MiniSight vs Paint Vault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiniSight
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MiniSight - The miniature painter's companion. Understand your painting. Track your progress. Demystify the process. Not an Instagram showcase. A tool designed to help you improve. • VISUAL ANALYSIS Snap a photo of your miniature and instantly get value analysis (B&W), heatmaps, and color extraction. Understand what works and what to focus on next. • PROJECT TIMELINE Follow the evolution of your painting projects, not just the final result. Document each step and see how far you've come. • RECIPE CARDS Save your color mixes, recipes, and palettes. Build and browse a library of painting schemes, yours and the community's. • LEARN Educational content to help you master miniature painting techniques, from beginner to advanced. Track your progress through concepts and skills. • COMMUNITY Share your projects and color schemes. See how other painters work. Like, follow, and get inspired. • FEATURES: • Visual analysis: B&W value check, heatmaps, color extraction • Project timeline with photo tracking • Color scheme builder and browser • Learning resources with progress tracking • Community sharing and discovery • Works offline for analysis • Available in English, French, and Spanish Whatever you paint, MiniSight helps you see your work with fresh eyes and improve with every session. Free to use. All features accessible to everyone. Premium unlocks unlimited projects, and schemes. Terms of Use: https://www.minisight.eu/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.minisight.eu/privacy
Paint Vault
Manage your paint collection for hobbies like miniature painting and scale modeling. Scan paint pots, track what you own, find color matches, and plan projects. Works offline and syncs when connected.
- Scan paint pots with barcode recognition
- Track owned paints and quantities
- Color matching from photos
- Find paint alternatives and harmonies
- Manage paint sets and missing items
- Plan projects with palettes and recipes
- Offline functionality
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Your entire paint collection, in your pocket. Paint Vault is the companion app for miniature painters, scale modellers and hobbyists. Browse a catalogue of 25,000+ paints from 121 brands, track exactly what you own, and never buy the same pot twice. SCAN YOUR POTS Point the camera at a barcode and the paint lands in your inventory. Thousands of references are already matched, paint sets included. KNOW WHAT YOU OWN Your inventory, searchable and filterable, with storage locations, quantities, custom paints for anything not in the catalogue, and stats on your collection. FIND THE RIGHT COLOUR - Colour match: photograph any colour and get the closest paints you already own - Find alternatives: out of stock, or switching brands? Get the nearest equivalent - Harmonies: complementary, triadic and analogous schemes, built from real paints All of it runs on CIEDE2000 colour science, the same maths the printing industry uses. COMPLETE YOUR SETS 2,000+ paint sets are described pot by pot. See what is missing from a box before you buy it. PLAN YOUR PROJECTS Create a project, attach a reference image, pin down its palette and write your mixing recipes so you can repeat them months later. SHOPPING LIST Everything you are missing, in one list, ready for your next order. WORKS OFFLINE The whole catalogue, your inventory and the colour tools work with no connection. Everything syncs when you are back online, and your data is encrypted on the device. Available in 9 languages. Free, with ads. Every feature is free - a single one-time purchase removes the ads for good. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Paint Vault at every 2 days against MiniSight's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. MiniSight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Paint Vault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MiniSight ships an update every 2 weeks, Paint Vault every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiniSight | Paint Vault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOIC NAS DE TOURRIS | yann gilles |
In-app purchases
MiniSight
- MiniSight Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- MiniSight Pro Yearly$34.991 Year
Paint Vault
- Paint-vault no Ads$9.99








