Army List vs New Recruit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Army List
Create and manage custom army lists for your favorite games. Easily include unit pictures, rules, and customize settings. Share and phase units in/out to perfect your army composition.
- Include unit pictures
- Attach rules to units (images/PDF)
- Save units to favorites
- Copy and share lists
- Phase units in/out
- Customize list settings
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Army List shows only what YOU need for YOUR army. No files to download; it’s easily adapted to support your favorite games. Features: - Include pictures in all of your units - Keep your rules with your units. Just capture or import images or PDF files. - Save your units to favorites - Easily copy and share your lists, managing them as you would any other file. - Phase in/out whole units or entries until you have the perfect list - Customize your list settings to suit your game.
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.
- 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
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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/ New Recruit is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Games Workshop Limited. Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, The Old World and the associated names are trademarks of Games Workshop Limited, used only to identify the games with which New Recruit is compatible
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: New Recruit at 87% against Army List's 50%. New Recruit also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). Army List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. New Recruit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $35.00 per year. Army List asks for nothing beyond the download.
Army List ships an update every 5 weeks, New Recruit every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Army List | New Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (724 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 724 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Howell | New Recruit |
Customer experience
Army List
New Recruit
Bugs and requests
Army List
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
Army List
No in-app purchases
New Recruit
- Mortal Supporter$35.001 Year
- Immortal Supporter$69.001 Year
- Godlike Supporter$143.991 Year
Questions
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Do Army List or New Recruit have ads?
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