# iModelKit Light

> Scale model builder tools for paint, materials, and project management. (iPhone/iPad app by id6 Sarl.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/imodelkit-light/id393872482 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [id6 Sarl](https://appshunter.io/developer/344156885)
- Category: Utilities, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 34 App Store ratings · 100 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 158 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2010-12-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/imodelkit-light/id393872482/reviews.md

## What is iModelKit Light?

The light release has some limitations and ad banners and intersticials. This release can be changed to Pay release with Inventory module using In-App purchase.

iModelkit simplifies scale model builder work by providing a set of easy to use and comprehensive tools. 
With iModelKit you can : 
• Browse paint charts from colour standards and model kit paint manufacturers
• Browse scratch material catalogs
• Create your own charts and catalogs, and share these
• Mix your paints
• Compute your mix from a base colour
• Compute to scale and display on screen real size or 3D results
• Find references in catalogs from your scale computations
• Create your own model kit projects from your computations and references
• Manage your inventory (using the optional inventory module)
• Scan your paint jars and barcodes (using the optional inventory module)

iModelKit provides paint charts and scratch material catalogs samples for most manufacturers :
• Paint charts : 104 (including 6 colour standard), 53 manufacturers
• Paints : 13852
• Colours : 21272
• Official equivalences : 10457
• References : 26449 (including 15819 with barcodes)
• Material catalogs : 5
• Managed shapes : 31
• Items : 2562
• References : 3553 (including 2377 with barcodes)

Available In-App purchase :
• Pay release + Inventory Module

For information, here are the features added by the Pay release :
• No more ad banners and interstitials
• The full set of paint equivalence for equivalences not given by manufacturers (2 & 3 levels and closest paint computations) 
• The paint mixer mix of up to 6 paints (3 in the free release)
• The paint mixer mix computation from another mix as a reference 
• Paint chart and catalogs update automatic detection
• Cie Lab, Cie XYZ and Munsell colours management
• Project importation
• Advanced language management
• Inventory module In-app purchase availability

For information, here are the features added by the Inventory Module :
• Inventory management
• Barcode scanner
• Paint cap colour scanner
• Mix from inventoried items
• Transfer of buy list items to inventory

More information at http://www.id6.ch

## Key features

- Browse paint charts and material catalogs
- Mix paints and compute color mixes
- Create and share custom charts/catalogs
- Compute scale results and find references
- Manage model kit projects
- Optional inventory management and barcode scanning

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Release | $9.99 | one-time |
| Inventory | $4.99 | one-time |
| Premium Release+Inventory | $14.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 100)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/imodelkit-light/id393872482/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Crashes constantly

*2025-11-16*

Sadly on my iPad mini running 18.7.1 the app crashes every time I try to look at pain colours. This makes it useless for my needs as the other features are not required by me.

### 2/5 — Unsupported. Don’t purchase.

*2024-09-15*

It would be great if the developers kept the app updated with paints and with bugs. Many paints available to me are not in the app. The photo library and internet color selection no longer works. There is no way to select colors based on RGB, HEX, or other color classification systems. The developer is unresponsive to these issues. The App Store no longer recognizes that I paid for the full version. Save your money.

Revision: In review of developer comments, the issues described above remain. My installed app says iModelKit Light, but the id6 store (not Apple App Store) says I have the premium plus inventory version. The refresh feature is inactive. Paint charts can be updated but many don’t exist. I’m not going to risk downloading the full version again for $9.99 to have the same problems. The last app update was 7 years ago. Too long. Save your money until the app is rebuilt.

**Developer response:** I'm sorry you are not happy with our App. However, before submitting a review you shoud have contacted us (info@id6.ch) or checked the faq on our website (https://www.id6.ch) so that we could have helped you. We always reply to our users within 24-48 hours.
We regularly post chart updates as well as brand new charts on our website so that your paint catalog can be updated.
You can create a new chart and with "dummy" paints using RGB values and then find equivalences (or even a mix) with other paints.
You can always recover the full release from the App Store located in our App, there is a restore button for that.
We are working on a brand new release of iModelKit to enhance and correct the App. However it takes longer than expected as there have been tremendous changes in Apple Development tools that prevent us from posting updates of older code. The new tools are just becoming stable and well featured enough to meet the needs of a complex app such as iModelKit.

