Comparison

Color Archive vs WallMapper

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

Head to head
About

Color Archive

Features
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Create custom palettes for different projects, adding colors using RGB, hex codes, or the native eyedropper tool. Organize colors within their palettes, name them, and export them for use elsewhere. Color Archive is a straightforward, reliable tool built to help makers keep their aesthetics sorted with no bloat and no fluff. It's also free, with no ads or hidden fees. Features: • Create, edit, organize, and export custom color palettes • Add colors manually via hex and RGB, or visually using the eyedropper • Export palettes as PNG images, text files, CSVs, or developer-ready CSS code • Palettes and colors automatically sync between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad via iCloud • Completely free to download and use, with no ads or hidden fees

About

WallMapper

Features
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Turn meaningful places into beautiful wallpapers and wall art you'll actually love. WallMapper crafts custom map wallpapers and framed posters from any place on Earth. Your childhood neighborhood. The restaurant where you proposed. The trail you hiked last summer. The airport you land in every year. Anywhere that matters is now a piece of art you can set as your lock screen, print, or frame on your wall. — How it works — 1. Search any city or drop a pin on the map 2. Pick a theme — curated palettes for every mood 3. Add your own markers and route lines (morning run, first date walk) 4. Customize typography with 15+ hand-picked fonts 5. Pick your size and export, done — Perfect for — • Phone and desktop wallpapers of places you love • Housewarming gifts with the recipient's home address • Wedding and anniversary art featuring the venue • Travel memories from every trip, turned into a framed series • Hometown posters as meaningful birthday presents • Office walls with your commute route or favorite café — Features — • Real street data from OpenStreetMap — accurate down to side streets • Route calculation — driving or walking paths between two points • Multiple marker styles — pins, hearts, stars, diamonds • Typography control — font per line, size scaling • Custom dimensions — any aspect ratio, up to 10800 px wide for print • Full-resolution exports — no quality loss, no watermarks • No account required, no tracking — Pricing — Your first export is completely free — create, refine, and save one wallpaper or poster with no strings attached. For unlimited exports after that, a single one-time purchase unlocks the app forever, including all current and future themes. No subscriptions, no hidden fees. Family Sharing supported. — Made with craft — Every theme, font pairing, and spacing value is hand-tuned. If you love it, a quick review helps more than you might think.

Screenshots

Color Archive3 screens
WallMapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

Color Archive and WallMapper are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Color Archive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WallMapper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Color Archive versus WallMapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor ArchiveWallMapper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColin WrightABDULLAH ATIF BARAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Archive

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$4.99
1 purchases

WallMapper

One-time1
  • WallMapper Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Color Archive free?
Color Archive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WallMapper free?
WallMapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Color Archive or WallMapper have ads?
Neither Color Archive nor WallMapper shows ads.

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