Comparison

Coolors vs Adobe Capture

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

Head to head
About

Coolors

Generate and discover color schemes quickly. Organize them into projects, export them in various formats, or pick colors from your photos. Explore thousands of pre-made palettes for inspiration.

Highlights
  • Fast color scheme generator
  • Organize palettes in projects
  • Export as image or PDF
  • Pick colors from photos
  • Explore thousands of palettes
  • Create photo collages
Features
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Coolors is the most loved color palettes app and website that inspires 2M+ creatives every day! • Create your color schemes with the super-fast generator. • Organize them in handy projects and collections. • Export as image or PDF, or just copy and share the link • Pick colors from your best photos with ease • Choose by several layouts and create beautiful collages with photos and palettes • Explore thousands of ready-made palettes to inspire your work If you need support, please go to help.coolors.co If you'd like to send feedback, please write to info@coolors.co Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coolors.co/privacy-policy Follow our Instagram page for your daily colors inspiration: @coolors.co From a creative to all the others. Made with love by Fabrizio Bianchi - fabrizio.io

About

Adobe Capture

Transform your surroundings into design assets like color palettes, vectors, fonts, and brushes. Seamlessly integrate these creations into Adobe apps for graphic design, illustration, and video projects.

Highlights
  • Remove background from images
  • Vectorize images into scalable graphics
  • Identify and find fonts
  • Create color themes and gradients
  • Build custom digital brushes
  • Generate patterns and 3D textures
  • Capture light and color for grading
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"Adobe Capture transforms your images into beautiful color palettes, vectors, fonts, patterns and more. Imagine looking through your camera to see patterns, vectors, and even fonts. Now imagine turning those visions into design materials to immediately use in apps like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Fresco. The power to transform the world around you into creative assets to build your projects is in the palm of your hands. The creation of graphic design elements is now just a camera click away. Remove Background from Images Take your photo inspiration and transform the background to use in your design projects. Create high-quality graphics to use in your projects. Vectorize on the Go Create vectors instantly with Shapes. Turn images into smooth, detailed, scalable vectors with 1-32 colors, for use in logos, illustration, animation, and more. Point and shoot at your drawing or upload a photo and watch it magically transform into clean, crisp lines. Voice or Audio to text Record your voice to see it transform in text. Replace and add text in your speech directly by editing the transcript. This new audio recording feature is easy to use and will enhance your audio creations. Import audio files to different Adobe apps or download them to your device as WAV files. Identify Typography Find your perfect font using Adobe Capture. Take a photo of the type you like (in a magazine, on a label, a sign, anywhere!) and watch a list of similar Adobe Fonts magically appear. Create Color Themes and Gradients Looking for customized color palettes? Find an inspiring gradient? Find color by number or hex? Aim your camera at the scene that has the colors you want and capture them to use in your artwork. Build Beautiful Digital Brushes Can’t find the right brush to paint? Take a photo or use an image to create digital brushes that match your creative vision. Use your brushes in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fresco for rich painterly effects. Craft Intricate Patterns Capture inspiring images and generate patterns with ease. Create beautiful, colorful patterns that fit with your creative projects by using your vector shapes with our precision pattern builder. Generate 3D Textures Generate realistic PBR materials for use in 3D design straight from the camera. Modify your materials for even more texture or blend the edges for seamless repeat tiling on your 3D objects. Capture Light and Color Collect light and hue to turn into beautiful color grading profiles for your images and videos with Looks. Record the magic of sunset and transfer that feel to use in your photos and video projects. Seamlessly Sync Creative Elements All of your assets save to Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries. Instantly access your digital elements from your Creative Cloud account in all compatible applications. Compatible Adobe Apps and Programs for Creative Assets Photoshop, Photoshop for iPad, Adobe Fresco, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Illustrator for iPad, InDesign, Dimension, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Animate, Substance 3D Apps, and Adobe Express. 2GB FILE STORAGE The free, basic Creative Cloud membership includes 2GB of complimentary storage for file syncing and sharing. MORE STORAGE (Optional in-app purchase) You can purchase an additional 20GB for $1.99 (US dollars) of Creative Cloud file storage per month. You must be 13 or older and agree to Adobe’s terms and privacy policy, viewable at: http://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy-linkfree.html http://www.adobe.com/special/misc/terms.html"

Screenshots

Coolors4 screens
Adobe Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Coolors at weekly against Adobe Capture's monthly. Coolors also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Adobe Capture's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 65%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Coolors sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Adobe Capture sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Coolors against 4.8 for Adobe Capture. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 24K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Coolors's written reviews are positive against 74% of Adobe Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coolors ships an update weekly, Adobe Capture monthly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Coolors versus Adobe Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoolorsAdobe Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings)4.8 (24K ratings)
Positive reviews64.5% of reviews74.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K24K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB367 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoolors srlAdobe Inc.

Customer experience

Coolors

All ratings10,490 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews578 reviews
Positive64.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative26.0%

Adobe Capture

All ratings24,270 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews582 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative19.4%

User reviews

Coolors

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Excellent color palette generation
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 💡 Helpful for artists and designers
  • 🎨 Useful for finding color combinations
  • 🎨 Versatile color tools and options

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paid features behind subscription paywall
  • 🔒 Requires account creation to use basic features
  • 🔒 Losing access to previously paid features
  • 🐛 Sign-in and account issues
  • 🔒 Limiting free version features

Adobe Capture

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for converting Procreate files to vector
  • 👍 Easy to use and powerful tool
  • 💡 Useful for digitizing art and creating patterns
  • 🎨 Helpful for color and material capture
  • ⚡️ Quick and efficient workflow

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around data usage
  • 🔍 Buggy and glitchy at times
  • 🔧 Complex and difficult to use in newer versions
  • 📁 Difficulty accessing and managing saved files

Bugs and requests

Coolors

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Photos and other tools not loading properly
  • Palette saving and access issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow adjusting individual colors in a palette
  • Add color contrast ratio information
  • Provide more color standards and names
  • Improve palette organization and management

Adobe Capture

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes when using certain features
  • Inability to log in or access the app on some devices
  • Issues with image tracing and vector conversion
  • Syncing problems and lost files in Creative Cloud
  • Unreliable text recognition and font matching

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to select and export multiple shapes/patterns at once
  • Improved image export quality and resolution
  • More control over vector smoothing and cleanup
  • Offline functionality and reduced reliance on Creative Cloud
  • Better integration with other Adobe apps and services

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Coolors

Subscriptions2
  • Coolors Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Coolors Pro - Yearly$35.991 Year
1 purchases

Adobe Capture

Subscriptions1
  • CC Storage (20 GB)$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Coolors free?
Coolors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Adobe Capture free?
Adobe Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coolors or Adobe Capture?
Coolors and Adobe Capture are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10K and 24K ratings respectively.
Do Coolors or Adobe Capture have ads?
Neither Coolors nor Adobe Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coolors or Adobe Capture?
Coolors ships an update weekly, and Adobe Capture monthly. Most recently, Coolors was updated on October 16, 2026 and Adobe Capture on October 16, 2026.

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