### 2/5 — Unsupported. Don’t purchase.

*2024-09-12*

It would be great if the developers kept the app updated with paints and with bugs. Many paints available to me are not in the app. The photo library and internet color selection no longer works. There is no way to select colors based on RGB, HEX, or other color classification systems. The developer is unresponsive to these issues. The App Store no longer recognizes that I paid for the full version. Save your money.

**Developer response:** I'm sorry you are not happy with our App. However, before submitting a review you shoud have contacted us (info@id6.ch) or checked the faq on our website (https://www.id6.ch) so that we could have helped you. We always reply to our users within 24-48 hours.
We regularly post chart updates as well as brand new charts on our website so that your paint catalog can be updated.
You can create a new chart and with "dummy" paints using RGB values and then find equivalences (or even a mix) with other paints.
You can always recover the full release from the App Store located in our App, there is a restore button for that.
We are working on a brand new release of iModelKit to enhance and correct the App. However it takes longer than expected as there have been tremendous changes in Apple Development tools that prevent us from posting updates of older code. The new tools are just becoming stable and well featured enough to meet the needs of a complex app such as iModelKit.

### 5/5 — New review

*2023-11-23*

My first review was from 2014 and I don't see it here anymore so an updated review would not be amiss.
  I absolutely love this app. I have over six pocket sized note books full of color recipes. I dare say over 800+ colors. From everywhere. Reading an hobby article. New recipe. Find a picture, chase down the recipe using RGB feature. Find the color RGB numbers, make a color chip for it, mix using your favorite brand of paint.
  I try to convert 99.9% of the recipes to Tamiya brand, because they easily available to me, practically foolproof system and very few colors can not be mixed with them.
  Support is fantastic. 
Other companies large and small could learn a lot about customer relations from these people.
  As a suggestion, I asked if they had seen the popularity of craft paints being used by people on YT, and on one of the next updates, several brands were included as options for inclusion. I'd like to think I had something to do with that.
I understand in the near future another update is due and so look forward to that one.
You can not go wrong with this app.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore

*2023-01-15, version 2.0.4*

Nothing happens when I try to pick a colour out of the sample picture using my iPhone 14, all I get is a black screen.

### 1/5 — Not for me

*2022-01-22*

I just can’t get this to work for me on iPad, though I’ve tried it a number of times

**Developer response:** We are sorry you encountered issues with our App. It should work well on an iPad (although in iPhone Mode). You can contact us at info@id6.ch to describe your issue so that we can help you make it work as it should. We are also working on a brand new release with support for full iPad Mode.

### 3/5 — Disappointed

*2020-06-25*

The barcode scanner worked erratically, skipped many colors in the same series that it found others in like ak interactive and reaper. When will you come out with ak interactive real colors?

**Developer response:** We are sorry you encountered issus with our App. The barcode scanner should work properly with the cited paints as we use the standard Apple barcode scanner. However, there are some tricks to know to use it properly such as being in a well lighted environment to scan (the scanner is sensible to contrast and focus). These tricks are available on the help screen of the scanner (tap on the scanner title). You can also contact our support at info@id6.ch as the review is not the best place for support (slow and no privacy). If you need a refund, you have to contact Apple for that as payments are fully manage by them. UPDATE AK Real Colours as well as a lot of other new charts are available from our website : http://www.id6.ch. Go to the News to see the full list of new charts and updates and how to download these. Again, You can contact our support at info@id6.ch if you need more information or Help. We are also working on a brand new release with a better way to detect and download new charts.

### 2/5 — No Comparison charts

*2020-02-23*

This appears to be more of a list of catalogs/paints and how to mix them.  Unfortunately I’m looking for substitution charts.  When given an FS number or Italeri number what would be the closest Tamiya bottle and/or spray. My misunderstanding.

**Developer response:** iModelKit does have comparison charts. You just have to select the paint you search the equivalence for to see equivalences for other brands. 
However, the free release only contains the comparison charts that are provided by paint manufacturers. Computed equivalences, that gives at least one equivalence for each colour and brand, are available with the Premium release.
If you need more information, please contact our support at info@id6.ch.

### 5/5 — Fantastic Support

*2020-01-21*

I’m mostly using the application to keep track of my paints.  I noted that they didn’t have any of the Wilder products listed and decided to just shoot them a quick email on a Saturday asking if they planned to include them in the future.  I couldn’t believe it but received a response the next day.

I can’t emphasize enough that it’s clear id6 has the highest regard for customer input and providing the best product of its kind on the market.  Cheers gentlemen!

