OBSCURA vs Mustered
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OBSCURA
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Some worlds wait to be explored. This one waits to remember you. Enter OBSCURA, an illustrated dark-fantasy world of ruined chapels, drowned kingdoms, frozen roads, and promises that outlived the people who made them. Discover an omen. Read its story. Decide what you will leave behind. EXPLORE THE FORGOTTEN WORLD Follow connected roads through The Bleak Gate, Chapel Road, the Crimson Vale, and beyond. Discover the rites, relics, and remembered choices that open your next threshold. MAKE CHOICES THAT MATTER Swear an oath—or refuse it. Speak a name—or protect it. Your answers shape encounters, earn passage, and sometimes close another road. Not every kingdom will answer the same traveler. GET LOST IN THE ART Full-screen gothic artwork brings each place into focus. Keep the illustration in view, then open its reading panel when you’re ready to discover what lies beneath it. RETURN TO THE VEIL Find a daily encounter with three offerings. Choose your answer and add another echo to the world’s memory of your journey. BUILD YOUR CODEX Discover fragments of lore, bookmark the lines that stay with you, and preserve the relics your journey earns. Describe a forgotten place, knight, or curse to summon a fragment of your own, then optionally manifest it as an AI-generated illustrated card. LISTEN TO THE SILENCE Enable the optional Realms soundscape for quiet wind, distant bells, and a little more atmosphere. BEGIN YOUR FIRST PASSAGE Complete the opening story and preserve its written reliquary for free. Optional subscriptions expand access to image manifestations and premium features. Made for lovers of gothic art, mysterious worlds, and stories that linger after the screen goes dark. The roads are waking. What will they remember of you? Some features require Obscura Premium. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mustered
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Mustered is the miniature painting tracker built for hobbyists who want to track, celebrate, and share their collection Log every army, squad, and unit. Capture your painting journey phase by phase. Primer coat, base layers, highlights, basing; with photos at every step. Then share your finished force with a single tap. Your collection, fully organized Group minis into armies and squads. Assign each unit a game system (40K, AoS, D&D, etc) and a faction. See your whole collection at a glance or drill into a single model's full paint history. Paint log built in Record every paint you used, per phase. Pick from thousands of paints in the built-in catalog of major brands. Your recipe is always one tap away when you sit back down at the hobby desk. No subscriptions, no ads, ever. Free to start. Upgrade when you're ready. The free tier covers 4 armies, 50 total minis, and 15 photos per unit, plenty to get going. Unlock unlimited armies, unlimited minis, with a one-time premium upgrade. Photo-first progress tracking Every unit gets its own journey. Add painting phases, name them whatever fits your workflow, and attach photos to each step. Watch your work evolve from bare plastic to display-ready model, all in one place. Share your army with anyone Generate a shareable link for any army or individual mini. Friends open it in the app or see a web preview, no account required to view. Downloaded shares work offline too. Achievements & stats Track how many minis you've finished, which paints you reach for most, and earn badges as your collection grows. Works completely offline Your collection lives on your device. No login required for tracking, photographing, or organizing. Cloud features (sharing, syncing) are opt-in, and account free. Perfect for: Warhammer 40K, Age of Sigmar, Horus Heresy, The Old World, Dungeons & Dragons, Kings of War, Infinity, Star Wars Legion, and any other miniature wargame or skirmish system. Mustered is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Games Workshop, Wizards of the Coast, or any game publisher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mustered at none against OBSCURA's 2. Mustered also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). 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
Both are free to download. OBSCURA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Mustered asks for nothing beyond the download.
OBSCURA ships an update every 5 months, Mustered weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OBSCURA | Mustered |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADAM ARCHULETA | Kythera LLC |
In-app purchases
OBSCURA
- Obscura Premium$7.991 Month
- Obscura Premium$59.991 Year
Mustered
No in-app purchases
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