Comparison

Shift Nudge vs Image Color Picker

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

Head to head
About

Shift Nudge

Discover color palettes with contrast scores based on WCAG and APCA standards. Test combinations from loaded photos, Unsplash, or your own uploads. Get inspired by modern interface design principles.

Highlights
  • Color inspiration from photos
  • WCAG and APCA contrast scoring
  • Live contrast testing
  • Test Unsplash images
  • Upload custom images
Features
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Color inspiration pulled from randomly loaded photos. See the contrast score for each combination. Color Shift checks the background and foreground with WCAG and APCA live. Test colors from Unsplash or upload your own. Built by Shift Nudge, the modern standard in interface design training. Download it and get inspired.

About

Image Color Picker

Features
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Find the exact color in any photo. Press and drag on the image: a magnifier shows the precise pixel under your finger, and the moment you let go you get its HEX code and every other format you need. PICK A COLOR • Open a photo, take a new one, or point the live camera at anything • Magnifier shows the exact pixel before you take it; pinch to zoom in • HEX, RGB, HSL, HSB and CMYK, each copied with one tap • The closest match from 4,336 named colors CHECK IT IS READABLE • WCAG 2 contrast ratios with AA, AAA and AA large verdicts • APCA Lc scores, the perceptual model drafted for WCAG 3 • Test against white, black, or any background you choose • Get the nearest shade that passes AA when a color fails SEE WHAT OTHERS SEE • Preview the pair for protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia and achromatopsia • Warns when two colors collapse into one for color-blind viewers EVERY COLOR IN THE IMAGE • Counts every distinct color, ranked by how much of the photo it covers • Grouped by family: blue, red, green, grey and more • Adjustable detail, from broad groups to fine shades PALETTES • Extract a palette from a photo, or build one from several photos • Shades, tints and a picker to fine-tune any color • Save palettes and export them as CSS, JSON, PNG, SVG or Adobe ASE PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos never leave your device. There is no account, no sign-in and no advertising. Every reading happens on your iPhone or iPad. Made by the team behind imgcolorpicker.org.

Screenshots

Shift Nudge4 screens
Image Color Picker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Image Color Picker at 3 against Shift Nudge's 1. Image Color Picker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Shift Nudge versus Image Color Picker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift NudgeImage Color Picker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MdsTech Interval

In-app purchases

None

Shift Nudge

No in-app purchases

None

Image Color Picker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Nudge free?
Shift Nudge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image Color Picker free?
Image Color Picker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift Nudge or Image Color Picker have ads?
Neither Shift Nudge nor Image Color Picker shows ads.

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