Tint Lens vs Shademix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tint Lens
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Tint Lens is a colour picker that allows you to extract colours from a picture. Whether you're a designer matching brand colours, an artist seeking inspiration, or a homeowner picking paint colours, Tint Lens gives you precise colour information instantly. TWO EXTRACTING COLOR MODES 1. Picker Mode > Point and sample any colour with precision 2. Palette Mode > Automatically extract the 6 dominant colours from any image. Adjust from 3 to 12 colors to capture the perfect palette ALL COLOUR DATA • HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and Lab values • Closest matching paint colour based on different sources • Colour names • RAL colour standard matching DESIGNED FOR EASE • Capture photos directly or import from your library • Tap any colour value to copy it instantly • Works offline - no internet required • Supports 11 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese
Shademix
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Shademix is the color toolkit professional designers, decorators and brand teams keep on their phone. Sample any color from a photo, the live camera or the screen - then instantly see how it sits inside ten of the world's color systems: RAL Classic, NCS, Pantone (approximate visual equivalents), HKS and Munsell. Get the closest matches with a perceptual ΔE distance, copy the code with one tap, jump to the same hue family, or build a palette from harmonies that are perceptually tuned in OKLCH so they look as balanced as they read. KEY FEATURES • Eyedropper that works on photos, the live camera and any screen capture • 10 cross-system matches per color, with a one-tap copy on every swatch • 8 color formats - HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, HSV, LAB, LCH and OKLCH • 7 perceptually-tuned harmonies - complementary, analogous, monochromatic, triadic, tetradic, split-complementary and square • 30 curated mood palettes - Tokyo Neon, Studio Ghibli, Bauhaus, Cyber Mint, Velvet Plum and 25 more • WCAG contrast checker with full pairwise table for the active palette (AA, AAA, large-text) • Color blindness simulation (Brettel) for protan, deutan and tritan deficiencies • Lighting / metamerism preview under D65, D50, F2 and incandescent illuminants • OKLCH gradient generator with copy-ready CSS • Print gamut warning that flags out-of-CMYK saturation and proposes an in-gamut substitute • Save unlimited palettes - compare up to four side-by-side, share via signed link • Export to JSON, CSS, PDF, Tailwind, Adobe .ase, GIMP .gpl, Photoshop .aco, SVG, Figma, Sketch and Procreate OFFLINE FIRST Shademix runs entirely on your device. Nothing you sample, save or share leaves your phone unless you explicitly hit Share. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED Every color system, every format, every harmony, every export — all available to every user. No paywalls, no upgrade prompts, no nag screens. WHY DESIGNERS CHOOSE SHADEMIX Most color apps stop at HEX/RGB. Shademix bridges screen and material - the OKLCH value your CSS needs and the RAL or Pantone code the printer or paint shop wants. The same toolkit for designers, architects, decorators, illustrators, photographers, brand strategists and anyone who has ever stood in front of a wall trying to match a swatch. Pantone equivalents notice. Shademix includes a curated set of approximate visual equivalents labelled with the prefix PE-. They are for design exploration only and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed from Pantone LLC. PANTONE® is a trademark of Pantone LLC. RAL®, NCS® and HKS® are trademarks of their respective owners; codes are listed for reference only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shademix at every 4 days against Tint Lens's every 8 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tint Lens ships an update every 8 days, Shademix every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tint Lens | Shademix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Albinet | Rosen Ganev |
In-app purchases
Tint Lens
No in-app purchases
Shademix
No in-app purchases









