useful for automation
  • 🖼️ High zoom capability
  • 🆓 Free to use
  • ✨ Simple and straightforward
  • 💯 Great for graphic design
  • 💻 Useful for developers
  • 🖼️ Shows hex and RGB

Room to Improve

  • 🤔 Privacy concerns (photo library access)
  • 👴 Outdated UI design
  • 📱 Not optimized for newer iPhones
  • 💸 Ads on main screen
  • 🤏 Small color square for comparison
  • 🚫 Cannot copy color codes easily
  • 🐛 Freezing issues
  • ❌ Copy/paste broken
Colorimeter Camera Color Meter#3

Colorimeter Camera Color Meter by Contechity AB

Grab detector RAL CMYK CIELAB
Worth Considering
🔧 Utilities
4.7(60 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app transforms your phone into a real-time color measurement tool. It accurately identifies and compares colors from your camera or images, supporting numerous color spaces and standards. Save, export, and customize your color data with ease.

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Hex Color Codes
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Colors, Palettes & HEX Codes
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Discover, save, and create color palettes from photos or the community. Easily manage your favorite shades, copy HEX and RGB values, and build custom palettes for any creative project. Unlock advanced features with Pro or use credits.

Save and manage colorsCreate five-color palettesPick colors from photos
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Color Name Recognizer Camera
Color Name Recognizer Camera
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Recognize color name w/camera!
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Instantly identify the name of any color by pointing your device's camera at it. Get detailed color values like RGB, HSV, and CIE L*a*b. Supports multiple languages and offers advanced color analysis tools.

Real-time color name recognition via cameraMultiple color value formats (RGB, HSV, CIE L*a*b)Supports up to 1500 base color names in 8 languages
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Color Wheel RGB CMYK HSL
Color Wheel RGB CMYK HSL
Chromatic Circle HSL CMYK RGB
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This app provides an advanced color wheel tool that combines HSL, CMYK, and RGB models. It helps users discover color harmonies like analogous, complementary, and triadic schemes, with dynamic adjustments for precise color selection.

HSL, CMYK, RGB color modelsAnalogous color discoveryComplementary color identification
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Color Name AR
Color Name AR
Color Name AR
Picker, Finder & Identifier
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Identify and discover colors with this app. It helps you choose paints, wallpaper, and decorative items by providing a vast database of color names and their visual representations. Perfect for designers, decorators, or anyone curious about color.

Pantone color scheme assistantMassive base of color namesSearch and view color database
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Color ID: Identify Colors
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Identify Colors Easily
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Instantly identify colors from your camera or photo library. Get detailed color values like RGB, Hex, HSL, and CMYK. Explore a vast database of over 1600 colors for artistic and design inspiration.

Real-time color identification via cameraExtract colors from existing photosDetailed color value information (RGB, Hex, HSL, CMYK)
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xade finder | Colorimeter
xade finder | Colorimeter
xade finder | Colorimeter
color picker & identifier.
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This app transforms your iPhone into a precise color measurement device. It offers various modes for picking colors from live streams, identifying them with external hardware, or using its camera as a microscope. Access premium color databases and manage your own color collections.

Live color picking and identificationMicroscope mode with zoomHigh-precision color measurement with external hardware
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ColorAssist Lite
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ColorAssist Lite
What color is that?
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Identify colors from your camera feed in real-time, converting them to names and various color codes like RGB, HSL, and CMYK. Customize sample areas and manage color sets. Optional in-app purchases unlock advanced sharing and management features.

Real-time camera color captureConverts to nearly 900 color namesSupports RGB, RYB, HSL, CMYK values
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