ColorPicker vs ColorPicker Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorPicker
Capture colors from your camera or photos and organize them into named palettes. Generate color harmonies and export values for design, painting, or development.
- Live camera color sampling
- Pick colors from photos
- Multiple color value formats (RGB, HEX, HSV, etc.)
- Generate color harmonies
- Organize colors into palettes
- Export palettes via email, link, or file
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Capture colors from your camera or photos and collect them in named palettes. ColorPicker turns everyday inspiration into usable values for design, painting, development, and sharing. Features: - Live camera sampling and precise picking from photos - White or neutral reference calibration under the same lighting - RGB, RGB Hex, W3C, RAL, CMY, CMYK, HSV, LAB, LCH, and XYZ - Complementary, analogous, split-complementary, and triad harmonies - Palettes with up to 50 distinct colors from captures, RAL matches, and harmonies - Select, reorder, remove, or replace palette colors; reuse colors from saved palettes - Save, rename, duplicate, and delete palettes in your library - Export the colors in your palette by email, link, or file - Import a palette from a compatible ColorPicker link or file Use the free version to capture and inspect one color at a time. Each new capture replaces that single result. The full version unlocks all palette features, including viewing, selection, creation, editing, saving, import and export, plus RAL and calibration. Saved palettes sync through iCloud on iOS. Your current unsaved draft stays on this device. Color readings are approximations and depend on your camera and lighting. Calibration can compensate for a color cast under the same light; it does not guarantee an exact paint or print match.
ColorPicker Plus
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Our ColorPicker Plus scans a colour chosen with the display and determines the RGB and CIELAB values. The app also shows two colours in the colour systems RAL CLASSIC, RAL DESIGN and RAL EFFECT which are next to the scanned colour. Each scan may be archived or sent via email and it's possible to save the picture of the scan as well. The built-in converter is a powerful function: You can use colour circles to set a colour or enter RGB values directly and the app will determine RAL colours like in a real scan. Of course results of the converter may be saved. The app contains complete colour lists of colour systems RAL CLASSIC, RAL DESIGN and RAL EFFECT including a search function.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ColorPicker at Free against ColorPicker Plus's $2.99. ColorPicker also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 34 months). ColorPicker Plus'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
ColorPicker is free to download; ColorPicker Plus costs $2.99 up front. ColorPicker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ColorPicker Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
ColorPicker ships an update every 2 months, ColorPicker Plus every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorPicker | ColorPicker Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Achim Heynen | Jan-Hendrik von Kuick |
In-app purchases
ColorPicker
- Full Version Upgrade$1.99
ColorPicker Plus
No in-app purchases





