3dpc for OctoPrint vs Palette Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3dpc for OctoPrint
Create a personalized control panel for your 3D printer server. Customize layouts with various controls, manage multiple printers, and view live streams. Offers dark and light modes for a better user experience.
- Customizable control panel layout
- Multiple camera support
- File upload from iCloud
- Printer start, stop, and cancel functions
- Temperature monitoring and control
- Support for multiple printers (Pro Tools)
- Dark and light mode
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===== Sept. 2018 - Made it so that it was easier to hit the purchase button for any of the items. (It actually works if you just tap the row.) - In the file browser, it puts the files in alphabetical order now. ===== 3dpc is a fully customizable control panel for OctoPrint 3d printer server software. You can layout your own control panel with the following features: - Create the layout that you want with 3 customizable screens ○ Snap to grid or free form layout ○ Adjust the size of all controls ○ Move the controls around for the perfect placement ○ Remove controls that you don't need - Supports SSL connections (even with self-signed certs) - Supports basic authentication (haproxy usernames and passwords) - Support multiple printers (with purchase of Pro Tools) - Prevent your iOS device from sleeping. - Dark mode and light mode - Controls that you can add, move and resize: ○ Web stream - View your web stream in a resizable control! Oh, and you can add multiple cameras by simply adding the control more than once and customizing the properties by double tapping on the control while in layout mode. ○ File browser - you can even upload files from iCloud! ○ General printer functions - start, stop and cancel ○ Status control - includes the file being printed and time estimates ○ Print head X/Y movement ○ Print head Z movement ○ Progress bar ○ Temperature chart ○ Temperature monitor for controlling tool temps ○ Extruder control ○ Label - place a label anywhere on the screen ○ Octo Info - basic control showing the API Version and Server Version - Pro Tools ○ Ability to add more than 1 printer. ○ Gcode buttons and gcode entry field controls. - Subscription ○ Ability to remove ads and my deepest thanks for supporting development! - Works on both iPad and iPhone in portrait or landscape. 3dpc is ad-supported. If you choose to purchase an Ad Free Subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Current price for an Ad Free Subscription is $0.99 per month, $2.99 per quarter, $4.99 per half-year, or $8.99 per year, and may vary from country to country. 3dpc's Privacy Policy: https://3dpc.app/privacyPolicy 3dpc's Terms of Use: https://3dpc.app/termsOfUse
Palette Library
This app is a comprehensive color toolkit for designers, developers, and artists. It allows users to sample colors from images, websites, and the camera, organize them into palettes, and export them in various formats. It also offers color intelligence features like harmonies, contrast checking, and color blindness simulation.
- Sample colors from images, camera, and websites
- Organize colors into unlimited palettes
- Generate color harmonies and tints/shades
- WCAG 2.1 contrast checking
- Color blindness simulation
- Export palettes in multiple formats (PNG, JSON, CSS, ASE)
- iCloud sync across devices
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Palette Library is the all-in-one color toolkit for designers, developers, and artists. Pick colors from any image, capture them from websites with the Safari extension, and organize them into beautiful palettes — all on your iPhone or iPad. PICK COLORS FROM ANYWHERE • Sample colors from your photo library, camera, or any image with a precision magnifier loupe • Automatically extract dominant and highlight colors using perceptual clustering • Generate color harmonies — complementary, triadic, tetradic, and analogous — with one tap SAFARI EXTENSION • Capture colors directly from any website without leaving Safari • Sample element colors (backgrounds, text, borders) or individual pixels from images • Extract full page palettes automatically, grouped by domain • Review captures in a dedicated Inbox and save to your palettes ORGANIZE & EDIT PALETTES • Create unlimited palettes with unlimited colors • Drag to reorder colors and palettes • Add notes and custom names to any color • Search palettes instantly with live filtering • Select, copy, and manage colors in bulk COLOR INTELLIGENCE • Automatic color naming from a dataset of 1,500+ names with multiple naming schemes including XKCD • WCAG 2.1 contrast checking against white and black backgrounds with AA and AAA pass/fail ratings • Color blindness simulation for protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia • Generate tints, shades, tones, and full ramps in perceptually uniform LAB color space EVERY FORMAT YOU NEED • View and copy colors as HEX, RGB, CMYK, HSL, HSV, CSS RGB, or CSS HSL • One-tap copy to clipboard with haptic feedback EXPORT FOR ANY WORKFLOW • PNG and JPEG images in grid, horizontal strip, or vertical strip layouts • JSON, CSV, and CSS custom properties • Tailwind CSS configuration • W3C Design Tokens • Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign • GIMP Palette (.gpl) SYNC & SHARE • iCloud sync keeps your palettes updated across all your devices automatically • Share palettes via AirDrop, Messages, or email using the .palettelibrary file format • Import palettes shared by others with one tap • Works fully offline and syncs when connected ACCESSIBILITY & DESIGN • Full VoiceOver support • Dynamic Type for comfortable reading at any text size • Clean, intuitive interface designed for fast workflows PRIVACY FIRST All color processing happens on your device. No data is collected or sent to external servers. iCloud sync uses your private iCloud container. Whether you're building a brand, designing an interface, choosing paint for a canvas, or developing a website, Palette Library gives you professional color tools in one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 3dpc for OctoPrint at Free against Palette Library's $4.99. 3dpc for OctoPrint also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Palette Library's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On 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
3dpc for OctoPrint is free to download; Palette Library costs $4.99 up front. 3dpc for OctoPrint sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Palette Library asks for nothing beyond the download.
Palette Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3dpc for OctoPrint has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of 3dpc for OctoPrint's written reviews are positive against 100% of Palette Library's.
3dpc for OctoPrint ships an update weekly, Palette Library every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3dpc for OctoPrint | Palette Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Derek Haidle | Zehavi Works LLC |
Customer experience
3dpc for OctoPrint
Palette Library
In-app purchases
3dpc for OctoPrint
- 1-Month Ad Free Subscription$0.991 Month
- 3-Months Ad Free Subscription$2.993 Months
- 6-Months Ad Free Subscription$4.996 Months
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- One Year Ad Free Subscription$8.991 Year
- Pro Tools Pack 1.0$2.99
Palette Library
No in-app purchases
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