The Best Apps for Art Lovers

The world is increasingly connected through digital media and the fine art industry has also created a large online community and various platforms. Countless art apps for smart phones have been launched, allowing you to easily learn about, explore and create fine art. There are some that even help you estimate the price of a work of art. Artalistic is one of the leading online platforms for buying and selling art online. Our expert team has rounded up our selection of the very best art apps available.

The best art apps

If you’re an art lover, get your smartphone or tablet! Artalistic has carefully curated a selection of what we believe to be the best art apps available. All of the art apps mentioned can be easily downloaded.

Art apps featuring general information

Google Arts & Culture 

Of course, we can count on Google to offer what is, without a doubt, one of the best art apps and certainly the most extensive. This app features content from over 2,000 leading museums and archives to bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere. There are other amazing features that allow you to find your doppelganger in a work of art or to project your favorite painting onto the wall of your apartment!

DailyArt

DailyArt will pique your curiosity by sending you a daily push notification that features a work of art and a short history about it. This convenient art app features over 2,500 works of art masterpieces from museums and galleries around the world and approximately 800 artist biographies. This is a fun and easy way to expand your art history knowledge!

Minitopo

This is one of the best French art apps if you are learning or speak French. Minitopo is like having an art history teacher in your pocket and allows you to learn something new about the world of art every day. You can browse through the library of different subjects that are classified by theme.

Smartify

Launched in 2017, Smartify allows you to identify a work of art by snapping a photo of it. If you know the music app Shazam, you can think of it like the art app version. It also serves as one of the best art apps for traveling as it can help you find museums, galleries and more near you. It also allows you to book tickets and guided tours.

Street Art Cities

If you love street art, this is by far the best art app featuring the biggest street art community in the world. Street Art Cities cataloges approximately 40,000 works of art in 950 cities in 90 countries! It gives you a quick overview of all pubic artworks in the area, detailed background information on the artist, the story behind the work of art and its location. You can like and collect street art and plan your next trip through the city.

The best apps for making art

The following lists some of the best art apps that allow you to create images using AI. Over the past few years, an increasing number of these art apps have been launched. Here are a few that are definitely worth checking out.

Lensa

This is one of the best art apps for image editing that will instantly transform your smartphone images into a work of art. All you have to do us upload your image into the app and let the magic begin! Lensa is a fun way to take your photos to the next level.

Fotor

Fotor is another great art app that allows you to edit photos using AI technology in just a few clicks. It has several free features, allowing you to crop, resize, add text, make collages and create quality graphic designs. It also has a large selection of filters.

Deep Art Effects

Following the same principle as the last two art apps mentioned above, Deep Art Effects allows you to transform your photos into fantastic images in an easy to use and intuitive way with the help of artificial intelligence.

Wonder-AI

Wonder-AI is definitely one of the best art apps on the market for transforming your photos into stunning AI portraits. Once you upload your pictures the art app trains the AI. This process takes up to 6 hours. After that, you can generate images by entering text prompts to create the image of your dreams.

StarryAI

StarryAI is an impressive AI art app that allows you to generate art by describing what you want to see by entering text. The AI then transforms the words into art. It creates impressive high-resolution images in just a few minutes. The basic version allows you to create 5 images for free.

Art estimate websites

The following lists the top three websites recommended by art lovers and art market specialists alike. All three sites open up a world of information.

Artprice: The best art pricing site for professionals and amateurs  

The world leader in art market information, Artprice launched in France in 1997. Its cataloge includes 809,200 artists, 15,841,800 auction prices, 1,078,400 artworks listed for the past 12 months, from 6,500 auction houses around the world. Artprice is a website that is available on smartphones that offers several different memberships at different prices with an impressive panoply of options.

Artnet

Artnet is similar to Artprice and is one of the top art market websites ever created. This company was founded in Germany in 1989. It archives over 200,000 works of art and over 12 million auction records dating back to 1985. It also provides analytics reports and market alerts. Artprice is a precious tool used by countless professionals working in the art market sector.

Art Loss Register

Art Loss Register is a database created in 1991. It is the leading due diligence provider for the art market and maintains the world’s largest private database of stolen art, antiques and collectables. It can be very useful when estimating the price of a work of art whose provenance is unknown and can also help prevent you from unknowingly purchasing a piece that has been stolen.