Comparison

Art Collector vs Musea

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Art Collector

Walk to discover and collect digital art from global museums and collections. Earn XP, unlock new features, and curate your unique collection through seasonal drops and weekly events. Your steps directly translate into artistic rewards.

Highlights
  • Collect real-world digital artworks
  • Discover art from museums worldwide
  • Trade, gift, or destroy art
  • Curate sub-collections
  • Participate in seasonal drops and weekly events
  • Earn XP and level up through walking
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— Turn Your Steps into Art — Walk to unlock real-world artworks and grow a unique digital collection. Every time you hit a step milestone, you’ll discover a new piece. — Discover & Collect Real Art — Discover artworks from museums and collections worldwide. Keep your favourites, trade with others, gift pieces to friends, or even destroy art you don’t want. Curate sub-collections that reflects your taste. — Seasonal Drops & Weekly Events — New art arrives all year. Collect limited-time seasonal pieces, join weekly challenges, climb leaderboards, or take things slow and unlock art at your own pace. — Level Up as You Walk — Reach step goals to earn XP, increase your collection capacity, unlock avatars, and gain access to more community features. — Private by Design — We only read your step count to unlock rewards. No location tracking, no storing or analysing your activity data.

About

Musea

This app helps you catalog and remember artworks you encounter in museums and exhibitions. Capture photos, add details like title and artist, and organize your discoveries with custom tags. Never lose track of art you love again.

Highlights
  • Capture artwork photos
  • Add title, artist, location, date
  • Organize with custom tags
  • Instant search of collection
  • Track upcoming exhibitions
  • Works offline
  • No account required
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Every time I go to a museum or an exhibition, I end up with dozens of photos of paintings, sculptures, and details that catch my eye. They always get buried in my camera roll, and I never look at them again. Same with exhibitions: I see one I want to visit, take a photo of the ad, and by the time I see it again, it's already over. I built Musea to fix that. Take a photo of an artwork, add the title, the artist, where you saw it, and any tags you want. Save upcoming exhibitions so you actually remember to go. Over time you end up with your own personal art collection that you can find and revisit whenever you want. Everything in one place, private and clean. Why it exists Most museum photos disappear into the camera roll. Musea gives them context: names, places, tags, so the memory actually sticks. What you can do - Capture photos of artworks you discover - Add titles, artists, locations and dates - Organise everything with custom tags - Search through your collection instantly - Keep track of exhibitions you want to visit before they end Simple and private Everything stays on your phone. No account to create, no data uploaded anywhere. Just an easy way to remember the artworks you love. If you've ever gone back to find a painting you loved and couldn't remember where you saw it, Musea is for you. Works offline. No account required. Places are added manually, no automatic location tracking. Designed to be fast and reliable.

Screenshots

Art Collector4 screens
Musea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Art Collector at 100% against Musea's 50%. Art Collector also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Musea's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Art Collector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Musea asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Art Collector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Art Collector's written reviews are positive against 50% of Musea's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Collector ships an update every 2 weeks, Musea every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Art Collector versus Musea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt CollectorMusea
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB45 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKarl SimsSergio Munoz Lopez

Customer experience

Art Collector

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Musea

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Art Collector

One-time1
  • +10 Collection Slots$1.99
None

Musea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Art Collector free?
Art Collector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Musea free?
Musea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Art Collector or Musea?
Art Collector is rated higher. Art Collector averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Musea averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Art Collector or Musea have ads?
Art Collector shows ads; Musea does not.
Which is updated more often, Art Collector or Musea?
Art Collector ships an update every 2 weeks, and Musea every 11 days. Most recently, Art Collector was updated on October 15, 2026 and Musea on October 10, 2026.

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