Color picker and helper vs Cross Stitch Pattern Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color picker and helper
Easily identify color information from photos or camera snapshots. This tool supports multiple color models and offers complementary and Pantone color schemes. It's a handy assistant for design and decoration projects.
- Extract colors from photos and camera
- Pan, pinch, and zoom for precise selection
- Supports RGB, HEX, CMYK, HSB, LAB
- Complementary and Pantone color schemes
- Export color information
- Intuitive interface
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Color Tool is a simple app to show pixel color information. Indispensable color detector assistant when choosing paints, wallpapers, decorative elements. Just import Camera snapshot or the Photos app picture and touch the color you need on the photo. FEATURES * Extract colours from your photos or camera snapshots. * Pan, pinch & zoom to select interesting points in your pictures * RGB, HEX, CMYK, HSB and LAB support * Built-in Complementary and Pantone color schemes assistant * Export color information * Any image size and orientation are supported * iPad supported * Intuitive interface Just a handy tool for everyday use.
Cross Stitch Pattern Maker
Design custom cross-stitch and needlepoint patterns from scratch or by importing images. Features include a vast color palette, image effects, and a markup tool to track your progress. Easily export and organize your creations.
- Import images for pattern creation
- 400+ colors available
- Cross stitch markup tool
- Image effect converter
- Color replacement
- Export patterns to phone
- Organize patterns with folders
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Cross Stitch Pattern Maker is your new app to create and design x-stitch, needlepoint, or patterns and canvas. Its minimalist design and user-friendly interface make the cross stitch pattern creation very easy. Import an image or start from scratch to design your first pattern. At any point, you can resize the pattern, change the background color, replace a color, or edit the background image. With our image effect slider, you can directly transform a background image to make it easier to reproduce as a cross-stitch model. The app contains more than 400 colors to choose from. Once finished, use the mark-up tool to keep track of your progress when stitching your new pattern. You can also export your pattern to your phone images to share it easily. Help and tutorials will guide you in your first steps within the cross stitch Pattern Maker app. What are you waiting for... let's create your first pattern! Happy stitching! Cross Stitch Pattern Maker key points: --------------------------------------- x - Dark and Light modes x - 400+ Colors to create amazing cross stitch patterns x - Cross Stitch Mark-up tool x - Image importer with opacity and cross stitch effect converter x - Color Replacement x - Background color picker x - Help and tutorial to learn how to use the app x - Export to your phone photo library x - Folders to organize your pattern by in-progress / finished x - Create patterns up to 200x200 stitches x - Ideal for x-stitch, needlepoint or crossstitch / cross stitch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color picker and helper at 86% against Cross Stitch Pattern Maker's 36%. Color picker and helper also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (83 vs 14). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Color picker and helper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cross Stitch Pattern Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Color picker and helper holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color picker and helper has 83 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Color picker and helper's written reviews are positive against 36% of Cross Stitch Pattern Maker's.
Color picker and helper ships an update monthly, Cross Stitch Pattern Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color picker and helper | Cross Stitch Pattern Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (83 ratings) — better | 3.4 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 35.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Kolibaba | Sylvain Huon |
Customer experience
Color picker and helper
Cross Stitch Pattern Maker
In-app purchases
Color picker and helper
- Remove Ads$0.99
Cross Stitch Pattern Maker
- Pro Version$3.99
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