# impcat — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of impcat by Design Bench - Immersive Agency, rated 2.70/5 from 48 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impcat/id1496845136/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impcat/id1496845136.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 18 ## Newest reviews (14 of 51) ### 2/5 — Great idea, poor execution (user has to do all the work) *2026-06-18* I was aware of the apps limited selection of models however you would think that over time they would increase said selection, I would understand if the app was free, but they are charging £3 meaning they should be providing a quite a bit more than they already do, and if you have to upload your own pictures, they could at least have somewhere where they have photos of models that they have taken themselves to perfectly fit their own criteria and that anyone with the app can access. ### 3/5 — Useful *2026-01-18* It’s a useful app, very annoying the in-app store doesn’t work for me. If you go on Reddit and look up the app then you should be good for SVGs to use. The colors the app has are very good and I’m happy with it overall. ### 3/5 — Pretty Useful, if Fiddly *2025-03-06* Could we get a way to permanently toggle-off auto mode? I keep accidentally changing the whole scheme when I only wanted to change one layer. ### 3/5 — Landscape please!! *2025-01-19* Begging for a landscape mode, otherwise it’s an alright app, definitely needs more support overall though ### 2/5 — Iffy for warhammer *2025-01-04* If you want to use this for warhammer minis I would be cautious. There is a subreddit you can look at to find a list of models they have for you to work with (which requires an entirely separate download and import) but the list is not all encompassing and is missing allot of models. In some cases there are fan made or proxy models that are so far off base that it’s useless if you wanted to see how your model would look. ( I’m looking at you, weird spider leg tyrant guard). If you can find your models in the mega link from the sub Reddit and go through the process of importing it then yea the app works pretty well but otherwise you more than likely aren’t getting a SVG and you just wasted 3$ ### 3/5 — Decent but limited *2024-05-20* No easy way to import GW models or paints. No tyranids or alternative models available ### 2/5 — No updates in 2 years *2024-05-10* The app is abandoned, the file browser is annoying af for an app that isn't free to use. Fix that, it's about time and people have paid for it. I don't want rip off minis to get shoved into my face whenever I open the app. ### 2/5 — Feels like a Beta that could improve *2024-03-08* Not really user friendly, and could really use a UI design team to fix this. Having a wider database of models would help as well. I’m a warhammer painter and there’s just too many hoops to jump through to put time into this for now. Maybe when it gets some updates I’ll revisit the app. Cool idea, so I hope this all works out in the end. ### 1/5 — Not sure *2023-07-09* All the images show a space marine as an example. It was the only reason I wanted the app. They are the models I collect. The app has no space marine image!!!! So disappointed ### 3/5 — Worked good till recently *2023-05-28* I loved using this app for color schemes for my warhammer armies but I recently have been having issues with it now when I try to use a lot of mixed colors where it will affect the layers of paint for about 10 seconds before the app restarts and all my progress in painting is gone I tried redownloading the app and even using different colors but it still happens and kinda makes the app hard to if not unusable so if this gets fixed then it’s great ### 2/5 — Very limited Range *2022-11-12* The product is great for painting the 40 models in the system. But they are for ranges I don’t really collect. ### 3/5 — WH40K .svg models required *2022-10-25* Please add Warhammer 40K .SVG models to your app as well as citadel paint colours references as it will really boost your app popularity! ### 1/5 — iPad version doesn’t have Apple Pencil support *2022-07-31* Update broke Apple Pencil functionality. Major bug that’s gone unfixed for three months. Unacceptable for a paid app. ### 3/5 — Great for what it is but recent update broke functionality *2022-05-29* A recent update on the iPad version made it such that I can no longer select zones on the model with my Apple Pencil. This is a critical bug and is a major deterrent to using the app. If you can find the time, PLEASE FIX IT 🙏 As many have already stated, this app is awesome. So many of us in the hobby suffer from paralysis analysis and are hesitant to paint because we don’t know what we want. Similarly there are folks that want to sketch out their ideas ahead of time. This app lets you do both. Is it perfect? No, but it’s paving the way and definitely on the right track. I’m glad it exists and I’m an avid user. My feedback for the developer (speaking as one dev to another) is its clear the UI/UX was designed by a dev. My recommendation would be to find yourself a solid UI designer, and this app could go from good to absolute greatness! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nutzlos *2025-11-12* Dieses Programm bietet gerade mal ca. 20 Figuren. Damit kann doch keiner etwas anfangen. 3€ für die Tonne! ### 1/5 — Pas de choix *2025-06-21* Impossible de choisir les figurines autres que celles présentes dans l’application ### 1/5 — Don’t buy it *2025-06-04* A few models are available, the app is laggy and you can’t event import a SVG without doing some custom work. It’s not good at all ### 1/5 — I just don't get it *2025-05-11* 6 templates. Pay for everything else. Serves me right for not reading the description. Total waste of money for me. