DailyArt alternatives
DailyArt users often seek alternatives due to intrusive ads and a subscription model that limits content, despite appreciating its educational value. Alternatives offer different approaches, from extensive museum collections to creative art games and drawing prompts, catering to varied interests in art engagement.
Why users look for alternatives to DailyArt
- Many users find the number and intrusiveness of ads to be excessive, making the app unenjoyable and difficult to use, with some reporting full-screen ads, loud ads, or ads that take up most of the screen, even with fake skip buttons.R1R3R4R6
- Users are frustrated by the subscription model, particularly the lack of a one-time purchase option to remove ads, and some feel they shouldn't have to pay for content that can be found for free online.R1R10R18R19
- Some users report technical issues with subscriptions, such as still seeing ads despite being subscribed or having difficulty accessing content after purchasing a subscription.R9R13R45
- There are complaints about limited content, with some users wishing for more modern/postmodern art, a more global selection of artists, or finding the overall collection to be lacking.R12R14R15R24
The alternatives
Google Arts & Culture provides extensive access to art and cultural artifacts from museums worldwide, offering detailed views and interactive features R61R64. It allows users to engage with art through various learning materials and even some games, though some report issues with game functionality R56R60.
Better for: This app is better for users who want a broad, detailed exploration of art and culture from numerous institutions, prefer interactive learning, and are looking for an 'Instagram for adults' experience R61R64. It suits those who want to dive deep into art history and engage with topics beyond just a daily piece R61.
Head-to-head: DailyArt vs Google Arts & CultureMagic Cross-Stitch is a relaxing, color-by-number style game that simulates cross-stitching, allowing users to create beautiful finished pictures R66R69R76. It is described as addictive and a good way to pass hours R69.
Better for: This alternative is better for users seeking a relaxing, engaging, and creative game that involves art, rather than an educational app R66R69. It suits those who enjoy color-by-number activities and want to unwind with a simple, repetitive task R70.
Head-to-head: DailyArt vs Magic Cross-StitchFalcross Infinite Nonograms is a highly-rated nonogram game where users can both play and create puzzles R83R89R91. It offers a large number of puzzles in various sizes, with an active community and positive interactions R83R91. The app recently removed energy costs for playing puzzles R80.
Better for: This app is better for users who enjoy logic puzzles and pixel art, and who want a creative outlet to design their own puzzles R83R89R91. It suits those looking for a stress-free, engaging game with a supportive community R83R89.
Head-to-head: DailyArt vs Falcross Infinite NonogramsArt History & Painting is an educational app formatted like a language learning course (e.g., Duolingo), focusing on quizzing users to identify artists and art movements R97R105. It aims to help users learn about art history through repetition and testing R97R99.
Better for: This app is better for AP art history students or anyone who prefers a quiz-based, gamified approach to learning art history R97R99. It suits users who want to test their knowledge and memorize connections between paintings, artists, and movements R97R105.
Head-to-head: DailyArt vs Art History & PaintingSketch a Day provides daily drawing prompts to inspire creativity and challenge users to draw new subjects R108R111R117. It features a supportive community where users can share their artwork and receive positive feedback R108R114. The app also offers helpful lessons on drawing techniques R108.
Better for: This app is better for aspiring artists or anyone looking for daily inspiration and challenges to improve their drawing skills R108R117. It suits users who value a supportive community and want to branch out into drawing different subjects R108R111R114.
Head-to-head: DailyArt vs Sketch a DayYou should stick with DailyArt if you appreciate a simple, daily dose of art and history, enjoy reading brief descriptions of artworks and artists, and find it to be a refreshing break from your routine R5. It's particularly good if you are a beginner looking for an accessible introduction to art without needing to dive too deep R5R26.
Evidence note: Magic Cross-Stitch and Falcross Infinite Nonograms have some reviews mentioning issues with ads or subscriptions despite paying, similar to DailyArt, and also some technical glitches.
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R1] DailyArt Cool app but ads ruin it: Shouldn’t have to pay to enjoy an app. Can’t pay for every single app invented, ads make the app unenjoyable and less usable.
