Hobby Life vs Veda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hobby Life
Track your miniature collecting and army building progress. Log your backlog, monitor monthly progress and spending, and predict completion times. Link painting projects to army lists and view progress with attached photos.
- Collectibles tracking
- Army building progress
- Backlog prediction
- Monthly progress monitoring
- Spending habit analysis
- Painting project linking
- Photo gallery
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Hobby Life allows you to track your miniature collecting and army building progress and even predict when you will finish preparing your army based on the current backlog. Start by building your collection and wishlist, then view your current monthly progress and spending habit to make choices about your next hobby steps. You can even link your painting projects to army lists which automatically update when you make some progress, so you can see how close you are to finishing your lists. This app is not a comprehensive list builder but does have some tools to help you bring in your lists from list builders. You can attach photos to your projects and view them in a gallery. Try out the seasonal scoring, try to get the lowest score each season. Customisation is encouraged, the app will transform to light and dark mode based on your system settings and also provides a number of colour theme options.
Veda
This utility helps Gunpla builders organize parts and track progress. It features a smart part finder, batch build support, and collection management to streamline the building process and reduce complexity.
- Smart part finder
- Batch build support
- Progress tracking
- Collection manager
- Organize parts by section
- Track WIP and completed builds
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Veda is the essential companion utility for Gunpla builders, designed to streamline your workflow and reduce the mental load of complex kits. Whether you are batch-building a Real Grade or organizing a Perfect Grade workspace, Veda works alongside your physical manual to help you build faster and cleaner. KEY FEATURES: SMART PART FINDER Stop hunting through runners. Select a section (e.g., "Right Leg"), and Veda tells you exactly which parts to cut from which runners. BATCH BUILD SUPPORT Optimize your process. See all the parts needed for a specific section at once, allowing you to prep and clean nubs efficiently before assembly. PROGRESS TRACKING Life interrupts. Veda automatically saves your progress down to the specific section, letting you pause a build and resume days later exactly where you left off. COLLECTION MANAGER Keep your inventory sorted. Manage your backlog, track your "Works in Progress," and keep a history of your completed builds. Designed by builders, for builders. Make Veda part of your toolkit today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Veda at every 4 days against Hobby Life's every 3 weeks. Veda also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (22 vs 5). Hobby Life's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 75%). 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.
Veda holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Hobby Life's written reviews are positive against 75% of Veda's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hobby Life ships an update every 3 weeks, Veda every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hobby Life | Veda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neil North | DigitalArtisan Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Hobby Life
Veda
In-app purchases
Hobby Life
No in-app purchases
Veda
No in-app purchases









