Colordrop vs Python Recipes Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colordrop
Capture, inspect, and organize colors from photos or real-time camera feeds. Offers detailed color analysis with various color models and accessibility tools. Export colors in multiple formats for creative and development workflows.
- Capture colors from photos and live camera
- Detailed color analysis (RGB, CMYK, HSL, etc.)
- Color blindness simulator and contrast checker
- Organize colors with tags and export formats
- App extension and Today View widget
- Siri Shortcuts and Apple Watch app
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Capture and inspect the colors in your photos with Colordrop – a modern and advanced color picker. CAPTURE Capture colors from your photos. - Pick colors from any image or photo. - Open from your Photo Library, Camera, or Files. - Live Capture lets you see the colors around you in real time. - Open images or import colors from Adobe Creative Cloud. - Easily view and pick the most dominant colors in an image. - Select a 'capture radius' to have granular control over the colors you capture. - The Colordrop app extension lets you pick colors without opening the app, for example in the Photos app. - Today View widget shows you your most recent colors. - Manually add a color by hex code or using the built-in color picker. INSPECT The most detailed color analysis tool available on iPhone or iPad. - RGB, CYMK and RYB color overviews. - CIE-LAB, CIE-LCH, HSL, HSV, XYZ color values (and many more). - Complementary and split-complementary colors. - Triadic and tetradic colors. - Tints, shades, tones and monochromatic colors. - Square and analogous colors. - Similar colors for RAL Classic, Web, HKS and many more. - Color blindness simulator and color contrast checker. - Quickly copy or share color codes. - Color descriptions describe the appearance of a color in real terms. - Metadata tells you the source of the color, and when you saved it. EVEN MORE... A powerful tool for developers and creatives alike. - Powerful search feature, including support for Spotlight. - Organize your colors with tags. - Drag and drop colors to other apps, or to save new ones. - Siri Shortcuts for capturing or viewing colors. - Apple Watch app to view all of your saved colors at a glance. - Export colors to Procreate swatch, Adobe color swatch, or to JSON or CSV formats. - Change the default illuminant for accurate color in any environment. - Customize the color data you see. Colordrop is developed by a team of one! Any feedback and suggestions for new features are greatly appreciated. You can get in touch on Twitter (@penguingeorge), or by emailing help@penguingeorge.com.
Python Recipes Pro
Learn programming with curated code recipes for Python and SQL. Find ready-to-use solutions for common tasks, perfect for exam preparation or quick reference. Access all examples offline on iOS and macOS.
- Python code recipes
- SQL code recipes
- Offline access
- Quick search functionality
- Exam and interview preparation
- Cross-platform iOS and macOS support
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An everyday Python reference, from strings and collections to threading and design patterns. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. The construct is on the tip of your tongue, but the exact syntax slips away: • How do you sort a dictionary by value? • How do you serialize a class to JSON and read it back? • How do you start a thread and wait for the result? The app answers with a working example; all that is left is to fit it to your task. • 22 sections: basic types, arrays and collections, classes, files, serialization, functions and lambdas, exceptions, regular expressions, threading, databases, algorithms, design patterns. • Run in the app: the example actually runs and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection; the daily limit is 30 runs. • What changed in new versions: 8 sections from Python 3.0 to 3.13, with the old and the new code side by side. • Keyword and function reference: over 200 articles, browsable as a list or searchable by word. • SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database (JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types). Queries have their own daily limit. • Edit examples and add your own; they stay in the app and are always at hand. • Search looks inside the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. • Everything except running works offline: examples, search, favorites. • Comfortable to read: light and dark themes, your own font and size, line numbers, and long lines wrap instead of spilling off the screen. Examples are drawn from professional sources and verified by running them. Built by a developer for developers. In active development since 2015.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Python Recipes Pro at none against Colordrop's 5. Python Recipes Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Colordrop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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
Colordrop costs $4.99 and Python Recipes Pro $2.99 up front. Colordrop sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Python Recipes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Python Recipes Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Colordrop's written reviews are positive against 80% of Python Recipes Pro's.
Colordrop ships an update every 3 weeks, Python Recipes Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colordrop | Python Recipes Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #113 | #102 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Jones | Fedor Obraztsov |
Customer experience
Colordrop
Python Recipes Pro
In-app purchases
Colordrop
- Tiny Tip$0.99
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
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- Generous Tip$5.99
- Enormous Tip$8.99
Python Recipes Pro
No in-app purchases









