Comparison

Pocket Palette vs Marker Muse

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

Marker Muse

This app assists artists in selecting colors for their projects without generating artwork. It helps manage art supplies, create palettes, and preview colors before application. Users can also discover and share finished artwork within a community.

Highlights
  • Manage art supplies and create custom palettes
  • Preview colors with 'Mock It Up'
  • Match colors from reference photos
  • Daily color combinations and creative prompts
  • Browse and share community artwork
  • Discover human-created coloring books
  • Collaborate on 'Buddy Coloring' projects
Features
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YOUR ART STAYS YOURS Marker Muse helps you choose colors without creating the artwork for you. It does not use generative AI to generate, replace, or alter your coloring pages. You color the page. Marker Muse helps with everything around it. YOUR SUPPLIES. NO GUESSING. Add the alcohol markers, acrylic markers, colored pencils, gel pens, and other art supplies you own. Build palettes using colors you can actually reach for. Find your closest color matches across brands without staring at caps or guessing. Compare sets before buying so you can avoid unnecessary duplicates. DESCRIBE YOUR PAGE. SEE YOUR PALETTE. Tell Marker Muse what you are coloring with Describe Your Page. Create a palette for the page in front of you, then use Mock It Up to preview the colors before committing them to paper. Use Photo Matcher to pull inspiration from a reference photo and match those colors to supplies you already own. START COLORING FASTER Open Today’s Palette for a fresh combination every day. Try Surprise Me, Just Color, Dare Me to Color, or Guided Palette when you want another way to begin. Refine, organize, and save your choices inside Palette Workspace. SEE WHAT REAL COLORISTS CREATED Browse finished coloring pages shared by the Marker Muse community. Discover new color combinations, see the palettes behind finished work when available, and share your own coloring. DISCOVER HUMAN-CREATED COLORING BOOKS Find coloring books centered on human-created, hand-drawn artwork. Check verification status, ratings, Community Art Checks, and finished pages from real colorists before choosing your next book. Save books to your wishlist, mark the books you own, and keep your coloring collection organized. COLOR TOGETHER Join Buddy Coloring projects with other colorists. Everyone colors separately, submits before the deadline, and reveals their finished pages together. KEEP YOUR COLORING LIFE TOGETHER Save palettes, organize your supplies, track coloring books, collect useful tutorial links, and return to the projects and inspiration you want to use again. Marker Muse is made for adult coloring, marker artists, colored-pencil artists, illustrators, journalers, card makers, and anyone who loves color but hates second-guessing every choice. Your art. Your supplies. Your colors. Some features require a Marker Muse Pro subscription. Feature availability may vary by platform. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pocket Palette4 screens
Marker Muse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Marker Muse at 5.0 against Pocket Palette's 4.4. Marker Muse also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Pocket Palette's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (181 vs 2). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Marker Muse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pocket Palette asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marker Muse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Palette has 181 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Pocket Palette's written reviews are positive against 100% of Marker Muse's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Palette ships an update every 6 weeks, Marker Muse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Palette versus Marker Muse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PaletteMarker Muse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (181 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings181 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB41 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPenpyre, LLCMichaela Compton

Customer experience

Pocket Palette

All ratings177 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative14.3%

Marker Muse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Marker Muse

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Palette

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Marker Muse

Subscriptions2
  • Marker Muse Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Marker Muse Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Pocket Palette free?
Pocket Palette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marker Muse free?
Marker Muse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Palette or Marker Muse?
Marker Muse is rated higher. Pocket Palette averages 4.4 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Marker Muse averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pocket Palette or Marker Muse have ads?
Neither Pocket Palette nor Marker Muse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Palette or Marker Muse?
Pocket Palette ships an update every 6 weeks, and Marker Muse every 3 days. Most recently, Pocket Palette was updated on November 3, 2026 and Marker Muse on October 29, 2026.

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