Artverse vs GudMem
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artverse
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Artverse is an application that collects and offers augmented reality (AR) experiences from a wide range of cultural institutions. The app provides a direct interaction with the work and thus creates a personal connection to art and culture. A multimedia guide with new dimensions! The app is used in various museums in Switzerland and enriches culture with AR content. In addition to tours in museums, the app also offers playful access to art in outdoor spaces. For example, the tour «Art Catch», developed together with the city of Winterthur, brings artworks in public spaces in Winterthur to life.
GudMem
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Thirty new faces, and you are expected to know them by next week. GudMem gets you from "who is that again?" to greeting every one of them by name — in days, not months. A class, a team, a club, a cohort, a whole conference: if the names matter, this is the shortest way in. Teachers use GudMem for a new class every August — so do trainers, managers, coaches, care staff, and anyone who walks into a room full of strangers. YOUR GROUP, IN ABOUT A MINUTE Import the list you already have: a PDF, a Word file, a CSV, photos, a web page — or just type the names in. GudMem finds the faces and names on the page, crops each portrait, and builds your group in seconds. A quick correction grid lets you fix any misread name with one tap. What used to be a 20-minute data-entry chore becomes a few taps. SMART TRAINING, NOT FLASHCARD GRINDING • Spaced repetition (FSRS) shows each face exactly when you are about to forget it. • Confusion drills: GudMem notices which two people you keep mixing up and drills exactly that pair until they separate. • Quiz modes that grow with you: tap the name, name → face, first letter, beat the letters, free recall, audio. • Sessions fit into five spare minutes. All caught up? Keep practicing anyway — extra rounds never mess up your review schedule. HEAR THE NAME RIGHT Record how a name is actually pronounced — asking is a great icebreaker — and play it back while you study. SEE YOURSELF GET FASTER Streaks, per-face mastery, answer-time trends, your most-confused pair, and a forecast of what is due next. PRIVACY IS THE ARCHITECTURE, NOT A SETTING You are putting other people's faces on your phone, so GudMem is built so nothing can leak: • No account, no analytics, no cloud. Nothing you import ever leaves your phone. • All processing — face detection, text recognition, the learning engine — runs on-device. • Photos and recordings live in storage excluded from cloud backups. • Optional Face ID lock. • Delete everything in one tap. The app only touches the network when you ask it to: fetching a web page you choose to import, sending a message through the built-in feedback form, or opening the Help page. FAIR PRICING Your first 15 faces are free, with every feature included. One single purchase unlocks unlimited faces and groups — no subscription, ever. Teachers and trainers get 50% off. Available in English, German, and French.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Artverse at none against GudMem's 2. Artverse also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). GudMem's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and ads 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. GudMem sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Artverse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Artverse ships an update every 3 weeks, GudMem every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artverse | GudMem |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | freisicht GmbH | Gud GmbH |
In-app purchases
Artverse
No in-app purchases
GudMem
- Educator unlock$9.99
- Unlock unlimited$22.99









