myViaPath vs Canvas & Crowd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myViaPath
Stay connected with incarcerated loved ones through easy communication. Send messages, photos, and videos, and manage contacts directly from your mobile device. This app facilitates reliable connections, helping to maintain relationships.
- Send and receive messages
- Send photos and videos
- Make deposits
- Manage contacts
- Stay connected on the go
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Stay Connected to Those Who Matter Most myViaPath, formerly GettingOut, is the official app for participating correctional facilities, supporting millions of family and friends with simple tools to search, communicate, and offer support. Getting started is easy. Find your loved one and their facility, create an account, and myViaPath will guide you through the services available to you. With myViaPath, you can: • Send and receive messages • Share photos • Send video clips • Send eCards • Deposit funds to your loved one’s eligible account • Manage your account and payment methods Every facility is different. Services and availability vary by correctional facility. New name. Same trusted connection. GettingOut is now myViaPath, a ViaPath Technologies service.
Canvas & Crowd
This app allows artists to share their creative process, from initial sketches to finished pieces. It fosters a community for artists to receive and give feedback, track their progress, and discover inspiring work.
- Public sketchbooks for chronological art galleries
- Layered critique system with pinned comments
- Timelapse creation from progress shots
- Collections and discovery by medium
- Community interaction with likes and replies
- Private work-in-progress sharing
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Canvas & Crowd is where artists share the journey of their work; not just the final piece, but every stage along the way. Canvas & Crowd is built around the process: the rough sketch, the block-in, the moment it almost fell apart, and the finish. Share it all, and allow a community of artists help you grow. PUBLIC SKETCHBOOKS Build a chronological gallery of your work. Tag each piece by medium, sketch, charcoal, acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache, pastel, ink, or digital, and let people follow your journey with art. LAYERED CRITIQUE Tap anywhere on a painting to leave a pinned comment, right on the spot. Tag feedback by what it's about: composition, color, value, edges, anatomy, mood, or technique. Artists can mark the critiques that helped, so useful feedback rises to the top. TIMELAPSE JOURNEYS Turn a series of progress shots into a timelapse of your painting coming to life. Share the whole arc from first stroke to final layer. COLLECTIONS & DISCOVERY Save the work that inspires you into collections. Follow artists you admire, search by medium, and browse a feed built for people who love watching art get made. A COMMUNITY THAT CREATES Like, comment, and reply. Follow your favorite artists and see their newest stages first. Keep any post private while you work, and share it when you're ready. Whether you're a student building a portfolio, a hobbyist looking for honest feedback, or a professional documenting your process, Canvas & Crowd gives your work-in-progress a home and a community to share it with. Post your canvas. Let the crowd support it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Canvas & Crowd at 5.0 against myViaPath's 2.0. Canvas & Crowd also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). myViaPath's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 3) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). 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.
Canvas & Crowd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myViaPath has 2.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
myViaPath ships an update every 3 months, Canvas & Crowd every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myViaPath | Canvas & Crowd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2.3K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #39 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Telmate, LLC | Swapnil Deshmukh |
Customer experience
myViaPath
Canvas & Crowd
Bugs and requests
myViaPath
Reported bugs
4 issues- Messages disappearing or not sending properly
- Inability to log in or access accounts
- Incorrect time stamps and sync issues
- Repeated prompts for app updates
Requested features
4 requests- Notification system for new messages
- Ability to save message drafts
- Improved photo and video sharing capabilities
- Easier account management and fund transfers
Canvas & Crowd
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myViaPath
No in-app purchases
Canvas & Crowd
No in-app purchases
