Comparison

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD vs Gradient Maker

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 Maker

Features
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[GradientFactory] DIY gradient color and intelligent color selection of pictures to create personalized wallpapers 1.DIY gradient color: Customize solid color and multi-color gradient wallpaper by selecting colors from the palette. 2. Intelligent picture color selection: Only the color value of the picture can be extracted to generate a gradient through the selected picture. The picture supports rotation, scaling, flipping and other personalized settings. 3. Customized export: Supports custom size export of images with gradient background. 4. A large number of gradient colors: a large number of built-in solid colors and gradient colors can be applied and customized. The design is simple and the functions are powerful. We welcome your use and your valuable opinions, which are our driving force for continuous improvement.

Screenshots

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD4 screens
Gradient Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gradient Maker at none against Gradients Maker Design Tool HD's 3. Gradients Maker Design Tool HD's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Gradients Maker Design Tool HD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Gradient Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradients Maker Design Tool HD ships an update fortnightly, Gradient Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD versus Gradient Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradients Maker Design Tool HDGradient Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (141 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings141 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdouard Barbier慧 王

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
None

Gradient Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gradients Maker Design Tool HD free?
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gradient Maker free?
Gradient Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gradients Maker Design Tool HD or Gradient Maker have ads?
Neither Gradients Maker Design Tool HD nor Gradient Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gradients Maker Design Tool HD or Gradient Maker?
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD ships an update fortnightly, and Gradient Maker monthly. Most recently, Gradients Maker Design Tool HD was updated on October 15, 2026 and Gradient Maker on October 7, 2026.

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