Les Rencontres d’Arles vs ATFU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Les Rencontres d’Arles
Access all exhibitions and events with videos and podcasts. Purchase e-tickets, personalize your itinerary, and receive essential alerts. Navigate the city with geolocation and check real-time traffic at venues.
- Exhibition and event access
- Video and podcast content
- E-ticket purchase and display
- Personalized itinerary and agenda
- Geolocation navigation
- Real-time traffic updates
- Calendar and social networking
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The perfect way to access all exhibitions and events, with videos and podcasts related to the program. You can also purchase and display your e-tickets, personalize your itinerary and agenda, receive alerts on essentials, make your way around the city with mapped geolocation, and consult real time traffic at exhibition venues. The application also offers calendar services and social networking services for professionals.
ATFU
Discover and exchange art anonymously. Artists can swap works, while art lovers can propose purchases or skill exchanges. Connect with global artists and build your collection based on genuine appreciation.
- Anonymous art discovery
- Swipe to favorite or skip
- Propose swaps or purchases
- Explore artist catalogs
- Direct messaging for exchanges
- Skill and service exchange
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Atfu is a love letter to artists. We imagined this network to spark unexpected encounters between the shy and the expressive, the novices and the experts, the jacks-of-all-trades and the perfectionists, the formalists and the self-taught. Atfu has already enabled the circulation of several thousand contemporary artworks, proving artists' vital desire to collect each other and unite. By supporting each other daily, the community generates its own market rating. We continue to proclaim that peer recognition—and now recognition among enthusiasts—is the foundation of value and renown. Atfu embodies this tour de force: a horizontal, sovereign, and immersive gaze at the art market. The Navigation Bar (The bottom menu) This is your command center, accessible from anywhere: - House Icon (Home): Your news feed. This is where you scroll to discover new artworks from the community. - Magnifying Glass Icon (Search): To explore the database, look for a specific artist, a particular style, or access the Atfu rating. - Handshake Icon (Trade): Your negotiation space. This is where you manage your swap proposals (received, sent, and your matches). - Floppy Disk Icon (Save): Your personal library. This is where your favorites and curation folders are stored. - Smiley Icon (Profile): Your personal space. This shows your portfolio, your personal collection, and your settings. Your Profile and Publishing - Portfolio Button: Displays your own creations (if you are an artist). - Collection Button: Displays the artworks you own and have uploaded (whether you created them or not). - The big "+" button (black): This is where the magic happens. Click it to add a new artwork to your profile, whether to sell or barter it. - The Gear icon: To manage your personal info, your subscription, and your security settings. Notifications and Messages (Top right) - Envelope Icon: Access your private conversations. This is where you discuss swap or sale terms. - Bell Icon: Your notifications. You will be notified as soon as you receive an offer, a new message, or when new gems become available. Collection Management and Favorites - Filters (All, Sculpture, Painting...): At the top of your favorites, to find a specific medium in a single click. - The Folder "+" button (bottom right of your favorites): This tool was designed with curators in mind! Create thematic folders (e.g., "Spring Show", "Blue Series") to organize your selection. - The little "X" cross on thumbnails: To clean up and remove an artwork from your curation folders. Subscription and options Support Atfu and unlock its full potential, without limits, for just €7/month. - Unlimited artworks: publish all your artworks to sell, barter, or just share (limited to 5 in the free version). - Live stats: analyze your most coveted productions. (invisible in the free version) - The Atfu rating: get exclusive access to the artists and artworks most coveted by the community. (invisible in the free version) - Organized favorites: thematic folders to classify your favorite picks (instead of the free bulk view). Terms of use (EULA) : https://www.atfu.io/cgucgv Privacy policy : https://www.atfu.io/politique-de-confidentialit%C3%A9
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ATFU at 78% against Les Rencontres d’Arles's 37%. ATFU also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Les Rencontres d’Arles's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Les Rencontres d’Arles ships an update every 9 days, ATFU monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Les Rencontres d’Arles | ATFU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (91 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Les Rencontres d'Arles | S2C Collection |
Customer experience
Les Rencontres d’Arles
ATFU
In-app purchases
Les Rencontres d’Arles
No in-app purchases
ATFU
No in-app purchases









