Comparison

GLance Color vs Notepad Live

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GLance Color

Extract colors from photos or live camera feeds and fine-tune them with RGB sliders. Save your favorite colors to a personal library and access standard color codes for your creative projects.

Highlights
  • Extract colors from photos
  • Live camera color capture
  • Precision RGB sliders
  • Personal palette library
  • View HEX and RGB codes
Features
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Your pocket-sized color lab and personal palette library. Glance is designed for creators who work with color. It allows you to precisely extract colors from your photos or capture inspiration directly from the real world using your live camera. With intuitive RGB sliders, you can tweak and perfect your color schemes effortlessly. Core Features: Live & Photo Picker: Extract colors from your photo library or use the camera to grab colors from your surroundings. Precision Color Sliders: Fine-tune your picked colors with intuitive RGB sliders to get the exact shade you need. Personal Palette Library: Save your favorite colors to your local library and build your own digital inspiration board. Essential Color Codes: Instantly view standard HEX and RGB codes for your projects. Whether you're practicing UI design, sketching illustrations, or building a website, Glance is the perfect sidekick for your creative journey.

About

Notepad Live

Display and manage your notes directly on your Lock Screen using Live Activities. Easily update notes by tapping the Live Activity, and swipe to clear them. Customize your notes with colors and unlimited lists through an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen notes via Live Activities
  • Tap to open and update notes
  • Swipe to clear notes
  • Add controls to Control Center/Lock Screen
  • Unlimited lists with subscription
  • Color personalization for lists
Features
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Keep track of notes on your Lock Screen using Live Activities. Tap the Live Activity button in the app to view your notes on the Lock Screen. While the Live Activity is active, just tap it to open the app and update your notes. You can swipe on the Live Activity to clear it from your Lock Screen, like a notification. Add the control to your Control Center, Lock Screen, or Action Button. To keep your notes private, you can turn off access to Live Activities when locked via Settings > Face ID & Passcode With a Live+ subscription, you can create unlimited lists, personalize them with color, change list settings, remove ads, and support and independent app developer. Try Notepad Live today! Terms of Service - https://heyy.lol/#terms Privacy Policy - https://heyy.lol/#privacy

Screenshots

GLance Color4 screens
Notepad Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Notepad Live at Free against GLance Color's $0.99. Notepad Live also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.1). GLance Color's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (38 vs 7). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Notepad Live is free to download; GLance Color costs $0.99 up front. Notepad Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. GLance Color asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepad Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GLance Color has 38 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of GLance Color's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notepad Live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GLance Color ships an update every 5 weeks, Notepad Live every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
GLance Color versus Notepad Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGLance ColorNotepad Live
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (38 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer竞尘 胡heyylol, LLC

Customer experience

GLance Color

All ratings38 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Notepad Live

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GLance Color

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Notepad Live

Subscriptions2
  • Live+ (1 month)3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Live+ (1 year)3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is GLance Color free?
GLance Color costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notepad Live free?
Notepad Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GLance Color or Notepad Live?
Notepad Live is rated higher. GLance Color averages 4.1 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Notepad Live averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do GLance Color or Notepad Live have ads?
Both GLance Color and Notepad Live show ads.
Which is updated more often, GLance Color or Notepad Live?
GLance Color ships an update every 5 weeks, and Notepad Live every 4 days. Most recently, GLance Color was updated on September 9, 2026 and Notepad Live on June 8, 2026.

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