### 3/5 — Decent but needs updating.

*2020-01-15*

Decent app, but really needs to be updated.  Many colors since the last release, aka MRP that are not listed.  Really hope the devs comeback to this app.

**Developer response:** MRP as well as a lot of other new and updated charts are available from our website at  http://www.id6.ch. Please check the news to see which charts have been added / updated. A new bunch of updates will be delivered by the end of the month.

## Frequently asked questions about iModelKit Light

### What does iModelKit Light do?

iModelKit Light provides tools to simplify scale model building. It allows users to browse extensive paint charts and material catalogs, mix paints, compute color mixes, and manage their model kit projects. The app includes data for numerous manufacturers and official color standards.

### What are the key features of iModelKit Light?

Key features include browsing paint charts and scratch material catalogs, mixing paints and computing mixes from base colors, computing scale results, and creating model kit projects. Users can also create and share their own charts and catalogs. Optional in-app purchases unlock advanced features like inventory management and barcode scanning.

### Is iModelKit Light free to use?

The 'Light' release of iModelKit is free but includes ad banners and interstitial ads. Users can upgrade to a 'Pay release' or purchase the 'Inventory Module' via in-app purchases to remove ads and access additional advanced features.

### What kind of paint and material data is available?

The app offers a vast amount of data, including paint charts from 53 manufacturers (with 104 charts including color standards), over 13,000 paints, and over 21,000 colors. It also includes material catalogs with thousands of items and references, many with barcodes.

### What are the benefits of the optional Inventory Module?

The optional Inventory Module, available via in-app purchase, allows users to manage their paint inventory, scan paint jars and barcodes using their device's camera, mix paints from inventoried items, and transfer items from a buy list directly into their inventory.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.4 — 2017-04-26

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Correction of bugs when using the Colour scanner
• Other minor issues corrected
• App Renamed to iModelKit Light to conform with Apple guidelines

### 2.0.3 — 2017-03-10

• Added tips in the help of iModelKit Store
• Correction of a bug when using mix from mixes
• Other minor issues corrected

### 2.0.2 — 2017-01-25

● Issue when saving several mixes in a row corrected
● Minor issue with color picker on iPhone Plus corrected
● Other minor issues corrected

*** Important notice ***
Please, don't post reviews if you have an issue with the App : REVIEWS DON'T ALLOW TO CONTACT YOU BACK TO HELP. If you need some support, please email us at info@id6.ch instead. We generally reply under 24 hours.

### 2.0.1 — 2017-01-04

• iOs 10.2 support
• Web imports issue have been corrected
• Too fast gestures crash have been corrected
• We are now offering an hour test period without interstitial Ads. After that period, interstitials will show up every 5 minutes.
• Added a filter to hide payed release supplemental "on the fly" computed equivalences
• The scanners can now be tested (without the inventory module), but you can't insert results in the inventory.
• A new button bar now replaces the arrow for faster tool access but less screen space (old arrow mode is still available using an App setting)
• The number of icons per line have been increased where possible on some devices screens.
• Minor other issues have been corrected

*** Important notice ***
Please, don't post reviews if you have an issue with the App : REVIEWS DON'T ALLOW TO CONTACT YOU BACK TO HELP. If you need some support, please email us at info@id6.ch instead. We generally reply under 24 hours.

### 2.0 — 2016-11-29

This release is a brand new, rewritten release.
Here are some of the new features :
• Support for new devices and systems
• User interface fully rewritten for an easier use (drag'n'drop, search, cut/copy/paste, specific keyboards...)
• Allows the addition of a lot more data for a better speed by using a database
• Use of far better colour computation algorithms based on Cie
• Sample paint charts updated and added : (104 charts representing 21272 colours and 26449 references including 15819 barcodes)
• Paints : New attributes, several colours by paint supported, paint sets management, Level 2/3 and computed equivalences added¹,...
• Paint Mixer : More paints supported (up to 6 ¹), better computation, mix from another mix¹,...
• Material sample catalogs updated and added : (5 catalogs representing 2562 material et 3553 references including 2377 with barcodes)
• Catalogs : New shapes and dimensions added, matter and colour management, 3D representation...
• Scale computation : On screen real size or 3D display, complex shape or simple computation, automatic reference searching,...
• Projects : New attributes, project note edition, creation using drag'n'drop...
• Inventory (optional In-App purchase) : Full management from paint charts, catalogs, buy lists,..., Paint jar colour and barcode scanners,...

¹ Pay release only

Full description at http://www.id6.ch

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