Comparison

iModelKit Light vs New Recruit

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

Head to head
About

iModelKit Light

This app simplifies scale model building with tools for browsing paint charts, mixing paints, and managing projects. It offers extensive catalogs of paints and materials, with optional in-app purchases for advanced features and inventory management.

Highlights
  • Browse paint charts and material catalogs
  • Mix paints and compute color mixes
  • Create and share custom charts/catalogs
  • Compute scale results and find references
  • Manage model kit projects
  • Optional inventory management and barcode scanning
Features
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The light release has some limitations and ad banners and intersticials. This release can be changed to Pay release with Inventory module using In-App purchase. iModelkit simplifies scale model builder work by providing a set of easy to use and comprehensive tools. With iModelKit you can : • Browse paint charts from colour standards and model kit paint manufacturers • Browse scratch material catalogs • Create your own charts and catalogs, and share these • Mix your paints • Compute your mix from a base colour • Compute to scale and display on screen real size or 3D results • Find references in catalogs from your scale computations • Create your own model kit projects from your computations and references • Manage your inventory (using the optional inventory module) • Scan your paint jars and barcodes (using the optional inventory module) iModelKit provides paint charts and scratch material catalogs samples for most manufacturers : • Paint charts : 104 (including 6 colour standard), 53 manufacturers • Paints : 13852 • Colours : 21272 • Official equivalences : 10457 • References : 26449 (including 15819 with barcodes) • Material catalogs : 5 • Managed shapes : 31 • Items : 2562 • References : 3553 (including 2377 with barcodes) Available In-App purchase : • Pay release + Inventory Module For information, here are the features added by the Pay release : • No more ad banners and interstitials • The full set of paint equivalence for equivalences not given by manufacturers (2 & 3 levels and closest paint computations) • The paint mixer mix of up to 6 paints (3 in the free release) • The paint mixer mix computation from another mix as a reference • Paint chart and catalogs update automatic detection • Cie Lab, Cie XYZ and Munsell colours management • Project importation • Advanced language management • Inventory module In-app purchase availability For information, here are the features added by the Inventory Module : • Inventory management • Barcode scanner • Paint cap colour scanner • Mix from inventoried items • Transfer of buy list items to inventory More information at http://www.id6.ch

About

New Recruit

This army builder app supports numerous tabletop miniature games, allowing users to construct lists, organize tournaments, and track personal game statistics. It also helps manage miniature collections and offers a customizable interface.

Highlights
  • Build army lists for popular tabletop games
  • Organize and manage tournaments
  • Check list validity for tournaments
  • View rankings and player statistics
  • Track personal game stats
  • Manage miniature collection
  • Customizable user interface
Features
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New Recruit is an army list builder for miniature tabletop games such as Warhammer 40k, The Old World, Age of Sigmar, The Ninth Age and many more. But not just that, it comes with a lot more features! - Build your army lists for all popular games - Participate in or organise tournaments, very powerful for tournament organisers, because New Recruit can check list validity for you, saving precious time. - View rankings and tournament statistics, lists played by the best players - Track your own games and view your personal stats to see what armies or units work best for you - List your miniature collection and instantly see if a list is playable or what models you need to buy - Highly customizable user interface, make your on themes - New Recruit is in active development and new features are coming regularly! Terms and conditions https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iModelKit Light4 screens
New Recruit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: New Recruit at 4.9 against iModelKit Light's 4.2. New Recruit also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (689 vs 34). iModelKit Light's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. iModelKit Light sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and New Recruit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $35.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

New Recruit holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: New Recruit has 689 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of iModelKit Light's written reviews are positive against 87% of New Recruit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iModelKit Light ships an update every 3 months, New Recruit every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iModelKit Light versus New Recruit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriModelKit LightNew Recruit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (34 ratings)4.9 (689 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews87.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34689 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB93 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerid6 SarlVincent, Gatien,Alphonse MASSIAS

Customer experience

iModelKit Light

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral14.7%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative16.4%

New Recruit

All ratings689 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.4%

Bugs and requests

iModelKit Light

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

New Recruit

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • No reported bugs

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improved data sync between mobile and web
  • Streamlined menu structure for common actions

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iModelKit Light

One-time3
  • Inventory$4.99
  • Premium Release$9.99
  • Premium Release+Inventory$14.99
3 purchases

New Recruit

Subscriptions3
  • Mortal Supporter$35.001 Year
  • Immortal Supporter$69.001 Year
  • Godlike Supporter$143.991 Year

Questions

Is iModelKit Light free?
iModelKit Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is New Recruit free?
New Recruit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iModelKit Light or New Recruit?
New Recruit is rated higher. iModelKit Light averages 4.2 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while New Recruit averages 4.9 from 689 ratings.
Do iModelKit Light or New Recruit have ads?
New Recruit shows ads; iModelKit Light does not.
Which is updated more often, iModelKit Light or New Recruit?
iModelKit Light ships an update every 3 months, and New Recruit every 5 days. Most recently, iModelKit Light was updated on November 2, 2026 and New Recruit on November 4, 2026.

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