Comparison

MeshMapper vs The Painting Ledger

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

Head to head
About

MeshMapper

This utility app connects to companion devices to discover nearby mesh network repeaters. It uses GPS to tag pings and automatically uploads coverage data to a community map. Users can view signal strength and contribute to mapping mesh network coverage.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth Low Energy connection
  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Discover mesh network repeaters
  • View signal strength (RSSI/SNR)
  • Automatic community database upload
Features
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MeshMapper is a wardriving app for MeshCore mesh network devices. Connect to your MeshCore companion device via Bluetooth, send GPS-tagged pings to discover nearby repeaters, and contribute coverage data to the community mesh map. FEATURES • Bluetooth Low Energy connection to MeshCore devices • Real-time GPS tracking with automatic ping mode • Discover and track mesh network repeaters • View signal strength (RSSI/SNR) for each repeater • Automatic upload to MeshMapper community database Help map mesh network coverage in your area and contribute to the growing MeshMapper community!

About

The Painting Ledger

This app helps miniature painters and wargamers manage their collections, build armies, and track games. It offers personalized painting schemes based on owned paints and provides real-time game tracking with shareable battle reports.

Highlights
  • Personalized painting schemes
  • Miniature backlog tracking
  • Live game module for VP and phases
  • Army list builder
  • Paint collection management
  • Scheme Advisor (Pro)
  • Research community guides and tutorials
Features
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The Painting Ledger is a Warhammer collection manager. Every model you own: what you named it, how you painted it, where it lives, and what it has done on the table. Put an army away for three years, come back, and everything you learned about it is still there. YOUR COLLECTION Track every model you own, down to the individual miniature. Give units the names you actually call them, not the ones on the box. Record loadouts, note which case a kit is stored in, and find anything on your shelf in seconds. MINIATURE BACKLOG Add any unit with a barcode scan or search 2,500+ units across all four game systems. Scan a boxed set and every unit inside populates at once. Track each kit from backlog to primed to finished. Watch the pile of shame shrink. PROGRESS PHOTOS Finish a unit and the app offers you a photo on the spot. Build a record of every model from sprue to finished, private unless you decide otherwise. The best time to photograph a model is the moment you put the brush down. SCHEME JOURNAL Ever forget the scheme you used a few years ago but need it now? Log every recipe, link it to the models you painted with it, and never lose one again. PAINT ARSENAL Your entire paint collection with live colour swatches, stock alerts, and cross-brand equivalents across 3,100+ paints. Scan a barcode and it fills itself in. Never buy a duplicate pot again. LIST BUILDER Build armies from a 2,500+ unit catalogue and check them against your actual shelf. See painted status on every entry, what a list asks for that you do not own yet, and how many points a roster is from fully painted, with the exact units to paint next. Other list builders know the rules. This one knows what you own. BATTLE LOG Record a game once it is over: the army you fielded, who you played, the result, and what you would do differently. Every army builds its own win-loss record, so a list shows what it has actually done on the table, not just what it costs in points. SCHEME ADVISOR (Pro) Describe your miniature and your style. Get a step-by-step painting guide built from the paints on your actual shelf, with a shopping list for anything you are missing. RESEARCH Search any faction for paint recipes from 'Eavy Archive, real YouTube tutorials, and community guides in one result. Free to start. Pro unlocks the Scheme Advisor, unlimited research, and commission tracking at $9.99 CAD/month. Terms of Use: https://thepaintingledger.com/terms

Screenshots

MeshMapper2 screens
The Painting Ledger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MeshMapper at 4.4 against The Painting Ledger's 3.7. MeshMapper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). The Painting Ledger's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment, 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. The Painting Ledger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. MeshMapper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MeshMapper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MeshMapper has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of MeshMapper's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Painting Ledger's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MeshMapper ships an update fortnightly, The Painting Ledger weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MeshMapper versus The Painting Ledger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeshMapperThe Painting Ledger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (23 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHRISTOPHER CARL SCHNOBBMike Washburn

Customer experience

MeshMapper

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%

The Painting Ledger

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

MeshMapper

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

The Painting Ledger

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Access1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Access$59.991 Year

Questions

Is MeshMapper free?
MeshMapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Painting Ledger free?
The Painting Ledger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MeshMapper or The Painting Ledger?
MeshMapper is rated higher. MeshMapper averages 4.4 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while The Painting Ledger averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do MeshMapper or The Painting Ledger have ads?
Neither MeshMapper nor The Painting Ledger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MeshMapper or The Painting Ledger?
MeshMapper ships an update fortnightly, and The Painting Ledger weekly. Most recently, MeshMapper was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Painting Ledger on October 24, 2026.

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