Comparison

magicplan vs Palette Library

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

Head to head
About

magicplan

This app allows professionals to quickly create accurate floor plans using augmented reality and LiDAR scanning. Capture measurements, photos, notes, and generate reports for faster project completion and payment. It integrates with industry-specific software.

Highlights
  • Real-time floor plans with AR/LiDAR
  • Capture photos and notes
  • Add objects and equipment
  • Generate reports and estimates
  • Integrates with Xactimate and CoreLogic
  • Customizable for job needs
Features
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GET IT RIGHT IN REAL TIME magicplan is the advanced floor plan app that enables remodelers, restoration, and claims professionals to capture what counts instantly. Top features: · Real-time Floor Plans · Photos · Notes · Objects & Equipment · Forms & Checklists · 360° Panoramas · Reports · Price Lists & Estimates No more waiting, no more wondering, no more wasted time and effort. Get more done and get paid faster. · Make floor plans quickly using just the camera of your mobile device (no extra hardware required) · Get all the details you need right away, like measurements and pictures · Customize it for your jobs · It’s accurate and helps you work faster · You don't have to wait or guess about anything We integrate with Xactimate® (direct integration, no ESX) and CoreLogic.

About

Palette Library

This app is a comprehensive color toolkit for designers, developers, and artists. It allows users to sample colors from images, websites, and the camera, organize them into palettes, and export them in various formats. It also offers color intelligence features like harmonies, contrast checking, and color blindness simulation.

Highlights
  • Sample colors from images, camera, and websites
  • Organize colors into unlimited palettes
  • Generate color harmonies and tints/shades
  • WCAG 2.1 contrast checking
  • Color blindness simulation
  • Export palettes in multiple formats (PNG, JSON, CSS, ASE)
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Palette Library is the all-in-one color toolkit for designers, developers, and artists. Pick colors from any image, capture them from websites with the Safari extension, and organize them into beautiful palettes — all on your iPhone or iPad. PICK COLORS FROM ANYWHERE • Sample colors from your photo library, camera, or any image with a precision magnifier loupe • Automatically extract dominant and highlight colors using perceptual clustering • Generate color harmonies — complementary, triadic, tetradic, and analogous — with one tap SAFARI EXTENSION • Capture colors directly from any website without leaving Safari • Sample element colors (backgrounds, text, borders) or individual pixels from images • Extract full page palettes automatically, grouped by domain • Review captures in a dedicated Inbox and save to your palettes ORGANIZE & EDIT PALETTES • Create unlimited palettes with unlimited colors • Drag to reorder colors and palettes • Add notes and custom names to any color • Search palettes instantly with live filtering • Select, copy, and manage colors in bulk COLOR INTELLIGENCE • Automatic color naming from a dataset of 1,500+ names with multiple naming schemes including XKCD • WCAG 2.1 contrast checking against white and black backgrounds with AA and AAA pass/fail ratings • Color blindness simulation for protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia • Generate tints, shades, tones, and full ramps in perceptually uniform LAB color space EVERY FORMAT YOU NEED • View and copy colors as HEX, RGB, CMYK, HSL, HSV, CSS RGB, or CSS HSL • One-tap copy to clipboard with haptic feedback EXPORT FOR ANY WORKFLOW • PNG and JPEG images in grid, horizontal strip, or vertical strip layouts • JSON, CSV, and CSS custom properties • Tailwind CSS configuration • W3C Design Tokens • Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign • GIMP Palette (.gpl) SYNC & SHARE • iCloud sync keeps your palettes updated across all your devices automatically • Share palettes via AirDrop, Messages, or email using the .palettelibrary file format • Import palettes shared by others with one tap • Works fully offline and syncs when connected ACCESSIBILITY & DESIGN • Full VoiceOver support • Dynamic Type for comfortable reading at any text size • Clean, intuitive interface designed for fast workflows PRIVACY FIRST All color processing happens on your device. No data is collected or sent to external servers. iCloud sync uses your private iCloud container. Whether you're building a brand, designing an interface, choosing paint for a canvas, or developing a website, Palette Library gives you professional color tools in one app.

Screenshots

magicplan4 screens
Palette Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: magicplan at Free against Palette Library's $4.99. magicplan also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (41K vs 1). Palette Library's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (100% vs 66%). On ads and 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

magicplan is free to download; Palette Library costs $4.99 up front. magicplan sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Palette Library asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Palette Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: magicplan has 41K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of magicplan's written reviews are positive against 100% of Palette Library's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

magicplan ships an update weekly, Palette Library every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
magicplan versus Palette Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermagicplanPalette Library
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (41K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size332 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechnologies magicplan Inc.Zehavi Works LLC

Customer experience

magicplan

All ratings41,339 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews1,899 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative27.6%

Palette Library

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

magicplan

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rooms not detected properly due to obstructions
  • Crashes during posture calibration
  • Dimensions changing unexpectedly when editing
  • Inability to export or access previously created projects

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add support for curved walls and non-rectangular rooms
  • Improve 3D rendering capabilities
  • Provide desktop/web app version
  • Allow more flexibility in unit of measurement
  • Enhance exterior design options
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  • Improve stair and ceiling modeling

Palette Library

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

magicplan

Subscriptions6
  • Sketch Plan (1 Month)$12.991 Month
  • Report Plan (1 Month)$39.991 Month
  • Estimate Plan (1 Month)$89.991 Month
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  • Sketch Plan (1 Year)$129.991 Year
  • Report Plan (1 Year)$399.991 Year
  • Estimate Plan (1 Year)$899.991 Year
None

Palette Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is magicplan free?
magicplan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Palette Library free?
Palette Library costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, magicplan or Palette Library?
Palette Library is rated higher. magicplan averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41K ratings, while Palette Library averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do magicplan or Palette Library have ads?
Neither magicplan nor Palette Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, magicplan or Palette Library?
magicplan ships an update weekly, and Palette Library every 3 months. Most recently, magicplan was updated on November 9, 2026 and Palette Library on November 2, 2026.

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