Archinect vs e
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archinect
Access architecture news, job listings, and community discussions on the go. Receive instant push notifications for breaking industry updates.
- Mobile access to articles
- Job listings
- Community discussions
- Push alerts for breaking news
- Architecture industry updates
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The official Archinect iPhone/iPod app provides easy and quick mobile access to articles, jobs and discussions from Archinect.com. The app also provides push alerts for instant notifications of breaking news in the architecture and related industries.
e
Access a comprehensive collection of art-related content, including journal issues, reviews, essays, and event announcements. Discover and save art events worldwide, read articles offline, and share content with others.
- Full journal issues
- Art reviews and essays
- Event and exhibition listings
- Offline reading
- Search exhibitions and artists
- Save favorite content
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The e-flux app for iPhone and iPad includes content from across our publishing network: full issues of the e-flux journal, art-agenda reviews, essays on architecture, podcasts, and carefully-selected announcements for key events at museums, biennials, galleries, and art schools worldwide (and near you). – Search exhibitions, museums, artists, and curators – View current and future exhibitions and events by location – Save your favorite announcements, reviews, and essays – Read content offline wherever you are – Share articles with friends – Listen to podcast episodes in your preferred podcast player Be sure to let us know of any bugs or issues you may encounter by sending us an email at app@e-flux.com !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Archinect at 83% against e's 15%. Archinect also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). e's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 9). 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.
Archinect holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Archinect's written reviews are positive against 15% of e's.
Archinect ships an update every 10 months, e every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archinect | e |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better | 2.7 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Archinect | e-flux |
Customer experience
Archinect
e
In-app purchases
Archinect
No in-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
