WikiArt vs Scales
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WikiArt
Explore a vast collection of over 250,000 artworks from 3,000 artists worldwide, spanning from ancient to contemporary pieces. Access art not publicly displayed for study, inspiration, or enjoyment. The app offers localized content and allows users to contribute to its improvement.
- Browse 250k+ artworks
- Organized by artist, style, genre, period, museum
- Concise artist bios and artwork context
- Localized in 7 languages
- Community contribution for translations and metadata
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Discover the world’s art—anytime, anywhere. WikiArt brings together 250,000+ artworks by 3,000 artists from more than 100 countries, spanning cave paintings to contemporary collections. Many of these works aren’t on public view; WikiArt makes them accessible for study, inspiration, and pure enjoyment. What you can do Browse at scale: Paintings, drawings, and more—organized by artist, style, genre, period, and museum. Learn fast: Concise artist bios, artwork context, dates, and provenance where available. Go global: Interface and content localized in 7 languages, with ongoing community translations. Contribute: Help improve translations and metadata to make art history available to more people.
Scales
This app helps users test their knowledge of musical scales and chords. It's designed for musicians looking to improve their understanding of music theory.
- Scale testing
- Chord knowledge assessment
- Music theory practice
- Educational tool
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Test your scale and chord knowledge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scales at Free against WikiArt's $3.99. Scales also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.5). WikiArt's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On ads 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
Scales is free to download; WikiArt costs $3.99 up front. WikiArt sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Scales asks for nothing beyond the download.
WikiArt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WikiArt has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WikiArt ships an update fortnightly, Scales every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | WikiArt | Scales |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #122 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Little Marvel Software Inc. | Matthew Rempel |
Customer experience
WikiArt
Scales
Bugs and requests
WikiArt
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and account problems
- Frequent crashes and app not opening
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Images failing to load or displaying low quality
Requested features
4 requests- Add landscape mode support
- Implement ability to save/favorite artists and artworks
- Provide more detailed information about artworks and artists
- Improve search functionality and discoverability
Scales
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WikiArt
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- Support WikiArt$0.99
- Support WikiArt$2.99
- Support WikiArt$6.99
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- Support WikiArt$17.99
- Support WikiArt$49.99
Scales
No in-app purchases
