ColorPicker Plus vs Palette Studio+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
ColorPicker Plus
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Our ColorPicker Plus scans a colour chosen with the display and determines the RGB and CIELAB values. The app also shows two colours in the colour systems RAL CLASSIC, RAL DESIGN and RAL EFFECT which are next to the scanned colour. Each scan may be archived or sent via email and it's possible to save the picture of the scan as well. The built-in converter is a powerful function: You can use colour circles to set a colour or enter RGB values directly and the app will determine RAL colours like in a real scan. Of course results of the converter may be saved. The app contains complete colour lists of colour systems RAL CLASSIC, RAL DESIGN and RAL EFFECT including a search function.
Palette Studio+
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Design color palettes you can see in three dimensions ā and trust to work together. Palette Studio places every color in a palette inside a 3D sphere by lightness, chroma, and hue. Instead of a row of swatches, you see how your colors relate in space, and move them until the spacing feels just right. It's built on perceptual color spaces like Oklch and CIE LCh, so even steps look even to the human eye. Create ⢠Generate a balanced palette in a single tap, then lock, reorder, or fine-tune any color ⢠Arrange colors in a grid, or edit them as CSS color strings like oklch() and lch(), with edits syncing both ways ⢠Build tints and shades toward white and black ⢠Step around the color wheel for complementary and triadic schemes Check ⢠WCAG contrast ratios for every pair of colors ⢠Perceptual difference (ĪE 2000) so near-duplicates stand out ⢠Preview your palette through common color vision deficiencies, like deuteranopia and protanopia ⢠Compare any two colors side by side Import and Export ⢠Bring in GIMP palettes, palette images, or palettes from lospec.com ⢠Export to GIMP, macOS color lists, palette images, or CSS, hex, HSL, and other text formats Your palette library syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro with iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Palette Studio+ at Free against ColorPicker Plus's $2.99. Palette Studio+ also leads on update cadence (every 13 months vs every 34 months) and device support (4 vs 2). ColorPicker Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 26.0). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Palette Studio+ is free to download; ColorPicker Plus costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ColorPicker Plus ships an update every 34 months, Palette Studio+ every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorPicker Plus | Palette Studio+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free ā better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 13 months ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro ā better |
| Requires iOS | 13 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Hendrik von Kuick | 256 Arts |
In-app purchases
ColorPicker Plus
No in-app purchases
Palette Studio+
No in-app purchases
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