Comparison

ColorPicker vs ColorPicker Plus

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ColorPicker Plus

Features
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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.

Screenshots

ColorPicker4 screens
ColorPicker Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ColorPicker versus ColorPicker Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorPickerColorPicker Plus
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 34 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.213 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAchim HeynenJan-Hendrik von Kuick

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ColorPicker

One-time1
  • Full Version Upgrade$1.99
None

ColorPicker Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ColorPicker free?
ColorPicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ColorPicker Plus free?
ColorPicker Plus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ColorPicker or ColorPicker Plus have ads?
ColorPicker shows ads; ColorPicker Plus does not.
Which is updated more often, ColorPicker or ColorPicker Plus?
ColorPicker ships an update every 2 months, and ColorPicker Plus every 34 months. Most recently, ColorPicker was updated on October 30, 2026 and ColorPicker Plus on October 29, 2026.

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