Paint Warhammer vs MiniPaints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paint Warhammer
This app assists both new and experienced painters in achieving excellent results for miniatures. It offers guides, high-resolution images, and step-by-step instructions for various painting techniques and color schemes. Organize your projects and manage your paint collection with its helpful features.
- Contrast paint guides
- High-resolution painting reference images
- Project organization
- Step-by-step color instructions
- Miniature basing techniques
- Paint inventory and wishlist
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Sign in with a free My Warhammer account and access the following features: Painting Guides Thousands of guides for using Warhammer Colour AND Warhammer Tone Pro paints organised by colour and faction. Hobby Desk Name your painting projects, track colour schemes and recipes, and add notes. Inventory and Wishlist Build an inventory of the Warhammer Tone Pro and Warhammer Colour paints in your collection, and build a wishlist of the paints you need. Paint Comparison Tool Enter a Warhammer Colour Base or Layer paint to find comparative and complementary colours in the Warhammer Tone Pro range. Warhammer Academy Your My Warhammer account also grants FREE access to Warhammer Academy – your digital gateway to the worlds of Warhammer where you’ll build knowledge, skills, and confidence. https://www.warhammer.com/legal#app-terms-conditions
MiniPaints
This app helps miniature painters find and mix paints, create color schemes, and organize their paint collections. It features a paint mixing simulator, color capture from photos, and a barcode scanner for easy inventory management.
- Save and share paint recipes
- Paint mixing simulator
- Analogous and complementary color finder
- Color capture from photos
- Color scheme generator
- In-stock and wishlist tracking
- Barcode scanner
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● SAVE AND SHARE PAINT RECIPES* A brand new module to save and share paint recipes and organise them into projects. You can share, scan and import paint recipes with YouTube video, Dropbox or Google Drive image, notes and Social network infos, using the MiniPaints QR Code system. ● PAINT MIXER* A paint mixing simulator with proportions and medium dilution. A gradient paint mode allow you to display colors as on palette. ● ANALOGOUS & COMPLEMENTARY COLORS MiniPaints helps to find analogous colors in the different ranges and complementary colors. ● COLOR CAPTURE ON PHOTOS* Capture and save colors on images or photos and find similar colors in all the paint ranges. ● PHOTO FILTERS* Apply photo filters on image to help you to bring out highlights of a painted miniature (available filters : Contrast, Black & White, Sepia, Invert). ● COLOR PICKER The color picker allows to find paints from the Color Wheel by automatic hexadecimal color code. ● COLOR SCHEMES* The brand new Color Schemes help to find color harmony on the Color Wheel (Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Split-Complementary, Triad, Tetrad, Square). It's possible to search for paints directly from the schemes elements and to find variants by changing the brightness. ● IN-STOCK LIST and WISHLIST help you to track paints. ● BARCODE SCANNER (FREE!) Quickly add your paints by scanning barcodes. ● SIMPLE SEARCH A very simple to use search engine helps to find paints with only one text input. You can also combine color and manufacturer criteria for even faster filtering. You can even directly enter hexadecimal color code (with the # symbol) to launch search. ● PAINT RANGES (about 4000 references)** The current version contains the most used paints in the miniature painting community and few old ranges to find matches: - Ak Interactive® 3rd Gen - Citadel® (includes New Citadel Contrast, Air, Base, Spray Paints and old Citadel colors) - Coat d’arms (Fantasy Colours, Super Washes, Military Colours, World War II Colours) - Green Stuff World® (Acrylic Paints, Metallic Paints, Acrylic Inks, Acrylic Fluor Paints) - Kimera Kolors® (Pure Pigments Acrylics, Danilo Cartacci Signature Set, Michal Pisarski NMM Signature Set) - Nocturna® N-Paints (Aux, Basic, Ink, Metal) - Prince August® (Classic, Air, Games, Games Air, Panzer Aces, Mecha Color) - Privater Press® Formula P3 (Paints, Ink, Wash) - Molotow One4All® - Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl® - Reaper®(MSP, MSP Bones, MSP Pathfinder) - Scale 75® (Acrylic Paint, Fantasy & Games, Instant Colors, Artist, Warfront, FX Fluor Experience, Mystic) - The Army Painter® (Acrylic Warpaints, Metallics Warpaints, Quickshade, Washes) - Vallejo® (Model Color, Model Air, Game Color, Game Air, Game Color Effects, Game Color Extra Opaque, Game Color Inks, Wash Game Color, Nocturna, Panzer Aces, Mecha Color, The Shifters) - WarColours™ (Fluorescent, Gem, Glaze, Inks...) More to come: - Other paint ranges will be added (Tamiya, Turbo Dork, Pro Color, Secret Weapon, Alclad II, AMMO by MIG Jimenez, Andrea Color, Darkstar, Liquitex) - Data export *Available for those who support the development of MiniPaints. All other features (like barcode scanner, analogous and complementary color list, all paint ranges) are free. **All trademarks or registered trademarks are ® or ™, and/or © of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MiniPaints at 4.6 against Paint Warhammer's 3.5. MiniPaints also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). Paint Warhammer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (549 vs 62). On price 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
Both are free to download. MiniPaints sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Paint Warhammer asks for nothing beyond the download.
