Ombre vs Pinning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ombre
This app generates unique two-color gradients for design inspiration. It offers over 250 trillion possibilities, allows code generation for CSS and Swift, and lets users create gradients from photos or custom colors. Save and download your favorites as images or wallpapers.
- Random gradient generation
- CSS and Swift code export
- Create gradients from photos
- Save and download favorite gradients
- Adjust gradient angle and type
- Custom color selection
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Gradients are found everywhere in nature, from sunsets to misty mountain tops. Increasingly, they are also found in manmade graphic design. Ombre inspires you with gradients, generating a random one each time which you can use for your next design project. ++ OVER 250 TRILLION POSSIBILITIES ++ Each two-color gradient is randomly generated, and there are over 250 trillion unique possibilities. Just tap the edge of the screen to cycle through them. See which ones will influence your designs. ++ GENERATE CSS AND SWIFT CODE ++ Tap the Inspector button in the bottom toolbar to see detailed color information (such as RGB, HSB and hexadecimal values), and to generate CSS and Swift code. Copy it with a tap of a button - designing your next website or groundbreaking app couldn't be easier. ++ CREATE GRADIENTS FROM PHOTOS ++ Tap the From Photo button in the top toolbar to generate a gradient based upon a photo in your Photo Library. ++ SAVE YOUR FAVORITES ++ Save your favorite gradients with a tap of the Favorite button in the top toolbar. You can also download it as an image, perfectly sized to use as a wallpaper for your device. ++ CHANGE ANGLE, TYPE AND COLOR LOCATION ++ Use the bottom toolbar to change the angle of linear gradients, switch the type from linear to radial, and to adjust the location of the colors. ++ CUSTOM COLORS ++ Create a custom gradient by choosing colors in the Inspector! If you have any problems, please tweet us @CodingCornerLLP. Tweet us your favorite gradients @CodingCornerLLP using the hashtag #OmbreApp!
Pinning
Track important dates and milestones with a visually appealing countdown and calendar app. Organize events with notebooks, add custom icons, and display them on your home or lock screen with widgets. Share events with others via iCloud collaboration.
- Event countdown and count-up
- Calendar event syncing
- Birthday and anniversary tracking
- Event organization with notebooks
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- iCloud collaboration
- Recurring event notifications
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Pinning keeps the days that matter in view. Count down to trips, birthdays, deadlines and anniversaries, or count up from the moments you want to remember, all in one beautiful timeline. COUNT DOWN, OR COUNT UP • See how long until any date, or how long it’s been • Show time in days, weeks, months or years, the way you think about it • Multi-day events, like trips and conferences, show while they’re happening • Repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or on a schedule of your own BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES • See the age someone turns and the years you’re celebrating • Import birthdays from Contacts, with their photos • Supports the Chinese lunar calendar ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Group events into notebooks, add tags, and star the ones that matter most • Give every event a symbol, an emoji or your own image • Find anything in a moment with Quick Find SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE • Share a notebook with family and friends over iCloud and plan together • Share any event as a beautiful image NEVER MISS A DAY • Get reminded on the day, or days, weeks or a month before, at the time you choose • See your calendar events and reminders with due dates next to your countdowns • Rewind brings back what happened a month or a year ago today ALWAYS AT A GLANCE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Add an event right from Control Center • Siri and Shortcuts support • Apple Watch app with complications • A native Mac app EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Your events sync through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. There’s no account to create, and your events stay in your iCloud. PINNING PRO Try everything free for 7 days. After that, the free plan keeps 7 events. Pinning Pro unlocks: • Unlimited events • Calendars in your timeline • Scheduled reminders • Importing birthdays from Contacts One purchase works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or buy it once for life, each with or without Family Sharing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://pinning.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pinning.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pinning at none against Ombre's shown. Pinning also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Ombre's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Ombre sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pinning sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pinning holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Ombre's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pinning's.
Ombre ships an update every 5 months, Pinning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ombre | Pinning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (93 ratings) | 4.7 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coding Corner LLP | Anybox LTD |
Customer experience
Ombre
Pinning
In-app purchases
Ombre
- Remove Adverts$0.99
Pinning
- Monthly$1.491 Month
- Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
- Yearly$11.991 Year
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- Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
- Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99








