ColorStudio vs Hex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorStudio
This AI-powered tool helps designers and artists create and refine color palettes effortlessly. Generate unique combinations, transform styles, and explore trending collections. Seamlessly sync and share your creations across devices.
- AI-Generated Palettes
- Style Transformation
- Palette Normalization
- Curated Collections
- Gradient Creator
- Zen Mode
- Seamless Sync
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ColorStudio is the ultimate AI-powered tool for designers, artists, and creatives who want to take their color palettes to the next level. Whether you're crafting a brand identity, designing a website, or simply exploring new color combinations, Pigmentor offers intelligent features to make the process effortless: AI-Generated Palettes – Instantly create unique color palettes with the power of artificial intelligence. Style Transformation – Modify and refine your palettes with AI-driven enhancements. Palette Normalization – Achieve perfectly balanced color schemes with smart adjustments. Curated Collections – Discover and explore trending color combinations. Gradient Creator – Design stunning gradients tailored to your needs. Zen Mode – Focus and visualize your colors in a distraction-free environment. Seamless Sync – Access your palettes anytime on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Easy Sharing – Export and share your palettes effortlessly. Unleash your creativity with ColorStudio and design with confidence!
Hex
Create, save, and organize custom colors with their hex codes. Export palettes to drawing software to maintain project consistency. Includes a hex code to color converter for easy color matching.
- Create custom colors
- Save and organize colors
- Generate hex codes
- Export color palettes
- Hex code to color converter
- Maintain project consistency
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Hex It allows artists and designers to create and save custom colors and get their hex codes. Colors can be organized into palettes which can then be exported to drawing software for use. It also contains a convenient hex code to color converter. This app will organize all your favorite colors in one easily accessible place, so you will be able to maintain consistency during projects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hex at none against ColorStudio's 3. Hex also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). ColorStudio's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. ColorStudio sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hex asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ColorStudio against 5.0 for Hex. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
ColorStudio ships an update every 2 months, Hex every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorStudio | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gunar Ortiz | Haverford Township School District |
In-app purchases
ColorStudio
- AI Small Package$0.99
- AI Medium Package$1.59
- AI Large Package$1.99
Hex
No in-app purchases
