Comparison

Everyday A Painting vs DailyArt

Facts checked on October 20, 2026, against each app's US App Store listing and DailyArt's official website.

Short answer: stay with DailyArt if you want a free app with a large archive on several devices or Android. Try Everyday A Painting if you use an iPhone and want one painting a day explained detail by detail, without ads.

Both apps bring one artwork a day to your phone, but they are built for different habits. DailyArt pairs each day's artwork with a short story and a large, searchable archive. 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	DailyArt	Everyday A Painting
Daily artwork	One artwork a day with a short story	One painting a day, revealed by pressing and holding
How it is explained	A short written story	A guided Story: the camera moves to each detail as it is described
Catalog	More than 5,000 artworks, 1,500 artist biographies and information on 700 museum collections	More than 380 paintings by more than 250 artists from over 60 museum collections
Art covered	Classic, modern and contemporary art	Public-domain and open-access paintings
Beyond the daily artwork	Search, curated collections and city guides	Expositions, streaks and a monthly view
Your collection	Favorites organized into boards, personal notes, and artworks marked as seen in real life	Completing a Story adds the painting to your personal museum
Devices	iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, plus Android	iPhone
Languages listed on the App Store	24	43
Price model	Free with ads; an optional DailyArt Premium subscription, monthly or annual, removes ads and unlocks all content	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	2012	September 14, 2026

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Where DailyArt is strong

DailyArt has been on the App Store since 2012, and its listing shows an Editors’ Choice award. Its archive is much larger, with more than 5,000 artworks and 1,500 artist biographies, and it covers modern and contemporary art as well as older works. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, is also available for Android, and can be used for free with ads.

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 only, and the guided daily experience requires a subscription.

Which should you choose?

Choose DailyArt if you want a large archive to browse and search, modern and contemporary art, support for several devices or Android, or a free version.

Choose Everyday A Painting if you use an iPhone 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.

Other DailyArt alternatives

These three apps also come up often as DailyArt alternatives. Each description is taken from the app's US App Store listing, checked on October 20, 2026, and all three are free to download.

Google Arts & Culture: stories and high-definition artworks from over 2,000 cultural institutions in 80 countries, plus camera tools such as Art Selfie. Suits free, wide-ranging exploration that goes beyond painting.
Smartify: scan paintings, sculptures and objects to see what you are looking at, with audio tours and visit planning for hundreds of museums and galleries. Suits people who visit museums in person.
ArtDay: five curated works every morning from more than 300,000 public-domain paintings, drawings, illustrations and posters, searchable by color, movement or style. Suits designers and creatives collecting copyright-free references.

Everyday A Painting is the one built around a single painting a day: you finish its guided Story to add the painting to your personal museum. It has no ads and 43 interface languages, is designed for iPhone only, and needs a subscription.

Sources

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