Parakey vs Color Picker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parakey
Transform your smartphone into a digital key for various locked spaces like offices and parking garages. This app eliminates the need for physical keys, fobs, or cards, offering convenient access even without an internet connection.
- Smartphone as a digital key
- Access locked spaces without internet
- Automatic door detection
- NFC sticker unlocking
- Lock screen widgets
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Use your smartphone as a key to locked spaces, such as the office, parking garage or gym – even without internet access. No more physical keys, fobs or entry cards to keep track of! — Features — • Automatic detection of doors you are close to and have access to – no need to scroll through long lists of doors • Tap your phone on a Parakey NFC sticker to unlock • Add widgets to open the app or NFC reader from the lock screen • Access to many locked spaces? Your frequently unlocked ones are displayed at the top • ... and much more! — Requirements — • Parakey-devices installed in the locked areas • You need to be invited by an administrator in order to create an account and login as a user • iPhone 6s or greater • iOS 15.0 or greater
Color Picker
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Color Picker helps you identify colors around you using your iPhone camera. Point the camera at an object and move the sampling target anywhere on the preview. The app shows a clear, familiar color name along with helpful details such as light, dark, warm, cool, or muted. Features: • Live color identification • Adjustable sampling target • Multiple rear-camera lenses and pinch-to-zoom • Exposure, focus, and white-balance controls • Pause the live result for easier viewing • Identify Color App Shortcut for the Action Button • Simple color categories without technical complexity Your privacy stays protected. Camera frames are processed entirely on your device and only in memory. Color Picker has no accounts, advertising, analytics, networking, saved photos, or scan history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Parakey at 15.1 against Color Picker's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Parakey | Color Picker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parakey AB | Artur Saliakhov |
In-app purchases
Parakey
No in-app purchases
Color Picker
No in-app purchases









