Simple Color Palette vs Hexnut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Create and edit color palettes
- View color palettes (.color-palette)
- Import .ase and .clr files
- Quick Look preview
- Thumbnail generation
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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.
Hexnut
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Hexnut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Color Palette asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Simple Color Palette | Hexnut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | 永 张 |
In-app purchases
Simple Color Palette
No in-app purchases
Hexnut
- Hexnut Pro$4.99









