Comparison

HiFutureSelf vs Palette Library

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

Head to head
About

HiFutureSelf

Send messages to your future self or friends, scheduled for delivery at a specific time. This app helps you remember important tasks, offer encouragement, or share memories.

Highlights
  • Schedule future messages
  • Send messages to yourself
  • Send messages to friends
  • Add photos to messages
  • Home screen widget
  • Set repeating reminders
Features
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Send messages to your future self! Write a note. Pick a moment: a date, a time, or a place. HiFutureSelf delivers it exactly when you need it. Your grocery list as you walk into the store. A pep talk before the gym. A quiet "breathe" as you step out the door. The simplest reminder app you'll ever use. And the most thoughtful. *Celebrating 16 years on the App Store!* WHAT YOU CAN SEND • A note to yourself tomorrow, next month, or ten years from now. • A voice memo recording for your future self. • A photo, a face, a moment, a memory to land at the right time. • A secret message to a friend. Surprise the people you love with a note that arrives exactly when they need it. WHEN IT ARRIVES IS UP TO YOU • Any future date and time, down to the minute. • The moment you arrive at or leave a place. • Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or on the specific days you choose. • Pause anytime with a swipe. Resume the same way. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • 5 home screen widgets so your upcoming messages are always in view. • Light and dark mode, matched to your iOS theme automatically. • A library of motivational messages for the days the words won't come. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases. No data collection. Your messages live on your device, with optional iCloud sync. Works fully offline. Download HiFutureSelf. Free. Start writing to the version of you who'll need it most.

About

Palette Library

This app is a comprehensive color toolkit for designers, developers, and artists. It allows users to sample colors from images, websites, and the camera, organize them into palettes, and export them in various formats. It also offers color intelligence features like harmonies, contrast checking, and color blindness simulation.

Highlights
  • Sample colors from images, camera, and websites
  • Organize colors into unlimited palettes
  • Generate color harmonies and tints/shades
  • WCAG 2.1 contrast checking
  • Color blindness simulation
  • Export palettes in multiple formats (PNG, JSON, CSS, ASE)
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Palette Library is the all-in-one color toolkit for designers, developers, and artists. Pick colors from any image, capture them from websites with the Safari extension, and organize them into beautiful palettes — all on your iPhone or iPad. PICK COLORS FROM ANYWHERE • Sample colors from your photo library, camera, or any image with a precision magnifier loupe • Automatically extract dominant and highlight colors using perceptual clustering • Generate color harmonies — complementary, triadic, tetradic, and analogous — with one tap SAFARI EXTENSION • Capture colors directly from any website without leaving Safari • Sample element colors (backgrounds, text, borders) or individual pixels from images • Extract full page palettes automatically, grouped by domain • Review captures in a dedicated Inbox and save to your palettes ORGANIZE & EDIT PALETTES • Create unlimited palettes with unlimited colors • Drag to reorder colors and palettes • Add notes and custom names to any color • Search palettes instantly with live filtering • Select, copy, and manage colors in bulk COLOR INTELLIGENCE • Automatic color naming from a dataset of 1,500+ names with multiple naming schemes including XKCD • WCAG 2.1 contrast checking against white and black backgrounds with AA and AAA pass/fail ratings • Color blindness simulation for protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia • Generate tints, shades, tones, and full ramps in perceptually uniform LAB color space EVERY FORMAT YOU NEED • View and copy colors as HEX, RGB, CMYK, HSL, HSV, CSS RGB, or CSS HSL • One-tap copy to clipboard with haptic feedback EXPORT FOR ANY WORKFLOW • PNG and JPEG images in grid, horizontal strip, or vertical strip layouts • JSON, CSV, and CSS custom properties • Tailwind CSS configuration • W3C Design Tokens • Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign • GIMP Palette (.gpl) SYNC & SHARE • iCloud sync keeps your palettes updated across all your devices automatically • Share palettes via AirDrop, Messages, or email using the .palettelibrary file format • Import palettes shared by others with one tap • Works fully offline and syncs when connected ACCESSIBILITY & DESIGN • Full VoiceOver support • Dynamic Type for comfortable reading at any text size • Clean, intuitive interface designed for fast workflows PRIVACY FIRST All color processing happens on your device. No data is collected or sent to external servers. iCloud sync uses your private iCloud container. Whether you're building a brand, designing an interface, choosing paint for a canvas, or developing a website, Palette Library gives you professional color tools in one app.

Screenshots

HiFutureSelf4 screens
Palette Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiFutureSelf at Free against Palette Library's $4.99. HiFutureSelf also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (554 vs 1). Palette Library's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

HiFutureSelf is free to download; Palette Library costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Palette Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiFutureSelf has 554 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of HiFutureSelf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Palette Library's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiFutureSelf ships an update every 2 weeks, Palette Library every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HiFutureSelf versus Palette Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiFutureSelfPalette Library
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (554 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings554 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDBElement, LLCZehavi Works LLC

Customer experience

HiFutureSelf

All ratings553 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative13.3%

Palette Library

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HiFutureSelf

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Reminders not sending at the correct time
  • Unexpected deletion of existing reminders
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more customization options for reminders (e.g., repeat on specific days, delayed notifications)
  • Implement a search or sorting function for sent reminders
  • Integrate with other productivity apps or calendars
  • Add support for voice commands or voice reminders
  • Provide more sound and notification options

Palette Library

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HiFutureSelf

No in-app purchases

None

Palette Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiFutureSelf free?
HiFutureSelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Palette Library free?
Palette Library costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HiFutureSelf or Palette Library?
Palette Library is rated higher. HiFutureSelf averages 4.8 out of 5 from 554 ratings, while Palette Library averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HiFutureSelf or Palette Library have ads?
Neither HiFutureSelf nor Palette Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiFutureSelf or Palette Library?
HiFutureSelf ships an update every 2 weeks, and Palette Library every 3 months. Most recently, HiFutureSelf was updated on October 22, 2026 and Palette Library on October 18, 2026.

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