WikiArt vs Museum Lovers
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.
Museum Lovers
Explore world-renowned artworks from the Rijksmuseum with detailed cultural and art analysis. View paintings, statues, and other masterpieces in their true size, all for free.
- Access Rijksmuseum art collections
- Detailed culture and art analysis
- View artworks in real size
- Free exploration of masterpieces
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Museum Lovers helps you discover the world's greatest artworks from the Rijksmuseum for free. Browse collections by artist or category, save your favorites, test your knowledge with the art quiz, or relax with a hands-free slideshow — all backed by detailed cultural and art analysis for each piece. Features: - Browse most of the Rijksmuseum's collection, by artist or category - Save favorite artworks for quick access - Take an art quiz to test what you know about famous masterpieces - View paintings, statues, and other artworks in real size - Hands-free slideshow mode Thanks to the Rijksmuseum for providing the data behind this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Museum Lovers at Free against WikiArt's $3.99. Museum Lovers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). WikiArt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 21 months). On rating, review sentiment 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
Museum Lovers is free to download; WikiArt costs $3.99 up front. WikiArt sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Museum Lovers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for WikiArt against 4.7 for Museum Lovers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WikiArt has 1.9K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of WikiArt's written reviews are positive against 67% of Museum Lovers's.
WikiArt ships an update fortnightly, Museum Lovers every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WikiArt | Museum Lovers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Little Marvel Software Inc. | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
WikiArt
Museum Lovers
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
Museum Lovers
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
Museum Lovers
No in-app purchases
