Comparison

Color Palette Conversion vs Ed

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

Head to head
About

Color Palette Conversion

Easily transfer color palettes between various design tools and code formats. Import from files or text, and export to formats compatible with popular software and programming languages. Ideal for designers and developers needing to reuse colors across different projects and platforms.

Highlights
  • Import from design files (ASE, ACO, GPL, Procreate, Affinity)
  • Extract colors from text/code (Hex, RGB, CSS, JSON, Swift)
  • View and inspect colors in multiple formats
  • Convert palettes between various formats
  • Export palettes to design files
  • Export palettes as code snippets
  • Generate shareable palette images
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Universal Palette Converter (UPC) helps you move color palettes between formats without rebuilding them manually. Import palettes from design tools, files, or raw text/code, then export them into formats that work elsewhere. It’s useful if you’ve ever needed to reuse colors across apps or environments. Examples: - For designers: export a palette from Affinity and import it into Procreate - For developers: copy colors from one codebase and reuse them in another - From design to code: take colors from a UI file and export them as CSS or JSON - From anywhere: extract colors from text, a website, or a document and turn them into a usable palette What you can do: - Import palettes from common design formats (ASE, ACO, GPL, Procreate, Affinity, Sketch, Corel, and more) - Extract colors from text or code (Hex, RGB, HSL, CSS, JSON, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, XML, Dart, etc.) - View and inspect colors in multiple formats and color spaces - Convert palettes between formats - Export to files for design tools (ASE, ACO, GPL, Procreate, Sketch, and others) - Export as code (CSS, JSON, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Dart, XML, SVG, etc.) - Generate palette images (PNG, JPEG) for sharing Other details: - Works fully offline - No account required --- Import from: Files: - Adobe Color Book (ACB) | .acb - Adobe Color Book Legacy (ACBL) | .acbl - Adobe Color Swatch (ACO) | .aco - Adobe Color Table (ACT) | .act - Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) | .ase - Affinity Designer Palette | .afpalette - ArtRage 6 Color Palette (COL) | .col - Color Exchange Format (CXF) | .cxf - ColorSchemer Studio | .cs - CorelDraw 4 Palette | .pal - GIMP Palette | .gpl | Gimp, Inkscape, Krita, KolourPaint, Scribus, CinePaint, MyPaint - Homesite Palette | .hpl | Allaire Homesite, Macromedia ColdFusion - KOffice Palette | .colors | Calligra Suite, KDE Applications - Paint.NET Palette | .txt - Procreate v1 Swatches | .swatches - Procreate v5 Swatches | .swatches - Jasc / Corel Paint Shop Pro Palette | .pal, .psppalette - Rebelle | .txt, .colors - Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) | .pal - Scribus Swatch | .xml - sK1 Palette | .skp | sK1 - Skencil Palette | .spl | Skencil, sK1 - Sketch Palette | .sketchpalette - StarOffice Colors | .soc | StarOffice, OpenOffice, LibreOffice Any text containing the following formats: - Hexadecimal color codes - CSS/SCSS/LESS color values and variables - JSON - JavaScript/TypeScript constants - XML/Java/Kotlin - iOS Swift/Objective-C UIColor - macOS Swift/Objective-C NSColor - .NET Color - Flutter Color - Apple Property List (plist) --- Export to: Files: - Adobe Color Swatch (ACO) | .aco - Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) | .ase - ColorSchemer Studio | .cs - CorelDraw 4 Palette | .pal - GIMP Palette | .gpl, .gimp | Gimp, Inkscape, Krita, KolourPaint, Scribus, CinePaint, MyPaint - Homesite Palette | .hpl | Allaire Homesite, Macromedia ColdFusion - KOffice Palette | .colors | Calligra Suite, KDE Applications - Paint.NET Palette | .txt - Procreate v1 Swatches | .swatches - Jasc / Corel Paint Shop Pro Palette | .pal, .psppalette - Rebelle | .txt, .colors - Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) | .pal - Scribus Swatch | .xml - sK1 Palette | .skp | sK1 - Skencil Palette | .spl | Skencil, sK1 - Sketch Palette | .sketchpalette - StarOffice Colors | .soc | StarOffice, OpenOffice, LibreOffice Text: - Color values in various color spaces and representations (Hex, RGB, HSL, etc.) - Web colors (CSS, SCSS/SASS, LESS, JS, JSON) - Tailwind v3 and Tailwind v4 config - XML, Java, Kotlin - Apple formats (plist, Swift, Objective-C) - .NET formats (C#, VB.NET) - Flutter formats (Dart) - SVG Images: - PNG, JPEG - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://projects.albemala.me/privacy-policy/

About

Ed

Design and prototype tile-based games with a powerful level editor. Import sprites, define terrain rules, and manage multiple levels. Export your creations in various formats, including Unity.

Highlights
  • Sprite sheet import and slicing
  • Terrain bit mask rules
  • Custom tile definitions
  • Rule and auto brushes
  • Random tile selection
  • Multi-level project management
  • Export to Unity and JSON
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Ed is a cross-platform prototyping tool and level editor for tile-based games. The tablet version of the app comes with the full feature set including: - Import your sprite sheets and automatically slice them into sprites, - Set terrain bit mask rules for different sprites and export them to brushes that automatically detect and draw terrain corners appropriately, - Create Tile Definitions (TileDefs) that have custom tile sizes, animations, background colors and more, - Rule Brushes: Define rules with which the editor automatically picks and chooses tiles based on criteria you set, - Auto Brushes: Whitebox your levels and define auto brush regions to automatically transform whiteboxed tiles into polished areas, - Pick tiles randomly based on assigned probability weights, - Manage multiple levels per project (world), - Draw on multiple boards on each level, - Set parallax parameters per board, - Draw colliders using a brush and craft secret areas, - Export to an intuitive and easy to parse text format, as integer, hex, or char grid, - The file format is ZIP containing images and pure JSON, ready to be imported into your code, - Go back and forth between the desktop and tablet versions and create your game on the go or at your desk! - Built-in support to export to Unity - Create Enums, Classes and other data structures. Built-in support for MonoBehaviours. The iPhone version of the app allows you to open your projects and edit levels in a more compact user interface, optimized for the smaller device form factor. While the environment is compatible with the full version, the iPhone app has a more limited feature set.

Screenshots

Color Palette Conversion4 screens
Ed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Color Palette Conversion at Free against Ed's $14.99. Ed's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Color Palette Conversion is free to download; Ed costs $14.99 up front. Color Palette Conversion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Ed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ed holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Palette Conversion ships an update every 2 months, Ed fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Color Palette Conversion versus Ed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Palette ConversionEd
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlberto MalagoliChilling Moose

Customer experience

Color Palette Conversion

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Ed

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Color Palette Conversion

Subscriptions1
  • Access for a week$2.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$7.99
None

Ed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Palette Conversion free?
Color Palette Conversion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ed free?
Ed costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Color Palette Conversion or Ed?
Ed is rated higher. Color Palette Conversion averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ed averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Color Palette Conversion or Ed have ads?
Neither Color Palette Conversion nor Ed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Palette Conversion or Ed?
Color Palette Conversion ships an update every 2 months, and Ed fortnightly. Most recently, Color Palette Conversion was updated on October 17, 2026 and Ed on October 26, 2026.

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