Comparison

Hex vs Trichromacy Color Tool

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

Head to head
About

Hex

Create, save, and organize custom colors with their hex codes. Export palettes to drawing software to maintain project consistency. Includes a hex code to color converter for easy color matching.

Highlights
  • Create custom colors
  • Save and organize colors
  • Generate hex codes
  • Export color palettes
  • Hex code to color converter
  • Maintain project consistency
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Hex It allows artists and designers to create and save custom colors and get their hex codes. Colors can be organized into palettes which can then be exported to drawing software for use. It also contains a convenient hex code to color converter. This app will organize all your favorite colors in one easily accessible place, so you will be able to maintain consistency during projects.

About

Trichromacy Color Tool

Create and explore color palettes using various harmony rules and extract colors from images. Visualize color in 3D using perceptually uniform systems, and export palettes in multiple formats for professional design workflows.

Highlights
  • Generate palettes from seed color
  • Extract colors from photos
  • Visualize color in 3D
  • Perceptually uniform color systems
  • Export palettes in multiple formats
  • Calm, professional interface
Features
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Trichromacy is a color tool for people who actually work with color — designers, illustrators, painters, and anyone who builds with palettes for a living. Build palettes from any seed color. Pick a color, choose a harmony rule (complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square), and generate balanced palettes ready to export. Extract colors from your photos. Pull a palette of dominant colors from any image, or posterize a photo into tonal values to study light and shadow the way a painter does. Explore color in three dimensions. Most apps work in sRGB, which is mathematically convenient but doesn't match how humans see color. Trichromacy lets you work in perceptually-uniform color systems — Munsell, OKLCH, LCH, and HSLuv — and visualize them as 3D solids you can rotate, slice, and study. Export everywhere. Save palettes as JPEG, PDF, ASE (Adobe), CSS, or hex lists. Use them in Photoshop, Figma, your design system, or your sketchbook. Built for working professionals, not flashy demos. Trichromacy keeps the interface calm so the color stays loud.

Screenshots

Hex4 screens
Trichromacy Color Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Trichromacy Color Tool at 3 against Hex's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hex against 5.0 for Trichromacy Color Tool. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hex ships an update every 2 days, Trichromacy Color Tool daily. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hex versus Trichromacy Color Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexTrichromacy Color Tool
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaverford Township School DistrictMatthew Dublin

In-app purchases

None

Hex

No in-app purchases

None

Trichromacy Color Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hex free?
Hex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trichromacy Color Tool free?
Trichromacy Color Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hex or Trichromacy Color Tool?
Hex and Trichromacy Color Tool are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hex or Trichromacy Color Tool have ads?
Neither Hex nor Trichromacy Color Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hex or Trichromacy Color Tool?
Hex ships an update every 2 days, and Trichromacy Color Tool daily. Most recently, Hex was updated on November 5, 2026 and Trichromacy Color Tool on November 5, 2026.

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