Launch Bay Next vs Brushrage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Squadron builder
- Clean user interface
- Frequent over-the-air updates
- X-Wing miniatures game support
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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
Brushrage
Organize and track your miniature painting projects, progress, and paint collections. Features a vast paint library, paint set creation, and custom paint mixing with physical-based color calculations. Reference paints in images and share your work.
- Project organization and tracking
- Model collection management
- Extensive paint library
- Paint set and palette creation
- Custom paint mixing
- Image paint referencing
- Social media sharing
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Brushrage is aimed at miniature and model painters to organize and track their projects, progress, model-collection and colours used or in possession. It comes with a huge paint library, helps to find similar paints and can create paint-sets, palettes, a wishlist and inventory or mix custom paints (with physical-based colour calculations). It can also reference paints in images or share them to social media, or even store them from social media for inspiration and reference. ---- Supplied Paint Ranges ---- • Abteilung 502 • AK Interactive • Alclad II • AMMO by Mig • Andrea • Apple Barrel • Artist's Loft • Badger Minitaire • Bear Cavalry • Citadel / Forge World • Coat d'arms • Colour Forge • Creatix • Creature Caster • Cuttlefish Colors • Daler Rowney • Darkstar Molten Metals • Forge World • Formula P3 • Gaahleri / Kaleido • Gaia • Gamblin • Gamescraft • Golden • GreenStuffWorld • Hataka Hobby • Hera Models • Huge Miniatures • Humbrol • Holbein • ICM • Instar • Ionic • Italeri • Iwata • Kimera • LifeColor • Liquitex • MiniaturePaints • Mindwork • Mission Models • Molotow • Montana • Monument Hobbies • Mr. Hobby • MRP - Mr. Paint • Nocturna Models • PKPro • Reaper • Revell • Royal Talens • Scale 75 • Schmincke • Sennelier • ShadowsEdge Miniatures • SMS • Tamiya • Testors • TheArmyPainter • Turbo Dork • Turner • TTCombat • Vallejo • WarColours • Wargames Foundry • Warhammer Colour • Williamsburg • Winsor & Newton Brushrage uses Mixbox (CC-BY)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brushrage at 4.8 against Launch Bay Next's 4.3. Brushrage also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (97% vs 77%). Launch Bay Next's advantage is ratings volume (127 vs 33). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Brushrage holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 127 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Launch Bay Next's written reviews are positive against 97% of Brushrage's.
Launch Bay Next ships an update every 2 months, Brushrage weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Launch Bay Next | Brushrage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (127 ratings) | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Andre Lind | Sebastian Kohl |
Customer experience
Launch Bay Next
Brushrage
Bugs and 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
Brushrage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Launch Bay Next
No in-app purchases
Brushrage
No in-app purchases
