Shademix vs PhotoMatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
PhotoMatch
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"I can't tell the difference between these two photos." "I can't compare them properly because the composition is off due to camera shake." "Image Compare" is a highly functional image comparison app designed to solve these exact frustrations. Instantly reveal differences using overlay and wipe displays, along with our powerful "Auto-Alignment." [Key Features] 5 Versatile Comparison Modes: Choose from Blend (overlay), Toggle (A/B switch), Align, Diff (heatmap), and Wipe (slider split). Automatic Misalignment Correction (Auto-Align): Uses advanced feature-point matching to automatically rotate, scale, and apply perspective correction to perfectly align photos with camera shake or compositional shifts. Similar Image Detection: Supports pixel-level exact match detection as well as AI-powered (Vision) scene similarity analysis. Difference Visualization (Heatmap): Detects the differences between two images and brightly highlights areas with major changes. Sensitivity is fully adjustable. Wipe with Luminance Profiles: The wipe feature can display horizontal and vertical luminance waveform graphs, allowing you to numerically verify image differences. [Target Audience] Photographers reviewing continuous or bracketed shots. Creators checking subtle design changes or "before and after" edits. Anyone looking to spot differences in images or perform visual quality checks (inspections). EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ privacy policy:https://kawasuke.wixsite.com/kawasukestore/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shademix at none against PhotoMatch's 6. Shademix also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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. PhotoMatch sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Shademix asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shademix ships an update every 4 days, PhotoMatch every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shademix | PhotoMatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rosen Ganev | Masashi Kawakami |
In-app purchases
Shademix
No in-app purchases
PhotoMatch
- Monthly subscription$0.491 Month
- Annual subscription$3.991 Year
- One-time buy for full diff$2.99
- One-time buy for full alignment$3.99
- One-time buy for full slider$5.99
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- One-Time Purchase$12.99









