Pinacoteca vs Flock Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinacoteca
Discover and organize your art photography from museums worldwide. Identify artworks, access detailed information, and build a personal collection to track your artistic journey and find nearby exhibitions.
- Identify paintings from camera roll
- Access artwork information
- Build personal art collection
- Track artistic preferences
- Discover nearby exhibitions
- Organize art photography
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Pinacoteca is for people who go to museums and love art. It turns years of artwork photos from your camera roll into a searchable personal collection. From there, it maps your taste and recommends exhibitions nearby that you’ll actually want to see. Key features: 1. Find all the paintings you’ve captured in museums around the world in your camera roll. 2. Identify paintings and access key information. The app adds information about each artwork. 3. Build a cross-museum personal collection. The app shows you all the artworks you photographed. 4. Add new artworks when you are visiting a museum. 5. Track your artistic preferences over time. The app builds your taste profile. 6. Find recommended exhibitions near you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Flock Journal
A journaling app designed for expressing thoughts and feelings. It offers prompts, audio journaling, affirmations, and writing statistics. Users can choose faith-filled prompts for spiritual reflection.
- Audio journaling
- Affirmations
- Writing statistics
- Faith-filled prompts
- Customizable prompts
- Thought expression
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Flock is the journaling app you go to when you need to get your thoughts out. We understand that not everything needs to be posted, you don't always need advice... but when you do you have that option. Some days you won’t know what you’re feeling at all. There are prompts if you need help getting started, but you can also just open it and write. We have features for audio journaling, affirmations, writing stats and more! This app also gives you the option to choose faith filled prompts designed to just draw closer and get you thinking! Terms of Use: https://hisflock.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://hisflock.org/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pinacoteca at none against Flock Journal's shown. Pinacoteca also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Pinacoteca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Flock Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pinacoteca against 5.0 for Flock Journal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Pinacoteca ships an update every 9 days, Flock Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinacoteca | Flock Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DOYOURJOB B.V. | Andrea Etienne |
Customer experience
Pinacoteca
Flock Journal
In-app purchases
Pinacoteca
- Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$39.991 Year
Flock Journal
- Flock Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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