Color Identifier vs Hexnut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Identifier
Instantly identify any color using your camera and retrieve its precise color codes (HEX, RGB, CMYK). Match paint colors to major brands and generate harmonious color palettes from photos. Save and organize your favorite colors for any design project.
- Instant color identification via camera
- HEX, RGB, and CMYK color code extraction
- Paint color matching to major brands
- Save and organize custom color palettes
- Generate color harmonies and schemes
- Extract colors from photos
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Color Identifier: Smart Picker – Match Any Color Identify any color instantly and get hex color codes, RGB values, and paint color matches. Perfect color picker for designers, painters, decorators, and anyone who loves colors. Your essential design colors tool. Key Features: Instant Color Identifier Point your camera at any color to identify it instantly. Get color names, hex color codes, RGB values, and CMYK codes for any surface or object. Color Picker Tool Professional color picker for designers. Extract hex color codes and RGB color values from photos, walls, fabrics, or any real-world object. Paint Color Matching Match paint colors to major brands. Find exact paint color equivalents from your photos. Perfect for home decorators and painters. Design Colors Library Save your color palette and build design colors collections. Create hex color libraries for design projects and brand colors. Color Match & Harmony Find matching colors and color harmonies. Get complementary colors, analogous colors, and palette suggestions for design projects. Hex Color & RGB Codes Get precise hex color codes and RGB color values for web design, graphic design, and digital projects. Copy codes instantly. Color Palette Generator Create beautiful color palettes from photos. Extract design colors and build harmonious color schemes for any project. Whether you're a graphic designer matching hex colors, a painter finding paint colors, or a decorator creating color palettes, Color Identifier helps you identify and match any color perfectly. Start identifying colors today! Subscription: • Yearly: $24.99 • Weekly: $4.99 (3-Day Free Trial) Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://apps.wizarddynamics.com/privacy
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 device support: Color Identifier at 3 against Hexnut's 1. Color Identifier also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 Identifier sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Hexnut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Color Identifier | Hexnut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Worlitzer | 永 张 |
In-app purchases
Color Identifier
- Color Identifier Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Color Identifier Premium$24.991 Year
Hexnut
- Hexnut Pro$4.99









