Comparison

ColorPicker vs Colorimeter App

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

Colorimeter App

Capture and analyze colors from your camera or photos. Get detailed information, convert between various color formats, and access extensive color lists. Includes tools for color mixing, difference calculation, and even color blindness tests.

Highlights
  • Pick color from camera
  • Pick color from photos
  • Color conversion
  • Color mixer
  • Color difference calculation
  • CSS and RAL color lists
  • Color blindness tests
Features
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The application allows to decompose a color into components from selected picture or using camera. Features: - Picking color from the camera - Picking color from the photos - Converter - Picker - Mixer - Color Difference - CSS Colors List - RAL Classic Colors List - Tests for color blindness - Save and Edit the picked color Color conversions are possible in formats: RGB, RGB%, RGB 0-1, HEX, CMY, CMYK, XYZ, HSB/HSV, HSL, LAB, WEBSAFE, RYB, YUV. Localization supported: Afrikaans, Arabic, Bangla, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, Filipino, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Dutch, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (China Mainland), Chinese (Taiwan). Attention: the color names are used only as illustration of similar color, do not use the color names in situations that may be associated with risk to life and health. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ColorPicker4 screens
Colorimeter App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Colorimeter App at 4.6 against ColorPicker's 3.0. Colorimeter App also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 32%) and ratings volume (189 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. ColorPicker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Colorimeter App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colorimeter App holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colorimeter App has 189 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of ColorPicker's written reviews are positive against 64% of Colorimeter App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorPicker ships an update every 2 months, Colorimeter App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ColorPicker versus Colorimeter App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorPickerColorimeter App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (189 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1189 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.214.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAchim HeynenSerhii Smyk

Customer experience

ColorPicker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative59.5%

Colorimeter App

All ratings136 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ColorPicker

One-time1
  • Full Version Upgrade$1.99
2 purchases

Colorimeter App

Subscriptions2
  • Premium for 1 month$0.491 Month
  • Premium for 1 year$1.991 Year

Questions

Is ColorPicker free?
ColorPicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colorimeter App free?
Colorimeter App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ColorPicker or Colorimeter App?
Colorimeter App is rated higher. ColorPicker averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Colorimeter App averages 4.6 from 189 ratings.
Do ColorPicker or Colorimeter App have ads?
Both ColorPicker and Colorimeter App show ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorPicker or Colorimeter App?
ColorPicker ships an update every 2 months, and Colorimeter App every 3 weeks. Most recently, ColorPicker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Colorimeter App on October 23, 2026.

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