Comparison

Everyday A Painting vs Smartify

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

Short answer: choose Smartify if you visit museums and want to identify artworks with your camera and follow audio tours. Try Everyday A Painting if you use an iPhone or iPad and want one painting a day explained detail by detail, wherever you are, without ads.

Smartify is built around museum visits: point your phone at a painting, sculpture or object to see what it is, follow audio tours and plan what to see. Everyday A Painting is built for a few minutes a day wherever you are: it 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	Smartify	Everyday A Painting
Daily artwork	Daily inspiration and ideas for what to see next, rather than one set artwork a day	One painting a day, revealed by pressing and holding
How it is explained	Audio tours, guides and videos; scanning an artwork shows what you are looking at	A guided Story: the camera moves to each detail as it is described
Catalog	Hundreds of museums, art galleries and historic places	More than 380 paintings by more than 250 artists from over 60 museum collections
Art covered	Paintings, sculptures and objects in partner museums and historic places	Public-domain and open-access paintings
Beyond the daily artwork	Places to visit near you, tickets, maps, exhibitions and museum shops	Expositions, streaks and a monthly view
Your collection	A personal collection of the works you like	Completing a Story adds the painting to your personal museum
Devices	iPhone (its listing says “Only for iPhone”), also on Apple Vision Pro	iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad
Languages listed on the App Store	13	43
Price model	Free to download; individual tours are sold as in-app 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	2016	September 14, 2026

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Where Smartify is strong

Smartify has been on the App Store since 2016 and lists hundreds of museums, galleries and historic places. Its camera recognises paintings, sculptures and objects in front of you, and its audio tours and visit planning make it a companion for a day at the museum. It is free to download; tours are bought one at a time, and its listing says every in-app purchase helps cultural venues.

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 Smartify if you visit museums in person and want to identify works, follow audio tours or plan a visit.

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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