Miniature Painter Pro adds paint comparison tools for hobbyists

Miniature Painter Pro is built to sit next to the wet palette, not replace it. The app puts a color picker, paint comparison tools across brands, complementary-color support, a paint mixer and palette storage into one phone-sized workspace. For anyone bouncing between Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and the rest of the paint wall, the promise is plain: fewer conversion headaches and less time hunting for a match.

That promise is backed by a database that looks broader than a novelty app. Google Play shows well over 2,500 paints from more than 10 major brands, which is exactly the kind of spread that matters when a recipe calls for a shade you do not own. The listing also gives the app real-world traction, with a 4.3-star rating, 393 reviews and more than 50,000 downloads. One localized listing shows it was updated on June 2, 2026, a sign that the tool is still being actively maintained.

RFSP says the app was directly inspired by FauxHammer, and that connection fits the way Miniature Painter Pro is pitched. This is less about flashy mobile software and more about reducing the friction that comes with modern hobby paint ranges. A painter can pull up a reference image, check a complementary color, test a mix, then save the result as a palette entry for the next session instead of rebuilding the whole scheme from memory.

There is also a stronger hint that the app’s value comes from curation, not generic color math. A public GitHub repository tied to miniature paint RGB values says the paints were scraped and used by the Miniature Painter Pro team, which suggests a database built around hobby-specific data rather than broad digital color theory. That matters in a market where the same olive, bone or rust can land in three different bottles with three different names.

For painters who keep multiple armies in progress or like to revisit a scheme months later, that is the useful part. Miniature Painter Pro does not just show colors on a screen. It cuts down the clutter around paint choice, comparison and record-keeping, which is the kind of practical help that earns a permanent spot on the bench.