- [R3] DailyArt It has ADDS?: This is not a game app.. but adds for games suddenly started to yell across my reading about a Canadian artist born out of the constitution act. Damn it
- [R4] DailyArt It’s not usable anymore: 90% of the time you spend using the app is spent watching ads. Don’t download.
- [R6] DailyArt It has ads: I deleted it because the ads make the experience uncomfortable.
- [R10] DailyArt Weird Ads: Not paying for an app where I can look up every single painting I see on the app for free
- [R18] DailyArt Good, but put off my subscription model: I like this app and would like to buy it in order to remove the ads. But there’s only a subscription option where I have to make regular payments. So I’ll stick with the free version. Shame for everyone.
- [R19] DailyArt I’m not paying for stuff I can google: I downloaded the app to look at abstract art and some other genres, BUT I have to pay to see abstract art or pretty much anything unique
- [R9] DailyArt Low tech high quality product: The art is great, I appreciate the care they put into it. But the subscription is so glitchy, I am subscribed but still see ads. Incredibly frustrating.
- [R13] DailyArt very difficult to maneuver: cannot get past becoming a premium member to bring up any artwork - this app lists as free but will not allow you to see any art work - will delete
- [R45] DailyArt not loading: i just purchased the annual subscription but none of the material is loading. i get a “we can’t reach our servers now” message for everything…
- [R12] DailyArt Where is Toyen?: I tried to search for Toyen and they are missing. Shaming
- [R14] DailyArt A good way to causally learn about art! Would like more tho: This app is a great way for people to casually connect with art and learn about its context and history. Including the quizzes. Not a burden to subscribe for the extra stuff as you can find art online for free so I didn’t pay for that I’m giving four stars only because I wish to see more modern/postmodern art included in here. Like inst
- [R15] DailyArt A Curate’s Egg: There is much of interest, but as an Englishman, I would like to see less American artists and more global.
- [R24] DailyArt It’s ok for the cost: It’s ok as an introduction to art collections for newcomers but it is lacking content. I have found that it doesn’t actually house that much artwork.
- [R56] Google Arts & Culture What the heck?!: Bro literally the games don’t work! At school, we play on the website on our iPads and the games work perfectly. But all of a sudden I download it on my phone and the games don’t work! The learning stuff and the camera games work but not the real games like the viola game and the blob opera. Pls fix it!!!
- [R60] Google Arts & Culture PLEASE READ: So I CANT GET IN GAMES BECAUSE “failing to load content”.I restarted and tried other stuff but it still WONT WORK please fix🥺🙏🏻🙏
- [R61] Google Arts & Culture Art lover: I love this app, the great detail and the ability to ask question and engage with the topic. This would be amazing if there was one for famous scientists.
- [R64] Google Arts & Culture BETTER THAN INSTAGRAM: Its like ig...for adult. A fine app!
- [R66] Magic Cross-Stitch Cross stitching: Used to counter cross stitch real material and thread. This is FUN BEING PLAYING FOR YEARS
- [R69] Magic Cross-Stitch Granny: Great game. Love it! I can spend hours on this game and never tire of it. The finished pictures are beautiful. This is an awesome game for anyone who likes the color by number type of games. This is truly the BEST cross stitch available. I recently tried several other cross stitch apps. They were AWFUL!!!! I deleted them within minutes of downloading them. They just DO NOT come anywhere cl
- [R70] Magic Cross-Stitch Dull: I don’t really get it. Maybe I’m missing something, but all I’m doing is dragging my finger across the screen. There’s no thought, planning, or creativity required. You could quite literally do this with your eyes closed. You don’t have to search for where to color because the sections that need the currently selected color are shaded. And you don’t even have to manually select the next colo
- [R76] Magic Cross-Stitch Enjoyable: It isn’t hard to do and fun to see what you can make.
- [R80] Falcross Infinite Nonograms NO MORE ENERGY: Finally removed the energy cost to play a puzzle! Best nonogram game on the AppStore!
- [R83] Falcross Infinite Nonograms Positive Behavior and Fun Times: What a great app! I love picross and this people on this app are so nice to interact with. Positive vibes and amazing art! Really can’t recommend it enough. Super satisfying puzzles that keep the mind engaged.
