Color Wheel vs Color Harmonizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Wheel
This app provides a comprehensive suite of digital and abstract color wheels, along with a variety of tools for painters and designers. It offers features for color selection from images and cameras, palette generation, and analysis of color values and contrast ratios.
- Digital, classic, and abstract color wheels
- AR Stencil for marking proportions
- Color picker from camera and images
- Professional color palette generation
- Color swatches by season and mood
- Value checker and light effect simulator
- Contrast ratio calculator
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Digital, abstract, classic - all types of color wheels in one app! A set of tools for painters and designers includes: Digital color wheel - an indispensable tool for graphic designers. Classic color wheel - a classic, versatile version of the color wheel. Abstract color wheel - a specialized color choice for abstract painting. AR Stencil - a tool for quickly marking up proportions. Color picker - a tool for obtaining color from the camera. Image Colors - take colors from an image. Color combinations - many professional color palettes for digital design and abstract art. Color swatches - a tool for choosing colors by season and mood. Grayscale - a handy tool for any painter. Value checker - checks the painting for the correct balance of value. Light tool - a tool that shows the effect of different types of light on colors. Value Breaker - simplifies painting for beginners by breaking down images into distinct values. Contrast Ratio - a tool for calculating the contrast ratio between two colors to ensure readability and accessibility. Color Group - a tool for creating large color groups. Tone – a tool that harmonizes colors within a palette by introducing a common tone as visual glue.
Color Harmonizer
Discover harmonious color schemes for your space by identifying undertones with your camera. Virtually try out paint colors from various brands to see how they complement your existing palette.
- Camera-based undertone identification
- Harmonious color scheme generation
- Virtual paint color visualization
- Multi-brand paint color selection
- Real-time color matching
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Use your camera to identify the undertone colors of your space, then use this to find what additional color would give you a harmonious color scheme. Pick paint colors from different brands that fit that color scheme and see what they would look like in your space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Color Harmonizer at Free against Color Wheel's $3.99. Color Harmonizer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Color Wheel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). On rating, 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
Color Harmonizer is free to download; Color Wheel costs $3.99 up front. Color Harmonizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Color Wheel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Harmonizer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Wheel has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Color Wheel ships an update every 3 weeks, Color Harmonizer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Wheel | Color Harmonizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #7 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Sevastyanov | Clark Barrett |
Customer experience
Color Wheel
Color Harmonizer
Bugs and requests
Color Wheel
Reported bugs
3 issues- RYB color mixing not working correctly
- Black square cannot be cleared
- 4th color number not showing in photo color picker
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to name and save custom color palettes
- Option to input custom HEX/RGB values
- CMYK mode for color wheels
- Export color palettes as image files
- Search feature for saved color palettes
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- Upload image to check color values
Color Harmonizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Color Wheel
No in-app purchases
Color Harmonizer
- Premium Features$1.99
Questions
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