Comparison

Prado Museum Visitor Guide vs SMK Second Canvas

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline museum guide
  • Masterpiece details
  • Art history and context
  • Practical visitor information
  • Offline Madrid city guide
  • Public transportation routing
  • Zoomable street maps
Features
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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.

About

SMK Second Canvas

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The Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) Second Canvas app is your tool for exploring the beautiful SMK art collections in super high resolution, like never before. Discover, interact, learn from stories told by experts or choose your favorite detail and share it with your friends on social media, including the option of hooking it up to your TV screen at home or at school. Created by SMK and Madpixel, SMK Second Canvas allows you to explore highlights from its Danish and Nordic Collection and of its European Collection, with the best quality and resolution. Works you will find on SMK Second Canvas: -A Funeral by Anna Ancher (1859-1935) -Bella and Hanna by C.W. Eckersberg (1783-1853) -Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche by Ambrosius Bosschaerts the Elder (1573-1621) -Christ as the Suffering Redeemer by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) -In a Roman Osteria by Carl Bloch (1834-1890) -Interior in Strandgade, Sunlight on the Floor by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) -Melancholy by Lucas Cranach the Elder ( -1553) -The Artist's Wife by L.A.Ring (1854-1933) -The Ferry Boat to Antwerp by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) -Whitewashing the Old House L.A.Ring (1854-1933) -Zealand Landscape by Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818-1848) Main features: -Super-zoom to explore the artworks with the best quality and discover hidden details. -X-Ray vision for the Laurits Andersen Ring painting "The Artist's Wife", to reveal his particular painting technique, pentimenti and more. -Discover amazing stories, detail by detail, told by experts: learn about the characters, symbolism, technique, or the artist signature. -Play a cinematic tour through the Gigapixel image to discover the artwork secrets while listening to the audio (for now, this kind of "audiotour" is available for Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche, by Ambrosius Bosschaerts the Elder). -Tell your own stories on social media, selecting the details you want to share in super-high resolution Connect your iPad/iPhone to your TV at home (via AirPlay, cable) or to the projector at school to see the painting in full screen while interacting with your touch device. -Download the details with their stories so they can be accessed even when you’re offline or in airplane mode. -We hope you'll enjoy SMK Second Canvas. Tell us about your experience with the app and help us to improve it: support@secondcanvas.net For more information about SMK Second Canvas, go to www.secondcanvas.net , or to www.smk.dk

Screenshots

Prado Museum Visitor Guide4 screens
SMK Second Canvas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMK Second Canvas at none against Prado Museum Visitor Guide's 10. SMK Second Canvas also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Prado Museum Visitor Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 17 months). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prado Museum Visitor Guide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SMK Second Canvas asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prado Museum Visitor Guide ships an update every 5 months, SMK Second Canvas every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Prado Museum Visitor Guide versus SMK Second Canvas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrado Museum Visitor GuideSMK Second Canvas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (140 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews2.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings140 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB35 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLEISURE GOOD TIMES LTDMadpixel (The Mad Pixel Factory)

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Prado Museum Visitor Guide

One-time10
  • Museo del PradoFree
  • MadridFree
  • El Escorial Visitor Guide$1.99
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  • El Escorial$1.99
  • Toledo$1.99
  • Córdoba$1.99
  • Seville$1.99
  • Barcelona$1.99
  • Museo del Prado Guide & Plans$2.99
  • Madrid Guide, Maps & Metro Routing$2.99
None

SMK Second Canvas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prado Museum Visitor Guide free?
Prado Museum Visitor Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SMK Second Canvas free?
SMK Second Canvas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prado Museum Visitor Guide or SMK Second Canvas have ads?
Neither Prado Museum Visitor Guide nor SMK Second Canvas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prado Museum Visitor Guide or SMK Second Canvas?
Prado Museum Visitor Guide ships an update every 5 months, and SMK Second Canvas every 17 months. Most recently, Prado Museum Visitor Guide was updated on October 24, 2026 and SMK Second Canvas on October 16, 2026.

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