Comparison

Learn Art vs Smart Art

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

Head to head
About

Learn Art

Explore a vast collection of 140 masterpieces from art history. Test your knowledge with a fun and challenging quiz, and learn to recognize artists and their styles. Unlock new levels as you progress and compete with others on the leaderboard.

Highlights
  • 140 famous artworks database
  • Immersive slideshow
  • Artist and painting information
  • Challenging art quiz
  • Progressive learning levels
  • Hint system
  • Game Center leaderboard integration
Features
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Learn Art is a beautifully designed art quiz that turns the world's greatest paintings into a game. Built and cared for by a single passionate developer, it has been enjoyed by art lovers for over ten years. 510 paintings · 85 painters · 30 art movements · 4 languages. FREE TO START Gallery 1 gives you 140 paintings by all 70 great masters, every game mode, the slideshow and the full info cards. No trial, no countdown. WAYS TO PLAY • Quiz — a painting appears; pick the right painter among four. • Choose the painting — we name the artist, you find the work. • Letter quiz — rebuild the painter's name letter by letter. • Movements quiz — identify the artistic movement behind a work. • Slideshow & info cards — browse the paintings and read about them freely. LEARN AS YOU PLAY A built-in hint system helps when you're stuck — reveal a biography, remove wrong answers, or get a letter — so every round teaches you something. LEARN ART PLUS One purchase unlocks Galleries 2 and 3 and the Plus gallery: 370 more paintings, 15 more masters, Japanese ukiyo-e, Cubism, Fauvism and Naïve Art, and unlimited hints in every gallery. Yours for life, including the art added later. A one-time purchase, not a subscription. FROM GOTHIC ART TO MODERN ART Learn to recognize the great masters across seven centuries — from Gothic art and the Proto-Renaissance through the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism and Expressionism, to Cubism, Fauvism and Japanese Ukiyo-e. NO BANNERS, NO FORCED ADS Learn Art is made to be looked at. There are no banner ads and no full-screen interstitials interrupting your game. GAME CENTER Climb the leaderboard and unlock achievements as you progress. FOUR LANGUAGES Play in English, French, Spanish or Italian — titles and biographies are fully translated. Free to download. Enjoy!

About

Smart Art

Discover art history through engaging daily stories, interactive quizzes, and a vast collection of masterpieces. Explore artworks in detail, learn about artists, and enjoy a fun, ad-free cultural getaway.

Highlights
  • Daily art history stories
  • Interactive art quizzes
  • Searchable artwork collection
  • Artwork zoom and detail view
  • Home screen widget for art
  • Save and share favorite artworks
Features
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Do you love Art and its History? Get inspired & Learn something new every day! Smart Art helps everyone to brighten up the day and enjoy the unrivaled works of art, discover brilliant artists and learn more about their art and its history in a fun and interactive way. In Smart App we have brought together: - curious and relatable stories and quizzes on arts and culture written in a witty, conversational tone, - fully-searchable collection of high-quality images of beautiful and extraordinary artworks, - and spiced it up with fun interactive features to take art discovery among young and old, enthusiasts or pros to a new level of engagement and fun. KEY FEATURES • Daily Stories - 1000+ original short thematic history and artwork background stories that enlighten, entertain, and inspire. New one released every day! • Art History Quizzes - another way to discover brilliant art and check your knowledge along the way. • Preview Bubbles - fun and entertaining Video & Photo previews of original content and art history news. • Easy to navigate Collection - Over 80,000 classified paintings (continuously growing and upgrading) from Medieval Manuscripts to Abstract Expressionism. • Thematic Search - Browse artworks by filtering them by style, genre, artist, school, and other tags. • Home Screen WIDGET - Enjoy new art every hour & Learn its story in 1 click. • Artwork Zoom - Explore masterpieces in every detail. • Personal collection - Save and share your favorite pieces. • Push Notifications - Never miss your daily art inspiration and insights. • Ad-FREE in all modes - 'cause we respect art and its viewers [you!]. Our mission is to make you feel inspired and know your way around in arts and culture. Use Smart Art for pleasure and leisure, in addition to your art education or professional research. SUPPORTED BY ART LOVERS LIKE YOU Smart Art isn't supported by banner ads. It is supported by art lovers like You. If you find this experience valuable, keep this project evolving and improving by becoming a subscriber. THE STORY BEHIND SMART ART We’re a family team of two passionate art lovers, researchers, and ArtTech enthusiasts exploring new ways to make world art heritage more accessible and take brilliant artists of the past out of obscurity. Smart Art was born as an online community of thousands of passionate art lovers meeting daily to see and enjoy beautiful art and discuss the story behind it. Now we invite you to join us on this journey and discover the whole universe of arts and history with Smart Art! Privacy Policy: https://getsmartart.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://getsmartart.com/terms

