Swatches Reader vs Forest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swatches Reader
Manage GIMP color palettes with this tool. Select colors, copy them as UIColor or hex strings, and grab colors from anywhere on your screen. It also extracts main colors from images and includes thumbnail and QuickLook extensions.
- GIMP color palette management
- System color picker integration
- Copy colors as UIColor, hex, or RGB
- Grab color from any screen location
- Auto extract main colors from images
- Thumbnail and QuickLook extensions
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Color palettes management tool based on a GIMP format ( *.gpl ). Selected color can be changed by system's color picker or copied to clipboard as a UIColor or hex string or RGB description. You can grab color from any place on the screen. Auto extract main colors from the given image. The app also has included fast worked Thumbnails and QuickLook extensions.
Forest
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Stay focus and be present. Plant a seed in lotus/cattail garden! A simple app to help you focus on your daily mediation/task and put down your phone. It notifies you return to the app with a bell sound. Write down all your thoughts in the note feature. It comes with a widget to view your water garden. As you stay focused, this seed will gradually grow into a flower. However, if you leave the app, your plant will wither. You get a sense of achievement when you see a pond full of beautiful lotus and cattail! Demo video: https://youtu.be/sJMiZN6ugn0 Instructions: 1. Swipe up/down to change plant. 2. Swipe left/right to change task. 3. Tap task to begin timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Forest at Free against Swatches Reader's $5.99. Forest also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Forest is free to download; Swatches Reader costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Swatches Reader ships an update monthly, Forest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swatches Reader | Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Goltvyanytsya | yong chong loh |
In-app purchases
Swatches Reader
No in-app purchases
Forest
No in-app purchases
