ARTERNAL for iPad vs Artshell platform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARTERNAL for iPad
Streamline client communication with personalized emails and track engagement. Manage your artwork inventory and client interactions across multiple messaging platforms. Features a card scanner for quick client data entry.
- Bespoke email campaigns
- Personalized preview pages
- Client list filtering
- Email and text engagement tracking
- Artwork inventory access
- Cross-platform messaging tracking
- Integrated card scanner
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Send bespoke emails to clients quickly and at scale including a personalized preview page. Create specialized lists filtered by interest, location, and more! Track email and text engagement: opens, clicks and shares to inform your follow up strategy and manage time efficiently. Access your entire artwork inventory whether you are in the gallery, on the go or at the art fair. Effectively track communication across all messaging including email, text, iMessage, WhatsApp, & WeChat. Integrated card scanner to automatically save new client information.
Artshell platform
This platform offers comprehensive art management tools for galleries, collectors, artists, and archivists. The mobile app provides full archive access and offline functionality, extending the web platform's capabilities.
- Art archive management
- Collector portfolio tracking
- Artist portfolio management
- Archivist tools
- Mobile operability
- Offline access
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The complete platform for art management. Artshell is the all-in-one management software designed for art galleries, collectors, artists, and archivists. The mobile application extends the features of the web platform, enabling full access to the archive and mobile operability, even without an internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ARTERNAL for iPad at 5.0 against Artshell platform's 1.0. ARTERNAL for iPad also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). Artshell platform's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ARTERNAL for iPad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ARTERNAL for iPad ships an update every 9 days, Artshell platform every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 23, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARTERNAL for iPad | Artshell platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ARTLOCAL (US) INC. | Artshell S.r.l |
Customer experience
ARTERNAL for iPad
Artshell platform
In-app purchases
ARTERNAL for iPad
No in-app purchases
Artshell platform
No in-app purchases
Questions
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