Color Code vs Hexnut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Hexnut
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Hexnut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Color Code asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Color Code | Hexnut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alper Sumer Guc | 永 张 |
In-app purchases
Color Code
No in-app purchases
Hexnut
- Hexnut Pro$4.99









