Comparison

Pocket Palette vs Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Palette

Easily create and refine color schemes with this intuitive tool. Generate palettes from scratch or inspiration, adjust colors with various color spaces, and preview your designs. Capture colors from images using an eyedropper tool.

Highlights
  • Create palettes from scratch or samples
  • Add/remove colors for custom complexity
  • Organize palettes with collections
  • Adjust colors using Hex, RGB, HSB
  • Preview color schemes
  • Pick colors from photos with eyedropper
  • Copy Hex, RGB, HSB, CMYK values
Features
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The perfect blue is everywhere: in a sunset, a paint chip, a stranger's jacket. Pocket Palette lets you capture it in seconds and build it into something. It's a full-featured color studio that feels like a simple one. Every tool is one tap away, nothing is buried in menus, and there's no learning curve standing between you and your palette. Open the app, and you already know how to use it. From the world to your palette Point your camera at anything: tile, fabric, foliage, that mural you pass every day. Pull the exact color straight into your palette, or eyedrop from any photo in your library. If you can see it, you can keep it. Deep tools, zero clutter Under the simple surface is a precise color editor. Work in Hex, RGB, HSB, or spin the HSB color wheel for intuitive hue control. Every color is fully editable, and undo keeps experimenting risk-free. Not sure what comes next? Pocket Palette suggests coordinating colors to round out your scheme. Organized without effort Group palettes into Collections by project, client, or mood. iCloud sync keeps everything current across your iPhone and iPad automatically—no account, no setup, no thinking about it. Everywhere your work goes Copy Hex, RGB, HSB, or CMYK values with a tap, or share your palette as a clean image for Figma, Procreate, Canva, or wherever your work lives. Pocket Palette isn't where your project ends; it's where your colors begin. Honestly free No ads. No subscriptions. No data collected: your palettes are yours alone. The whole app is 6 MB, small enough to forget it's there, fast enough to be there the instant you need it. Made for designers, illustrators, decorators, crafters, and anyone who's ever stopped mid-walk because a color was too good to lose. Questions or ideas? patrick@penpyre.com. Real feedback shapes every update.

About

Countdown Widget

This app helps you track important dates with customizable countdowns and count-ups. It offers unlimited event registrations, folder organization, and detailed customization options for display and notifications. Easily calculate date differences and share your countdowns.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event registration
  • Folder organization
  • Repeat date setting
  • Timer display
  • Customizable appearance
  • Date/time calculator
  • iOS 14 widget support
Features
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It's a d-day countdown app compatible with iOS14 home screen widgets. All features are completely free to use. - Quick start - Unlimited number of event registrations - Can be divided into folders - Repeat date setting and notification - Specifying the count format - Timer display - Specify background color and text color - Specify background image - Specify character style and placement - Share to SNS with screenshots - Date, time, date and time difference calculator - Date, time, date and time addition, subtraction - Save the calculation result to bookmark - Supports iOS 14 home screen widget - Dark mode support - Completely free, no additional charge How many days until then? How many days since then? URL scheme: countdown://

Screenshots

Pocket Palette4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pocket Palette and Countdown Widget both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Pocket Palette's written reviews are positive against 31% of Countdown Widget's. Pocket Palette also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Pocket Palette against 4.4 for Countdown Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 181 and 68 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Pocket Palette's written reviews are positive against 31% of Countdown Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pocket Palette versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PaletteCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (181 ratings)4.4 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews — better30.8% of reviews
Number of ratings181 — better68
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenpyre, LLCFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Pocket Palette

All ratings177 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative14.6%

Countdown Widget

All ratings63 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative53.8%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Palette

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Palettes disappearing after app updates or random restarts
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Buttons not responding to taps
  • Color picker returning incorrect/random colors
  • Create tab not functioning
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  • Palette changes not saving properly
  • Photo picker not displaying full image in selection window
  • Color picker malfunctioning on specific devices (iPhone 8)
  • Unauthorized camera access without proper permission handling
  • Palette reordering causing items to jump to top/bottom unexpectedly

Requested features

17 requests
  • Increase color limit beyond 9 colors (up to 64 suggested)
  • Nested folder organization for collections within projects
  • Landscape mode support
  • Export/save palettes to device gallery or external files
  • Delete palette functionality
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  • Color naming feature for individual colors
  • Color wheel interface for easier scheme selection
  • Complementary, triadic, and split-complementary color suggestions
  • Palette reordering and custom sorting options
  • LAB color space support
  • Ability to create folders while in color picking mode
  • Swatch comparison feature
  • Color width adjustment for better visualization
  • Palette submission forum for community sharing
  • Backup and cloud sync functionality
  • Ability to show hex/RGB codes without entering edit mode
  • CMYK color restriction option for print-safe palettes

Countdown Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Palette

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Palette free?
Pocket Palette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Palette or Countdown Widget?
Countdown Widget is rated higher. Pocket Palette averages 4.4 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.4 from 68 ratings.
Do Pocket Palette or Countdown Widget have ads?
Countdown Widget shows ads; Pocket Palette does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Palette or Countdown Widget?
Pocket Palette ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown Widget every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Palette was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown Widget on October 24, 2026.

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