ARTLENS vs JGAP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARTLENS
Transform your smartphone into a personal museum guide. Explore artworks, navigate galleries with an interactive map, and access in-depth information. Plan your visit, create custom tours, and discover highlights from home or within the museum.
- Interactive museum map
- Artwork search by artist, title, accession number
- Image recognition for artwork details
- Customizable tour creation and browsing
- Save favorite artworks
- Real-time updates on exhibits and events
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Turn your smartphone into a pocket guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art with the new and reimagined ArtLens App. Use the app as a companion within the museum, or as a way to explore from home. Download before arriving, plan your visit, and browse tours. While visiting, use the interactive map as a guide to navigate the museum, and keep track of your favorite artworks and gain in-depth information about every object on view. The ArtLens App uses Bluetooth technology to connect to the museum’s iconic ArtLens Wall and ArtLens Gallery interactives, and updates in real-time ensuring that users have access to the most accurate information available. The ArtLens App features six main categories: 1. Search Search the CMA's collection by artist name, artwork title, and accession number to discover works on view in the museum. Here you can find a scrollable list of featured artists and popular artworks. 2. Explore Homepage that provides a snapshot of everything the ArtLens app has to offer and allows for quick access to dive deeper. Discover today's museum hours, popular artworks on view, get answers to your questions, and more. 3. Map · Galleries are color-coded and grouped thematically to facilitate easier navigation. Tap any gallery number to see a gallery description and all artworks in that gallery. · Wayfinding: Push the “Find Me” button at any time to find your exact location in the museum. · Content: Includes every artwork on view, including more than 1,500 videos, available for selected artworks. Changes to any object on view are dynamically and immediately updated from the backend systems across the app and throughout the museum. · Filter for restrooms, elevators, and exits. · Bluetooth: ArtLens App uses Bluetooth to connect to ArtLens Wall and all interactives in ArtLens Exhibition, making synchronization seamless. 4. Favorites Favorited artworks on the Wall and the App and artworks played in ArtLens Exhibition interactives are automatically saved in "Favorites.” Favorites can be used to learn more, find specific artworks, or share on social media. 5. Tours Select from "All," "Featured," "Guided," and Visitor-Created" tours in the ArtLens App. The mapping feature locates specific artworks and navigates the entire tour. 6. ArtLens Gallery Access detailed information to guide your visit with the third and most innovative iteration of ArtLens Gallery, designed to remove the intimidation of an art museum and give people the tool sets to look closer and dive deeper. Features include physical docking at every interactive, accessing guided tactile descriptions, and more.
JGAP
Explore the universe with this interactive guide to an astronomy park's outdoor plaza. Learn about celestial movements, star positions, and the solar system through engaging features designed for public interaction and education.
- Interactive plaza features
- Learn about the Sun and Earth's movement
- Understand star positions
- Explore the solar system's scale
- Public access to observatory and plaza
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The John Glenn Astronomy Park is an outdoor facility in the Hocking Hills State Park. It is 12 miles south of Logan, Ohio, about an hour from Columbus. On site, there is an observatory and an outdoor Plaza that is open to the public at all hours. The layout of the Plaza of the John Glenn Astronomy Park (JGAP) is designed to teach you about, and help you interact with, our universe. Our app, the JGApp, teaches you about the many features of our plaza, and how to use them to appreciate the movement of the Sun and Earth, the position of the stars, and the scale of the bodies in our solar system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ARTLENS at 4.6 against JGAP's 4.0. ARTLENS also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 6). JGAP's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). 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.
ARTLENS holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARTLENS has 32 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ARTLENS ships an update every 5 weeks, JGAP every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARTLENS | JGAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (32 ratings) — better | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cleveland Museum of Art | SpocksClub |
Customer experience
ARTLENS
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In-app purchases
ARTLENS
No in-app purchases
JGAP
No in-app purchases







