Color Palette Conversion vs PadPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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://albemala.me/privacy/
PadPad
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Turn your iPad and Apple Pencil into a pen tablet for your Mac or Windows PC. PadPad shows your computer's screen on your iPad and sends every Pencil stroke back as real pen input — pressure, tilt and a true eraser — so desktop apps like Krita, Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint respond just as they do to a pen tablet. Handwrite notes, mark up slides, or sign a PDF that never leaves your computer. DRAW • Apple Pencil pressure, tilt and eraser in tablet-aware desktop apps • Hover and barrel roll on supported iPads and Pencils • Shape your pressure curve and smoothing • Stream a whole display, one app, one window or an area — fitted to your iPad • Pinch, pan and rotate with two fingers, sent to your drawing app MAC AND WINDOWS • The PadMac (macOS 15+) and PadWin (Windows 10 or 11, beta) apps run on your computer • PadPad shows the right keys for each: ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⌃ on a Mac, Ctrl, Alt, Shift and Win on a PC • Quick Keys and gestures for each desktop app WRITE AND SIGN Handwrite equations and class notes, annotate a document or add a signature without moving the file to your iPad. On iPhone, draw with your finger for quick signatures. CONNECTS DIRECTLY PadPad connects straight to your computer over Wi-Fi or a USB-C cable. No account, and your work is not uploaded to a PadPad cloud service. WHAT YOU NEED • An iPad or iPhone on iOS 18 or later • A Mac with PadMac, or a Windows PC with PadWin — from codonic.dev/apps/pad Capabilities depend on your iPad, Pencil and desktop app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PadPad at 5.0 against Color Palette Conversion's 3.0. PadPad also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Color Palette Conversion's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Color Palette Conversion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. PadPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
PadPad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Color Palette Conversion ships an update every 6 weeks, PadPad every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Palette Conversion | PadPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alberto Malagoli | BlueGuru LLC |
Customer experience
Color Palette Conversion
PadPad
In-app purchases
Color Palette Conversion
- Access for a week$2.997 Days
- Lifetime access$7.99
PadPad
No in-app purchases
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