Comparison

Pic Colors vs Vertical Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Pic Colors

Features
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Pic Colors grabs colors from your screen and helps you manage palettes like a pro. Open a photo or use your camera to pick colors and build a palette. Edit colors, select hues from color harmonies, and share. Add unlimited palettes and colors. Need precise color selection? Adjust magnifier's zoom. For reliable color matching, use the unique Color Dot to see when the magnifier picks the exact color you want. Pic Colors has: • adjustable magnifier zoom to select a single pixel or an average of many pixels • flashlight control for better live camera color selection • choice of 5 color modes: RGB, hex, CMYK, HSB (HSV), or RGB% • 10 popular color harmonies: Complement, Split Complement, Analagous, Triadic, Tetradic, Tetraadic Alternate, Square, Hexadic, Saturation, or Shades and Tints • easy to manage palettes and colors — name and duplicate palettes, copy colors between palettes or to clipboard, add colors from harmony color suggestions, drag to reorder, and share as a PDF Your experience matters to us and we hope you find this app helpful in your work with color. Let us know how the app is working for you!

About

Vertical Calendar

This productivity app offers a vertical calendar view with customizable holiday colors, notes, and reminder notifications. It supports multiple calendars, bulk operations, and memo search, all accessible through a URL scheme. Enjoy a dark mode and adjustable font sizes for a personalized scheduling experience.

Highlights
  • Vertical calendar view
  • Holiday and day off coloring
  • Notes and color settings
  • Reminder notifications
  • Bulk operations
  • Memo search
  • Dark mode
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Vertical calendar (widget compatible). All features are completely free to use. - Vertical/multiple calendars - Holiday/day off color - Notes and color settings - Reminder notification - Color tag setting - Various bulk operations - Memo search - Font size setting - Today's event widget - dark mode URL scheme: verticalcalendar://

Screenshots

Pic Colors4 screens
Vertical Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vertical Calendar at Free against Pic Colors's $0.99. Vertical Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 46 months). Pic Colors's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Vertical Calendar is free to download; Pic Colors costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pic Colors ships an update every 46 months, Vertical Calendar every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pic Colors versus Vertical Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPic ColorsVertical Calendar
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 46 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNNN SoftwareFugaPiyo Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Pic Colors

No in-app purchases

None

Vertical Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pic Colors free?
Pic Colors costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vertical Calendar free?
Vertical Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pic Colors or Vertical Calendar have ads?
Vertical Calendar shows ads; Pic Colors does not.
Which is updated more often, Pic Colors or Vertical Calendar?
Pic Colors ships an update every 46 months, and Vertical Calendar every 5 months. Most recently, Pic Colors was updated on November 3, 2026 and Vertical Calendar on November 3, 2026.

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