Comparison

Another Paint Tracker vs Hobby Dataslate

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

Head to head
About

Another Paint Tracker

Organize miniature painting projects, track progress, and manage your paint inventory. Save custom paint recipes, document your work with photos, and explore color recommendations. This app helps hobbyists maintain a visual timeline of their creations.

Highlights
  • Project organization with zones and steps
  • Save custom paint recipes
  • Track project progress visually
  • Manage paint inventory and shopping list
  • Document work with timeline photos
  • Color exploration tool
Features
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Another Paint Tracker is a project tracker made for miniature painters. Organize your painting projects, track progress, save recipes, manage your paint inventory, build a Grey Pile, and keep a visual timeline of your work in progress. Main features: • Create painting projects with miniature counts, systems and notes. • Organize each project into zones and painting steps. • Save paint recipes with brands, references, percentages and color dots. • Track project progress by completed miniatures. • Add cover photos and timeline photos to document your progress. • Use ColorLab to explore colors and paint recommendations. • Manage your paint inventory and shopping list. • Track your Grey Pile. • Share visual project and recipe cards. • Import and export projects or full backups with Pro. Another Paint Tracker works locally on your device. No account is required. Designed for miniature painters, hobbyists, commission painters, tabletop gamers and anyone who wants a cleaner way to organize their painting workflow.

About

Hobby Dataslate

This app helps miniature collectors and painters track their Warhammer 40K models, log paints, organize army lists, and manage hobby projects. It offers features for collection management, painting progress, and social sharing of finished models.

Highlights
  • Track 1,600+ datasheets
  • Barcode quick-add for boxes
  • Painting pipeline tracking
  • Sprue & bits stash management
  • Unit paint recipes
  • Import/backup from other formats
  • Collection documentation & valuation
Features
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Hobby Dataslate is a miniature painting tracker for tabletop wargaming. Keep your collection inventory, hobby backlog, painting progress, paint recipes, and army lists together. An unofficial tracker for Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar collections, free to start on iPhone, iPad, and the web. COLLECTION INVENTORY & HOBBY BACKLOG Know which models you own and what still needs work. Track 40K and Age of Sigmar in one collection, organized by faction. Browse 3,000+ combined units across 40K datasheets and AoS warscrolls. Add Combat Patrols, Spearheads, and box sets in one tap, or scan a box barcode. Keep a wishlist for future projects and track your sprues and bits. PAINTING PROGRESS Follow each unit from unassembled to primed, painted, based, and finished. Save work-in-progress photos and notes so you can pick up where you left off. Set a completion goal and use Today's next step to choose a model when hobby time opens up. Stuck on what to paint next? Give the wheel a spin. PAINT COLLECTION & PAINT RECIPES Keep a paint inventory so you know which bottles are on your rack. Browse a catalog of 11,000+ paints and save painting and basing recipes for your units. Remember the colors and steps you used when it's time to paint the next squad. Hero adds recipes you can reuse across a whole army. ARMY LISTS Build 40K and Age of Sigmar lists with points and painting readiness alongside your collection. Import BattleScribe, New Recruit, or WH40K app lists, then see what you own and what you're missing. Export tournament PDFs when you're ready for a game. HOBBY DESK TIMER Log painting sessions with the desk timer and look back at the time you've spent on your models. Use batch painting projects to work through squads together. SYNC ACROSS PHONE, TABLET & WEB Sign in to keep your collection with you on iPhone, iPad, and the web. Check your backlog at the hobby shop and return to your recipes at the painting desk. SHARE YOUR MINIATURES Browse finished-model showcases and friend collections, share your progress, and join the Discord for work-in-progress chat. FREE TO START 100 units, 5 armies, unit paint recipes, 40K and Age of Sigmar list costing, and unlimited desk session logs — no credit card. Custom data export remains available on Free. Upgrade only if you outgrow the free tier. PREMIUM — $2.99/mo or $19.99/yr Unlimited units & armies, WIP timelines, painted gallery, recipe share cards, unlimited batch projects, unlimited friends & public sharing, stash & paints, spending logs, session photos. HERO — $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr Higher-resolution showcase uploads, enhanced showcase sorting, army recipes, advanced stats, challenges & leaderboards, 40K theme, custom names/colors, alternate icons. FORGE# referrals — gift a friend 30 days of Hero. Keep track of your models, remember how you painted them, and choose your next hobby project with Hobby Dataslate. Privacy Policy: https://hobby-dataslate.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://hobby-dataslate.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ (Hobby Dataslate is an unofficial fan app and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Games Workshop Limited.)

Screenshots

Another Paint Tracker4 screens
Hobby Dataslate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hobby Dataslate at 100% against Another Paint Tracker's 0%. Hobby Dataslate also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Another Paint Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hobby Dataslate sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Another Paint Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Hobby Dataslate every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Another Paint Tracker versus Hobby Dataslate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnother Paint TrackerHobby Dataslate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRUBEN GUILLEN ANADONAlexander Lewis

Customer experience

Another Paint Tracker

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Hobby Dataslate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Another Paint Tracker

One-time1
  • Another Paint Tracker Pro$2.99
7 purchases

Hobby Dataslate

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Hero Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Hero Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Tip Medium$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Another Paint Tracker free?
Another Paint Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hobby Dataslate free?
Hobby Dataslate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Another Paint Tracker or Hobby Dataslate have ads?
Neither Another Paint Tracker nor Hobby Dataslate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Another Paint Tracker or Hobby Dataslate?
Another Paint Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hobby Dataslate every 5 days. Most recently, Another Paint Tracker was updated on November 13, 2026 and Hobby Dataslate on November 13, 2026.

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