Pastel
What is Pastel?
Collects color palettes from photos, color pickers and named colors, copies them as code, syncs with iCloud, and makes.
Pastel is a Developer Tools app for building a library of color palettes to use in projects. Palettes can be created from photos or chosen with color pickers, then copied as RGB, hex, Objective-C, Swift or SwiftUI code. The library syncs across devices with iCloud.
Pricing. Pastel is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Amateur developers collecting colors for app projects
- Artists building a reusable palette library
- Exporting palettes to Procreate or a pixel editor
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Why this app is in B tier
B tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Pastel scores 81 out of 100: rating 93, rating count 77, App Store search rank 53, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and B tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Capture and collect color palettes with Pastel!
Pastel is an app for amateur developers & artists (like us!) that lets you build up a library of color palettes to use in your projects.
With drag & drop on iPad, drag colors out into other apps that support dropped colors, like Pages and Keynote, or many third-party apps from your favorite developers, so you can use your Pastel library as your master color collection across apps.
Seamlessly sync your library across devices with iCloud.
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Analyze photos from the photo library or from Files to determine their dominant colors - choosing specific colors manually if you wish - and save their color palettes to Pastel.
Includes a variety of color pickers, like wheel, RGB sliders, and crayons, or pick named colors from your color library that you curate yourself. On iPad, drag and drop from the sidebar to any palette.
Copy a variety of developer-focused code representations, like RGB, hex, Objective-C, Swift and SwiftUI. Paste hex codes into the sliders color picker.
Copy a pixel bitmap representation of a palette to paste into your favorite pixel editor, share a screen-sized version to set as your wallpaper or Apple Watch face, or export a palette to Procreate®.
Create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's wallpaper creator.
In the free version, try out the built-in library, and add your own palettes up to a limit of 8 items total. Upgrade to the unlimited version using in-app purchase.
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Questions about Pastel
Is there a limit on the free version?
Yes. The free version lets you try the built-in library and add your own palettes up to a limit of 8 items total. The unlimited version is unlocked using in-app purchase.
Does my library sync across devices?
You can seamlessly sync your library across devices with iCloud.
Can I use my palettes in other apps?
On iPad, you can drag colors out into apps that support dropped colors, such as Pages and Keynote. The listing also mentions copying code, pixel bitmaps, and exporting palettes to Procreate.
Is Pastel free?
Pastel is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is Pastel right for me?
Pastel is built for amateur developers collecting colors for app projects, artists building a reusable palette library, exporting palettes to procreate or a pixel editor. It sits in the color picking list on AppTierList.
Is Pastel worth it?
Pastel is B tier, ranked #4 of 6 color picking apps with a score of 81 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 4,639 ratings. Good, and 3 apps rank above it.
How does Pastel compare to Color Identifier: Paint Match?
Pastel is B tier at 81; Color Identifier: Paint Match is A tier at 83. Color Identifier: Paint Match ranks higher. Pastel is free to download, with in-app purchases, Color Identifier: Paint Match is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Pastel updated?
Pastel was updated 20 days ago, which counts in its favour.
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All the facts
Ranking
- List
- Color Picking (B tier, #4)
- Tier
- B (Good)
- Score
- 81 / 100
- Rank in list
- #4 of 6
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 4,639
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Developer Tools
- Current version
- (20 days ago)
- Size
- 12 MB
- Requires
- iOS 18.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 2
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro
- iPhone Duo
- Made for iPhone Duo, with screenshots for both screens on the App Store
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
- App Store data read
App Store data read · ranking