Comparison

Color Picker:Palette Generator vs DotChroma

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

Head to head
About

Color Picker:Palette Generator

Easily create harmonious color palettes from images or by capturing colors with your camera. This tool helps artists, designers, and creators identify, generate, and manage color schemes for any project. Supports multiple color models and export formats.

Highlights
  • Create palettes from images
  • Capture colors with camera
  • Generate harmonious palettes
  • Identify color names and hex codes
  • Color harmony suggestions
  • Save and export palettes
Features
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Color Picker & Palette Generator is a helpful all-in-one color tool for a creative person that works with color palettes on a daily basis. Get the app because this Color Picker will help you in all possible easy ways to create a harmonious color palette for your art projects or detect & collect beautiful colors around you. – Create a color palette from an image or photo – grab auto-generated color swatches extracted from the uploaded image or manually pick colors from an image with the Color Picker tool (Eyedropper). – Create palettes from the colors you collect around you! Capture and detect colors simply by pointing the camera at the object. The app identifies the color name and hex color code of the selected area on the screen. – Color Palette Generator. The application algorithm creates harmonious color palettes and you can adjust color values to your liking. Or you can generate with our app a harmonious color palette with any custom color you input to Magic Generator. – Color Harmonies. For each color you collect, the app creates color combinations that go well with a base color (based on color theory and color wheel harmonies). Grab a pre-defined color palette and adjust color values to your liking. Are you colorblind, unable to distinguish certain color hues, or simply want to know What color is it? It is a simple-to-use app for identifying colors around you – just point at anything the Live Camera Color Picker and it will tell you the color. Easily save, share, duplicate, remove and edit already saved palettes. The app supports the most common color models as RGB, HEX, LAB, HSV, HSL, CMYK and color formats – .PNG, .SVG, .ACO, .ASE, .GPL. Whether you’re creating visual graphics, painting digitally, designing logos or interfaces, trying to match the brand color theme – being able to select the right color or palette quickly is important. Color Picker & Palette Generator helps you create harmonious color schemes with ease. Generate palettes, find a hex code of needed hue, edit colors to your liking, and find everyday inspiration with one app.

About

DotChroma

Features
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DotChroma turns any photo into a precise color toolkit — entirely on your iPhone or iPad, no account, no cloud. TAP TO SAMPLE Import a photo or capture one with the camera. Tap anywhere to identify a color. Use the magnifier for pixel-perfect picks. DOMINANT PALETTE Automatically extract the main hues from your image and tap any swatch to set it as the active color. SESSION HISTORY Keep track of every color you sample. DotChroma automatically resumes your last session. COLOR HARMONIES Generate 9 schemes from any sampled color: complementary, analogous, triadic, split complementary, tetradic, monochromatic, tints, shades, and tones. Copy a code with one tap, or export the whole set. DEVELOPER CODES Copy HEX, RGB, HSL, SwiftUI, UIKit, CSS, or SCSS. Export your palette or history as plain text or CSV. WCAG CONTRAST Check readability on white or black backgrounds. Contrast ratio and AA/AAA compliance (WCAG 2.1). COLOR NAMES — 13 LANGUAGES Standard mode (localized CSS names) or Natural mode (xkcd palette). French, English, German, Spanish, and 9 more languages. IMPORTANT — LIGHTING MATTERS Detected colors depend on ambient light, the photo's white balance, and your display settings. The same wall can look different in shade, direct sunlight, or warm lamp light. That's not a bug — DotChroma accurately reads the pixels in your image. When matching real paints, fabrics, or physical samples, sample under stable, consistent lighting. COMPLETE PRIVACY Your images never leave your device. No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything runs on-device. Perfect for designers, developers, interior stylists, and anyone who needs trustworthy color values from real-world photos. The free version includes 10 image imports per month. Sampling, dominant palettes, color names and contrast checks are unlimited on the images you load. DotChroma Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription, no account. It unlocks unlimited imports, color harmonies, developer code export, and full palette export.

Screenshots

Color Picker:Palette Generator4 screens
DotChroma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DotChroma at none against Color Picker:Palette Generator's shown. Color Picker:Palette Generator's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Color Picker:Palette Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DotChroma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Color Picker:Palette Generator versus DotChroma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Picker:Palette GeneratorDotChroma
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (154 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings154 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevhenii KuzmenkoSOHEIL RAMEZANI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Picker:Palette Generator

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$2.99
1 purchases

DotChroma

One-time1
  • DotChroma Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Color Picker:Palette Generator free?
Color Picker:Palette Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DotChroma free?
DotChroma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Color Picker:Palette Generator or DotChroma have ads?
Color Picker:Palette Generator shows ads; DotChroma does not.

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