Art Swipe vs Aexels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Swipe
Create unique collages by combining public domain art from a museum collection with your own photos. Inspired by surrealist "exquisite corpse" art, this app lets you build collective images through chance and creativity.
- Create collages
- Use public domain art
- Incorporate personal photos
- Inspired by surrealist art
- Build collective images
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Art Swipe was developed by artist Jody Zellen and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to coincide with the exhibition "In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States" on view at LACMA from January 29 - May 6, 2012. The app allows users to make collages from images that are in the public domain from LACMA's collection, images from the "In Wonderland" exhibition, as well as photographs from their camera and camera roll. Art Swipe is loosely based on the "exquisite corpses" created by early 20th century surrealist artists who would write or draw on a folded sheet of paper. Each participant would then pass the folded paper to the next participant for a further contribution. The result is a collective collage, an image made up of parts connected by chance.
Aexels
Explore a newly discovered universe and compare its features to our own. This app aims to continuously expand knowledge and understanding of this new world over time.
- Universe exploration
- Discover similarities and differences
- Expand knowledge
- Continuous updates
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A universe is discovered ...Universe X Come along as we explore this new universe and discover the similarities and differences it has with our own. There are things we know for certain about Universe X; there are things we can speculate about and there are many things yet to be discovered. Hopefully, over the life time of this app we will be able to continually increase our knowledge and understanding of this new world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Aexels at 100% against Art Swipe's 25%. Aexels also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 71 months). Art Swipe's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.2). 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.
Aexels holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Art Swipe's written reviews are positive against 100% of Aexels's.
Art Swipe ships an update every 71 months, Aexels every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art Swipe | Aexels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 71 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jody zellen | Aepryus Software |
Customer experience
Art Swipe
Aexels
In-app purchases
Art Swipe
No in-app purchases
Aexels
No in-app purchases
