Comparison

Colorific vs Paint by Code

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

Head to head
About

Colorific

Generate and refine beautiful color palettes with a single click. Discover inspiration, extract colors from images, and import your favorites to create harmonious combinations. Easily adjust, organize, and share your palettes with support for multiple color code formats.

Highlights
  • Generate color palettes with one click
  • Extract palettes from images
  • Import colors and find complements
  • Adjust and modify saved palettes
  • Organize palettes into folders
  • Share palettes with multiple color codes
  • Perceptually accurate color system
Features
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Colorific assists you in creating color palettes that are both vivid and harmonious. ·Create - Generate a stunning color palette with one click, featuring a range of color schemes including monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split-complementary, double complementary (tetradic), and triadic colors. · Inspiration - Find inspiration for your color palettes by using the random generation button. · Extract - Extract a color palette from your favorite image and discover harmonious combinations. · Import - Import your favorite color and discover other harmonious colors to complement it. · Modify - You can make continuous adjustments to all the saved palettes. · Organize - Use folders to group your palettes. · Share - You can easily copy the color codes of your palettes or share them as an image. Color codes such as Hex, RGB, HSV/HSB, HSL, LAB, and HCT are all supported for exporting and sharing. · Introducing a new, perceptually accurate color system that truly reflects what you see.

About

Paint by Code

Features
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Paint by Code turns your favorite photos into beautiful paint-by-numbers canvases — ready to color in the app or print at home. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a photo from your library or camera 2. Choose your style — 8 to 24 colors, detail level, and canvas format 3. Generate your numbered canvas with a matching color legend 4. Paint in the app with Apple Pencil, or export to print FEATURES • Smart region detection — clear, paintable areas • Numbered canvas with color legend matched to your palette • Paint mode with Apple Pencil support • Colored pencil matching — see which real pencil matches each color • Export & print — A4, Letter, or square format • Save canvases locally on your device PERFECT FOR • Creative relaxation and mindfulness • Personalized gifts from your own photos • Family projects and rainy-day activities • Artists who love paint-by-numbers Everything runs on your device. Your photos stay private — no account needed, no cloud required. Start with any photo. Finish with something you made.

Screenshots

Colorific4 screens
Paint by Code1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Colorific at Free against Paint by Code's $3.99. Colorific also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.2). Paint by Code's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Colorific is free to download; Paint by Code costs $3.99 up front. Colorific sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paint by Code asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorific ships an update every 3 weeks, Paint by Code every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Colorific versus Paint by Code: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorificPaint by Code
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer佳珊 吴Tom Paape

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Colorific

One-time1
  • Colorific Pro$2.99
None

Paint by Code

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colorific free?
Colorific is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paint by Code free?
Paint by Code costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colorific or Paint by Code have ads?
Colorific shows ads; Paint by Code does not.
Which is updated more often, Colorific or Paint by Code?
Colorific ships an update every 3 weeks, and Paint by Code every 10 days. Most recently, Colorific was updated on October 24, 2026 and Paint by Code on October 31, 2026.

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