- [R89] Falcross Infinite Nonograms Best app: Most stress free, enjoyable, creative game ever
- [R91] Falcross Infinite Nonograms Best nonogram game! Create as well as play 💜: This is truly the best nonogram game available. Not only are there an incredible number of games in five sizes, both online offline, you can create your own puzzles. There are amazingly creative puzzles, truly works of art. And many different stores of puzzles; so, something for everyone. There is also a great community of people who play and creat
- [R97] Art History & Painting I love this app so much i sound like a paid sponsor: The app is formatting like a duolingo language learning course, which i enjoy. This app is beautiful. for the lack of ads and with how much you can do without premium just really shows how much this app cares about people learning art as opposed to profit. Truly in it for the love of the game. I’m an AP art history student so i will be using thi
- [R99] Art History & Painting Pathetic: Doesn’t teach anything - memory test. And a three day trial is ridiculous. Wouldn’t have kept this, but now stuck with a year subscription.
- [R105] Art History & Painting No worth: Just relating painting with artist and art movement but without context or explanation of the piece.
- [R108] Sketch a Day I recommend this app!: This app is pretty good. It actually has NO ads, I’d say it doesn’t push on you to upgrade. There is a lot of positivity in the comments and it feels great! The lessons are helpful. Like learning how to properly draw hands and the way of clothing. And the daily prompts are simple, yet so big! Like we had ‘echo’ once, everyone thought many things. It’s nice to see multiple pe
- [R111] Sketch a Day love this app but one small thing..: I love the idea of a different prompt everyday. It really helps you branch out and draw things you normally wouldn’t. The only thing I dislike is the glitch i’m having with the “reward gallery”. I cant see any of the art and it’s disappointing because I have 4 unclaimed rewards at the moment. Other than that I love this app.
- [R114] Sketch a Day Love the community ❤️: I live sketch a day so much the community is so nice and supportive! I love the suggestions each day for the prompt to give you ideas! I wish that you could see who follows you though. But that’s ok because I really just do it for the streak not the likes 🙂
- [R117] Sketch a Day Beneficial: Having a daily prompt is brilliant. Challenges you to attempt topics you might not ever think about
- [R51] Google Arts & Culture Broken App: This app has failed to work for the last two months. Opening it shows “app error” every time. It’s not a network connection as all my apps work properly except this one.
- [R52] Google Arts & Culture Good potential, but ditch the AI: This app has a lot of potential and I was really looking forward to using it as an alternative to mindless scrolling. Unfortunately Google is leaning into AI way too much, including having soulless AI-generated podcasts that “discuss” art. What an insult to humanity! I had to immediately uninstall.
- [R53] Google Arts & Culture AI features are a miss: I think this app is a great resource in general for art fans. But these AI features being pushed upon the user base are a huge turn off. Why would a fan of visual art, likely an artist themselves, want to listen to an AI character podcasting about Starry Night? I think the AI audio stuff is downright useful in Notebook LM, but here? Just feels like a devaluing of human expr
- [R55] Google Arts & Culture Art: 🎨
- [R5] DailyArt Unbelievably Educational: Solid educational app. I really didn’t know anything about art but daily viewing reading the piece of the of day has taught me how to identifying realism vs Impressionism and baroque vs modern styles. It’s become one of the highlights of my day and it certainly beats doom scrolling.
- [R26] DailyArt Great addition to my day: I love this app! I have discovered so many new artists and learned so much about them and ones I already knew. I appreciate art but I'm no connoisseur, nor am I educated in it. This app is fully accessible to me. And I especially love the diversity of the art and artists, from abstract to neoclassical to impressionist, from Asian to European to African to North and South
- [R93] Art History & Painting Membership Not accessible: This app seemed interesting to me due to the fact that I can learn about our history in different paintings. However, when I’ve got the membership, I wasn’t aware that my membership was starting. My card was charged in March for membership that claimed to have began at the end of the December. So I’ll re-download the app to begin the membership and it never adapted to th
- [R96] Art History & Painting Charged Immediately Despite Free Trial: The app advertised a free trial, but I was charged immediately instead. After canceling the subscription, I ended up with no active subscription and no refund. This feels misleading and unfair. I would like my money back, as the trial offer was not honored.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store