Safer collection updates, more consistent paint matching, and stronger catalog reliability, preparing BrushForge for new brands and many more paints.
BrushForge – Complete Miniature Painting Toolkit
BrushForge helps miniature painters track their paint collection, compare colors across brands, build palettes, save recipes, and plan painting sessions with less guesswork.
Use it for Warhammer, tabletop, RPG miniatures, scale models, and hobby projects of every size.
Key Features:
Paint Converter
Find close paint matches across popular miniature paint brands including Citadel, Vallejo, The Army Painter, Scale75, and more.
Paint Collection Tracker
Track the paints you own, mark wishlist paints, add custom or mixed paints, and keep notes on your collection.
Photo Paint Import
Take a photo of your paint rack and let BrushForge help identify paints. Review matches before adding them to your owned list.
Recipes & Palettes
Create step-by-step painting recipes, save project notes, and build custom color palettes for your models.
Color Harmony Tools
Explore palette ideas with harmony-based color tools and build stronger color schemes for your miniatures.
Primed Photos
Save photos of primed models and review contrast, lighting, and value placement while planning your paint scheme.
AI-Powered Suggestions
Get optional AI help for paint matching and recipe ideas while staying in full creative control.
Offline-Friendly
Your paint library, collection, recipes, palettes, and core tools are available offline. AI and purchase-related features require an internet connection.
Feedback & Support
Send feedback, request features, or get help directly through the app.
Why BrushForge?
• Match paints across brands with less guesswork.
• Keep your paint library, recipes, and palettes in one place.
• Plan projects faster and spend more time painting.
BrushForge is free to use. Optional premium features unlock expanded limits and AI-powered tools while supporting ongoing development.
Download BrushForge and focus on what matters most: bringing your miniatures to life.
Links:
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Custom Terms of Use: https://brushforgeapp.com/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://brushforgeapp.com/privacy.html
I like this app overall; it feels modern and clean, but still needs more polish to catch the small issues. Not sure I care or have any use for the AI tools since based on my experience it’s not very accurate in recognizing your paints in a picture. I also noticed the database of paints has some errors in it. So overall, I like this app and purchased it to support the dev, but it needs a bit more work to fix the bugs
Developer Response
Thanks for the review! If you have more feedback let me know and ill try to fix it. Currently working on the new paint database which should launch soon!
AWESOME!!
mikemiles44
This is exactly what I needed in my life to keep track of paints that I own and to keep record of what paints I used for different projects. The dev for this is amazing as I submitted some feedback and it was actually implemented shortly after! Going to be using this app for all of my painting sessions!
Started great but bait and switch
kristworthless
Started great. Was exactly what I needed to organize my models painting. But slowly more and more creeped behind a pay wall.I get it, but it was pushed as an app that paid features were just a little better and cut ads. I guess they couldn’t motivate people to pay with what they had so they had to lock more stuff out.
Developer Response
Hey, sorry to hear that, that’s definitely not the experience I was hoping for.I tried to be as transparent as possible about what’s behind the paywall: all features are available for free, but with usage limits.The $15 lifetime option was meant to be a fair one-time price, considering the time and personal costs that went into building and maintaining the app. You can always contact me if you have more feedback, again sorry for this.
BrushForge 1.4.0 strengthens collection safety and prepares the app for upcoming paint brands and richer catalog data.
• Collection changes now update duplicate synced records consistently without deleting saved data.
• Paints unavailable in the installed catalog remain visible using their saved details.
• Catalog loading and brand matching are more consistent across imports, photo matching, AI, and recipe tools.
• Added safeguards for multi-device collections and future catalog updates.
The current paint catalog remains unchanged. New brands and paints are coming in a future update.
Version 1.4.0
The developer, Bastiaan Mahieu, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Purchases
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
User Content
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Bastiaan Mahieu
Size
44.9 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.