Comparison

Colorxy vs Paperlogix

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

Head to head
About

Colorxy

A straightforward tool for designers and color enthusiasts to select and share colors. It offers multiple control modes and quick sharing options for design projects.

Highlights
  • Color pick with RGB, HSV, or CMYK
  • Wireless Photoshop color control
  • Display color values or names
  • Share colors with friends
  • Hue control via two-finger rotation
Features
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This app is no longer being developed on and is being replaced by pixel. appstore.com/jingchen/pixel A simple and fast app to pick colors for people who have a passion for design and those who simply want to share their color. Features: - Color pick with RGB, HSV, or CMYK control - Control Photoshop colors with Colorxy wirelessly - Display color values or names - Share colors with friends Quick tips: - Use two fingers and rotate to change the hue. - Double tap for color values. - Tap and hold for quick help Enjoy colorxy.

About

Paperlogix

Capture high-quality scans of documents and receipts with automatic cropping and perspective correction. Organize your files using folders and tags, and leverage powerful automation features for sorting and archiving. Pro features include OCR, cloud uploads, and customizable themes.

Highlights
  • Automatic document edge detection
  • Skew and perspective correction
  • Folder and tag organization
  • Text recognition (OCR)
  • Cloud service integration
  • Workflow automation
  • Multi-page scanning
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Get organized with Paperlogix Document Scanner. Capture beautiful, high quality scans of your receipts and documents. Easily organize your scans with folders, tags, and convenient drag and drop. Upgrade to Paperlogix Pro to enable automation, text recognition (OCR), cloud upload, capture presets, customizable color themes, and more. Powerful automation workflows and rules let you automatically sort, organize, and archive your scans. Capture Scans with Your Camera • Automatic cropping detects document edges • Correction for skew and perspective distortion • Background whitening for clean, paper-white scans • Fine tune camera exposure • Scan using any of your device's back cameras • Scan in color, grayscale, or black & white • Scan multi-page documents • Snap scans automatically with Auto Capture • Easily change scanning configuration with Capture Presets • Edit and create your own Capture Presets (Pro) Organize Scans • Organize with nested folders (Basic or Pro) • Create tags to quickly access your documents or folders (Basic or Pro) • Move or tag items with iOS drag and drop View and Edit Scans • Browse multi-page scans • Adjust colors, brightness, contrast, and rotation • Whiten backgrounds • Precision crop tool with magnifier • Instantly revert back to your original camera images • Peek into scans with 3D or Haptic Touch • Merge scans Navigate • Instantly access recent documents • Instantly access tagged items and favorites • Find documents and folders with pull down search bar Text Recognition (Pro) • Convert documents to selectable text • Built-in text recognition executes directly on your device Cloud Services (Pro) • Share to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, or OneDrive • Upload to cloud services from workflows and rules Automation (Pro) • Create workflows to automate common actions such as renaming, moving, or uploading documents • Create rules to perform actions automatically • Automatic text recognition for processing text rules • View the status of all your automation actions • Export and Import your workflows and rules Automation Rules (Pro) • Perform actions when documents contain specific text • Perform actions when documents are created • Perform actions when documents are added to a folder • Perform actions when documents are tagged Automation Actions (Pro) • Rename document • Move to folder • Tag document • Recognize Text • Upload to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, or OneDrive cloud services • Save to Photos • Compose Email • Compose Message Share Your Scans • Export scans as JPEG images • Export scans as PDF documents (Basic or Pro) • Encrypt exported PDF documents (Basic or Pro) Color Themes • Support for dark mode • Customizable color themes (Basic or Pro)

Screenshots

Colorxy4 screens
Paperlogix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colorxy at none against Paperlogix's 3. Colorxy also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 58%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Paperlogix's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 7). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paperlogix sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Colorxy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Colorxy against 4.5 for Paperlogix. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paperlogix has 68 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Colorxy's written reviews are positive against 58% of Paperlogix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorxy ships an update fortnightly, Paperlogix every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Colorxy versus Paperlogix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorxyPaperlogix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better4.5 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings768 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYichen CaoOnloft Software LLC

Customer experience

Colorxy

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Paperlogix

All ratings68 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Colorxy

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Paperlogix

One-time3
  • Upgrade from Basic to Pro$1.99
  • Paperlogix Basic Upgrade$2.99
  • Paperlogix Pro Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is Colorxy free?
Colorxy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paperlogix free?
Paperlogix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colorxy or Paperlogix?
Colorxy is rated higher. Colorxy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Paperlogix averages 4.5 from 68 ratings.
Do Colorxy or Paperlogix have ads?
Neither Colorxy nor Paperlogix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colorxy or Paperlogix?
Colorxy ships an update fortnightly, and Paperlogix every 3 months. Most recently, Colorxy was updated on October 23, 2026 and Paperlogix on October 24, 2026.

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