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24 alternatives to Swatches

A fun and accurate color picker for the real world

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swatches launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swatches: Live Color Picker▲10

   A fun and accurate color picker for the real world

   2018 · its alternatives →

2. 2AC
   A Color Picker I Made▲591

   2019 · colorsupplyyy.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   LOL Colors▲538

   Curated color palette inspiration.

   2016 · webdesignrankings.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Swatches▲70

   Generate colors for every purpose

   2020 · its alternatives →

5. 5MF
   My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker▲418

   2017 · coneapp.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SwatchMe▲153

   Create color palettes using your camera

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Drop▲303

   Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Swatch▲69

   Color management for web designers and marketers

   2019 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Colorss▲269

   Hand picked color pallete for your brand

   2022 · draftss.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Aurora▲121

    Beautiful iOS and macOS color picker

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pixelied Color Palette Generator▲259

    Pick, edit & visualize - your free palette generator tool

    2024 · pixelied.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Paletter▲129

    Create Professional Color Palettes from a Single Color

    2021 · paletter.app · its alternatives →

13. 13CA
    Colores – A simple app I built to find color palettes based on words▲157

    2014 · colores.manugarri.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Neon▲81

    Real-time color & gradient picker

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Color Collect▲103

    A color app for every one.

    2019 · colorcollect.cc · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Colordot for iOS▲168

    A color picker for humans.

    2016 · color.hailpixel.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    PANTONE Studio▲152

    An elegant iOS app for discovering color palettes

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sketch Palettes▲183

    Sketch plugin to save and load colors into the color picker

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    An iPhone app that lets you pick colors and identify PANTONE colors▲112

    Capture colors live from your camera or photos, organize them effortlessly into a library, and explore detailed insights, including matching Pantone shades

    2020 · cone.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tint▲85

    A better color picker

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Pastel▲131

    Beautiful color palettes

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22PC
    Paletter – Create Professional Color Palettes from a Single Color▲101

    2021 · paletter.app · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Litur▲117

    A color picker app for the world around you.

    2019 · litur.app · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Real-time Colors▲59

    Real-time UI Color Palette Tool

    2023 · realtimecolors.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →