Comparison

Curate.LA vs Always Art

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

Head to head
About

Curate.LA

Discover Los Angeles' vibrant art scene with a comprehensive guide to upcoming exhibitions and alternative art shows. Receive weekly notifications for unique weekend activities and hidden cultural gems.

Highlights
  • Guide to LA art openings
  • Alternative art shows
  • Cultural events listings
  • Hidden gem discoveries
  • Weekly notification for weekend activities
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The Curate LA app is your free definitive guide to the blossoming art scene in Los Angeles. Our list of upcoming art openings and exhibitions is always kept fresh by your omnipresent curator Shelley Holcomb and her team. This is the only app you'll find that includes alternative art shows, cultural events and hidden gems around LA. Get weekly notifications with interesting and weird ideas for things to do on the weekend. You'll impress your friends with how cultured you are!

About

Always Art

Manage your art collection and experiences on the go. Track viewed artworks, revisit artists and galleries, and plan visits to art fairs. Ideal for collectors and galleries to manage interest and relationships.

Highlights
  • Manage art collections
  • Track viewed artworks
  • Revisit artists and galleries
  • Plan art fair visits
  • Scan artworks and QR codes
  • Manage collector interest
Features
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Always Art is a mobile companion to the Always Art collection system, designed to keep your collection and art experiences with you wherever you go. It is part of shared digital infrastructure for the art world. View and manage artworks on the move, track what you have seen, and revisit works, artists, and galleries long after the moment passes. At art fairs, Always Art becomes a living record of your experience. Explore galleries, plan your visit, and keep track of the works that matter to you. Galleries, artists, and artworks are searchable in seconds. Scan artworks and QR codes on site to access details, save context and connections, and return to those works after the fair ends without screenshots, lost notes, or pressure in the moment. For collectors, the collection tab lets you carry your personal collection anywhere to support conversations, inquiries, and relationships. For galleries, the pipeline tab helps manage and track real collector interest before the fair, during the fair, and well after it ends. Private by default. Built for continuity. Designed to support how art actually lives over time.

Screenshots

Curate.LA3 screens
Always Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Always Art at 5.0 against Curate.LA's 4.3. Always Art also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Curate.LA's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Always Art holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curate.LA ships an update every 4 months, Always Art every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Curate.LA versus Always Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurate.LAAlways Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (19 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB11 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCurate LA, LLCAlwaysArt, LLC

Customer experience

Curate.LA

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Always Art

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Curate.LA

No in-app purchases

None

Always Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Curate.LA free?
Curate.LA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Always Art free?
Always Art is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Curate.LA or Always Art?
Always Art is rated higher. Curate.LA averages 4.3 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Always Art averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Curate.LA or Always Art have ads?
Neither Curate.LA nor Always Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curate.LA or Always Art?
Curate.LA ships an update every 4 months, and Always Art every 2 months. Most recently, Curate.LA was updated on October 2, 2026 and Always Art on October 6, 2026.

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