The Palette color analysis app alternative

Is there a Palette app for Android?

This is the question that brings most people here, and the short answer is no — Palette is currently iOS-only, with no confirmed Android version. If you're on an Android phone, that single fact is usually the whole decision: you can't run Palette at all, so you need an alternative that does the same job. GlowUpKit runs on Android and gives you a 12-season color result from one selfie. That platform gap is the most common reason Android users specifically search for a Palette alternative.

GlowUpKit vs Palette at a glance

Both tools are AI color analysis apps that read your undertone, value, and chroma from a selfie and sort you into the same 12-season system. They differ mostly on platform, what you get beyond the season label, and how each handles the full range of skin tones.

	GlowUpKit	Palette
Platform	Android (plus iOS)	iOS only (no confirmed Android)
Core result	12-season analysis from a selfie	12-season analysis from a selfie
How it decides	Measures undertone, value, contrast	Measures undertone, value, chroma
Before/after image	Yes — identity-preserving photorealistic glow-up	Not a stated feature
Makeup guide	Personalized 5-step guide for your season	Not a stated feature
Skin-tone range	Built to read every skin tone	Depends on the model's training
Built by	Beauty + color-science team	A professional color analyst
Cost	Free color season; paid guide + before/after	Paid weekly subscription

What each one actually gives you

Palette is an AI color analysis app built by a professional color analyst, and it became popular through TikTok. It analyzes your undertone, value, and chroma from a selfie and returns a 12-season result. That's a clean, focused product: you take a photo, you get your season.

GlowUpKit starts from the same place — the same 12-season result, read from the same kind of selfie — and then keeps going. On top of the season it generates a personalized 5-step makeup guide tuned to your coloring, and an identity-preserving, photorealistic before/after glow-up so you can actually see a look built for your palette rather than just read a label. The aim is to turn "you're a Soft Autumn" into something you can use the same day. If you're still working out your undertone, both apps start there.

Same season result from a selfie — GlowUpKit just doesn't stop at the label.

Which works better for deep skin tones

This depends on how each model was built, not on the idea of color analysis itself. Many AI color tools were trained and demonstrated mostly on lighter, cooler complexions, so they can return weak or uncertain results on deep, warm, and olive skin. That's a representation gap, not a limit of the method — every skin tone has a clear undertone, depth, and contrast. GlowUpKit is built to read every skin tone, measuring those traits across the full range, which is why it's worth checking how a tool performs on your coloring before you commit. You can read more about how we approach color analysis for every skin tone.

When Palette might be the better pick

To be fair, Palette is a strong choice in a few cases. If you're on iOS and specifically want a tool built by a professional color analyst, that pedigree may matter to you. And if you value its TikTok community — the shared results, the trend, the social proof — Palette is where a lot of that conversation lives. Some users report a fairly aggressive paywall, so it's worth knowing the subscription is part of the experience, but if the analyst-built angle and the community appeal to you, it's a reasonable pick.