ArtDoor vs MuseScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtDoor
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No art history degree required. Just one short note on what to look for in each painting. You don't need to know anything to enjoy what's in front of you. ■ One painting a day A masterpiece arrives each morning. Listen to its short story and the day feels a little richer. Art continues on the days you don't visit a museum. ■ 2,500 paintings, explained simply From the Renaissance to Impressionism, from ukiyo-e to modern Japanese painting. Every work comes with a plain-English summary and three things worth looking at. No jargon. ■ Listen, don't read Painters' lives and artistic movements, as a podcast. 174 episodes across 28 series, in English and Japanese. An art history chart, technique guides, and how to look at a painting. ■ Point your camera Inside a museum, aim your camera at a painting and its commentary appears. No heavy audio guide handset, no queue. ■ Visiting Japan? A directory of 297 museums across Japan, with a map, opening information and check-ins. Find exhibitions near where you are staying. (Exhibition titles are listed in Japanese.) ■ Keep what you saw Favourite works, artists you follow, paintings you met through scanning. Your record builds quietly on your profile page. ― ArtDoor Premium ― Searching exhibitions, museum information and keeping records are free, forever. For those who want to go deeper, Premium (JPY 500/month, JPY 3,000/year with a 7-day free trial): ・Unlimited artwork scans (10 per month on the free plan) ・Every episode in Listen (first episode of each series on the free plan) ・Unlimited photo backup (10 photos on the free plan) ・Reminders the day before a visit ・Museum check-in and passport If you cancel, the photos and records you already saved stay with you. Find it, go, look, record, learn. One quiet app for your time with art. 【About subscriptions】 ・Payment is charged to your Apple ID account and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. ・Cancel anytime from Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions on your device. ・No charge if you cancel during the free trial. Terms of Use: https://keita712.github.io/artdoor-privacy/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://keita712.github.io/artdoor-privacy/privacy.html
MuseScope
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MuseScope is a pocket art guide: clear, engaging stories about artworks, artists and museums. Read them, or put your headphones in and listen. EXPLORE Tens of thousands of works, thousands of artists and museums, in ten languages. No jargon and no wall of dates — just the one thing worth knowing about what you are looking at. LISTEN Any story can be read aloud to you. Walk the gallery, walk the dog: it comes with you. SCAN Standing in front of a painting? Point your camera at it and MuseScope tells you what you are looking at, from the label on the wall or from the picture itself. JOURNEYS Curated routes through a collection: a focused selection of works, and what to look for in each, so you have somewhere to start. ASK Why is the Mona Lisa smaller than you pictured? Was that famous pearl even a pearl? Ask, and keep asking. No wrong questions, no lecture. FREE AND PREMIUM The catalogue and its stories are free forever, and there is no advertising anywhere, the free plan included. Free also gives you ten successful scans and five audio guides a day, and a set of curated journeys. Premium unlocks the conversation, audio with no daily limit, every journey, and up to 200 scans a day. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://musescope.app/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://musescope.app/en/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ArtDoor at 3 against MuseScope's 1. ArtDoor also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. ArtDoor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and MuseScope sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ArtDoor | MuseScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Keita Tamura | Igor Fomin |
In-app purchases
ArtDoor
- ArtDoor Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- ArtDoor Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- 50 Photo Slots$0.99
MuseScope
- MuseScope Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- MuseScope Premium Yearly$59.991 Year









