One painting a day, with a short note on what to look for. 2,500 masterpieces, each with plain-English commentary you can also listen to. Keep a record of what you see.
No art history degree required.
Just one short note on what to look for in each painting.
You don't need to know anything to enjoy what's in front of you.
■ One painting a day
A masterpiece arrives each morning. Listen to its short story and the day feels a little richer. Art continues on the days you don't visit a museum.
■ 2,500 paintings, explained simply
From the Renaissance to Impressionism, from ukiyo-e to modern Japanese painting. Every work comes with a plain-English summary and three things worth looking at. No jargon.
■ Listen, don't read
Painters' lives and artistic movements, as a podcast. 174 episodes across 28 series, in English and Japanese. An art history chart, technique guides, and how to look at a painting.
■ Point your camera
Inside a museum, aim your camera at a painting and its commentary appears. No heavy audio guide handset, no queue.
■ Visiting Japan?
A directory of 297 museums across Japan, with a map, opening information and check-ins. Find exhibitions near where you are staying. (Exhibition titles are listed in Japanese.)
■ Keep what you saw
Favourite works, artists you follow, paintings you met through scanning. Your record builds quietly on your profile page.
― ArtDoor Premium ―
Searching exhibitions, museum information and keeping records are free, forever.
For those who want to go deeper, Premium (JPY 500/month, JPY 3,000/year with a 7-day free trial):
・Unlimited artwork scans (10 per month on the free plan)
・Every episode in Listen (first episode of each series on the free plan)
・Unlimited photo backup (10 photos on the free plan)
・Reminders the day before a visit
・Museum check-in and passport
If you cancel, the photos and records you already saved stay with you.
Find it, go, look, record, learn. One quiet app for your time with art.
【About subscriptions】
・Payment is charged to your Apple ID account and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period.
・Cancel anytime from Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions on your device.
・No charge if you cancel during the free trial.
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・Today's piece can now sit on your home screen as a widget.
・You can now open the map straight from "Explore museums" on the home screen.
・Tapping an exhibition notification now opens that exhibition.
・Exhibitions that have closed are kept for a while. They no longer appear in the list, but you can still find them by name in search.
・Exhibitions that aren't in the list can now be added by hand as somewhere you went.
・Press and hold an exhibition on your list to remove it.
Version 1.0.12
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Information
Seller
Keita Tamura
Size
101.4 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.