SMK Second Canvas vs Nasjonalmuseet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMK Second Canvas
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The Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) Second Canvas app is your tool for exploring the beautiful SMK art collections in super high resolution, like never before. Discover, interact, learn from stories told by experts or choose your favorite detail and share it with your friends on social media, including the option of hooking it up to your TV screen at home or at school. Created by SMK and Madpixel, SMK Second Canvas allows you to explore highlights from its Danish and Nordic Collection and of its European Collection, with the best quality and resolution. Works you will find on SMK Second Canvas: -A Funeral by Anna Ancher (1859-1935) -Bella and Hanna by C.W. Eckersberg (1783-1853) -Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche by Ambrosius Bosschaerts the Elder (1573-1621) -Christ as the Suffering Redeemer by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) -In a Roman Osteria by Carl Bloch (1834-1890) -Interior in Strandgade, Sunlight on the Floor by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) -Melancholy by Lucas Cranach the Elder ( -1553) -The Artist's Wife by L.A.Ring (1854-1933) -The Ferry Boat to Antwerp by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) -Whitewashing the Old House L.A.Ring (1854-1933) -Zealand Landscape by Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818-1848) Main features: -Super-zoom to explore the artworks with the best quality and discover hidden details. -X-Ray vision for the Laurits Andersen Ring painting "The Artist's Wife", to reveal his particular painting technique, pentimenti and more. -Discover amazing stories, detail by detail, told by experts: learn about the characters, symbolism, technique, or the artist signature. -Play a cinematic tour through the Gigapixel image to discover the artwork secrets while listening to the audio (for now, this kind of "audiotour" is available for Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche, by Ambrosius Bosschaerts the Elder). -Tell your own stories on social media, selecting the details you want to share in super-high resolution Connect your iPad/iPhone to your TV at home (via AirPlay, cable) or to the projector at school to see the painting in full screen while interacting with your touch device. -Download the details with their stories so they can be accessed even when you’re offline or in airplane mode. -We hope you'll enjoy SMK Second Canvas. Tell us about your experience with the app and help us to improve it: support@secondcanvas.net For more information about SMK Second Canvas, go to www.secondcanvas.net , or to www.smk.dk
Nasjonalmuseet
Navigate the museum with an interactive map and audio tours. Discover current exhibitions, explore artworks in multiple languages, and access extra content. Your membership card is also accessible within the app.
- Audio guide tours
- Interactive museum map
- Exhibition discovery
- Multi-language support
- Artwork search
- Digital membership card
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Download the Visitor Guide and find your way through the museum. Choose between several audio guide tours, discover the exhibitions you can visit right now, and meet the collection in many languages. Includes: - Audio tours - Interactive map - Extra exhibition content - Search for artworks on display - Membership card
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nasjonalmuseet at every 3 months against SMK Second Canvas's every 17 months. SMK Second Canvas's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SMK Second Canvas ships an update every 17 months, Nasjonalmuseet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMK Second Canvas | Nasjonalmuseet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Madpixel (The Mad Pixel Factory) | Nasjonalmuseet |
In-app purchases
SMK Second Canvas
No in-app purchases
Nasjonalmuseet
No in-app purchases
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