Palette vs Color Picker Ultimate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Palette
Discover daily color inspiration with curated palettes and their HEX/RGB values. Find complementary colors and set notifications to never miss a new shade. Perfect for artists and designers seeking creative sparks.
- Daily curated color palettes
- HEX and RGB color codes
- Complementary secondary colors
- In-app notifications for new colors
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Palette's aim is simple - to give designers and artists a little bit of colour inspiration. Each day a carefully curated colour fills the screen accompanied by it's corresponding HEX code and RGB values. For further inspiration you can tap the arrow at the bottom to reveal a complimentary secondary colour. You can even enable a notification just to make sure you don't miss a colour!
Color Picker Ultimate
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Welcome to Color Picker Ultimate. Unleash your creativity with Color Picker Ultimate, a powerful tool designed for precision colour selection. Whether you're a designer, artist, or simply want to experiment with colours, this app is tailored for you. Get the colour you want in a matter of seconds. Supports following Features: - Fast and responsive, one of it's kind - RGB Sliders with next generation accuracy and haptic feedback - Hexa-Decimal Code to allow developers to copy or type in their code within seconds. - Displays 0-255 and 0-1 values based on others needs - Supports Dark Mode We hope to see what you create with Color Picker Ultimate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Color Picker Ultimate at every 4 weeks against Palette's every 3 months. Palette's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Palette ships an update every 3 months, Color Picker Ultimate every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Palette | Color Picker Ultimate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Renton | Burhan Shahid |
In-app purchases
Palette
No in-app purchases
Color Picker Ultimate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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