Google Home vs ArtWalks App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Home
Manage and monitor your smart home devices with this app. See your home's status at a glance, group devices into dashboards, and control them using voice commands. Quickly review camera events and stay updated on important home activities.
- Home status overview
- Device grouping and dashboards
- Voice control with Gemini
- Camera live view and history
- Streamlined settings navigation
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The Google Home app helps you get the most out of Gemini for Home. See your home at a glance The Google Home app is designed to show you the status of your home and keep you up to date with what you may have missed. Keep up with what’s important Updated design and streamlined organization help you group your devices into dashboards and easily navigate your settings. Plus you can check in on your home anytime. Scan camera events quickly The camera live view and history interface makes it easier than ever to see what happened. Search or ask your home Control your home in a brand new way. Just say what you want your devices to do with Gemini for Home. * Some products and features may not be available in all regions. Compatible devices required.
ArtWalks App
Discover and explore over 1,200 public art pieces in Columbus, Ohio. This app offers curated tours, detailed information, and interactive maps to help you find art by neighborhood, type, or artist. Create personal galleries and share your favorite discoveries.
- Explore 1,200+ public art pieces
- Filter by neighborhood, art type, artist
- Interactive maps and photos
- Curated self-guided tours
- Create personal art galleries
- Share art discoveries on social media
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Explore public art in Columbus! The Cbus ArtWalks 3.0 will help you find and explore public art in central Ohio. Access more than 1,200 pieces of public art organized by neighborhood, type of art, artist and more. The app features a search tool, filters, maps, photos and descriptions of pieces as well as a series of curated self-guided tours by theme and neighborhood. Create your own galleries for easy access to your favorite pieces and share your love for public art on social media. Download the Cbus ArtWalks app today and begin your discovery of Columbus vibrant collection of public art!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ArtWalks App at none against Google Home's shown. ArtWalks App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Google Home's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (1.4M vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ArtWalks App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Home has 1.4M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Google Home ships an update weekly, ArtWalks App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Home | ArtWalks App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #14 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 638 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greater Columbus Arts Council (Inc) | |
Customer experience
Google Home
ArtWalks App
Bugs and requests
Google Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to remove 'ghost' devices
- Inconsistent connectivity between app and devices
- Unreliable motion detection
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to customize notification settings
- Integration with more smart home devices
- Improved video history browsing
ArtWalks App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Home
No in-app purchases
ArtWalks App
No in-app purchases
