UTool vs ColorDesk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UTool
This app provides a comprehensive collection of color palettes and schemes for designers. It includes various styles like gradients, traditional colors from different cultures, and system-specific palettes. Future updates promise even more features for creative professionals.
- Gradient color schemes
- Color schemes
- Chinese traditional colors
- Japanese traditional colors
- iOS system colors
- Material Color
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"UTool" is a tool for designers and a work developed by independent developers. "UTool" includes gradient color schemes, color schemes, Chinese traditional colors, Japanese traditional colors, iOS system colors, Material Color, and more features will be added in the future, so stay tuned. If you like "UTool", welcome to the App Store to rate us, sharing with friends is also a good choice. You can also give me your feedback at any time, and I will be happy to solve it for you. —————————————————— Email: gradient_support@163.com ——————————————————
ColorDesk
This app is a comprehensive color workstation offering multiple functions for color manipulation and analysis. It allows for accurate color picking, value conversion, and identification of color names, along with tools to find and generate color schemes.
- Color workstation with multiple functions
- Accurate color picking and value conversion
- Identify color names
- Search and generate color schemes
- Hue ring for color scheme adjustment
- Random color generation
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+ color workstation + Color blocks with multiple functions and styles + color value conversion + Batch, accurate color picking + Identify color names + Calculate color distribution ratio + Find great colors + Search thousands of color schemes + random color + Monochromatic association + Hue ring to adjust color scheme + Play with the Hue Ring color scheme Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UTool at none against ColorDesk's 2. UTool also leads on ratings volume (73 vs 6) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). ColorDesk's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. ColorDesk sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. UTool asks for nothing beyond the download.
ColorDesk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTool has 73 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of UTool's written reviews are positive against 91% of ColorDesk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
UTool ships an update every 9 days, ColorDesk every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UTool | ColorDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews — better | 91.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 才熹 郑 | 小波 司 |
Customer experience
UTool
ColorDesk
In-app purchases
UTool
No in-app purchases
ColorDesk
- 7-day free trialFree
- ColorDesk Pro$3.99
