Comparison

Art Guide+ vs Hear Art

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

Head to head
About

Art Guide+

Features
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Art Guide+ transforms your art experience. Simply scan any painting, sculpture, or artwork and receive a detailed audio guide instantly. Choose from three guide lengths to match your pace: - Quick overview (30 seconds) for a fast walkthrough - Standard guide (90 seconds) for key details and context - Deep dive (4 minutes) for a comprehensive art history experience Main features: Scan artworks using your camera or photo library Audio guides in 7 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, and Japanese Three detail levels to suit your visit style Save your scan history to revisit anytime Start exploring art like never before. Free to use with optional premium plans for an ad-free experience Terms of Use: https://art-guide-ai--fraperona.replit.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://art-guide-ai--fraperona.replit.app/privacy

About

Hear Art

Features
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Every masterpiece has a story. Hear Art tells it. Pick a painting and press "Watch the story": a short cinematic film opens with the world it was painted in, the life of the painter, and the history that followed โ€” then moves in close and shows you exactly where to look, detail by detail, as a narrator reads the canvas aloud. It is the feeling of a great museum guide leaning in to say, "now look here." WHAT YOU GET โ€ข 119 masterpieces from six centuries and 12 countries โ€” Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hokusai's Great Wave, Van Gogh's Starry Night, Goya, Klimt, Monet and many more โ€ข A cinematic film for every painting โ€” the backstory, the painter, the history, and a guided close reading of the details โ€ข Narrated in eight languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese โ€ข Museum guides for the Louvre and the Prado โ€” a 3D floor map with walking routes that takes you straight to the painting, and the museums' most famous works pinned on every floor with the key details to look for โ€ข Browse by painter, by museum, by movement or by country โ€ข Landscape and portrait films, made for iPhone and iPad โ€ข A calm editorial design โ€” no clutter, no ads, no tracking FREE TO START, YOURS TO KEEP Ten paintings are free to explore. Unlock the entire collection โ€” and every painting added in the future โ€” with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Every artwork is in the public domain, sourced from museum open-access collections. Hear Art is for anyone who has stood in front of a painting and wished someone would tell them where to look.

Screenshots

Art Guide+4 screens
Hear Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hear Art at none against Art Guide+'s shown. Hear Art also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Art Guide+'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Art Guide+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Hear Art sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Guide+ ships an update weekly, Hear Art every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Art Guide+ versus Hear Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt Guide+Hear Art
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size47 MB111 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFrancesco PeronaAlberto Gonzalo Rodriguez Salgado

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Art Guide+

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited annual$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pack 20 scan$5.99
  • Pack 40 scan$9.99
1 purchases

Hear Art

One-time1
  • Hear Art Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Art Guide+ free?
Art Guide+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hear Art free?
Hear Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Art Guide+ or Hear Art have ads?
Art Guide+ shows ads; Hear Art does not.
Which is updated more often, Art Guide+ or Hear Art?
Art Guide+ ships an update weekly, and Hear Art every 3 days. Most recently, Art Guide+ was updated on October 18, 2026 and Hear Art on October 7, 2026.

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