ArtHist vs Line of Action
ArtHist
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| Figure | ArtHist | Line of Action |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.08/mo | $1.49/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Art Learning Apps | 7.9 (#8) | 7.5 (#12) |
| Audience | The maker says ArtHist aims to make art history accessible and enjoyable for everyone, including people preparing for exams or museum visits. | The maker describes the site as a web application for a community of art students and tools to support their art practice. |
| Privacy | The maker says information requested for quiz progress and premium features is retained on the user's device, while third-party services may collect identifying information. | The maker says it never sells or trades user information to third parties. |
| Product | ArtHist is a mobile app for discovering and learning art history through daily artworks and quizzes. | Line of Action provides reference photos and practice tools for visual artists to hone their craft. |
| Security | The privacy policy says the maker uses commercially acceptable protection measures but cannot guarantee absolute security. | The maker says site connections use HTTPS, passwords are stored using one-way encryption, and credit card data goes directly to Stripe rather than its server. |
| Support | Users can contact the maker at [email protected] or through the App Store support system. | The contact page says the site no longer responds to individual critique or career advice requests and directs users to its learning section and forums. |
Plans
ArtHist
- 1 Month Subscription$4.99 a month
- 1 Year Subscription$24.99 a year
- Lifetime Access$24.99, paid once
- Lifetime Subscription$49.99, paid once
Line of Action
- Doodler$1.49 a month
- Apprentice$4.99 a month
- Master$14.95 a month
In their own words
ArtHist
ArtHist is a free-plan mobile app for learning and exploring art history on iOS and Android. It presents daily artworks, lessons and interactive quizzes, with explanations shown after answers, including incorrect ones. The advertised collection contains more than 2,000 artworks and thousands of high-resolution images. Topics include more than 50 art movements, world museums, artist biographies and information about individual works. Users can save items into personal collections, and progress tracking records learning activity. The maker says an art historian prepares the material from academic sources in accessible language. Premium plans add quizzes and artwork information; the app listing also describes ad-free learning, unlimited lives, exclusive museum quizzes, premium collections and early content access. Listed prices are $4.99 a month, $24.99 a year, $24.99, paid once for Lifetime Access and $49.99, paid once for Lifetime Subscription. Some functions need an active internet connection.
Line of Action
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