Comparison

Ombre vs Pinning

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Ombre4 screens
Pinning4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ombre versus Pinning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOmbrePinning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (93 ratings)4.7 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings93 — better51
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoding Corner LLPAnybox LTD

Customer experience

Ombre

All ratings93 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Pinning

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ombre

One-time1
  • Remove Adverts$0.99
6 purchases

Pinning

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99

Questions

Is Ombre free?
Ombre is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pinning free?
Pinning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ombre or Pinning?
Pinning is rated higher. Ombre averages 4.5 out of 5 from 93 ratings, while Pinning averages 4.7 from 51 ratings.
Do Ombre or Pinning have ads?
Ombre shows ads; Pinning does not.
Which is updated more often, Ombre or Pinning?
Ombre ships an update every 5 months, and Pinning every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ombre was updated on October 12, 2026 and Pinning on October 14, 2026.

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