Comparison

Colorit App vs Opalite

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

Head to head
About

Colorit App

Instantly identify and organize colors from your surroundings using your camera or photos. Explore professional paint collections, generate harmonious schemes, and save unlimited palettes for your creative projects. Share your color discoveries with ease.

Highlights
  • Live camera color detection
  • Extract palettes from photos
  • Professional paint brand catalogs
  • Unlimited color palette storage
  • Generate harmony and similar colors
  • Share color collections
Features
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Capture, identify, and organize colors from the real world. Colorit App is the ultimate tool for professionals and creatives who live and love color. Instantly detect shades through your camera, extract palettes from photos, explore professional paint catalogues, and create unlimited collections for your projects. FEATURES - Live Color ID: Detect colors instantly through your camera in real time. - Photo Color Picker: Extract accurate color palettes from any image with AI precision. - Paint Brand Catalogs: Explore curated palettes from popular paint collections. - Unlimited Palettes: Save and organize infinite color sets for your work or inspiration. - Smart Search: Find colors by HEX, RGB, or name quickly and intuitively. - Harmony & Similar Colors: Generate complementary tones and harmonious schemes. - Custom Layouts: Switch between grid or list views to explore palettes visually. - Smart Filters: Sort by hue, brightness, or harmony with precision. - Photo & Live Matches: Compare real-world and captured samples side by side. - Share Palettes: Instantly share colors or collections with friends and colleagues. - Multilingual: Available in 37 languages for a seamless global experience. - Unlimited Access: Enjoy every tool, palette, and feature — forever. - Perfect for designers, painters, photographers, and creators who love exploring and mastering color. LEGAL NOTICE Colorit App is an independent mobile application created for identifying and organizing colors from the real world. All paint brand names, product names, and color codes are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Colorit is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any paint manufacturer or brand mentioned within the app. The color values and codes displayed are provided for informational and comparison purposes only and may not exactly match real paint products. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.colorit.app/privacy-policy

About

Opalite

This app helps designers and developers manage colors with advanced picking, analysis, and export tools. It offers features like WCAG contrast checking, color blindness simulation, and seamless integration with popular design software. Organize and share your color palettes across all Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Pick colors from photos and camera
  • WCAG contrast checker
  • Color vision simulation
  • Export palettes to Procreate, CSS, SwiftUI
  • Organize unlimited colors and palettes
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • SwatchBar for quick access
Features
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Take control of your colors. Pick colors from photos, check WCAG contrast, simulate color blindness, and export palettes to Procreate, SwiftUI, CSS, and Adobe — all in one app. Opalite is the color toolkit designers, developers, and digital artists actually use, built natively for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. ▸ PICK COLORS SIX WAYS Spectrum for precise hues Grid of preset swatches Channel sliders for fine-tuning Hex, RGB, HSL, and CMYK codes, with paste from any design tool Shuffle for instant inspiration Sample from photos, the camera, or anything on your Mac's screen ▸ UNDERSTAND EVERY COLOR Codes in every format, one tap to copy Harmonies: complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, and split Tints, shades, and tones Name suggestions powered by Apple Intelligence ▸ ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY Unlimited colors, free forever Palettes with notes, tags, preview backgrounds, and archiving Drag and drop between palettes, manual ordering Search your whole library instantly iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Vision Pro ▸ DESIGN FOR EVERYONE WCAG contrast checker with AA and AAA results Color vision simulation — protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia, achromatopsia — across the whole app ▸ DRAW ON CANVAS Apple Pencil and PencilKit, with hover Shapes, placed images, and SVG placement A swatch strip that sets your ink from any palette One canvas free, unlimited with Onyx ▸ JOIN THE COMMUNITY Publish colors and palettes for creators worldwide Browse and search what others share Save Community colors and palettes to your library (Onyx) ▸ EXPORT ANYWHERE Opalite files, PNG, and PDF portfolios Procreate swatches, Adobe ASE, GIMP palettes, CSS, and SwiftUI (Onyx) Quick Look previews and thumbnails for Opalite files ▸ EVERYWHERE YOU WORK SwatchBar: a slim window for copying hex codes and picking ink beside other apps on iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro Siri and Shortcuts, Spotlight, Home Screen quick actions, and widgets An iMessage app for sending swatches, and a Share Extension that samples colors from any image A watch complication, and an immersive color constellation on Vision Pro ▸ SIMPLE PRICING Free, forever: unlimited colors, 5 palettes, 1 canvas, every picker, the contrast checker, color vision simulation, and Community browsing Onyx: one-time $9.99, no subscription. Unlimited palettes and canvases, Community saves, and pro export formats, on every device signed in with your Apple Account No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your library lives in your own iCloud. Indie-made by Molargik Software LLC. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Colorit App4 screens
Opalite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Opalite at 5 against Colorit App's 1. Opalite also leads on device support (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Colorit App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Opalite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Colorit App against 5.0 for Opalite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Opalite has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Colorit App versus Opalite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorit AppOpalite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGUSTAVO TUANicholas Molargik

Customer experience

Colorit App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Opalite

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Colorit App

Subscriptions2
  • Colorit App PRO Features$4.997 Days
  • Colorit App PRO Features3 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Opalite

One-time1
  • Onyx Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Colorit App free?
Colorit App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Opalite free?
Opalite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colorit App or Opalite?
Colorit App and Opalite are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Colorit App or Opalite have ads?
Neither Colorit App nor Opalite shows ads.

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