Comparison

Pocket Palette vs SAI+

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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Pocket Palette is a color palette and color scheme tool that stays out of your way. No subscriptions, no clutter; just a fast, focused environment for building and managing color. Build Palettes Your Way Start from scratch or explore a curated sample palette for inspiration. Add and remove colors freely, then fine-tune each one until the scheme is exactly right. Organize everything into Collections to keep projects clean and separate. A Color Editor Built for Precision Work in the color space that fits your process — Hex, RGB, HSB, or the new HSB color wheel for intuitive hue control. Every color is fully editable, with undo support to keep experimentation risk-free. Capture Color From Anywhere Use the eyedropper to pull color directly from any photo. Open an image from your library or point your camera at the real world — Pocket Palette captures the exact value and drops it into your palette. Preview and Export View your palette in a clean, distraction-free preview. Copy Hex, RGB, HSB, or CMYK values individually, or share your color scheme as an image for use in Figma, Procreate, or wherever your work lives. Syncs Across Your Devices CloudKit sync automatically keeps your palettes and collections up to date across all your iOS devices. Free. No ads. Always improving. Questions or feedback? patrick@penpyre.com

About

SAI+

Features
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SAI+ is a color management tool that lets you create and share color chip PDFs using only your iPhone or iPad, without a computer. Quickly choose colors on site, organize them into a palette, and export them as a PDF. It is useful for meetings, production instructions, color specifications, design checks, and field work. You can choose colors from photos, the color wheel, sliders, or HEX input. Each selected color can be checked in HEX, RGB, HSB, and CMYK. Add colors as color chips, rearrange them by dragging, and export the list as a PDF. Except for sending or sharing PDFs, the main features do not depend on an internet connection. You can create color chips on an airplane, underground, outdoors, or in places with unstable reception. With AirDrop, you can quickly share them with nearby coworkers or clients. How to use: 1. Choose a color from a photo, color wheel, slider, or HEX input 2. Tap ADD to add it to the color list 3. Add up to 20 colors to one list 4. Drag colors to rearrange the order 5. Export the list as a PDF from the LIST screen 6. Share via AirDrop, email, or messages 7. To rename a saved list, tap the list name Each color list can contain up to 20 colors. You can save up to 50 color lists, with the saved date, time, and a custom name. Exported PDFs can be used for meetings, production instructions, color specifications, and design reviews. HEX, RGB, HSB, and CMYK values are recorded as text inside the PDF, making them easy to check in tools such as Illustrator. SAI+ supports both iPhone and iPad. Use iPhone to choose colors quickly on site, and iPad to review palettes on a larger screen. SAI+ is a one-time purchase app. No subscription. Ideal for design, illustration, UI, print, signage, displays, painting, field production, and any situation where color needs to be communicated accurately. Main features: ・Extract colors from photos ・Color wheel ・RGB / HSB / CMYK sliders ・HEX input ・HEX / RGB / HSB / CMYK display ・Create color lists ・Rearrange colors by dragging ・Up to 20 colors per list ・Save up to 50 lists ・Saved date and time ・Edit color list name ・Export color chips as PDF ・Color values recorded as text in PDF ・Share via AirDrop ・Copy HEX with one tap ・iPhone and iPad support ・Main features work without internet ・No login required ・No subscription SAI+ is not just for choosing colors. It helps you organize colors and hand them off clearly to clients, coworkers, or production teams. Photos stay on your device. Photo access is used only to extract colors from images selected by the user. ※ Colors extracted from photos are approximate values based on image pixels. They may differ from the actual color due to lighting, shadows, reflections, white balance, image correction, or display settings. ※ Even with the same RGB value, colors may appear different depending on the device, brightness, True Tone, Night Shift, and ambient lighting. ※ CMYK values are simplified conversions from RGB. Actual printed colors may vary depending on paper, ink, printer, and color profile.

Screenshots

Pocket Palette4 screens
SAI+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket Palette at Free against SAI+'s $2.99. Pocket Palette also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Pocket Palette is free to download; SAI+ costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pocket Palette versus SAI+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PaletteSAI+
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.4 (174 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings174 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenpyre, LLCTAKAO OGASAWARA

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

SAI+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Palette

No in-app purchases

None

SAI+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Palette free?
Pocket Palette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SAI+ free?
SAI+ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Palette or SAI+ have ads?
Neither Pocket Palette nor SAI+ shows ads.

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