Comparison

Everyday A Painting vs Artly

Facts checked on November 6, 2026, against each app's US App Store listing and Google Play.

Short answer: choose Artly if you learn best by testing yourself, with quizzes on artists and art movements, or if you use Android. Try Everyday A Painting if you use an iPhone or iPad and want one painting a day explained detail by detail, without ads.

Artly turns art history into a game: you guess the artist of each masterpiece and work through topics from the Italian Renaissance to Impressionism, and the works become less famous as you level up. Everyday A Painting guides you through one painting at a time and turns each completed Story into part of a personal museum. This page is written by the maker of Everyday A Painting, so it sticks to facts you can check.

At a glance

Feature	Artly	Everyday A Painting
Daily artwork	Not described in its App Store listing	One painting a day, revealed by pressing and holding
How it is explained	Quizzes: guess the artist of each masterpiece, level by level	A guided Story: the camera moves to each detail as it is described
Catalog	Works from world-famous museums, organised by topic; no total count is given	More than 380 paintings by more than 250 artists from over 60 museum collections
Art covered	Western art history, from the Renaissance to modern and contemporary art, plus sculpture and architecture	Public-domain and open-access paintings
Beyond the daily artwork	Topics by period and movement, such as the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Impressionism	Expositions, streaks and a monthly view
Your collection	Not described in its App Store listing	Completing a Story adds the painting to your personal museum
Devices	iPhone (its listing says “Only for iPhone”), also on Mac with Apple silicon and Apple Vision Pro, plus Android	iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad
Languages listed on the App Store	7	43
Price model	Free to download; monthly, annual and lifetime purchases	Free to download; an active subscription is required for the guided daily experience, with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. No ads.
On the App Store since	2020	September 14, 2026

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Where Artly is strong

Artly has been on the App Store since 2020. Its quiz format makes you recall actively rather than read: you name the artist, and the works get harder as you progress. It covers Western art from the Renaissance to modern art, offers a lifetime purchase as well as subscriptions, and is also available on Android.

How Everyday A Painting differs

Everyday A Painting focuses on one painting a day rather than an archive to browse. Its guided Story moves the camera across the canvas to the detail being discussed, so the explanation stays attached to what you are looking at. A painting joins your personal museum only when you complete its Story, and every painting credits its source. The interface is available in 43 languages, and the app shows no ads.

The trade-offs are real: the catalog is smaller and limited to public-domain and open-access paintings, the app is designed for iPhone and iPad only, and the guided daily experience requires a subscription.

Which should you choose?

Choose Artly if you want to test and build your knowledge with quizzes across art movements, or if you use Android.

Choose Everyday A Painting if you use an iPhone or iPad and want one painting a day explained detail by detail, with a collection you build by finishing each Story. You can read its painting stories on this website for free before deciding.

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