SC El Prado Masterpieces vs Prado Museum Visitor Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SC El Prado Masterpieces
Explore renowned Western paintings in gigapixel resolution. Discover hidden details, learn about each artwork with audioguides and extra material, and share your favorite discoveries. Connect to a TV for a full-screen experience.
- Gigapixel resolution exploration
- Interactive masterpiece details
- Audioguide and sign language guide
- X-ray and ultraviolet vision
- Offline access to downloaded content
- TV/projector connectivity
- Automatic artwork recognition
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Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces is your tool for exploring the masterpieces of Western painting like never before. Discover, navigate, learn, teach and share from your iPad or iPhone, with the option of hooking it up to your TV screen. Created by the Museo del Prado and Madpixel, Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces, allows you to explore the 14 masterpieces from the museum’s collection, including Las Meninas by Velázquez, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch and Self-Portrait by Dürer, in gigapixel resolution. You can also interact with them, choose your favorite detail and share it with your friends on social networks. Works available in Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces: • The Third of May, 1808 in Madrid. Francisco de Goya. • Jacob’s Dream. José de Ribera. • Las Meninas or The Family of Philip IV. Diego Velázquez. • The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest. El Greco. • Crucifixion. Juan de Flandes. • The Annunciation. Fra Angelico. • The Cardinal. Raphael. • Equestrian Portrait of Charles V at Mühlberg. Titian. • Immaculate Conception. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. • Descent from the Cross. Roger van der Weyden. • The Garden of Earthly Delights. Hieronymus Bosch. • The Three Graces. Peter Paul Rubens. • Judith at the Banquet of Holofernes. Rembrandt. You have also available the Prado’s copy of the Mona Lisa, by the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci, as in-app purchase. Content description: • Extra material for each masterpiece, links to additional information, audioguide and sign language guide. • Super-zoom to discover hidden details. • X-ray and ultraviolet vision to see the drawing under the painting for featured works. • Discover amazing stories about each painting, detail by detail. • Tell your own stories on social networks, selecting the details you want to share in ultra-high resolution. • Connect your iPad/iPhone to your TV at home (via AirPlay, AppleTV or cable) or projector at school to see the masterpieces in full screen while interacting with your touch device. • Twitter integration allows you to read the opinions of other users within the app itself, which is why each masterpiece has its own hashtag. • Share your experience, with images, on social networks and by email.. • Download the details with their stories so they can be accessed even when you’re offline or in airplane mode. • Over 60 related works in HD that places each painting within its historical context and in relation to other works by the artist and his contemporaries. • Automatic recognition of our collection artworks through your device's camera, and direct access to its corresponding content in the app We hope you enjoy Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces. Tell us about your experience with the app and help us improve by emailing us at: SCPrado@secondcanvas.net For more information about Second Canvas: www.secondcanvas.net www.museodelprado.es For the first time ever new Bosch masterpieces can be seen in Gigapixel resolution. These paintings are available in the app Second Canvas Museo del Prado Bosch: • The Adoration of the Magi Triptych. • The Adoration of the Magi Triptych (closed): The Mass of Saint Gregory • Table of the Seven Deadly Sins. • The Haywain Triptych. • The Haywain Triptych (closed): The Pilgrimage of Life • The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych (closed): The Third Day of Creation. • The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych (already included in Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces).
Prado Museum Visitor Guide
Explore masterpieces at the Prado Museum with this offline guide. Discover art history, practical visitor information, and detailed insights into famous artworks. Includes a comprehensive city guide for Madrid with offline maps and transit routing.
- Offline museum guide
- Masterpiece details
- Art history and context
- Practical visitor information
- Offline Madrid city guide
- Public transportation routing
- Zoomable street maps
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After collecting travellers info about the Museo del Prado, we have developed this guide book based on visitors advice and stories. Mobile guide 100% offline developed for all those travellers willing to discover the great master pieces of all centuries. Containing: - Museum Introduction - History - Historic Structure - Management - Practical Information - Masterpieces such as: Las Meninas, Mars Resting, The Surrender of Breda, La Maja Desnuda, La Maja Vestida, among others. - Access to a complete Travel Guide of the city of Madrid with public transportation and zoomable street maps 100% offline, metro routing app with daily itineraries to spend the most of your time visiting this magnificent city. Get the most out of your visit!! This app has IAPs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SC El Prado Masterpieces at 67% against Prado Museum Visitor Guide's 3%. SC El Prado Masterpieces also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Prado Museum Visitor Guide's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.7 vs 3.3). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Prado Museum Visitor Guide is free to download; SC El Prado Masterpieces costs $3.99 up front. SC El Prado Masterpieces sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Prado Museum Visitor Guide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Prado Museum Visitor Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prado Museum Visitor Guide has 140 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of SC El Prado Masterpieces's written reviews are positive against 3% of Prado Museum Visitor Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SC El Prado Masterpieces ships an update every 6 months, Prado Museum Visitor Guide every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SC El Prado Masterpieces | Prado Museum Visitor Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (140 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 2.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 140 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO DIFUSIÓN SA | LEISURE GOOD TIMES LTD |
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SC El Prado Masterpieces
Prado Museum Visitor Guide
In-app purchases
SC El Prado Masterpieces
- Gioconda Prado gigapixel$0.99
Prado Museum Visitor Guide
- Museo del PradoFree
- MadridFree
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- Madrid Guide, Maps & Metro Routing$2.99
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