Comparison

Model Colors vs Launch Bay Next

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Model Colors

Manage your hobby model paints and projects with this app. Track owned and needed colors, share lists, and find similar shades. Organize paints by project or type for easy access.

Highlights
  • Track owned and needed model paints
  • Browse over 50,000 colors from various brands
  • Share color lists via email and messaging
  • Set favorite colors for quick access
  • Find similar colors using standards or calculations
  • Create custom color lists for projects
  • Manage model projects with required colors
Features
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Model Colors is an application for helping you keep track of your hobby model colors and projects. Have you ever ended up buying the wrong colors because you didn’t remember the exact code of the color you needed or forgot to get that pesky Dunkelgelb that you needed to finish that glorious tank you’re working on? If so, then Model Colors helps you keep track of the colors that you own and the colors that you need to buy. The application contains lists of all colors from a set of brands and you can browse these lists and mark the ones you already own and the ones you need to buy. Currently the app has over 50000 colors included from most big and many small manufacturers. The lists of your own colors and colors that you need to buy can be easily shared via mail, iMessage etc. If you mainly use some particular color types or individual colors you can set them as favorites and easily access them from the main menu. You can check for colors that are similar to a certain color either via color standards like FS, RAL, RLM etc, or via industry standard CIE deltaE 2000 calculations. Various colors can also be grouped together for quick access into custom color lists. You can keep the colors you normally use for US airplanes in one list and colors you use for fantasy miniatures in another, making them easy to find. Some of the included brands: Abteilung 502, Agama, AKAN, AK Interactive, Alclad II, Ammo, Andrea, AOK Silveroaks, Apple Barrell, Arcus Hobby Colors, Army Painter, Badger, Bits of War, Coat D'Arms, Colour Forge, Craft Smart, Createx, Creature Caster, Daler-Rowney, Darkstar Miniatures, Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy, Dwarven Forge, E7, Fantasy Flight Games, Faskolor, Fire Scale Modeler, Flames of War, Flory Models, ForgeWorld, Gaia, Gamescraft, Games Workshop, Golden, Gravity Colors, Green Stuff World, Hannants, Hataka, Heller, Hobby Mio, Huge Miniatures, Humbrol, ICM, Instar, Italeri, Jo Sonja's, Jumpwind, Kimera Models, Lefranc Bourgeois, LifeColor, Liquitex, Meng, Microscale, MIG Productions, Minuteman Scale Models, Mission Models, Modellers World, Modo, Monkey Modelling Paints, Monument Hobbies, Mr. Hobby, MR Paint, Nocturna Models, Paasche, Pacific88, Pactra, Pledge, Prince August, Privateer Press, ProScale Paints, Rackham, Reaper, Rembrandt, Revell, Rust-Oleum, Scale75, Scale Colors, Scale Modellers Supply, Sovereign Hobbies, Splash Paints, Tamiya, Testors, Titans Hobby, Tru-Color, True Earth, TT Combat, Turbo Dork, Ultimate Modelling Products, Vallejo, Vantage Modelling Solutions, Warcolours, Wargames Foundry, Warlord Games, Wilder, Winsor & Newton. You can also add the models that you are working on or plan to build in the future. For each model you can register the colors that are required and make sure that you don't forget to buy any essential colors. Each model can have a photos associated with it as well as notes. Using the notes and photos it is easy to keep a build diary or just keep track of things that you need to do at some point. Model Colors requires iCloud and iCloud Drive to be enabled for the app to work. iCloud Drive is used to save photos and documents for our models. Model Colors uses a subscription in order to support the application development and there's a trial period that lets you evaluate the app. Please see the link https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ for the End User License Agreement.

About

Launch Bay Next

Build and manage your X-Wing miniatures game squadrons with a user-friendly interface. This fan-made tool is regularly updated to help you strategize and prepare for your games.

