Artcodes vs It's in Nottingham
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artcodes
Create visually engaging codes by drawing beautiful images. Link these designs to websites for a fun and interactive experience, offering a playful alternative to traditional QR codes. Explore unique visual interactions for products, packaging, and services.
- Visually design interactive codes
- Link images to websites
- Playful alternative to QR codes
- Enhance product and packaging interaction
- Create unique visual experiences
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Artcodes allow everyone to become a coder. By drawing visually beautiful images, you can link them to websites to showcase how interaction can become fun and beautiful. Design visually beautiful images and encode them, resulting in the same interactivity as that of the QR code but with a more visually engaging and playful experience. Images can be identical with unique codes or the opposite: visually unique with identical codes. This interplay offers a new opportunity for visual interaction within, product, packaging, service and interaction design.
It's in Nottingham
Discover local news, events, and exclusive offers in Nottingham. Engage with your community by submitting feedback and reporting local issues. Explore the area with guided audio tours and stay informed about the town's social and economic health.
- Local news and updates
- Exclusive offers and deals
- Event listings
- Walking audio tours
- Community feedback submission
- Report local issues
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Get access to local news, offers and events plus lots more from the definitive app for Nottingham. Be part of everything going on in your community with content curated by local businesses and the town centre management team. The app recommends things for you to do, sends you alerts and local information. You can even go on walking audio tours to learn more about the area! It's in Nottingham also gives residents a voice. Submit your thoughts on local surveys, and photograph and send in issues you’d like the BID team to know about. The app forms part of It's in Nottingham's digital town hub which is collecting data about social and economic health of the town centre. This information is shared with local businesses and community organisations. Play your part in making Nottingham a great place to live and sign up today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Artcodes at 100% against It's in Nottingham's 33%. Artcodes also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). It's in Nottingham's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Artcodes ships an update every 2 months, It's in Nottingham every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artcodes | It's in Nottingham |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham | Loqiva |
Customer experience
Artcodes
It's in Nottingham
In-app purchases
Artcodes
No in-app purchases
It's in Nottingham
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Artcodes free?
Is It's in Nottingham free?
Do Artcodes or It's in Nottingham have ads?
Which is updated more often, Artcodes or It's in Nottingham?
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