Opalite vs BrainDots Kolam studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Opalite
This app helps designers, developers, and artists manage colors. It offers multiple ways to pick colors, organize them into libraries, check accessibility, simulate color blindness, and export palettes to various design tools. Users can also share and discover palettes within a community.
- Multiple color picking methods
- Palette library organization
- WCAG contrast checker
- Color blindness simulation
- AI-powered color naming
- Export to Procreate, CSS, SwiftUI
- Community palette sharing
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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: unlimited colors, 5 palettes, 1 canvas, every picker, the contrast checker, and Community browsing Onyx: $9.99 once, forever — unlimited palettes and canvases, Community saves, and pro export formats 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/
BrainDots Kolam studio
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Braindots Advanced Illustrator is a drawing studio built for kolam, rangoli and mandala art. Place a dot grid, draw with smooth curves, and build perfectly symmetric patterns on your iPhone or iPad. DOT GRIDS, THE KOLAM WAY • Square, diagonal, interlaced and ruled dot grids, from 3×3 up • Start with a clean canvas and add the grid only when you want it • Guides for scale and spacing, with snapping while you edit DRAW YOUR WAY • Brush, Pen and smooth Curve tools, with independent width control • Edit points: move anchors, pull handles, curve or sharpen corners • Expand the width at any point of a stroke, like an illustrator's width tool • Shapes, layers, colors, fills and outlines that always stay visible MANDALA AND SYMMETRY • Radial mandala guides with up to 24 segments and multiple rings • Live mirror: every stroke repeats around the circle as you draw PRACTICE MODE • Trace ready-made kolam designs over their dot grids • 3×3, 4×4 and 5×5 collections, with new designs added online • Save your progress and come back to it EXPORT AND SHARE • Save as SVG, PNG or JPG • Export a video that replays your drawing stroke by stroke • Save any drawing as an editable design and keep a gallery on your device PRIVACY • No account or sign-in required • No ads and no tracking • Your drawings stay on your device FREE TRIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION Use the app free for 30 days. After the trial, an optional monthly subscription (Braindots Advanced Illustrator Monthly) unlocks Practice, Pen, Curve, colors and export. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically each month unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://braindots.in/kolam-studio-privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Opalite at 5 against BrainDots Kolam studio's 3. BrainDots Kolam studio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.4). On price, update cadence, 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. Opalite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and BrainDots Kolam studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Opalite ships an update weekly, BrainDots Kolam studio every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Opalite | BrainDots Kolam studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Molargik | Sumitradevi Rajamanikandan |
In-app purchases
Opalite
- Onyx - Annual$4.991 Year
- Onyx Lifetime$19.99
BrainDots Kolam studio
- Advanced Illustrator Monthly$9.991 Month
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