ColorPicker vs Hex Color Codes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorPicker
Identify colors from your device's camera or photos. The free version provides RGB codes, while an in-app purchase unlocks additional palettes, storage, and sharing options.
- Camera-based color detection
- Photo color analysis
- RGB color code identification
- Access to RAL and W3C palettes (paid)
- Color storage and email sharing (paid)
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ColorPicker helps you sample colors from a live camera preview or a photo, then turn that color into practical values for design, paint, code, and sharing. Features: - live camera color picking - photo-based sampling with precise repositioning - white or neutral reference calibration to compensate for lighting in camera and photo picks - formats that travel: RGB, RGB Hex, W3C, RAL, CMY, CMYK, HSV, LAB, LCH, and XYZ - harmony at a glance with complementary, analogous, split-complementary, and triad sets - save, load, copy, deep-link, and email useful color values ColorPicker is built for quick, everyday color decisions by designers, developers, artists, and anyone matching colors from physical objects, inspiration photos, or real-world scenes. Calibration is useful when the same lighting makes a white or neutral reference appear tinted: set the reference, then keep picking under that lighting with a corrected reading. (The color detection generally depends on the used camera and surrounding light conditions)
Hex Color Codes
Easily select colors using sliders or by entering RGB values. Generate hex codes, create palettes, and save favorite colors. This tool is perfect for designers and developers needing precise color selection.
- Color selector with sliders
- RGB value input
- Hex code generation
- Color palette creation
- Add colors to favorites
- List of colors with randomization
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Hex Color Codes is a simple, modern way to save colors, build palettes, and explore color combinations. SAVE YOUR COLORS Keep the colors you use and love in one place. View HEX and RGB values, mark favorites, and quickly copy values when you need them. BUILD PALETTES Create five-color palettes for design, development, branding, illustration, web projects, or anything else that needs a little color. DISCOVER PALETTES Explore palettes shared by the community. Search by palette name, creator, or color value, and filter by color. YOUR COLORS, YOUR WAY • Save and manage colors • Favorite colors for quick access • View HEX and RGB values • Create five-color palettes • Browse community palettes • Search, filter, and sort palettes • Light and dark themes • Optional animated palette backgrounds • Share palettes • Sync your colors when signed in • Continue as a Guest if you prefer Hex Color Codes has been rebuilt from the ground up with a modern experience while keeping the simple color workflow at its core.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hex Color Codes at 4.4 against ColorPicker's 3.0. Hex Color Codes also leads on ratings volume (103 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). ColorPicker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. ColorPicker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hex Color Codes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hex Color Codes holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hex Color Codes has 103 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of ColorPicker's written reviews are positive against 27% of Hex Color Codes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ColorPicker ships an update every 2 months, Hex Color Codes every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | ColorPicker | Hex Color Codes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (103 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews — better | 26.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 103 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Achim Heynen | Althea Group Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
ColorPicker
Hex Color Codes
In-app purchases
ColorPicker
- Full Version Upgrade$1.99
Hex Color Codes
- Remove Ads$4.99
Questions
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