Onda MX vs Always Art
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onda MX
Explore Mexico's vibrant art scene with this guide to exhibitions, events, and cultural activities in major cities. Discover local artists and plan your gallery visits with interactive maps and a comprehensive event calendar. Access a continuously updated archive of art projects and exhibitions.
- Discover exhibitions and events
- Explore art scenes in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey
- Curated content on local artists
- Map of galleries, spaces, and museums
- Calendar of ongoing exhibitions
- Bookmark favorite spaces and events
- Access art project archive
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Onda MX is Mexico’s art radar. Discover and stay up-to-date with Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey’s art scene. Find information about what’s happening now—exhibitions, events, and cultural activities—and curated content about local artists and art exhibited throughout the city. Use our app to plan your visits thanks to a map of galleries, independent spaces, and museums, as well as a calendar of ongoing exhibitions and events. The app allows you to bookmark spaces, events, and curated content. In addition, Onda MX gives you access to its permanent, continually updated archive of projects and exhibitions.
Always Art
Manage your art collection and experiences on the go. Track viewed artworks, revisit artists and galleries, and plan visits to art fairs. Ideal for collectors and galleries to manage interest and relationships.
- Manage art collections
- Track viewed artworks
- Revisit artists and galleries
- Plan art fair visits
- Scan artworks and QR codes
- Manage collector interest
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Always Art is a mobile companion to the Always Art collection system, designed to keep your collection and art experiences with you wherever you go. It is part of shared digital infrastructure for the art world. View and manage artworks on the move, track what you have seen, and revisit works, artists, and galleries long after the moment passes. At art fairs, Always Art becomes a living record of your experience. Explore galleries, plan your visit, and keep track of the works that matter to you. Galleries, artists, and artworks are searchable in seconds. Scan artworks and QR codes on site to access details, save context and connections, and return to those works after the fair ends without screenshots, lost notes, or pressure in the moment. For collectors, the collection tab lets you carry your personal collection anywhere to support conversations, inquiries, and relationships. For galleries, the pipeline tab helps manage and track real collector interest before the fair, during the fair, and well after it ends. Private by default. Built for continuity. Designed to support how art actually lives over time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Always Art at 5.0 against Onda MX's 4.5. Always Art also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). 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.
Always Art holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively.
Onda MX ships an update every 3 months, Always Art every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Onda MX | Always Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Josephine Dorr | AlwaysArt, LLC |
Customer experience
Onda MX
Always Art
In-app purchases
Onda MX
No in-app purchases
Always Art
No in-app purchases








