Piiika vs Charcoal Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piiika
Capture colors from photos, organize them with tags, and search by HEX or RGB. Share your color palettes with friends. Ideal for designers, photographers, and anyone who loves color.
- Capture colors from photos
- Organize colors with tags
- Search by HEX or RGB
- Share color palettes
- Color inspiration from photos
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Put every color you notice into a bottle of your own. Piiika is a lightweight, playful toolkit for capturing, organizing, and creating with color. Whether you are a designer, photographer, illustrator, or simply someone who loves the colors found in everyday life, Piiika gives every spark of inspiration a place in your personal color library. CAPTURE COLORS FROM CAMERA OR PHOTOS Capture a color in front of you with the camera, or choose a favorite photo and let Piiika extract a representative palette automatically. Move the on-image color picker to sample any exact point and turn scenery, films, outfits, food, and everyday moments into color inspiration you can keep. CREATE AND FINE-TUNE COLORS Choose colors with an intuitive grid or RGB sliders, then adjust brightness and saturation. Piiika displays HEX, RGB, and CMYK values together and lets you copy them quickly for graphic design, UI work, illustration, and other visual projects. BUILD AN ORGANIZED COLOR COLLECTION Add tags to colors so they are easy to organize and find by theme. Save individual colors or combine several favorites into a complete palette. Single colors and palettes with the same tag appear together, keeping your library clear and easy to browse. SEARCH BY COLOR VALUE Enter a HEX code or RGB values to see the matching color and its details instantly. Adjust the result’s brightness and saturation, then save it directly for your next project. MAKE YOUR OWN PALETTES Select multiple saved colors and combine them into a palette. Reorder, edit, and share the colors inside it. It is ideal for keeping brand colors, project systems, outfit ideas, interior inspiration, or any color relationship worth remembering. FIND RANDOM INSPIRATION Not sure where to start? Explore randomly generated combinations in the Color Library. When a palette clicks, save it to your collection with a tap. CREATE GRADIENT WALLPAPERS Turn one color or an entire palette into a clean, natural gradient wallpaper. Preview the result for your Home Screen or Lock Screen and save your favorites to Photos. MAKE COLOR-DRIVEN FILTERS Apply a saved color or palette to a photo to create a distinctive mood. Fine-tune highlights, shadows, saturation, and brightness until the image matches your style. SHARE COLOR BEAUTIFULLY Turn a color, palette, or photo color card into a polished shareable image. Exchange inspiration with friends or present a design direction in a clear, visual way. Every color can hold a memory—and become the beginning of your next idea. Open Piiika and start collecting your color world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Charcoal Studio
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Charcoal Studio brings the feel of a real charcoal sketchbook to iPhone and iPad. Pick up a stick, lay down rich, grainy tone, then blend it into smooth gradients or lift it back out, the way you would on paper. A FULL CHARCOAL KIT • Charcoal Pencil: fine lines and crisp detail • Vine Charcoal: soft, light marks for loose sketching • Compressed Charcoal: dense, velvety blacks • Charcoal Block: broad strokes for shading large areas • White Charcoal: highlights on toned and dark paper • Charcoal Powder: soft washes of tone • Lasso: select, move and resize your strokes BLEND AND LIFT LIKE THE REAL THING • Blending Stump: push charcoal into the paper’s grain, soften hard edges and build smooth tonal transitions. It moves only charcoal, never the paper, so your darks stay rich. • Kneaded Eraser: dab or drag to lift charcoal gently and add highlights. It follows the tooth of the paper, so lightened areas keep their natural texture. • Eraser: clean removal whenever you need it. MADE FOR APPLE PENCIL • Pressure and tilt shape every mark • Strokes are smoothed so blending and erasing follow your hand without jagged corners • Double-tap or squeeze Apple Pencil to switch tools or show tool settings • Draw with your finger too, or turn finger drawing off for Pencil-only work PAPER WITH TOOTH • Five papers: white, cream, toned gray, slate and black • A real paper grain shows through every stroke • Choose your canvas: portrait, landscape, square, or any custom size from 256 to 4096 pixels AN EXPERIENCE THAT FEELS ANALOG • Hear the scratch of charcoal when you hatch, while ordinary lines stay quiet • Pinch to zoom and pan around your page • Ruler for straight edges • Charcoal-tone palette, plus your own saved colours • Size, opacity and strength controls for every tool YOUR SKETCHBOOK • Every sketch saves automatically • Unlimited sketches in your gallery • Undo and redo as many steps as you need • Export at full resolution and share anywhere Everything stays on your device: no account and no sign-up. Focus on your drawing. Leave the dust on the paper. Privacy policy: https://digitalhole.github.io/LilArtist.html Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Charcoal Studio at Free against Piiika's $0.99. Charcoal Studio also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Piiika's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Charcoal Studio is free to download; Piiika costs $0.99 up front. Charcoal Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Piiika asks for nothing beyond the download.
Piiika ships an update every 3 weeks, Charcoal Studio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piiika | Charcoal Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 琳钧 黄 | Digital Hole Pvt. Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Piiika
No in-app purchases
Charcoal Studio
- Unlock All Features$4.99