MiniPaints holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paint Warhammer has 549 ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Paint Warhammer's written reviews are positive against 87% of MiniPaints's.
Paint Warhammer ships an update every 5 weeks, MiniPaints every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paint Warhammer | MiniPaints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (549 ratings) | 4.6 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.2% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 549 — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Games Workshop Limited | Christophe Garreau |
Customer experience
Paint Warhammer
MiniPaints
User reviews
Paint Warhammer
From 549 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 Comprehensive painting guides
- 🎨 Detailed color schemes
- 📋 Useful inventory and wishlist
- 🔍 Convenient color matching
- 🎥 Helpful tutorial videos
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited model selection
- 🔀 Lack of custom color scheme creation
- 🔄 No sync across devices
- 🔍 Outdated content
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate on smaller screens
MiniPaints
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for tracking paints
- 💡 Useful project system
- 👍 Compares colors across brands
- 👍 Stores project recipes and steps
- 👍 Handy for shopping
Room to improve
- 🐛 App won't open/load
- 🐛 Outdated paint references
- 🐛 Missing many new paints
- 🐛 No longer relevant due to market changes
- 🐛 Developer seems to have abandoned app
Bugs and requests
Paint Warhammer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when opening certain models
- Background issues causing text to be unreadable
- Inventory and wishlist data loss after updates
Requested features
5 requests- 360-degree model views
- Custom paint scheme creator
- Sync inventory and projects across devices
- More faction-specific color schemes
- Better filtering and sorting options
MiniPaints
Reported bugs
5 issues- App won't open
- App won't load past 'loading paints please wait'
- Camera function not working
- No way to contact developer
- No landscape mode for iPad
Requested features
19 requests- Add new paints and brands (Vallejo Game Color, Two Thin Coats, Duncan, Tamiya, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Xpress, Culturehustle, Reaper)
- Share to text feature
- Additional characters for notes
- Allow users to update paint lists
- Add Duncans, Two Thin Coats, line of paints
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- Add Tamiya paints
- Add picture at each paint step instead of just a completed sub part
- Add Citadel Shades and Contrasts when released
- Add Vallejo line of Xpress paints
- Add Australian paint retailers
- Ability to manually add paints into inventory
- Search by RGB/Pantone
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Alternate views on paints (grids, smaller icons)
- Data management using iCloud or Dropbox
- Share paint list with another user
- Add Culturehustle paints
- Compare any color to any other color
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Paint Warhammer
No in-app purchases
MiniPaints
- Silver Sponsor (discounted)$1.99
- Bronze Sponsor$3.99
- Silver Sponsor$5.99
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- Gold Sponsor$8.99
- Platinum Sponsor$17.99
Questions
Is Paint Warhammer free?
Is MiniPaints free?
Which has better reviews, Paint Warhammer or MiniPaints?
Do Paint Warhammer or MiniPaints have ads?
Which is updated more often, Paint Warhammer or MiniPaints?
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