Hobby Codex vs Undercoat

Hobby Codex is a mobile app for miniature painters. It keeps your collection, paints, color schemes, projects, and painting journal in one place. Once boxes start piling up, notes get scattered, and you can no longer remember which paints or steps were planned, it becomes hard to keep track. Hobby Codex helps you follow a miniature from the box to the finished model. Start by scanning a box Scan its barcode, or search by name, to find its contents and add its miniatures to your collection in a few taps. No need to enter every reference one by one. The catalogue also lets you browse available factions and boxes. This feature is available with a subscription. You can also add a miniature manually, whether it comes from a box that is not in the catalogue or is a custom reference. Organize your collection Track the miniatures you own or want to buy, along with their assembly and painting progress. Add your own photos, notes, and details to keep a useful record of every model. Plan your painting - create color schemes; - break a miniature down into parts and painting steps; - keep track of the paints and techniques you use; - see which pots are missing from your inventory. Move your projects forward Group related miniatures into projects or campaigns. Track their progress and keep a clear view of what remains to be done. Keep a record of your sessions The journal records your painting sessions: time spent, miniatures worked on, calendar, and progress over time. Pick up where you left off without having to reconstruct your plans. Your collection stays on your device by default. If you create an account, you can choose to back up your data and photos to the cloud and restore them on another device. Hobby Codex is available in French and English, with no ads. Catalogue subscription Tracking features are free. Access to the box catalogue requires an account and a Hobby Codex Catalogue subscription, monthly or yearly, that renews automatically. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nicolaslabrousse.github.io/hobby-codex-legal/privacy.html

Undercoat is the all-in-one workshop notebook for miniature and model painters. Inventory, projects, recipes, cross-brand matching and stats — finally in a single, beautiful app instead of five separate ones. EVERY PAINT, IN ONE RACK • Build your collection from a built-in multi-brand catalog (Citadel, Vallejo, The Army Painter, Scale75 and more) • Add paints by search, by hand, or scan a barcode in seconds • See your whole rack as a grid of real-color swatches • Track what's full, running low, or out — and get an automatic shopping list CROSS-BRAND EQUIVALENCES THAT ACTUALLY WORK • Find the closest paint in any other brand using real color science (CIEDE2000), not rough RGB guesses • "Closest paint in MY stock" — match any color to what you already own PROJECTS THAT KEEP YOU PAINTING • Track every model from bought → assembled → primed → in progress → finished • Progress rings, work-in-progress photo journals, and time logged per session • Watch your army's "% painted" climb across units COLOR RECIPES, LINKED TO YOUR PAINTS • Save your schemes step by step: basecoat, wash, layer, highlight • Every step links to a paint you actually own — no more guessing what you used • A visual swatch fingerprint for each recipe STATS & STREAKS • Models per month, painting streaks, an activity heatmap and badges • The gentle nudge that turns a backlog into finished minis UNDERCOAT PRO A generous free tier lets you build a real collection. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited inventory, projects, army lists and recipes, cross-brand equivalences, low-stock alerts, full stats, export and cloud backup. Available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Your painting desk, organized. — Paint data is for reference only. Brand names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used for compatibility reference, not affiliation. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://develak.com/privacy-policy/