Comparison

ArtBeforeBed vs Art Bites

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

Head to head
About

ArtBeforeBed

Explore a vast collection of public-domain art from renowned museums. Enjoy an ad-free, account-free experience with no data collection. Discover masterpieces from institutions like the Met, Getty, and Smithsonian.

Highlights
  • Public domain art from major museums
  • Ad-free experience
  • No account required
  • No data collection
  • High-resolution art images
Features
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Scroll through public-domain art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, the Getty, the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale, the National Gallery of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. No ads. No account. No data collected.

About

Art Bites

Explore the history of art through daily personalized masterworks and curated collections. Learn about artists, movements, and the stories behind iconic paintings with interactive quizzes and in-depth guides.

Highlights
  • Daily personalized art feed
  • Curated art collections
  • Art history timeline exploration
  • Artist biographies and movements
  • Interactive learning quizzes
  • Personalized taste map
  • Favorite and share artworks
Features
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If you were asked, right now, to name your favourite painting, could you? Most of us have none, and it is not for lack of feeling or interest - we were just never shown. No one ever walked us past the Impressionists, sat us down with Caravaggio's darkness or Turner's light, or told us which five painters to start with. Art Bites is your cicerone — the old word for the cultivated guide who once led travellers through the great works. It brings you the whole history of art, one work at a time: a painting you never knew existed, the mind behind it, the moment it belongs to. As machines conjure infinite images to be glanced at and forgotten, Art Bites does the opposite: it returns you to the greatest human works ever made. WANDER, YOUR WAY • A daily personalised feed of thousands of masterworks — from Monet's water lilies to Goya's darkest visions • Smart Browse: hand-curated collections like After Dark, The Quiet Room, and Dutch Golden Age — or build your own from scratch • Through Time: the entire span of art history, era by era, from Medieval illumination to Symbolism and beyond • Browse by Artist, Movement or carefully chosen tags • Discover and evolve your very own taste map GO DEEPER • Read: the full story behind every work — medium, movement, year, and where it hangs today • Guide: curated interpretation that unpacks what you're looking at, and why it matters KNOW THE GREATS • Meet the artists behind the masterpieces — top artists this month, movements in focus, and a growing directory of hundreds of painters • Spot the Artist & Name the Artist: quick, addictive quizzes that train your eye until you can recognize a hand on sight • Extensive learn features: flashcards, artist quizzes, palette matching, detail quizzes and more MAKE IT YOURS • Favorite anything with a tap and watch your own gallery take shape • Personalized recommendations that sharpen the more you browse • Share a discovery the instant it stops you in your tracks The greatest achievements of human seeing. No longer reserved for the few who happened to be shown. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ArtBeforeBed4 screens
Art Bites4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArtBeforeBed at none against Art Bites's 2. Art Bites's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Bites sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ArtBeforeBed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ArtBeforeBed against 5.0 for Art Bites. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ArtBeforeBed versus Art Bites: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtBeforeBedArt Bites
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB47 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMark OBrienKrishiv Singhal

In-app purchases

None

ArtBeforeBed

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Art Bites

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is ArtBeforeBed free?
ArtBeforeBed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Art Bites free?
Art Bites is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ArtBeforeBed or Art Bites?
ArtBeforeBed and Art Bites are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ArtBeforeBed or Art Bites have ads?
Neither ArtBeforeBed nor Art Bites shows ads.

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