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Pastel

by Steven Troughton-Smith

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

Quick verdict

What it is
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At a glance
  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

Categories and search queries

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Key functions

Function Availability Access Scope Evidence
Family Sharing Yes Unknown App Store Store published
Free app Yes Free Store published
In-app purchases Yes Limited free Store published

Screens

App Store

27 store screenshots

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Pricing & paywalls

App Store

Shown for US

  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

Ratings & reviews

App Store

Shown for US

4.7 1423 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Great app and nice simple design

    I have to say I have been looking for an app like this for a while. Found this app after using TheTask app and what I love about that app I like about this one. Simple design. Gets to the point with a user friendly design. Purchased the unlimited version almost instantly to support and hope for continued updates to the app. On feature I would say right now is missing is a CMYK slider. Use this for graphic design and school so that feature would be clutch. Great work devs and looking forward to the updates and Mac app.

    Mclaren_7 · 31 Jul 2026

  2. 5/5Love this app!!

    Shooting a documentary and this app has been essential to me developing my lookbook. If you have control over the look of your project then its essential to have help developing the look that will help you tell part of your story. The look and mood that you obtain from your colors in your movie or project are just as important as the words you write down in your script or the picture you draw ... Don't neglect your project and don't get caught off guard having never made the effort to choose a look for your project ... get this app!!!!

    Fard2500 · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 4/5Amazing app but one flaw

    This app is great for those who need color palettes and palette ideas, especially for procreate. You can even get a palette by importing a photo! I have one issue though. You can have a palette widget, and it will ask you to put the name of the palette you want to use. It can be a nice decoration, especially if you want to display a certain aesthetic palette or a palette Pride flag. No matter now many times I enter or change the name, the right palette won’t come up! Maybe you can change the way we change the palette in widgets so that we can visibly see which one we are choosing. Just an idea, but great app otherwise!

    Bee-Bo Animations · 31 Jul 2026

  4. 4/5Much more than a colorpicker (but oddly, not a colorpicker)

    This is a great palette management tool, and it does what it does really well. If you just need a colorpicker, though, this isn't that: In fact, the only way you DON'T bring colors into this app is the one way I (perhaps foolishly) had assumed I would -- By using a system-wide keyboard shortcut to pull up an eye dropper to select a color (Hint to the developer: This would be a great addition). Regardless, it's a great organizer, and I paid for the full version -- even after realizing I'd also need a colorpicker to go along with it (ie, my only issue with it lies with my expectation rather than with the app itself).

    VeryVito · 31 Jul 2026

  5. 1/5Custom palettes costantly disappear, no real product support or documentation

    I recently purchased and downloaded this app a few hours ago to my Mac Pro running macOS Monterey. I spend an hour creating several custom palettes I put into a "collection". Suddenly, all of my palettes were gone. The "collection" was still there, but empty. I tried a few tests (making more colors, palettes, collections, open/close the app after creating them), and the palettes would either disappear out of the collection, or the palettes might still be there, but empty of colors. There is no real support for tis product. A webiste/support linke in the Apple App Store goes to webpage, which in turn, has a link back to the App Store. There is a Twitter link, where I suppose that is where we're supposed to learn how to use this app and get support. But I don't care to use Twitter, certainly not for support on a product I spent money on. I see no way to get real support nor a refund. Hopefully others are not having similar loss of time and productivity with this app.

    SomDowns · 31 Jul 2026

Privacy & accessibility

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Versions

App Store

  • 2.1

    • Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator. • Adds keyboard shortcuts for all the newer copy actions, and provides alternates for copying the color from the sidebar picker

  • 2.1.1

    • Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator. • Fixes a potential layout issue on iPad when hardware keyboard is disconnected • Fixes an issue that could prevent the system from saving wallpapers to photo library • Fixes an issue that could prevent library from syncing with iCloud for some users

  • 2.1.2

    • Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator • Adds plumbing for in-app events

  • 2.1.3

    • New in v2.1 — Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator • Adds a debug panel for browsing and restoring library backups

  • 2.1.4

    • New in v2.1 — Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator • You can now swipe upwards in the Create Wallpaper screen to show the Settings panel • Create Wallpaper Settings will now remember the last selected style when closed and reopened

  • 2.1.5

    • New in v2.1 — Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator • New on iPad, you can now open palettes in their own window

  • 2.1.6

    • New in v2.1 — Create Wallpaper: create beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's new wallpaper creator • Fixed an instance where iPad-specific features were visible on iPhone

  • 2.2

    • Brand-new Widget: from the Create Wallpaper panel, save a procedurally-generated wallpaper to Pastel's home screen Widget. Choose from a list of wallpapers to personalize your home screen with colors and shapes. Manage your widget-ready wallpapers in Pastel. • Pick from advanced options for generating a palette from an image

  • 2.2.1

    • Minor fixes & improvements

  • 2.2.3

    • Last-used sliders color picker mode is now preserved

  • 2.2.4

    • Fixes an issue that would prevent some palettes from being copied as bitmap in full

  • 2.2.6

    • Adds protection against future library format changes

  • 2.2.7

    • Fixes a potential navigation layout bug on some devices

  • 2.2.8

    • Fixes a potential issue that might cause borders on widgets

  • 2.3.3

    • Fixes an issue with refreshing the palettes view when a palette changes • Changes and improvements to bring all versions of Pastel up to date

  • 2.3.4

    • Fixes an issue that could prevent saving/exporting wallpapers

  • 2.3.5

    • Fixes an issue that could prevent drag and drop reordering of palettes

  • 2.3.6

    • Adds support for Dark and Tinted app icons

  • 2.3.7

    • Fixes an issue that may cause certain sizes of widgets not to render

  • 2.4

    • Freshly-redesigned for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass

  • 2.4.1

    • Fixes a potential crash when dragging a color into an empty palette

  • 2.4.4

    • You can now zoom the image view when picking colors from an image

  • 2.5

    • Improvements to the undo/redo system • Fixes missing rounded corners in the color picker tab bar • Fixes a number of issues on iOS 18 and earlier

  • 2.5.1

    • Improvements to wording and clarity in the purchase screens

  • 2.6 · 20 Apr 2026

    • The Quick Add Color panel now has a new look • Color creation flow has been clarified and improved • Fixes an issue at color creation where a palette could end up with duplicated references • Improvements to save and sync

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