Comparison

GalleriesNow vs Heritage Journal

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

Head to head
About

GalleriesNow

Explore the global art scene with daily updates on new exhibitions from leading galleries and museums. Save favorites, plan visits with maps, and experience art in VR. Your personal guide to the art world.

Highlights
  • Daily new exhibitions
  • Established and emerging artists
  • Save and share favorites
  • NearMe and gallery maps
  • VR exhibition views
Features
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Discover art like never before - your personal pocket guide to the art world. New exhibitions uploaded daily, featuring established and up-and-coming artists at the world’s leading galleries and museums. Save and share your favourite exhibitions, plan a gallery trip with NearMe and gallery maps, save exhibitions for later and explore our unique VR exhibition views. Brought to you by GalleriesNow.net - the world's leading curated guide to galleries and their exhibitions. Terms and Privacy: https://www.galleriesnow.net/terms-conditions

About

Heritage Journal

Features
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Heritage Journal brings your historical documents to life. Photograph, upload, or import documents from the web — birth certificates, parish registers, census returns, wills, military records, letters, and more — and Heritage Journal transcribes them using advanced AI with specialist knowledge of historical handwriting from the 16th to 20th centuries. DOCUMENT TRANSCRIPTION • Photograph documents in archives, churches, cemeteries, and from family collections using your iPhone camera • Import images directly from your Photos library — including screenshots of documents from Ancestry, FindMyPast, and other genealogy sites • Transcribe documents from any publicly accessible web URL • Expert transcription of handwritten and printed historical documents • Specialist knowledge of secretary hand, court hand, Latin abbreviations, and historical letter forms • Automatic translation of non-English documents into your device’s default language, with original text preserved • Editable transcription output — correct any errors before saving DOCUMENT LIBRARY • Every transcribed document saved with its original image, transcription, and translation • Searchable library of all your transcribed documents • Browse and revisit your complete transcription history FAMILY TREE INTEGRATION • When used alongside Heritage Compass, extracted names, dates, places, and relationships save directly into your shared family tree • No re-importing — Heritage Compass and Heritage Journal share a single family tree database • Documents attach to the people, places, and events already in your tree PRIVACY BY DESIGN • All documents and transcriptions stored locally on your device • No documents are stored by Siorai Labs • Document processing goes directly from your device to the transcription service SUBSCRIPTION • Monthly: £1.99/month • Annual: £9.99/year (save 58%) • Lifetime: £34.99 one-time payment • 50 transcriptions per month on all plans • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings Terms of Use: https://siorailabs.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

GalleriesNow4 screens
Heritage Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GalleriesNow at fortnightly against Heritage Journal's every 2 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GalleriesNow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.95 per month and Heritage Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GalleriesNow ships an update fortnightly, Heritage Journal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GalleriesNow versus Heritage Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalleriesNowHeritage Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGalleriesNowSiorai Labs Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GalleriesNow

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$14.951 Month
  • Pro Yearly Subscription$149.001 Year
3 purchases

Heritage Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Heritage Journal Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Heritage Journal Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Heritage Journal Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is GalleriesNow free?
GalleriesNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heritage Journal free?
Heritage Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GalleriesNow or Heritage Journal have ads?
Neither GalleriesNow nor Heritage Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GalleriesNow or Heritage Journal?
GalleriesNow ships an update fortnightly, and Heritage Journal every 2 months. Most recently, GalleriesNow was updated on October 29, 2026 and Heritage Journal on October 25, 2026.

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