Highlights
  • Squadron builder
  • Clean user interface
  • Frequent over-the-air updates
  • X-Wing miniatures game support
Features
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Launch Bay Next is a squadron builder for X-Wing The Miniatures Game with a clean user interface and is frequently updated (most often over the air)! ----------------- Disclaimer: X-Wing: The Miniatures Game is a trademark of Fantasy Flight Games Launch Bay is the work of a fan, and is not in any way endorsed by Fantasy Flight Games, Lucasfilm Ltd., Disney och Twentieth Century Fox and is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. Star Wars, the Star Wars logo, all names and pictures of Star Wars characters, vehicles and any other Star Wars related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of Lucasfilm Ltd., and their respective trademark and copyright holders. For mor information on X-Wing: The Miniatures Game please visit http://www.fantasyflightgames.com

Screenshots

Model Colors4 screens
Launch Bay Next4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Launch Bay Next at none against Model Colors's 4. Launch Bay Next also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Model Colors's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (448 vs 127). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Model Colors sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Launch Bay Next asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Model Colors holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 448 and 127 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Model Colors's written reviews are positive against 77% of Launch Bay Next's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Model Colors ships an update monthly, Launch Bay Next every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Model Colors versus Launch Bay Next: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModel ColorsLaunch Bay Next
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (448 ratings) — better4.3 (127 ratings)
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews77.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings448 — better127
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperD-Pointer OyAndre Lind

Customer experience

Model Colors

All ratings448 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative35.8%

Launch Bay Next

All ratings127 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative16.2%

Bugs and requests

Model Colors

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Launch Bay Next

Reported bugs

29 issues
  • T-70 weapon hardpoints missing
  • Wartime Loadout for B-Wing NR2 Y-Wing missing
  • Filter to hide non-collection items missing
  • Cannot add weapon upgrades for Resistance T-70 (2.0 Legacy)
  • App crashes when adding Upsilon for First Order (2.0 Legacy)
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  • App crashes when selecting Starkiller Base Pilot
  • Team point totals recalculate incorrectly after closing app (iOS)
  • XWA points not loading correctly
  • Loses login and does not load squads after closing and reopening
  • GUI broken after adding support for other languages
  • Gideon Hask TIE/ln pilot listed incorrectly
  • Bug when inputting tournament dates (blank dropdown)
  • Bossk taping out at 666666 on Z-95 Headhunter
  • App won't load after deleting and reinstalling (connected to FB)
  • App freezes on home screen
  • App crashes and hangs during loading
  • App support link not working
  • App won't load after opening again
  • App does not open after last update
  • App crashes since most recent update
  • Separatist and Republic ships cost zero
  • Veteran Turret Gunner missing
  • Cards only available when others are present do not appear
  • RZ-2 A-Wing listed with 0 hull and no shields
  • Wave II not showing in Collection section
  • Maul cannot be added to a Rebel list with Ezra Bridger
  • Lambda shuttle crew deletion issue
  • Astromechs with same ability listed
  • Auzituk Gunship actions incorrect (reinforcement not coordinate)

Requested features

10 requests
  • Filter to hide non-collection items
  • Improve filtering logic (narrow results)
  • Add rules reference tab
  • Add simple game tracking
  • Add damage card search
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  • Download all images on WiFi
  • Support for iPad displays
  • Add card art
  • Incorporate 'your collection' feature
  • Spanish translation support

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Model Colors

Subscriptions4
  • 1 month subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 3 month subscription14 Days trial$1.993 Months
  • 6 month subscription1 Month trial$3.496 Months
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  • 1 year subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Year
None

Launch Bay Next

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Model Colors free?
Model Colors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Launch Bay Next free?
Launch Bay Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Model Colors or Launch Bay Next?
Model Colors is rated higher. Model Colors averages 4.6 out of 5 from 448 ratings, while Launch Bay Next averages 4.3 from 127 ratings.
Do Model Colors or Launch Bay Next have ads?
Neither Model Colors nor Launch Bay Next shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Model Colors or Launch Bay Next?
Model Colors ships an update monthly, and Launch Bay Next every 2 months. Most recently, Model Colors was updated on November 6, 2026 and Launch Bay Next on November 2, 2026.

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