STL Master vs Brushrage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STL Master
View and interact with 3D models in augmented reality. Share instant screenshots and screen recordings of your designs directly from the app.
- STL file viewing
- Augmented reality (AR) mode
- Instant screenshots
- Screen recording
- Design sharing
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This app also allows you to share instant screenshots and screen recording videos of your designs without using any other tools/apps.
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 STL Master's 4.2. Brushrage also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (97% vs 86%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of STL Master's written reviews are positive against 97% of Brushrage's.
STL Master ships an update monthly, Brushrage weekly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | STL Master | Brushrage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (49 ratings) | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.1% of reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | JA Logic Labs LLC | Sebastian Kohl |
Customer experience
STL Master
Brushrage
Bugs and requests
STL Master
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes immediately on launch
- Files won't open or load
- Objects disappear when moved
- Inconsistent file orientation on load
- Markup mode traps user and requires app restart
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- Buttons don't toggle/close properly
- Measurement dimensions display as mirror images
- HDRI background doesn't affect model lighting
- Freezing in editing/pen tip mode
- Objects zoomed in with no zoom out capability
- Parts of model cut off or not displayed
- Mac version has significant stability issues
- iOS 10.2 compatibility crash
Requested features
13 requests- More color and material options
- Unit measurement display and metric/standard conversion
- How-to video tutorials for hidden features
- Proper zoom in/out controls
- Object positioning/movement button
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- Measurement and dimension tools
- Drag-and-drop file opening support
- Menu items for file operations
- Closeable menu buttons
- More file format support
- HDRI lighting affecting model rendering
- Save functionality for combined files
- Proper markup mode functionality
Brushrage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
STL Master
No in-app purchases
Brushrage
No in-app purchases









