Comparison

Arthur Analytics vs RefApp

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

Head to head
About

Arthur Analytics

Track art sales, auctions, events, and emerging trends in one place. Stay updated on artists you follow and explore shows and events near you. Effortlessly share market insights with friends and colleagues.

Highlights
  • Track art sales and auctions
  • Monitor events and news
  • Follow artist updates
  • Explore galleries and museums
  • Discover art fairs and auction houses
  • Share market insights
Features
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Arthur Analytics is your integrated source for tracking art sales, auctions, events, emerging trends, and news all in one place. Some of the features of our app: - Your single pane of glass for tracking the art market and effortlessly sharing with friends. - Shows you what’s new about the artists you follow. - Summary details for artists, galleries, museums, art fairs & auction houses. - Explore shows & events around you. Invite friends and colleagues to join. Privacy Policy: https://www.arthuranalytics.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.arthuranalytics.com/termsofservice

About

RefApp

Features
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An art reference board that holds hundreds of images in front of you at once — and keeps every board as a file on your device, not inside somebody's account. Reference apps have a failure mode everyone in this line of work has run into: one day the app loses the board. RefApp is built so that cannot happen quietly. Every board is a single .rfap file sitting in a folder you picked. You can see it in Files, copy it, back it up, move it to another device, or open the folder on a computer. Delete the app tomorrow and your boards are still there. A BOARD YOU CAN SEE ALL AT ONCE • An infinite surface — pan and zoom from the whole wall down to one detail • Hundreds of images on a single board, at any size, anywhere you put them • Double tap to bring everything back into view • Built for a steady frame rate on large boards and large images, not just small ones PUT THINGS EXACTLY WHERE THEY GO • Rotate to any angle, not in 90° steps • Crop, resize and replace an image without leaving the board • Layers for z-order, so anything can sit in front of or behind anything else • Group, duplicate and nudge; undo and redo every step • Write straight onto the board — headings, bold, italic, lists and links — so the note lives next to the reference it belongs to COLLECT WITHOUT BREAKING FLOW • Share images to RefApp from any app on your phone • Pull them in from your photo library or from Files • Drop a screenshot in the moment you take it YOUR BOARDS, YOUR FILES • One board, one .rfap file, in a folder of your choosing • That folder is the project list — rename or delete a file anywhere and the app just follows • Reachable in Files under On My iPhone → RefApp, or from any cloud folder you point it at • Optional Dropbox backup, into an app folder nothing else can read • Works fully offline. No account to make, no server to sign in to, nothing uploaded QUIET BY DESIGN Near-black, no clutter, no feed, no ads, nothing to keep up with. Toolbars collapse and panels slide away while you work, because the references are the thing on screen, not the interface. FREE AND PRO The free version gives you one board with every tool in the app — no watermarks, no locked gestures. RefApp Pro adds unlimited boards, backups to your own cloud folder, and exporting or sharing .rfap project files. Pro is a subscription, monthly or annual, starting with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it any time in your account settings. Built for painters, illustrators, concept artists and designers who would rather look at their references than manage them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://elukianov.me/docs/policy/refapp

Screenshots

Arthur Analytics4 screens
RefApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RefApp at none against Arthur Analytics's shown. RefApp also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Arthur Analytics sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $65.00 per month and RefApp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arthur Analytics ships an update fortnightly, RefApp weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arthur Analytics versus RefApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArthur AnalyticsRefApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Analytics LLCEvgenii Lukianov

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Arthur Analytics

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Plan$65.001 Month
  • Test Subscription$100.007 Days
  • Annual Subscription3 variants$649.991 Year
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  • Annual Plan$649.991 Year
2 purchases

RefApp

Subscriptions2
  • RefApp Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • RefApp Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Arthur Analytics free?
Arthur Analytics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RefApp free?
RefApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arthur Analytics or RefApp have ads?
Arthur Analytics shows ads; RefApp does not.
Which is updated more often, Arthur Analytics or RefApp?
Arthur Analytics ships an update fortnightly, and RefApp weekly. Most recently, Arthur Analytics was updated on October 21, 2026 and RefApp on October 12, 2026.

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