Comparison

Model Colors vs Project Launch Bay

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

Head to head
About

Model Colors

This app helps hobbyists manage their paint collections for models. Track colors you own, colors you need, and easily share lists. Find similar colors and organize them into custom lists for different projects.

Highlights
  • Track owned and needed paint colors
  • Browse over 40,000 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
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

Project Launch Bay

Organize your Gundam model kit collection with this app. Search, filter, and scan kits, then track their build progress. Save kits to your collection or wishlist and back up your data.

Highlights
  • Search Gundam model kits
  • Add kits to collection/wishlist
  • Filter by series and grade
  • Barcode scanner
  • Track build progress
  • Backup and share collection
Features
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Keep your Gundam model kit collection organized with Project Launchbay. Search for kits by model name, filter results by series or grade, and quickly find kits using the built-in barcode scanner. Add kits to your collection or save them to your wishlist for future purchases. View detailed model information, explore related variants and timelines, and track the build progress of every kit you own. Share or restore your collection using convenient backup share codes—perfect for keeping your data safe or sharing your list with friends and family. Features: - Search for Gundam model kits - Add kits to your collection or wishlist - Filter kits by series and grade - Scan model kit barcodes - View model details, timelines and variants - Track model build progress - Choose between light and dark themes

Screenshots

Model Colors4 screens
Project Launch Bay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Project Launch Bay at 100% against Model Colors's 61%. Project Launch Bay also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Model Colors's advantage is ratings volume (447 vs 1). 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. Project Launch Bay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Project Launch Bay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Model Colors has 447 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Model Colors's written reviews are positive against 100% of Project Launch Bay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Model Colors ships an update monthly, Project Launch Bay every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Model Colors versus Project Launch Bay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModel ColorsProject Launch Bay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (447 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings447 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperD-Pointer OyPeter Spethman

Customer experience

Model Colors

All ratings447 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative35.8%

Project Launch Bay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Project Launch Bay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Model Colors free?
Model Colors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Project Launch Bay free?
Project Launch Bay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Model Colors or Project Launch Bay?
Project Launch Bay is rated higher. Model Colors averages 4.6 out of 5 from 447 ratings, while Project Launch Bay averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Model Colors or Project Launch Bay have ads?
Neither Model Colors nor Project Launch Bay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Model Colors or Project Launch Bay?
Model Colors ships an update monthly, and Project Launch Bay every 2 months. Most recently, Model Colors was updated on October 17, 2026 and Project Launch Bay on September 29, 2026.

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