KTCards vs Hobby Codex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KTCards
This app provides quick access to rules and game tracking for the tabletop skirmish game Kill Team. It features intuitive datacards, keyword rule lookups, team roster creation, and comprehensive game stat tracking. Users can also reference missions, maps, and community-created content.
- Intuitive rules and datacards
- Tap keywords for full rules
- Create team rosters
- Track game stats (score, CP, etc.)
- Reference missions and maps
- Community-created maps
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KTCards the companion app to the tabletop skirmish game Warhammer 40k Kill Team. Quick reference rules and game tracking at your fingertips! Features: - User friendly, intuitive rules and datacards for all teams - Tap key words in any context to see the full rules - Create team rosters to use during your games - Keep track of your games, score, CP, faction rules, ploys, equipment, and so much more in a mobile-friendly layout - Reference missions, maps and terrain rules - New community maps by NEKT and Vox Scream! Subscriptions: - Grot Support: Export high quality map images and PDFs or export as JSON - Navis Nobilite: Create and customize your own maps! Includes Volkus, Brutal and Cunning, Typhon, Gallowdark, Bheta Decima, and Octarius terrain. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hobby Codex
Organize your miniature painting hobby with this app. Catalog your collection, save paint recipes, manage your paint inventory, and track project progress. Designed for mobile use on your painting desk.
- Catalog miniatures
- Save paint recipes
- Manage paint inventory
- Track project progress
- Log painting sessions
- Built-in paint catalog
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Hobby Codex is the companion app for miniature painters. Catalog your collection, save every paint recipe, and finally tame your pile of unpainted minis — all from a beautiful app made to live on your painting desk. Whether you paint fantasy, sci-fi, historical or 3D-printed miniatures, Hobby Codex keeps your whole hobby organized in one place. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Catalog your miniatures and track each one from grey plastic to finished. • Build color schemes part by part, with step-by-step paint recipes you'll never forget. • Pick from a built-in catalogue of 500+ miniature paints, or add your own. • Keep a paint inventory so you always know what you own and what you need. • Plan your projects and shrink your backlog — goodbye, pile of shame. • Log your painting sessions and look back on your progress in the journal. WHY PAINTERS LIKE IT • Designed for mobile — it's right there next to your brushes, not on a laptop. • Fast, clean and genuinely nice to use. • Free, with no ads. • Not tied to any one game or paint brand — it works for your minis, whatever you collect. Stop losing your recipes on scraps of paper and screenshots. Download Hobby Codex and keep your whole painting hobby in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hobby Codex at none against KTCards's 4. Hobby Codex also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). KTCards's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and ratings volume (87 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. KTCards sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Hobby Codex asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for KTCards against 5.0 for Hobby Codex. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KTCards has 87 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
KTCards ships an update daily, Hobby Codex weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KTCards | Hobby Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Rapai | Labrousse Nicolas |
Customer experience
KTCards
Hobby Codex
Bugs and requests
KTCards
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to track initiative for each turning point
- Option to save/export battle reports
Hobby Codex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KTCards
- Grot Support$1.991 Month
- Navis Nobilite14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Buy Me a Coffee$4.99
- Buy Me More Coffee$9.99
Hobby Codex
No in-app purchases
