Comparison

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD vs Gradient Palette

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

Head to head
About

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD

Easily create stunning gradients with intuitive color blending. Extract colors from images, adjust direction, and export in various formats. Save and share your creations with a global community.

Highlights
  • Smart swipe gesture color generation
  • Extract colors from images
  • Copy Hex codes
  • Update RGB values
  • Adjust gradient direction
  • Export to Instagram Stories
  • Save to personal gallery
Features
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Finding the perfect colors for your gradients is hard, that's why I built Gradient - Background Design. Hi, I'm Ed! A solo developer & designer based in Barcelona, Spain. As part of my work as a designer, I've always found it tricky to come up with the best possible colors to make beautiful gradients. I figured that iterating fast is the key to finding matching colors, so Gradient Background Design lets you do just that. You will find two color picker inside the app and all you need to do to create a gradient is to use your finger and move them around to update the color selected by each color picker. The app will respond to your tiniest movement to let you accurately select the color you need and you will see the output in real time. Pretty cool isn't it? Once you have a gradient that looks nice, just lift your fingers and hit the save button to add this gradient to your gallery. The app also allows you to: - Generate gradient by selecting colors using smart swipe gestures - Extract colors from images to generate beautiful gradients - Copy Hex codes to your clipboard so you can reuse them anywhere else - Update each color using RGB value - Update the direction of the gradient (TopLeftBottomRight, TopLeft, BottomRightTopLeft ...) - Preview your creation in full screen and export your gradient directly to your Instagram Stories - Save gradients to your own gallery for later use. - Export your gradients with or without legend (direction & hex codes can be added to the export). - Share gradients with your friend, colleague, designer or to yourself via Airdrop. - Explore a collection of thousands of gradients created by tons of users across the globe I'm always interested to hear about the people who use the apps I built so feel free to reach out with suggestions, feedbacks, bug discoveries and rants (it's ok, it happens). My email is edouard.developer@gmail.com and you can find me on Instagram here: @edouard_iosdev. Premium Features can be unlocked either via lifetime access offered via a single in-app purchase or via a yearly subscription plan. If you decide to subscribe, your iTunes Account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turn off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal can be turned off via the Settings app on your device. Both our Terms of User and Privacy Policy can be accessed by following this link: https://www.edouardbarbier.com/apps/gradient-background-design/privacy/

About

Gradient Palette

Features
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Introducing Gradient Palette, the ultimate tool for web designers and developers! Are you tired of creating your own color schemes for your website backgrounds? Look no further than Gradient Palette, a free collection of 180 stunning linear gradients that can be used as content backdrops on any part of your website. With easy copy used colors. We've also provided a PNG version of each gradient for added convenience. Say goodbye to the hassle of creating your own gradients and hello to the ease and beauty of Gradient Palette!

Screenshots

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD4 screens
Gradient Palette3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gradients Maker Design Tool HD at fortnightly against Gradient Palette's every 2 months. Gradients Maker Design Tool HD also leads on iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Gradients Maker Design Tool HD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Gradient Palette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD ships an update fortnightly, Gradient Palette every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD versus Gradient Palette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradients Maker Design Tool HDGradient Palette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (141 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings141 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.4 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdouard Barbier伟 葛

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD

Subscriptions2
  • Gradient Premium Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Gradient Premium Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Gradient Premium Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Gradient Palette

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Gradients Maker Design Tool HD free?
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gradient Palette free?
Gradient Palette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gradients Maker Design Tool HD or Gradient Palette have ads?
Neither Gradients Maker Design Tool HD nor Gradient Palette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gradients Maker Design Tool HD or Gradient Palette?
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD ships an update fortnightly, and Gradient Palette every 2 months. Most recently, Gradients Maker Design Tool HD was updated on October 23, 2026 and Gradient Palette on October 21, 2026.

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