Comparison

ColorSlurp vs Codye

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

Head to head
About

ColorSlurp

This app helps designers and developers boost productivity by picking colors from photos or your camera. It allows for automatic color palette creation, editing, and exporting to various formats. Organize and sync your color collections across devices.

Highlights
  • Pick colors from camera or photos
  • Automatic color palette creation
  • Edit colors with selection tools
  • Copy colors to various formats
  • Organize colors into palettes
  • Sync palettes with iCloud
  • Export colors to multiple file types
Features
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ColorSlurp is the ultimate color productivity booster for designers and developers. • Pick colors using your camera or from any photo! • Create color palettes automatically. • Create and edit colors using an assortment of color selection tools. • Copy colors to a variety of color formats. • Name and organize your colors into palettes, and sync them with iCloud across Mac and iOS. • The swatches panel dynamically creates beautiful harmonies based on the color you're editing. • Export colors to different languages and files: PDF, iPhone wallpaper, ASE, CSS, Sass, Swift, CLR, HTML, JSON, and more! • Looks amazing in dark mode! • Authentic slurp sound when picking colors! # Magnifier The magnifier lets you pick colors using your camera or from any photo. Then copy the color to any format with one click. You can even automatically generate color palettes using different algorithms. # Edit Colors ColorSlurp's powerful color editing tools let you dial in the perfect color. # Formats One-click copies a color to any format for any language. # Palettes Name and organize your colors into palettes. # Sync with iCloud, and Import/Export Sync your palettes between all your devices with iCloud. Create the perfect palette on your phone, then sync it to ColorSlurp on Mac. Export palettes to different languages—CSS, Sass, Swift, HTML, JSON, and more! # Swatches & Color Harmonies Quickly grab a pre-defined color from the swatches panel, or find color harmonies based on the color you're editing. You can even remove opacity from a color while keeping the shade against its background. # ColorSlurp PRO Go PRO and get these awesome features! • Save and copy picked colors from your photos or camera. • Palette Export. • Create unlimited palettes. • Swatches and Color Harmonies. • Support the developer and future features of the app! Terms of Use: https://colorslurp.com/app-terms Privacy Policy: https://colorslurp.com/app-privacy Email: contact@ideapunch.com Twitter: @IdeaPunchLLC

About

Codye

Easily present code snippets in a visually appealing format. Export highlighted code to various image and document formats, with extensive customization options for themes, styling, and presentation elements. Ideal for developers and content creators needing to share code.

Highlights
  • 180+ language support
  • 100+ themes
  • Export to PNG, JPEG, HTML, RTF
  • Customizable window buttons, line numbers
  • Adjustable width, corner radius, background color
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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Present code in a beautiful way with Codye! Tired of those blurry or plain-text code snippets in slides and documentation? Do you need to embed code in a fast, JavaScript-free way into your blog or website? Codye helps you present your code in more than 180 languages and more than 100 themes. You can export your highlighted code snippets to PNG, JPEG, HTML & RTF, while fine-tuning many options to your liking: - Show window buttons - Enable Line numbers - Custom or dynamic width of the code area - Custom corner radius. - Customize background color. Codye will look at your current theme and present you with custom colors to match the current style. You can also select any other color with the integrated HSB color picker. - Custom scale and resolution - Embed CSS styling to your HTML output - Shortcuts integration for automating your snippets Codye also allows navigating and using most of its features entirely from your keyboard, to enable power users to their most cutting edge needs.

Screenshots

ColorSlurp4 screens
Codye4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ColorSlurp at 4.5 against Codye's 4.0. ColorSlurp also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 71%) and chart position (#99 vs unranked). Codye's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ColorSlurp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Codye sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ColorSlurp holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of ColorSlurp's written reviews are positive against 71% of Codye's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorSlurp ships an update every 3 weeks, Codye weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ColorSlurp versus Codye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorSlurpCodye
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (94 ratings) — better4.0 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better71.3% of reviews
Number of ratings94 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#99 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIdeaPunchDario Roa

Customer experience

ColorSlurp

All ratings91 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews586 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative8.9%

Codye

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral8.8%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

ColorSlurp

From 94 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy-to-use universal eyedropper tool
  • 🚀 Excellent, well-designed, and unobtrusive
  • 🚀 Essential tool for designers and developers
  • 👍 Simple and effective
  • 👍 Intuitive and functional

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Useless on iPad
  • 💰 Subscription only
  • 💰 Greedy pricing model
  • 🐛 Buggy, crashes, and issues with syncing
  • 👎 Lacks HDR color space support

Codye

From 24 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Beautiful code presentation
  • 🎨 Wide variety of themes
  • ✨ Clean and intuitive UI
  • 💡 Great for educational purposes
  • 🚀 Time-saving tool

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Font size too small
  • 🐛 Inconsistent update frequency
  • 🐛 Some features feel gimmicky
  • 🐛 Paid version locks essential features
  • 🐛 UI can be jittery

Bugs and requests

ColorSlurp

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Picking colors in full screen mode doesn't work
  • Palette management is buggy and inconsistent
  • Crashes when using the color picker tool

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to pick colors from photos in library
  • More customization options for color palettes
  • Integration with Adobe and other design apps
  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • Ability to adjust color values via keyboard
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  • Color contrast and accessibility checking

Codye

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Exported images have messed up parsing syntax
  • Background color picker doesn't work
  • Cross-platform purchase restoration issues
  • Cannot auto-refresh after style adjustment
  • Returns to previous style if not careful with refresh
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  • New version doesn't boot up (EXC_BREAKPOINT error)
  • UI panning is jittery
  • Basic paste operation not working
  • Unicode characters result in 'Undefined' output
  • App triggers review alert too early
  • Purchases not restoring on new devices
  • Language selection not working in new version
  • App crashes on launch

Requested features

18 requests
  • Integrate code snippet repository functionality
  • Ability to change font size
  • Ability to change background color
  • Add custom watermarks (user's name/logo)
  • Ability to change font size
Show 13 more
  • Support for custom fonts
  • Ability to save/import code snippets
  • Add React.js and Node.js language support
  • Support for SVG export
  • Option to remove app logo from paid version
  • Adjust gap between line number and code
  • Ability to zoom in/out
  • Import custom language/syntax highlighters
  • Add padding option
  • Auto-refresh after style adjustment
  • System font usage
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ColorSlurp

Subscriptions1
  • ColorSlurp Pro Yearly2 variants$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ColorSlurp PRO$7.99
3 purchases

Codye

One-time3
  • Unlock All FeaturesFree
  • Codye ProFree
  • Codye Pro (Upgrade)Free

Questions

Is ColorSlurp free?
ColorSlurp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Codye free?
Codye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ColorSlurp or Codye?
ColorSlurp is rated higher. ColorSlurp averages 4.5 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while Codye averages 4.0 from 24 ratings.
Do ColorSlurp or Codye have ads?
Neither ColorSlurp nor Codye shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorSlurp or Codye?
ColorSlurp ships an update every 3 weeks, and Codye weekly. Most recently, ColorSlurp was updated on October 29, 2026 and Codye on October 29, 2026.

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