Comparison

Palettes vs Home Contents

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

Head to head
About

Palettes

Create and manage color palettes from various sources like photos, websites, or manually. Supports multiple color models and schemes for design projects. Offers import/export options and cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Create palettes from photos, websites, or manually
  • Supports RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, and Grayscale
  • Import/export with design software
  • Cloud backup and restore
  • Color blending and schemes
  • Color information display
Features
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Palettes is a powerful productivity tool for creating and maintaining color palettes. Great for creating color schemes. Now you can create a color palette anywhere at anytime. Grab colors from a photograph, a website, or add colors using any one of 5 color models. Quickly find matching colors with support for many different color schemes. You may create and store any number of palettes. This application runs at one of three levels: Free, Basic, and Pro. The initial free version runs at the Pro level for a limited time allowing you to fully test the application. It will then revert back to the Free level. Use the included in-application purchasing to upgrade to either the Basic or Pro level at any time. Key features include: • Single universal application works on all your iOS devices including iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. • Quickly create a color palette from a web site, image, camera, or color scheme. • Unlimited number of palettes (Free only supports 3). • 25 colors per palette (Free and Basic allows 5). • Undo/Redo support. • Import/Export palettes from/to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks, GIMP, Paintshop Pro, Procreate, and OS X Color Chooser. (Pro) • Import/Export palettes via email. Team development made easy with one click import. (Pro) • Backup and restore your Palettes data directly to/from your own computer, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, or FTP servers. (Basic, Pro) • Import and export palette files directly to/from your own computer, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, FTP servers, or another app. (Pro) • Email color palettes to friends and co-workers. (Pro adds more options) • Pick colors from:   • RGB, HSV (HSB), HSL, CMYK, or Gray scale sliders   • Standard colors lists (SVG, Web Safe, HTML, Java, Apple) or other palettes.   • A website URL (webpage, image, CSS file, 3rd party palette file (Pro)).   • An image or camera.   • Any valid CSS3 color representation. • Create colors via:   • Color blending (Pro adds using 1 of 4 color models).   • Color schemes (monochromatic (Pro), analogous, triadic, complementary (Pro), split complementary (Pro)). • Review color information:   • Details (integer, hex, percent, decimal, CSS).   • As both a foreground and background color. • "Palette Flow" (not on iPad) • Display a color full screen to compare against a real world item (press and hold color briefly). • Palette preview screen. • Backup a palette as an image in your photo library for later restore. • Rename, reorder, or delete palettes. • Sort palette colors by RGB, HSV/B, HSL, CMYK, or Gray color model. • All work is saved as you go. • Always remembers where you left off last. • Built in context sensitive help system. • Preferences can be set from within the application. (Basic, Pro) • Excellent customer support. Palettes can be used to create color palettes for: • Web site design • Marketing campaigns • Home decorating • Wardrobe • Artists • Color coordinating • Anywhere colors are needed - just use your imagination Please visit http://www.maddysoft.com/iphone/palettes to see a more complete set of screen shots and additional information on the features of "Palettes". The website includes contact information for leaving feedback, asking questions, or reporting any issues. NOTE: Known limitation - this version is unable to import binary OS X palette files (.clr) from ~/Library/Colors. NOTE: Screenshots are after upgrading to the Pro level.

About

Home Contents

Easily create a detailed inventory of your home's contents for insurance purposes. Document items with photos, receipts, and purchase details to ensure you're adequately covered in case of a disaster. The app offers robust reporting and data management features.

Highlights
  • Quick camera entry mode
  • Add photos, receipts, and details
  • Track purchase date, value, serial numbers
  • Supports multiple properties and currencies
  • Customizable categories and locations
  • Generate professional PDF reports
  • Secure data with password protection
Features
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The fastest way to create a complete home inventory. Capture First. Organize Later. Home Contents’ unique Quick Capture mode lets you walk through each room taking one photo of every item. When you’re finished, complete the details whenever it's convenient by adding values, serial numbers, warranties, receipts, and notes. Home Contents helps you keep a complete record of everything you own. Whether you’re making an insurance claim after a fire, flood or burglary, moving home or planning your estate, your inventory is always close at hand. Free download includes up to 25 items and 1 property. Go Unlimited: Unlock unlimited items and multiple properties with a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription required. Features • Capture an entire room in minutes with the unique Quick Capture mode • Record purchase dates, values, serial numbers, warranties, barcodes and notes • Add multiple photos and PDF receipts to items • Organize everything by property, location and custom categories • Assign items to multiple categories for flexible organization • Built-in smart categories highlight warranties, unvalued and unfiled items • Generate professional PDF reports by location, category, value and other criteria • Create detailed reports for individual high-value items • Quickly search across every field, or simply scan a barcode • Optimized for iPad with keyboard shortcuts, trackpad support and drag & drop • Keep your inventory in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud • Backup, restore and export your inventory whenever you need • Protect your inventory with an optional passcode Private by design. Your inventory is stored locally on your device or in your personal iCloud storage. You stay in control of your data.

Screenshots

Palettes4 screens
Home Contents4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Home Contents at 4.7 against Palettes's 3.6. Home Contents also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 46%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 23). Palettes's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Palettes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Home Contents sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Home Contents holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Contents has 1.5K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Palettes's written reviews are positive against 88% of Home Contents's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palettes ships an update every 4 months, Home Contents every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Palettes versus Home Contents: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalettesHome Contents
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (23 ratings)4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews87.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings231.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRick MaddyCURLYBRACE APPS LTD

Customer experience

Palettes

All ratings23 ratings
Positive60.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%

Home Contents

All ratings1,461 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews378 reviews
Positive87.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Palettes

One-time3
  • Upgrade Palettes Free to Palettes Basic$1.99
  • Upgrade Palettes Basic to Palettes Pro$1.99
  • Upgrade Palettes Free to Palettes Pro$3.99
1 purchases

Home Contents

One-time1
  • UNLOCK ALL FEATURES$5.99

Questions

Is Palettes free?
Palettes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Home Contents free?
Home Contents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Palettes or Home Contents?
Home Contents is rated higher. Palettes averages 3.6 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Home Contents averages 4.7 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Palettes or Home Contents have ads?
Neither Palettes nor Home Contents shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Palettes or Home Contents?
Palettes ships an update every 4 months, and Home Contents every 2 months. Most recently, Palettes was updated on October 31, 2026 and Home Contents on November 6, 2026.

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