MFA Coins vs Crow Media Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MFA Coins
Explore over 250 ancient Greek and Roman coins with high-resolution zoom and pan features. Learn about their historical context, materials, and the stories they tell.
- High-resolution coin imagery
- Zoom and pan functionality
- Detailed coin information
- Historical timeline
- Explore Greek and Roman coins
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Finally a way to get a close look at ancient coins, enrich your knowledge of classic cultures, and find out why we call them “heads” and “tails.” Zoom and pan through more than 250 ancient Greek and Roman coins on display in the newly opened Michael C. Ruettgers Gallery for Ancient Coins in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Flip over each rare object for a detailed view in beautiful high-resolution photography of both sides of these miniature works of art that tell the tales of emperors and city-states. A timeline feature ranging from 650 BC to AD 375 puts the ancient coins in their historical and political context, and each coin has complete information on materials (gold, silver, bronze, and electrum), mottos, and making.
Crow Media Player
This app enhances language learning by providing audio pronunciations for specific textbooks. Users can point their device at textbook pages to hear native speakers, with options for augmented reality or page-based playback.
- Augmented reality (AR) audio players
- Page Mode with zoom and navigation
- Auto-playback of audio within units
- Resume playback from last position
- Tap buttons on page to play audio
- AR Mode for camera-based audio access
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A fun audio companion for your Crow textbook! Just look, tap, and listen! Audio available for: Bíiluukaalilaah! - Speak Crow! Level 1 Bíiluukaalilaah! - Speak Crow! Level 2 Chihpám Bachimmiléek - Prairie Dog Goes to School The Crow Media Player is a companion to the Crow Language Consortium series of textbooks and children's books. Just point your phone at the page and tap to hear Native speakers pronounce the words. The AR and Page Modes give you complete access to the textbook vocabulary and audio with an easy tap and swipe interface. -Augmented reality (AR) places audio players right on the page in every unit! -Hit the Play button in the bottom left corner to play through All Audio within the unit. Play always starts from the last played audio so you will pick up where you left off. Instructions: The Crow Media Player is easy to use. You’ll start out in Books, where you can select your book. Tap the book again to enter Page Mode. If you are asked to allow camera use, press agree or yes if you wish to use AR Mode. Tap the AR Mode Switch to switch to the camera view. Tap Play to start auto-playback. Tap the right or left arrows to proceed to the next or previous Section. Tap the hamburger button to select the section from a list. Page Mode - Pinch to zoom - Drag to navigate between pages - Press Play to start auto-playback of all audio in the section - Tap buttons on page to play audio - Tap a button on the page and then tap Play to start auto-playback from that button AR Mode - Tap the AR Mode Switch to enter AR Mode - Look at the page in your book through your phone or tablet's camera - You will see the page overlay and you may tap buttons to hear the audio * Image recognition performance may vary depending on the device. * Some devices are not compatible with AR mode. If your device isn’t compatible, you will see a warning that will return you to Page Mode. About the Crow Language Consortium: The Crow Language Consortium provides accessible language-learning tools and resources — textbooks, apps, dictionaries and more — to help preserve Crow. Get to know us at https://crowlanguage.org and check out some of our other Crow products! Thanks to the generous support of -St. Labre Indian School -Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation -Humanities Montana
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MFA Coins at 88% against Crow Media Player's 0%. MFA Coins also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). Crow Media Player's advantage is update cadence (every 41 months vs every 108 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
MFA Coins holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MFA Coins has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of MFA Coins's written reviews are positive against 0% of Crow Media Player's.
MFA Coins ships an update every 108 months, Crow Media Player every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MFA Coins | Crow Media Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 108 months | Every 41 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1008 MB | 914 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | The Language Conservancy, Inc |
Customer experience
MFA Coins
Crow Media Player
In-app purchases
MFA Coins
No in-app purchases
Crow Media Player
No in-app purchases
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