Comparison

Simple Color Palette vs Hexnut

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

Head to head
About

Simple Color Palette

Create, view, and edit color palettes in a specific file format. Supports importing popular swatch formats and provides previews for your color collections. Ideal for maintaining brand consistency and sharing color schemes.

Highlights
  • Create and edit color palettes
  • View color palettes (.color-palette)
  • Import .ase and .clr files
  • Quick Look preview
  • Thumbnail generation
Features
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View, create, and edit color palettes in the Simple Color Palette format (.color-palette). The app also provides Quick Look preview and thumbnails for such files. A color palette is a collection of colors with optional names, essential for designers to maintain consistent branding, create cohesive user interfaces, and share color schemes across projects and teams. This is not a palette organizer app—it's focused on individual palettes. It supports importing Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) and Color List (.clr) palettes. See the website for more info about the Simple Color Palette format.

About

Hexnut

Features
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Hexnut is the fast, no-nonsense hex color picker. It does one job cleanly: get exact color codes and copy them in a tap. No accounts, no ads, no tracking — and it works fully offline. PICK WITH PRECISION Drag the saturation/brightness field and hue rail, fine-tune R, G, B, or just type a hex code. A live preview shows your color instantly. SAMPLE FROM ANY PHOTO Load a photo and drag the loupe to read the exact hex of any pixel. Perfect for matching a color you spotted in a design, a screenshot, or the real world. EVERY FORMAT, ONE TAP HEX, RGB, HSL, HSB, plus ready-to-paste SwiftUI Color and UIKit UIColor code. Tap any row to copy. CHECK CONTRAST See the WCAG contrast ratio against white and black with AA / AAA pass badges — handy for accessible, readable color choices. SAVE YOUR COLORS Every color you pick is kept in a local history. Pin the ones you love. Nothing ever leaves your device. Built with native Apple frameworks. Universal app for iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://obelisk.club/hexcolorpicker/terms

Screenshots

Simple Color Palette1 screens
Hexnut3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Color Palette at none against Hexnut's 1. Simple Color Palette also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Hexnut's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hexnut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Color Palette asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simple Color Palette versus Hexnut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Color PaletteHexnut
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre Sorhus永 张

In-app purchases

None

Simple Color Palette

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hexnut

One-time1
  • Hexnut Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Simple Color Palette free?
Simple Color Palette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexnut free?
Hexnut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Color Palette or Hexnut have ads?
Neither Simple Color Palette nor Hexnut shows ads.

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