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Massive Paywall *2025-01-12* If you want to buy this app to Test colors on often used GW models don’t! Marines ,tyranids and to be honest the most wanted are not in the default app. You have to buy this stuff for 50+ dollars/€ in this guys store in packs with 3 minis. ### 1/5 — Where is the Space Marine? *2024-09-19* I bought this to paint space marines and there aren't any in it. ### 1/5 — Nothing new *2024-02-22* Hardly any intuitive controls to import units on the IOS version, refund when? ### 1/5 — Really Poor Product *2024-01-16* Comes with a tiny selection of models and no instructions on adding more. If an app doesn't work by itself, its not a finished product. Should not be on the app store yet. Don't spend your money. ### 1/5 — Avoid *2023-12-31* Very buggy. Has very few models built in. Importing models in iOS is not functional. ### 1/5 — Scam? *2023-10-02* Couldn’t figure this thing out, clicked way too many links. Don’t buy this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very Good App *2024-08-09* This app does exactly what you’ll want it to do. Community support online is great with lots of third party content for models and paint ranges, and all straightforward enough to use. ### 5/5 — Amazing Tool! *2024-01-05* Been using Impcats for a little over a year now, it’s helped me figure out paint schemes, layering and more. The subreddit, r/Impcat, is also a helpful community with a library of svg files. ### 5/5 — Really cool *2023-11-13* Great features, model variety is sadly a bit low but it’s really nice for messing around with new color schemes, don’t go in expecting for the exact model you want to paint to be there ### 5/5 — Online Mini Painting At It’s Finest *2023-09-02* I have seen some bad reviews for this, but they’re all from a couple years ago and I do not believe they do it justice. I’ve been using this for a little bit now and it’s everything I wanted! ### 5/5 — Great App, Requires Base Level Intelligence to Operate *2023-02-23* Too many reviewers seem to have trouble figuring out how to import files… you can get access to loads of additional files and paints needed to start doing mock-ups with 5 minutes of bare minimum research. This isn’t rocket science; it’s basic app and phone literacy. If you’re having trouble with this then you likely have far more important things to worry about than leaving reviews detailing your ineptitude with entry-level tech. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app, but takes some setup *2023-02-19* I’m a beginner painter and I’m not trying to invest much time or money in my models at this time. I just used this app in a very basic way to plan my color scheme and I’m really happy with how well it worked. I did have to put in some effort to download the models I wanted. I consider myself tech-savvy and the impcat subreddit was very helpful so this didn’t take me long. However, if you’re looking for the app to contain everything from the get-go or if you don’t want to navigate the download process, this isn’t the tool for you. ### 5/5 — Great tool for experimenting with color schemes *2022-01-25* As someone who is very indecisive about color schemes and wants to get them just right before painting a whole army, this app is fantastic for me. The rendering looks very realistic and I think it gives you a great look at what a scheme would look like on the model. I love that I can make small tweaks in the app without having to paint multiple test models just to see how something will look. As some other reviews have alluded to, it definitely does take a bit of setup to get up and running. That said, once the initial setup is done you don’t have to worry about it again. If you have trouble with setting it up, the impcat subreddit has lots of useful resources and has been helpful for me with any questions I’ve had. I absolutely recommend this for anyone who likes to fine tune their paint schemes! ### 5/5 — It’s gotten better since the old reviews *2021-12-22* So even after reading the reviews I decided to give this thing a shot. I happen to have found it via a google search which let me to a page to read about and and gave me the instructions on how to get the files I was looking for from impcat’s redit page. Once I did that it was fairly simple to use. Even the uploading the file it required to use wasn’t hard unless you just don’t know much about technology. All in all the app is what you think it is it helps you plan out your paint scheme without wasting hours on painting to just figure out you don’t like the pattern you made. ### 5/5 — Good Once You Get It Going *2021-12-08* Alright, so I took the plunge and bought it after seeing the last review was over a year ago. I don’t know if much has changed, but the app does what you want it to. It takes a bit of work, and downloading the files from another site, but the subreddit is really helpful and there are lots of models to choose from. I was interested for 40k, and after installing MEGA and visiting the folder where all the modes are stored, you can download whatever and start “painting”. Takes a bit to setup, but great once you get there ### 5/5 — It simply great *2021-03-26* Many thanks to developers of this great application. It is very helpful when you need to imagine how paints and their combinations will look on a miniatures. It is simply great and worth its money. I wish luck and profit to developers. And I look forward to adding more paints manufactures and miniatures. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-23.*