Comparison

Palettes vs Colors Extractor

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

Colors Extractor

Extract color palettes from images with their hexadecimal and RGB codes. Save favorite palettes and export them as images. Supports importing from gallery, URL, or camera.

Highlights
  • Extract colors from images
  • View colors in HEX, RGB, HSV, HSB, CMYK
  • Copy color codes to clipboard
  • Import images from gallery, URL, or camera
  • Save favorite color palettes
  • Export palettes as images
Features
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The app Colors Extractor helps you to extract colors from any image. The colors are shown with yours hexadecimal code and can be copy to clipboard. Furthemore, the colors code also are exposed in the colors sistems like RGB, HSV, HSB and CMYK. To extract colors using the app is very simple. Just import the images from the device gallery, from a URL(Internet link) or through the camera. In this way, the application will display the main colors that make up the image. In addition, it is possible to add the color palette to the favorites list and export an image with the found color collection. The main features of the app are as follows: ==Color Extraction== With this app you can extract colors from an image. ==Color Picker== Select and copy colors as per your need. ==Copy/Share Colors== Copy or share image colors in multiple color systems. ==Favorite Palettes== Save the color palettes extracted from the image. ==Export Palette== Export the color palettes as an image containing their respective codes in HEX. Use this app as an help tool for your creativity. Have fun!

Screenshots

Palettes4 screens
Colors Extractor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Colors Extractor at 5.0 against Palettes's 3.6. Palettes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Colors Extractor 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

Colors Extractor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Palettes has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palettes ships an update every 4 months, Colors Extractor every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on July 3, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Palettes versus Colors Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalettesColors Extractor
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (23 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard MaddyLuiz Santos

Customer experience

Palettes

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

Colors Extractor

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Colors Extractor

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Palettes free?
Palettes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colors Extractor free?
Colors Extractor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Palettes or Colors Extractor?
Colors Extractor is rated higher. Palettes averages 3.6 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Colors Extractor averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Palettes or Colors Extractor have ads?
Colors Extractor shows ads; Palettes does not.
Which is updated more often, Palettes or Colors Extractor?
Palettes ships an update every 4 months, and Colors Extractor every 7 months. Most recently, Palettes was updated on July 3, 2026 and Colors Extractor on August 20, 2026.

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