Comparison

Color Collect vs Hex Code Tiles

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

Head to head
About

Color Collect

Capture and organize colors from your surroundings using your camera or photos. Explore random color combinations and create harmonious palettes for various design projects. Easily share your color discoveries or export them as wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Real-world color picker from photos
  • Random color palette generation
  • Color harmony recommendations
  • Palette management and editing
  • Color palette sharing options
  • Camera-based color capture
Features
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Inspiration comes from our daily life. When you record your life with photos, how about capture it with color as well? Collect your favorite colors today! Color Collect is a color picker for the real world. When you pick colors on your photo, manually adjust the circles for your ideal shades. As long as you can see the colors, the app captures them for you. Hard to decide your colors on a picture? A random selection feature will explore the possibilities for you. Advanced random color features will present all possible options for you with ease. Color palettes in the app are a suitable reference for: ■ PowerPoint design ■ Social media post and ads artwork ■ User interface and web design ■ Book cover design ■ Home decor ■ Matching clothes Color Collect Basic helps you on the following: ■ iPad drawing companion + Supported the Slide Over and Split View for your iPad drawing experience with Procreate, ArtStudio Pro. ■ Color exploration + Random colors from a set of libraries like Pantone, classic Chinese and Japanese colors, and more + Capture color palette through your camera at a real-time + Support four color harmony recommendations + Recommending palettes for you every day ■ Sharing the color happiness + Multiple sharing layout to memorize the color moment + Single color wallpaper export with color names, hex codes, and more ■ Palette management + Search palettes based on colors and palette titles + Edit an existing palette to further customize it for you + Write a note To make it even better, Color Collect Pro allows you: + All photo color palette features + All libraries of beautiful color palettes with over 800 palettes + All palette displays + All palette sharing options + Unlimited random color inspiration + iCloud backup for iPhone and iPad + Palette color and name search + Business license for palettes in Pro Color Collect is a freemium app with an annual subscription, monthly subscription, and lifetime one-time purchase available. Your subscription renews automatically. Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours before the next renewal date; the current period can't be refunded. To cancel the subscription, visit your App Store Account > Subscriptions. Privacy: https://colorcollect.cc/privacy-policy Terms: https://colorcollect.cc/terms-of-services If you have any feedback or want to say "Hi," reach me at support@wizeyes.com. I hope you enjoy the app!

About

Hex Code Tiles

Discover and explore over 35,000 named hex colors, perceptually arranged for visual similarity. Easily copy color codes, view details, and organize favorites. Offers various browsing and grid customization options for a personalized color discovery experience.

Highlights
  • 35,000+ named hex colors
  • Perceptually arranged colors
  • One-tap copy (hex, RGB, HSL)
  • Full-screen color view
  • Browse by hue or shade
  • Customizable grid layout
  • Offline access
Features
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Hex Code Tiles is a color finder for everyone who lives in color. 35,000+ named hex colors, arranged so neighbors actually look like neighbors. Scroll, tap, copy. Find the exact shade you didn't know you were looking for — for a design, a paint job, a website, a sticker, a sweater, a sunset you can't stop thinking about. It's not a clinical picker. It's a place to spend time. — A WHOLE WORLD OF COLOR — • 35,000+ named hex colors, drawn from the most respected color libraries • Perceptually arranged: similar colors really do sit next to each other • Smooth, endless, satisfying to scroll • Light and dark modes — both gorgeous • Universal: native on iPhone and iPad — TAP ANY TILE — • Instant card: name, hex, RGB, HSL • One-tap copy in any format • Beautiful full-screen view — perfect for sharing or staring at • Long-press to favorite — your collection follows you everywhere — FIND IT YOUR WAY — • Browse by hue: reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, purples, pinks, neutrals • Or by named shade: Salmon, Rose, Crimson, Cantaloupe, Tea Rose, Mexican Pink, hundreds more • 8 free curated collections: Pastels, Neon, Earth Tones, Ocean, Sunset, Black & White, Jewel Tones, Skin Tones • Search by name — "coral", "teal", "mauve" • Or paste a hex — #FF2841 lands you right there — SHAPE THE GRID — • Cohesive, Balanced, or Diverse — set how the tiles relate to each other • Grid sizes from cozy 7×11 to dense 11×15 • Tile borders on or off — your call • Tap any tile and the entire palette retunes around it — HEX CODE TILES PRO — A single $4.99 unlock. No subscription. No recurring charges. Restores on any device signed into your Apple ID. For when you want the whole toolkit: • 8 premium collections — Autumn, Spring, Winter, Retro, Wedding, Military, Japanese Traditional, Wikipedia Colors • Color Harmonies — Complementary, Triadic, Analogous, Split Complementary, generated live • Accessibility checker — WCAG contrast ratings at a glance • Custom grid sizes — fine-tune from 5×7 to 11×15 • Pro gradient themes — Sunset, Ocean, Aurora • All future Pro features included, forever — BUILT BY HAND — Made by one developer who got tired of every color picker on the App Store and wanted something that felt like a real place. Every color has a hand-checked name. The grid is generated by a perceptual model in CIELAB color space, not alphabetical order or hex distance. Animations are tuned to feel like rippling water. Sound is optional, dynamic, and never intrusive. — PRIVACY BY DEFAULT — • No accounts, no sign-in, ever • No tracking, no analytics, no ads • No third-party SDKs of any kind • Fully offline — the entire color database ships inside the app • Your favorites stay on your device Hex Code Tiles communicates with Apple's App Store and nothing else. — FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COLOR — Designers and developers. Painters and illustrators. Photographers, brand teams, knitters, tattoo artists, decorators. Kids who love rainbows, adults who never stopped. Anyone who's ever wanted to find a color and felt let down by every picker on the App Store. Free forever for casual browsing. Pro when you want the whole toolkit.

Screenshots

Color Collect4 screens
Hex Code Tiles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Color Collect at 862 against Hex Code Tiles's 1. Color Collect also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Hex Code Tiles's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Color Collect sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Hex Code Tiles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hex Code Tiles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Collect has 862 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Color Collect versus Hex Code Tiles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor CollectHex Code Tiles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (862 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings862 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWXColor Tech Co., Ltd.Alexander Knigge

Customer experience

Color Collect

All ratings862 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral6.9%
Negative12.6%

Hex Code Tiles

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Color Collect

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Photo submission not working for some users
  • Pricing discrepancies between in-app and App Store

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow extraction of more than 5 colors from a single image
  • Implement advanced color editing tools (RGB, HSL, etc.)
  • Add language selection options
  • Expand export options beyond Procreate

Hex Code Tiles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Color Collect

Subscriptions2
  • Color Collect Monthly PRO1 Month trial$1.491 Month
  • Color Collect Annual PRO$10.491 Year
One-time2
  • This in-purchase is invalidFree
  • Color Collect PRO$8.99
1 purchases

Hex Code Tiles

One-time1
  • Hex Code Tiles Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Color Collect free?
Color Collect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hex Code Tiles free?
Hex Code Tiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Collect or Hex Code Tiles?
Hex Code Tiles is rated higher. Color Collect averages 4.8 out of 5 from 862 ratings, while Hex Code Tiles averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Color Collect or Hex Code Tiles have ads?
Neither Color Collect nor Hex Code Tiles shows ads.

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