Comparison

ColorPicker vs Pixel Pow

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

Pixel Pow

Features
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Pixel Paw helps you quickly extract colors from photos, illustrations, and screenshots, then organize them into practical palettes. After importing an image, you can focus on a specific area using either box crop or free-drag lasso selection. Choose between two extraction methods, Hue Histogram and K-Means, and instantly compare results by adjusting palette size (3–8 colors). Tap any swatch to view and copy HEX/RGB/HSL values, explore Lightness/Hue Shift variations, and preview harmony palettes for faster color decisions. Save your palettes for later, or export them as PNG/JSON/CSS for direct use in design, game art, and UI workflows.

Screenshots

ColorPicker4 screens
Pixel Pow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ColorPicker at Free against Pixel Pow's $2.99. Pixel Pow'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; Pixel Pow costs $2.99 up front. ColorPicker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Pow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ColorPicker versus Pixel Pow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorPickerPixel Pow
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAchim HeynenSoyoun Kim

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ColorPicker

One-time1
  • Full Version Upgrade$1.99
None

Pixel Pow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ColorPicker free?
ColorPicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Pow free?
Pixel Pow costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ColorPicker or Pixel Pow have ads?
ColorPicker shows ads; Pixel Pow does not.

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