# paintRack — A virtual paint rack

> Digital miniature paint collection manager with barcode scanning and color matching. (iPhone/iPad app by Courageous Octopus.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintrack/id1490523130 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Courageous Octopus](https://appshunter.io/developer/1490523129)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 216 App Store ratings · 125 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.5 · 70 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-06-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintrack/id1490523130/reviews.md

## What is paintRack?

FEATURES:

LIBRARY: track your paints with over 29000 paints from top brands!
SETS: create custom paint SETS (or recipes) for your models
WISH LIST: helps you track paints you need
*RAPID SCAN: most bottles can be added by scanning barcodes on bottles
*COLOR TOOLS: will help you find the best matching paint colors

*Available in Full Version

Supported paint lines include:

- Abteilung 502
- Aero Color (Schmincke)
- AK Interactive
- Alclad II
- AMMO by MIG Jimenez
- Andrea Color
- Apple Barrel
- Archive-X
- Army Painter (Warpaints)
- Badger Minitaire
- Battlefront (Colours of War)
- Bear Cavalry
- Citadel
- Coat d'Arms
- Colour Forge
- Createx
- Cuttlefish Colors by Cephalopod Studios
- CVLTCRAFT (CPOP)
- Darkstar
- DecoArt
- Delta Ceramcoat
- Dirty Down
- Folk Art
- Forge World
- FREAKflex
- FW Inks
- Gaianotes
- GarageKits.US
- Golden
- Green Stuff World
- Hataka
- Huge Miniatures
- Humbrol
- ICM
- Instar
- IONIC (AMMO)
- Italeri
- Jo Sonja's
- Kaleido ColorWorks
- Kimera Kolors
- Lifecolor
- Liquitex
- Metalsmith
- Mindtaker Miniatures
- Mission Models
- Model Master
- Molotow
- Mr. Hobby (Gunze)
- Mr. Paint (MRP)
- Nocturna
- NuWorlds (Iwata-Medea)
- P3 (Privateer Press)
- Pactra
- Pokorny (Dwarf Forge)
- Pro Acryl (Monument Hobbies)
- Reaper
- Revell
- Scale Modellers Supply
- Scale75
- Secret Weapon
- Splash Paints
- Stynylrez
- Tamiya
- Testors
- TTCombat
- Turbo Dork
- Two Thin Coats
- Ultracryl
- Vallejo
- Villainy Inks
- Warcolours
- Wargames Foundry
- Winsor & Newton

In-app colors are approximate, usually as provided by the brands themselves.

## Key features

- Extensive paint library with over 27,000 paints
- Create custom paint sets and recipes
- Barcode scanning for rapid paint entry
- Wish list to track needed paints
- Color matching tools
- Support for numerous paint brands

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Unlock | $5.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of paintRack?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient scanning and inventory management
- 💡 Helpful color matching and comparison tools
- 👍 Extensive paint database across brands
- 👍 Useful for planning and tracking painting projects
- 👍 Great customer support

**Cons**

- 🐛 Issues with scanning and recognizing certain paint brands
- 🐛 Occasional inaccuracies in color matching
- 🔍 Limited ability to manually add paints not in the database
- 🔍 Lack of cloud sync/cross-device functionality

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Certain paint brands not appearing in megafilter
- Scanning issues with some barcodes

**Most requested features**

- Ability to upload and attach photos to paint sets/projects
- Improved sorting and organization options for paint libraries
- Bulk add/import functionality for entire paint ranges
- Personal paint mixing/recipe notes section

## Recent user reviews (10 of 125)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintrack/id1490523130/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Fantastic for miniature and hobby paint tracking!

*2026-07-29*

I’ve used every feature on the app and still do almost daily. Being red/green colorblind the color comparison tool is indispensable when choosing which paints to use! 

The collection tracker and ability to quickly sort by manufacturers saves a lot of time. Especially when trying to remember what I have in my collection at home!

I’ve also used the Citadel Colour app, which is fine for just GW paints, but Paintrack eclipses it in every way.

This is an easy recommend for purchasing. The dev updates frequently still adding new paints when they’re released.

### 5/5 — Infinitely Useful and Easy to Use

*2026-07-22*

I have been using this app for well over a year now. At first, I was just excited to be able to catalogue my paints, and that’s come in really handy when I thought “hey, I think I have a bottle of this but I don’t know” when shopping for miniature paints. Since then, I’ve used it many times for paint substitution recommendations (I have more APWF than anything else), color triads, and finding colors that will go well with one another. Yesterday I sent support an email with a question, and they got back to me same day with an answer that resolved my user error issue. PaintRack has become as indispensable a tool for me as my brushes. Highly recommended.

