PickColor vs Codes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PickColor
Extract precise colors from images or your camera using a pixel loupe. Automatically generate harmonious color schemes and palettes from imported visuals. Save and export your color selections in various formats for design and development projects.
- Image and camera color sampling
- Automatic palette generation from images
- Color scheme generation (analogous, complementary, etc.)
- Save and manage color schemes
- Export in CSS, SCSS, and JSON formats
- Offline functionality
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【1. Image Sampling】 Pick colors precisely from images or camera views. The built-in pixel loupe lets you clearly see the exact image pixel currently selected, helping you capture more accurate colors. 【2. Image Palette】 Import an image and automatically analyze its colors to quickly extract recommended palettes. Perfect for finding inspiration from photos, illustrations, posters, brand visuals, and webpage screenshots. 【3. Generate Color Schemes】 Generate analogous, complementary, triadic, and double-complementary color schemes from a selected color to quickly build a harmonious visual style. 【4. Color Schemes】 Save frequently used colors and manage color schemes for different projects. Export CSS variables, SCSS, and Design Token JSON for direct use by designers and developers. 【5. Local & Offline】 PickColor works completely offline. It does not connect to the internet or upload your images. Your images, colors, and palettes stay only on your device.
Codes
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Codes is a delivery-and-bookkeeping tool for individual sellers who resell digital card-codes (gift, activation and membership codes) on second-hand marketplaces. Import your codes, hand one to a buyer in a tap, and let the app keep your records and add up your day / week / month / year sales, cost, profit and refunds. Features • Quick pickup: manage code stock by product and spec; grab one unused code, auto-apply your reply template, copy it, and jump to the marketplace app. • Reply scripts: one-tap copy for your common messages. • Sales ledger: receipt-style records, searchable by product / code / note and filterable by time, channel and refund state. • Week / month / year summary: orders, gross, cost, profit, net and refunds at a glance, split by product and channel, with a revenue trend chart. • Cost & profit: set a cost per spec and the summary shows your margin; partial refunds supported. • CSV export: export your ledger for bookkeeping and taxes. • Private & secure: Face ID / passcode app lock; all data stays on your device with optional sync to your own iCloud, plus manual backup export / import. No account, no ads, and no data collected.
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Verdict
PickColor and Codes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PickColor | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | zeyang huang | 文杰 王 |
In-app purchases
PickColor
No in-app purchases
Codes
No in-app purchases
