Comparison

Color Code vs Hexnut

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

Head to head
About

Color Code

This app helps designers and developers pick, convert, and manage colors. It offers multiple picking methods, supports numerous color formats, and provides tools for palette creation and code export.

Highlights
  • Multiple color picking methods
  • Support for HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, LAB, LCH, and more
  • Extract palettes from images
  • Color mixer and tone scale generator
  • Contrast checker with WCAG ratings
  • Export code snippets for SwiftUI, UIKit, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Color blindness simulation
Features
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Color Code is the all-in-one color companion for designers, developers and creators. Pick any color, see every format instantly, build palettes and export ready-to-use code — wrapped in a clean, modern design. PICK COLORS YOUR WAY - Classic picker with hue, saturation and brightness - Stunning 3D sphere picker — rotate to choose - Interactive 3D RGB cube - Pick colors from any photo with a magnifier - Extract a full palette from any image EVERY COLOR FORMAT - HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK and decimal - Advanced spaces: LAB, LCH, OKLab, OKLCH, HWB - One-tap copy for every value BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS - Export to SwiftUI and UIKit - CSS, SCSS and JavaScript snippets - Match any color to popular design-system palettes POWERFUL COLOR TOOLS - Converter for every format - Contrast checker with WCAG AA and AAA ratings - Color mixer to blend two colors - Generate 50–950 tone scales HARMONIES & PALETTES - Complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic and more - Create, edit and name your own palettes - Build palettes from a color or a photo - Export palettes as a shareable image EXTRA DETAIL ON EVERY COLOR - Shades, tints and tones - Gradients and opacity previews - Closest named color and web-safe value - Color blindness simulation FAVORITES & HISTORY - Save the colors you love - Every color you view is remembered Available in 46 languages with light and dark themes. Designed to be simple, fast and a pleasure to use. deve.net

About

Hexnut

Features
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Hexnut is the fast, no-nonsense hex color picker. It does one job cleanly: get exact color codes and copy them in a tap. No accounts, no ads, no tracking — and it works fully offline. PICK WITH PRECISION Drag the saturation/brightness field and hue rail, fine-tune R, G, B, or just type a hex code. A live preview shows your color instantly. SAMPLE FROM ANY PHOTO Load a photo and drag the loupe to read the exact hex of any pixel. Perfect for matching a color you spotted in a design, a screenshot, or the real world. EVERY FORMAT, ONE TAP HEX, RGB, HSL, HSB, plus ready-to-paste SwiftUI Color and UIKit UIColor code. Tap any row to copy. CHECK CONTRAST See the WCAG contrast ratio against white and black with AA / AAA pass badges — handy for accessible, readable color choices. SAVE YOUR COLORS Every color you pick is kept in a local history. Pin the ones you love. Nothing ever leaves your device. Built with native Apple frameworks. Universal app for iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://obelisk.club/hexcolorpicker/terms

Screenshots

Color Code4 screens
Hexnut3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Color Code at none against Hexnut's 1. Hexnut's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hexnut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Color Code asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Color Code versus Hexnut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor CodeHexnut
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlper Sumer Guc永 张

In-app purchases

None

Color Code

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hexnut

One-time1
  • Hexnut Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Color Code free?
Color Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexnut free?
Hexnut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Color Code or Hexnut have ads?
Color Code shows ads; Hexnut does not.

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