impcat vs Pencilled
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
impcat
This app simulates photorealistic painting results for gaming and tabletop miniatures. It allows users to customize miniature sections with colors they own or plan to buy, using manufacturer-promoted palettes. The simulation includes base coloring, layering, shading, and highlighting.
- Photorealistic painting simulation
- Customizable miniature sections
- Manufacturer-promoted color palettes
- Automated color complement recommendations
- Shopping list generator
- Custom color creation and mixing
- Color scheme inspiration randomizer
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impcat (short for Interactive Miniature Painting Catalogue) is a simulator for photorealistic painting results on gaming and tabletop miniatures. This tool gives you a variety of miniature images with individually customizable body sections, that you can paint with colours you own or perhaps wish to purchase. It works with predefined colour palettes, using names and values as promoted by their manufacturers. To achieve a high quality result the system simulates a four step painting process: Base colouring, layering, shading and highlighting. Features: - A set of 6 built-in miniatures, by Artel "W", with up to nearly 30 individually paintable sections - A set of built-in colour palettes, as well as additional palettes from our DLC server (around 1000 paints to choose from, and growing) - A file handling system for importing custom image and paint templates (visit impcat.de/faq for instructions) - Access to a growing online library of free DLCs (visit impcat.de/about for full list of contents) - An automated complement recommendation mode that lets you select a base colour and then automatically applies harmonizing layer, shade and highlight paints, which you can then customize at will. - A photorealistic simulation of the applied paints. - A shopping list generator that collects the data of all applied colours and gives you the links to the corresponding shop pages - Saving and loading options for your colour configurations - A colour creating tool, for creating opaque and metallic paints of any colour you like - A colour mixing tool, for testing mix results of your paints - A randomizer, for getting colour scheme inspiration by letting impcat ramdomly distribute a set of colours across the model
Pencilled
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Pencilled is the all-in-one booking and project manager built specifically for freelancers. Manage bookings, clients, availability, travel costs, invoices and payments from one simple app. Whether you're handling a handful of projects or a fully booked year, Pencilled keeps your business organised and your schedule under control. No spreadsheets. No scattered notes. No endless message chains. Freelancing shouldn't mean juggling spreadsheets, calendars, invoices, emails, and endless WhatsApp messages. Pencilled is the all-in-one project and booking manager built specifically for freelancers. Keep track of bookings, clients, project details, locations, travel costs, invoices, payments, and availability in one place. Whether you're managing a single job or an entire year's worth of projects, Pencilled helps you stay organised without the admin headache. ### Key Features • Simple booking management • Client and contact database • Automatic travel cost calculations • Availability calendar • Project notes and documents • Invoice tracking • Income reporting and business insights • Designed for freelancers, not large corporations ### Why Pencilled? Most business software is built for companies with teams, departments, and dedicated administrators. Pencilled is different. It's designed for the people doing everything themselves — freelancers, creatives, contractors, and self-employed professionals who need a simple way to manage their work and stay on top of their business. Spend less time on paperwork and more time doing the work you actually enjoy. Get organised. Stay booked. Keep everything Pencilled in. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pencilledapp.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pencilled at Free against impcat's $2.99. Pencilled also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 18 months). impcat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Pencilled is free to download; impcat costs $2.99 up front. Pencilled sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. impcat asks for nothing beyond the download.
impcat ships an update every 18 months, Pencilled every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | impcat | Pencilled |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #66 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Design Bench - Immersive Agency | Aidan Metcalfe |
Bugs and requests
impcat
Reported bugs
6 issues- In-app store not working
- App restarts when using mixed colors
- Update broke Apple Pencil functionality on iPad
- File browser is annoying
- Importing models on iOS not functional
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- Touch locations for buttons are off
Requested features
12 requests- Add more Warhammer 40K .SVG models
- Include Citadel paint color references
- Permanent toggle-off for auto mode
- Landscape mode
- Easier way to import minis
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- Add GW paint sets or equivalents
- Improve UI/UX design
- Add option to save work as an image
- Add more paint manufacturers
- Improve stability and performance
- Add Apple Pencil support for iPad version
- Make import process more intuitive
Pencilled
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
impcat
No in-app purchases
Pencilled
- Pencilled Pro Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Pencilled Pro - 1 Year1 Month trial$99.991 Year









