Comparison

KitColorsPro vs Paco

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

Head to head
About

KitColorsPro

This app helps model painters find and manage colors. It features a large color library, allows custom scheme creation, and can pick colors directly from images with RGB precision. Manage your paint inventory and discover recommended shades and alternatives.

Highlights
  • Extensive color library
  • Custom color scheme creation
  • Color picking from images (RGB)
  • Recommended colors and alternatives
  • Inventory and wishlist management
  • Advanced search filters
Features
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Match and mix the exact paint for every model — from the paints you already own. KitColorsPro recreates any color, finds the closest match across 40+ brands, and previews a whole scheme with AI before you lift a brush. 20,000+ paints. COLOR MIXER WITH AUTO RECIPES Recreate any target color from your own paints. Blend up to 4 paints with a live preview and a real-time accuracy %, let the app auto-calculate the best 1–3 paint recipe, limit it to your inventory, and use Drops mode (1:10) to reproduce a mix at the bench. Every recipe is saved and synced. MATCH & CONVERT ACROSS 40+ BRANDS Out of a paint or it's discontinued? Find the closest match across 20,000+ colors from Tamiya, Vallejo, AK, Citadel, Mr. Hobby, Humbrol, Green Stuff World, Italeri, Revell, Scale75 and more. Paste a HEX or RGB code and convert it to real paints instantly. AI VIRTUAL PAINTER — SEE IT BEFORE YOU PAINT IT Upload a photo of your model, pick up to 5 paints, and AI repaints it in those colors. Test color schemes risk-free with a before/after slider — perfect for miniatures, Gunpla kits, tabletop armies and scale models. PICK A COLOR FROM ANY PHOTO Magnify any image to grab a reference color and match it to buyable, brand-specific paints. Color Unmixer even breaks a shade down into the paints that make it. COLOR WHEEL, PALETTES & PAINT SCHEMES Build color-theory palettes on the wheel, attach real paints, and plan a complete paint scheme per kit with roles for base, shading, highlight and weathering. INVENTORY, WISHLIST & MIXES Track every paint you own so you never buy a duplicate, keep a wishlist, save your custom mixes, and organize colors into groups. Syncs across devices, works offline. Whether you paint tabletop miniatures, Gunpla, military models or dioramas, KitColorsPro is the paint mixer, color matcher and AI planner you'll keep coming back to. Subscription Information * Subscription Titles: * KitcolorsPro Monthly (1 month) * KitcolorsPro Annual (1 year) * Payment: Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. * Auto-Renewal: Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. * Renewal Charge: Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost of the renewal. * Manage Subscriptions: You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account Settings at any time after purchase. * Free Trial (If Offered): Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy 
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About

Paco

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Paco is a paint conversion table and list keeper for miniature painters. Found a recipe that calls for a paint you do not own? Paco shows you the closest equivalents across Citadel, Vallejo and The Army Painter, ranked by how close the match actually is, not by a guess, but by a measured colour distance between the two paints. BUILD YOUR LISTS Keep a list per army, per project, or per shelf. Give each one a name, an emblem and a banner colour, and add paints to it as you go. Lists are grouped by paint category so a long one stays readable. SEARCH THE CATALOGUE Fuzzy search across every paint in the catalogue by name or brand. Filter to a single brand when you already know what you are shopping for. Every result shows its swatch, its hex value, and the equivalents in the other two ranges with a delta score for each — so you can tell a near-perfect substitute from a rough one at a glance. WORKS WITH THE RADIO OFF Paco ships the whole catalogue inside the app. There is no loading screen, no sign-in and no "you appear to be offline". It quietly checks for an updated catalogue when you open it, and if that check fails — no signal, aeroplane mode, hobby shop basement — nothing about the app changes. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is no sign-up, because there is nothing to sign up to. Paco has no analytics, no advertising and no crash reporting. Your lists live on your device and are never uploaded. The app talks to exactly one host, for the public paint colour tables it is built on, and it sends nothing about you with it. Paco is free, and every part of it is. No feature is locked, limited or nagged about. — The Paint Codex design is by Lukas Stordeur (github.com/LukasStordeur). Paint data is derived from the open colour database at github.com/Arcturus5404/miniature-paints (MIT), published by the Miniature Painter Pro team. Paco is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Games Workshop Limited, Acrylicos Vallejo S.L., or The Army Painter ApS. Citadel, Vallejo and The Army Painter are trademarks of their respective owners, used here only to identify the paint ranges the app converts between.

Screenshots

KitColorsPro4 screens
Paco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paco at none against KitColorsPro's 5. Paco also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. KitColorsPro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Paco asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
KitColorsPro versus Paco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitColorsProPaco
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavit KamavosyanMusashi

In-app purchases

5 purchases

KitColorsPro

Subscriptions5
  • KitColorsPro Premium Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • KitColorsPro Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Annual$14.991 Year
  • Annual$29.991 Year
None

Paco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KitColorsPro free?
KitColorsPro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paco free?
Paco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KitColorsPro or Paco have ads?
Neither KitColorsPro nor Paco shows ads.

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