# Smartify: Arts and Culture

> Discover Art, Explore Museums

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1102736524](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1102736524)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1102736524`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Smartify CIC
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (9,415 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-17
- **First published:** 2016-05-11
- **Size:** 72 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smartify-arts-and-culture/id1102736524)
- **Website:** [http://smartify.org](http://smartify.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://about.smartify.org/privacy](https://about.smartify.org/privacy)

## Description

Smartify: Arts & Culture is your cultural travel companion. Discover hundreds of museums, galleries, and historic sites near you. Use audio tours, guides, and videos to learn as you explore. Scan paintings, sculptures, and objects to reveal details, plan visits with maps and tickets, and build your personal collection of favorites. You can also shop gifts, books, and prints from museum shops—knowing every in-app purchase helps cultural venues thrive.

About Smartify: a social enterprise dedicated to connecting people with art through innovative technology and storytelling. We partner with museums to protect artist copyrights while making art memorable and shareable. Permissions: Location helps tailor recommendations; Camera recognises artworks and provides related information. For more info, contact info@smartify.org.

## Rankings

- #18,850 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Smartify as educational and enjoyable for exploring art, with a useful scanner and the ability to save favorites and see display locations. However, recurring issues include unreliable image recognition, limited catalog coverage, problematic widgets, and non-intuitive search/location tools, which undermine the core scanning and discovery experience.

### Pros

- Educational and informative, helping users learn about artworks and artists.
- Scanner/ID feature provides descriptions and artist info when it recognizes a work.
- Users can save favorites and see blurbs plus display locations, with a polished, visually appealing interface.
- Great for exploring museums and discovering exhibitions and artworks.

### Cons

- The scanning feature is often unreliable and fails to identify many artworks.
- Database/coverage is limited; many well-known works are not in the catalog.
- Widget functionality is inconsistent and can promote a single artist, with little transparency.
- Search and location discovery is not intuitive and can make locating museums or works frustrating.

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