Desktop Apps vs ColorAssist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desktop Apps
Discover and browse Mac App Store applications directly from your mobile device. Easily search by category or keywords, view detailed app information including screenshots, and share links for later access.
- Browse Mac App Store
- Search by category
- Search by keywords
- View app details
- Share app links
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Browse the Mac AppStore to find the best and latest apps * Share links or email yourself so you can easily find that killer app again when you get home. * Browse by category or search by keywords * View screenshots, description and other app details
ColorAssist
This app uses your device's camera to identify colors in real-time, providing their RGB, HSL, CMYK, and HTML values. It can convert captured colors to nearly 900 named colors and allows you to manage and share color sample sets.
- Real-time camera color capture
- RGB, RYB, HSL, CMYK, HTML conversions
- Closest color name from 900+ options
- Adjustable focus and contrast
- Targeted color sampling
- Manage and email color sample sets
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Use the camera to capture RGB values in real-time and convert them to the closest color name from a dictionary of nearly 900 colors. Also available: RYB, HSL and CMYK values, HTML color code, closest HTML color name, and simple color name. Touch a color square to view the information for that sample at any time. "Auto" uses the camera's auto focus and auto contrast adjustment feature. "Lock" fixes or locks the current contrast setting. And "Target" allows you to touch any area of the screen to select that spot as the source for the color sample (in cases where moving the device would disrupt the focus/contrast, or where the device is mounted in a fixed position). Manage named color sample sets on the Edit screen. After organizing a sample set, email the color samples with color chips, with color chips and a selected photo, or as text only. On the Options screen, select which color conversions to display, and set the spacial and temporal apertures from 1x1 to 50x50 pixels, and 1 to 30 frames. Touch the "Target" selector then touch the screen to move the sample location without moving the device. App Store screen shots simulated Photo copyright E. Huybrechts https://www.flickr.com/photos/ensh/4769294947/in/album-72157607460583769/ Modified and used under license: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ColorAssist at 4.7 against Desktop Apps's 2.9. ColorAssist also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). Desktop Apps's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Desktop Apps costs $0.99 and ColorAssist $1.99 up front. Desktop Apps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ColorAssist asks for nothing beyond the download.
ColorAssist holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Desktop Apps's written reviews are positive against 50% of ColorAssist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Desktop Apps ships an update monthly, ColorAssist every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Desktop Apps | ColorAssist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #181 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thirteen32 Pty Ltd | FTLapps LLC |
Customer experience
Desktop Apps
ColorAssist
In-app purchases
Desktop Apps
- Remove Ads$0.99
ColorAssist
No in-app purchases
