Comparison

ArchMIA vs Mural Quest

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

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About

ArchMIA

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Miami is a city of architectural wonders. Over the past century, the city's diverse cultural influences, subtropical weather, and aura of style and glamour have inspired world-class architects to create iconic structures here. ArchMIA is your guide to finding, learning about, and visiting a cross-section of the Miami area's most intriguing and beautiful buildings. Use the ArchMIA map feature to explore these structures throughout the city. Click on the pin that interests you to learn more or to get addresses and directions. Additionally you can explore the architectural heritage of Miami by neighborhood or by searching a particular architect.

About

Mural Quest

Discover over 175 murals in St. Petersburg, Florida with this offline-capable walking guide. Explore guided tours, detailed artist bios, and map locations, all without accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Offline mural map with GPS coordinates
  • Detailed artist biographies
  • Guided walking tours
  • Tour compass for navigation
  • Filter by year or category
  • Mark murals as seen/liked
  • No accounts or tracking
Features
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A walking guide to the murals of St. Petersburg, Florida. Mural Quest is an offline-capable map and tour app for the 200+ murals across St. Petersburg — six years of SHINE Mural Festival walls, plus vintage SHINE, commercial commissions, historic pieces, and one-off works around the city. Full access requires a subscription — US$6.99/year. WHAT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION UNLOCKS • Every mural mapped with GPS coordinates • Detailed artist bios — original writing, not lifted from press kits • Guided walking tours through the Warehouse Arts District, Central Avenue, and more • Audio narration — hear each mural's story as you arrive • Tour compass — heads-up direction and distance to your next stop • Filter by year, category, or search by artist • Offline-capable: load it once with WiFi and use it all day WHO IT'S FOR Visitors who want to see St. Pete's murals, and locals who want to find new ones and learn who painted them. WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT The bios are written, not generated. Every artist entry is researched against the artist's own site, festival archives, and primary press. Where attribution is uncertain, we say so. The app is built and maintained by one person. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS No login. No ads. No personal data collected. The app uses your location only while open, and only to guide you on the map. Your location never leaves your device. PREFER A GUIDE? Mural Quest is self-guided and on foot. If you'd rather have a person with you, Florida CraftArt runs guided walking mural tours from 501 Central Ave. If walking isn't an option, Star Trolley runs a mural tour by trolley. QUESTIONS Email support@muralquest.app. A person reads it. SUBSCRIPTION • Mural Quest Yearly — US$6.99/year, auto-renewable • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in Apple Account settings. • Anyone who owned the previously paid app keeps full access for free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://muralquest.app/privacy Built by Pelican Digital LLC, an independent St. Petersburg studio.

Screenshots

ArchMIA4 screens
Mural Quest3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mural Quest at weekly against ArchMIA's every 6 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ArchMIA ships an update every 6 months, Mural Quest weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ArchMIA versus Mural Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchMIAMural Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiami Center for Architecture & Design, Inc.Robert Asselin

In-app purchases

None

ArchMIA

No in-app purchases

None

Mural Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArchMIA free?
ArchMIA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mural Quest free?
Mural Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ArchMIA or Mural Quest have ads?
Neither ArchMIA nor Mural Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ArchMIA or Mural Quest?
ArchMIA ships an update every 6 months, and Mural Quest weekly. Most recently, ArchMIA was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mural Quest on October 24, 2026.

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