Comparison

ColorPicker Plus vs Palette Studio+

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

Head to head
About

ColorPicker Plus

Features
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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.

About

Palette Studio+

Features
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Design color palettes you can see in three dimensions — 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 (Ī”E 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.

Screenshots

ColorPicker Plus4 screens
Palette Studio+4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
ColorPicker Plus versus Palette Studio+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorPicker PlusPalette Studio+
Price$2.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 13 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan-Hendrik von Kuick256 Arts

In-app purchases

None

ColorPicker Plus

No in-app purchases

None

Palette Studio+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ColorPicker Plus free?
ColorPicker Plus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Palette Studio+ free?
Palette Studio+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ColorPicker Plus or Palette Studio+ have ads?
Neither ColorPicker Plus nor Palette Studio+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorPicker Plus or Palette Studio+?
ColorPicker Plus ships an update every 34 months, and Palette Studio+ every 13 months. Most recently, ColorPicker Plus was updated on October 29, 2026 and Palette Studio+ on October 30, 2026.

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