Comparison

paintRack vs Paintledger

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

Head to head
About

paintRack

Manage your miniature paint collection digitally. Track thousands of paints from various brands, create custom sets, and find matching colors. Features include barcode scanning for quick entry and a wish list for paints you need.

Highlights
  • Extensive paint library with over 27,000 paints
  • Create custom paint sets and recipes
  • Barcode scanning for rapid paint entry
  • Wish list to track needed paints
  • Color matching tools
  • Support for numerous paint brands
Features
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FEATURES: LIBRARY: track your paints with over 30,000 paints from top brands! SETS: create custom paint SETS (or recipes) for your models WISH LIST: helps you track paints you need *RAPID SCAN: most bottles can be added by scanning barcodes on bottles *COLOR TOOLS: will help you find the best matching paint colors *Available in Full Version Supported paint lines include: - Abteilung 502 - Aero Color (Schmincke) - AK Interactive - Alclad II - AMMO by MIG Jimenez - Andrea Color - Apple Barrel - Archive-X - Army Painter (Warpaints) - Badger Minitaire - Battlefront (Colours of War) - Bear Cavalry - Citadel - Coat d'Arms - Colour Forge - Craft Smart - Createx - Cuttlefish Colors by Cephalopod Studios - CVLTCRAFT (CPOP) - Darkstar - DecoArt - Delta Ceramcoat - Dirty Down - Folk Art - Forge World - FREAKflex - FW Inks - Gaianotes - GarageKits.US - Golden - Green Stuff World - Hataka - Huge Miniatures - Humbrol - ICM - Instar - IONIC (AMMO) - Italeri - Jo Sonja's - Kaleido ColorWorks - Kimera Kolors - Lifecolor - Liquitex - Metalsmith - Mindtaker Miniatures - Mission Models - Model Master - Molotow - Mr. Hobby (Gunze) - Mr. Paint (MRP) - Nocturna - NuWorlds (Iwata-Medea) - P3 (Privateer Press) - Pactra - Pokorny (Dwarf Forge) - Pro Acryl (Monument Hobbies) - Reaper - Revell - Scale Modellers Supply - Scale75 - Secret Weapon - Splash Paints - Stynylrez - Tamiya - Testors - TTCombat - Turbo Dork - Two Thin Coats - Ultracryl - Vallejo - Villainy Inks - Warcolours - Wargames Foundry - Warhammer Colour - Winsor & Newton In-app colors are approximate, usually as provided by the brands themselves.

About

Paintledger

Features
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It's been four months since you finished that squad. You're back at the bench, working on reinforcements, and you can't remember the cloak recipe. Was the purple the base or the highlight? Which wash? Which drybrush? Paintledger is the workshop ledger you keep for your minis. A recipe per unit. A photo per stage. An archive you can come back to in six months and still know exactly how you painted it. WHAT IT DOES • Log every stage. Primer, basecoat, wash, highlight, varnish, base. Tag the paints, add a photo, keep the notes. Your recipe rebuilds itself from the log. • Organize by army. One project per force, every unit inside it, WIP and finished side by side on one shelf. • Pulls from the paint catalogs you already use. Thousands of paints across the major hobby ranges. Search by name, by color, or by the closest match. Cross-brand equivalents when your paint runs out or you want to sub in something else. • Inventory that keeps itself. Every paint you log lands on your shelf. Mark it full, low, or empty. Know what to buy before your next hobby night. • Recipe cards you can share. Export a recipe to an image or a PDF. Send it to the painter down the street. Print it and stick it next to the rack. • Your data stays with you. Everything lives on your device. No account. No sync. No cloud. Backup to a file and import it back. Works offline forever. PAY ONCE The free version tracks three units per project and ten custom paints. One in-app purchase unlocks the full workshop. No subscription. No ads. No AI slop. No dark patterns. Just a record book for your painting.

Screenshots

paintRack4 screens
Paintledger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: paintRack at 3 against Paintledger's 1. paintRack also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. paintRack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paintledger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
paintRack versus Paintledger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpaintRackPaintledger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (218 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings218 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCourageous Octopus9592 Solutions UG

Bugs and requests

paintRack

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Certain paint brands not appearing in megafilter
  • Scanning issues with some barcodes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to upload and attach photos to paint sets/projects
  • Improved sorting and organization options for paint libraries
  • Bulk add/import functionality for entire paint ranges
  • Personal paint mixing/recipe notes section

Paintledger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

paintRack

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$5.99
1 purchases

Paintledger

One-time1
  • Paintledger Pro$6.99

Questions

Is paintRack free?
paintRack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paintledger free?
Paintledger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do paintRack or Paintledger have ads?
Neither paintRack nor Paintledger shows ads.

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