**Developer response:** As of 1.25.0, Warpaints Fanatic is supported in the app!

### 5/5 — Super useful and great support

*2026-07-01*

An amazingly useful application for organizing your paint collection. Not only does it let you keep track of all the paints you own, it helps you keep track of what you want or need to get with a variety of features. The dev team is super responsive to feedback. I’ve literally emailed them suggestions and gotten a reply within a week saying either ‘great idea, we’ll add it to our list’, or ‘yes, we have that in the works, you can expect it in an upcoming update’. By far the best app I’ve found to help with my painting hobby. Totally worth the money for the full version.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2026-02-26, version 1.40.0*

Really easy to use and very useful to maintain my paints

### 5/5 — Great tool

*2026-02-09, version 1.40.0*

Great tool for organizing my paint collection

### 3/5 — Citadel paint

*2026-01-09, version 1.39.0*

App works well but for some reason when scanning citadel paints they do not register with quick scan or say does not recognise

### 5/5 — Great App

*2025-12-27, version 1.39.0*

Easy to use, the scan function is brilliant got all my paints cataloged quickly.

### 5/5 — My go to

*2025-12-17, version 1.39.0*

As a painter of minis I find this app indispensable for cataloging my paints. The scan feature stream lines this further. Any issue support is quick to answer and follow up. The only thing I could wish for is a section to write down personal mixes of paint so I don’t forget. Iykyk

### 5/5 — This app rips

*2025-12-06, version 1.39.0*

This app is so extremely helpful for a new mini painter like me. Paid version is easily worth it to help me find comparable paints to the ones used in any YouTube tutorials I watch. So far, I haven’t had any erroneous comp recommendations. Worth the money.

### 5/5 — Phenomenal tool

*2025-11-25, version 1.38.0*

An absolutely phenomenal painters reference and tool.
Not only to keep track of your paints but to enable you to plan and compare your schemes for various projects. Unhesistantly recommended .

## Frequently asked questions about paintRack

### What does the paintRack app do?

The paintRack app allows you to digitally manage your miniature paint collection. You can track thousands of paints from various brands, create custom paint sets, and even find matching colors for your projects. It also includes features like barcode scanning for easy entry and a wish list.

### What are the key features of paintRack?

Key features include an extensive library of over 27,000 paints from top brands, the ability to create custom paint sets or recipes, rapid entry via barcode scanning, a wish list to track paints you need, and color tools to find matching colors. It supports a wide range of popular paint lines.

### Is paintRack free to use?

The app offers a free version with core functionalities. However, advanced features like rapid scanning, wish lists, and color tools are available in the Full Version, which can be unlocked through an in-app purchase. This allows users to try the basic features before committing to the full suite.

### What kind of paints does paintRack support?

The app supports a vast array of paint lines from over 50 different brands, including popular names like Citadel, Vallejo, Tamiya, AK Interactive, Army Painter, Reaper, and many more. The library contains over 27,000 individual paints.

### How can I add paints to my collection?

You can manually add paints to your collection by selecting them from the extensive library. For supported bottles, the app offers a rapid scan feature that allows you to add paints by scanning the barcodes directly on the bottles, making the process quick and efficient.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.45.0 — 2026-08-22

New brand:
ICM

New features:
Filter to show only unowned
Lightness slider on RGB Color Tools selection

New paints:
Reaper: MSP 2.0
Pro Acryl: 1-Step Phase 2
GaiaNotes: Dougram and Votoms
Mr. Hobby: Gundam Assemble Color and Gundam Seed Freedom
Army Painter: New Historical
AK Interactive: New Artist Dense Acrylic

Fixes:
Various bottle updates and corrections

### 1.44.0 — 2026-06-30

New top-level feature:
Statistics page showing your personal stats and archetype

New features:
Color tools now support Split Complementary matching
Send color wheel paint bottle to Color Tools
Sort library by bottle count
Color tools photo picker now remembers your last photo

New paints:
Warcolours: INKredible inks

Fixes:
Various bottle updates and corrections

### 1.43.0 — 2026-06-16

New features:
Color wheel now supports megaFilter
Send empty Color Wheel space to Color Tools

New paints:
Pro Acryl: 1-Step, Expert Acrylics Phase 2
IONIC: Military Colours
Kaleido: Translucent

Fixes:
Various bottle updates and corrections

### 1.42.0 — 2026-05-18

New brands:
Bear Cavalry
IONIC now separate from AMMO

New features:
Color Wheel for your library
Quick add paints through double tap in library

New paints:
Kaleido ColorWorks K025-K048
DecoArt 2026 Acrylics
Jo Sonja's Fine Artist's Mediums
Mission Models RC
AK Interactive Quick Markers
SMS Auto Colour
Army Painter Wandering Monsters

Fixes:
Various bottle updates and corrections

### 1.41.0 — 2026-03-16

New features:
Copy subsets to other sets
Split Select All in megaFilter between sublines and sizes

New paints:
AMMO: New Rail Center
Pro Acryl: Weathering Pigments and Brush-On Primers
Army Painter: John Blanche Vol. 3 and 4, new Gamemaster
SMS: Chrome Sealer and Premium Thinner

Fixes:
Various bottle updates and corrections

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