InstantAutoSite vs Hobby Dataslate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InstantAutoSite
Manage your vehicles online and enhance your ownership experience with this free application. Connect to service history, receive alerts, view maintenance schedules, and earn rewards. Access live support and exclusive offers.
- Connect to service history
- Recalls, alerts, and notices
- View maintenance schedules
- Push message appointment reminders
- Birthday and signup offers
- Earn rewards for shop visits
- Coupons and exclusive savings
- Live support with 2-way chat & text
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Vehicle ownership should be more rewarding. We provide this free application so you can manage your vehicles online and fully enjoy your vehicle ownership experience. Application Highlights! - Connect to service history - Get recalls, alerts, and notices - View maintenance schedules - Get push message appointment reminders - Get birthday and signup offers - Earn rewards for visits to our shop - Get coupons and exclusive extra savings - Live support with 2-way chat & text
Hobby Dataslate
This app helps miniature collectors and painters track their Warhammer 40K models, log paints, organize army lists, and manage hobby projects. It offers features for collection management, painting progress, and social sharing of finished models.
- Track 1,600+ datasheets
- Barcode quick-add for boxes
- Painting pipeline tracking
- Sprue & bits stash management
- Unit paint recipes
- Import/backup from other formats
- Collection documentation & valuation
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Keep your miniature hobby organized and your painting memory close at hand. Hobby Dataslate is the unofficial hobby tracker for Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar — free to start. Know what you own. Remember how you painted and based it. Keep army lists, photos, work-in-progress notes, and future plans connected. When hobby time opens up, Today helps you choose a useful next action toward the completion goal you set. KEEP THE WHOLE HOBBY TOGETHER • Track painting progress across your whole collection — 40K and Age of Sigmar, one desk • Add Combat Patrols, Spearheads, and box sets in one tap (or scan the barcode) • 3,000+ combined units across 40K datasheets and AoS warscrolls, faction organization, and a flexible Wishlist → Finished lifecycle • Desk sessions, streaks, and a "what to paint next" wheel when you're stuck • Paint and basing recipes you can reuse — and a catalog of 11,000+ paints • Import BattleScribe / New Recruit / WH40k app lists, then see owned vs shortfall • Custom JSON data export on Free, plus tournament PDFs and collection valuation docs BUILT FOR THE HOBBY, NOT A SPREADSHEET Collection, Workbench, Armies, Stats, and Social in one app. Flag repairs, track stash & bits, browse finished-model showcases and friend collections, and join the Discord for WIP chat. FREE TO START 100 units, 5 armies, unit paint recipes, 40K and Age of Sigmar list costing, and unlimited desk session logs — no credit card. Custom data export remains available on Free. Upgrade only if you outgrow the free tier. PREMIUM — $1/mo or $10/yr Unlimited units & armies, WIP timelines, painted gallery, recipe share cards, batch projects, unlimited friends & public sharing, stash & paints, spending logs, session photos. HERO — $5/mo or $40/yr Higher-resolution showcase uploads, enhanced showcase sorting, army recipes, advanced stats, challenges & leaderboards, 40K theme, custom names/colors, alternate icons. FORGE# referrals — gift a friend 30 days of Hero. Privacy Policy: https://hobby-dataslate.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://hobby-dataslate.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Download Hobby Dataslate and keep your collection, hobby memory, and next steps in one place. (Hobby Dataslate is an unofficial fan app and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Games Workshop Limited.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hobby Dataslate at every 4 days against InstantAutoSite's every 4 months. InstantAutoSite's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for InstantAutoSite against 5.0 for Hobby Dataslate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
InstantAutoSite ships an update every 4 months, Hobby Dataslate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InstantAutoSite | Hobby Dataslate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReferACar, LLC. | Alexander Lewis |
Customer experience
InstantAutoSite
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In-app purchases
InstantAutoSite
No in-app purchases
Hobby Dataslate
No in-app purchases
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