Screenshots

Learn Art4 screens
Smart Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Learn Art at free with in-app purchases against Smart Art's subscription. Smart Art's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Learn Art sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Smart Art sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Learn Art against 4.8 for Smart Art. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 728 and 514 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Learn Art's written reviews are positive against 91% of Smart Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Art ships an update every 3 months, Smart Art every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Learn Art versus Smart Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn ArtSmart Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (728 ratings)4.8 (514 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews91.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings728 — better514
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB72 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNORMAND MARTINAsk Connoisseur LLC

Customer experience

Learn Art

All ratings728 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

Smart Art

All ratings465 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

Learn Art

From 728 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface
  • 🎨 Beautiful visual presentation and design
  • 🎓 Academic and educational content quality
  • 🎮 Engaging flashcard and quiz format
  • 🎵 Pleasant music enhances learning experience

Room to improve

  • 📱 Text size too small for accessibility
  • 💰 Limited free content, requires payment for quizzes
  • 🌍 Western art focus only, lacks global perspectives
  • 🎨 Limited painting collection (only 140 artworks)
  • 🎬 Animation jitter causes discomfort/nausea

Smart Art

From 514 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Gorgeous, high-quality art
  • 📚 Informative and educational content
  • 🕰️ Engaging historical stories
  • 🤩 Enjoyable and entertaining app
  • 🌟 Excellent curation of artworks

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Limited free content access
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation/UI at times
  • 🔍 Lack of basic artwork details in free version

Bugs and requests

Learn Art

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Payment processing failure - charged but content not delivered
  • Animation jitter/flickering during painting transitions
  • Inconsistent access to purchased content

Requested features

6 requests
  • Larger text size and improved font spacing for accessibility
  • Global and non-Western art history content
  • Expanded painting collection beyond current 140 artworks
  • Display artist paintings during quiz matching sections
  • Better organization/categorization of paintings
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  • Clearer explanation of coin system and rewards

Smart Art

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Landscape mode issues causing portrait orientation
  • Paid content still locked after subscription
  • Blank screens when trying to view additional artwork details

Requested features

5 requests
  • More multimedia content (videos, audio)
  • Ability to save/share favorite artworks
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Offline mode for viewing artworks
  • Integration with social media platforms

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Learn Art

One-time2
  • 200 Coins$0.99
  • Learn Art Plus$4.99
5 purchases

Smart Art

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium Plan$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Plan$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlimited Premium Plan$29.99
  • Unlimited Access$29.99

Questions

Is Learn Art free?
Learn Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Art free?
Smart Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Art or Smart Art?
Smart Art is rated higher. Learn Art averages 4.7 out of 5 from 728 ratings, while Smart Art averages 4.8 from 514 ratings.
Do Learn Art or Smart Art have ads?
Neither Learn Art nor Smart Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Art or Smart Art?
Learn Art ships an update every 3 months, and Smart Art every 6 weeks. Most recently, Learn Art was updated on September 19, 2026 and Smart Art on September 21, 2026.

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