Artfol: Meet artists 17+

The social network for artists

Artfol LTD

Designed for iPhone

    • 3.9 • 747 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Artfol 2 is live! We've made massive improvements to both performance and UI to provide a better experience!
Download now to meet other artists and share your work!

The social network for artists. Artfol is made for artists, focused on showcasing artwork and supporting any and all artists. Open to all forms of visual art, Artfol provides tools which give you full control of your Artfol experience; from customising your profile and gallery to resharing your favorite artwork! Users can engage in discussions on the Community tab, browse art from the Discover page and converse with others through private messaging.


Key Features:

Discoverability
• We are bringing back chronological feeds! Never miss when users post, as the posts on your feed will be kept in the order of when they were posted.
• Our algorithms are weighed on recentness, this means that every artist (both big and small) will have an equal chance of having their posts seen.
• Engage with the community; participating in challenges and answering questions are great ways to get exposure!

Community Challenges
• Browse existing challenges through the dedicated challenge tab
• Participate in existing challenges
• Start your own challenge, set a deadline and select winners once it is over
• Browse challenge submissions through the submission tab

Customisable Profiles
• Customise your gallery by selecting which artwork to show people when they first visit your profile!
• Upload your own profile picture and banner
• Choose a theme colour for your profile
• Write an intro which will show up below your username
• Choose to add a commission tab to show others you are open to commissions!

Groups
• Find and join communities of likeminded artists and individuals
• Create your own group to meet others with similar interests
• Participate in group challenges and events
• Start discussions and post art in a private space within Artfol

Resharing Art
• Reshare your favorite artwork from other artists!
• Users will be able to like the original artwork through reshares

Collections
• Categorize your own art into easy to view collections, such as comics, original characters or more
• Use collections to bookmark challenges, or save artwork from others
• Set your collections to private if you want to keep it to yourself, or public if you want to share it with others
• Choose to display your collections in either a single column layout or a double column layout

Post and Browse Text Posts
• Make text posts to interact with your followers
• Browse other text posts through the community tab
• Browse questions asked by the community through the question tab or ask your own questions

Non-Artist Accounts
• If you are not an artist but still would like to browse the app, make a non-artist account!
• Get access to all the content on the platform
• Have the ability to make text posts as well as comment on posts and reply to comments

Terms of Service: https://help.artfol.co/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://help.artfol.co/terms-of-service#privacy-policy

What’s New

Version 3.0.3

Added comment count on posts on feed
Added "More from artist" section on posts
Patched bug affecting text size setting

Ratings and Reviews

3.9 out of 5
747 Ratings

747 Ratings

SynthJockey748 ,

Great, but a few issues:

This is an awesome app! I really enjoy the possibilities that it opens with networking, inspiration, and just getting traction. That being said, there are a few critical areas that I’d highly suggest fixing up:
First, PLEASE make this available in landscape format for iPadOS!! As one who primarily uses a keyboard to type and navigate, it can be very difficult—I have to take my device out of my case just to use it properly. This isn’t necessarily an issue that applies to everyone, but it’s what is bugging me the most.
Second, I would really appreciate a more advanced stats view for my art. Something such as a graph that shows how many likes, comments, reposts, etc. on my artwork (only available for me to view) would be very handy in helping me figure out how I’m doing with my community. Notifications are great, but can be an absolute pain to navigate through and organize.
Lastly, I would also think that allowing one to post multiple images at once (as a sort of collage, or scroll-through thing) would be handy!! And also, allowing one to make “albums” of artwork to keep it organized. This would definitely clean up people’s channels a bit more.
Otherwise, this app has been great so far!! I look forward to working with it in the future :)

Jynreyn ,

Doesn’t Stand Out

I really wanted to like ArtFol, but I just never find myself wanting to use it. Without an algorithm I feel like my art reaches even fewer people, because the only people who ever see it are the ones actively scrolling the new posts the second I post anything (which is very brief, uploads quickly leave the new posts page). Which I know their argument is I have to engage with others to see engagement on my own stuff, but the next problem makes engaging with others a pain. The load times for everything on the app is extremely slow. It takes forever for pages to load and makes using the app a pain. I’ll often find myself scrolling on similar apps, such as Instagram, but given how long it takes everything to load on ArtFol I never find myself interested enough to stay on the app.

That being said, I really love the gallery not being limited to set size images. Being able to upload images in their original shape and the app auto sizing everything to make your gallery appealing is amazing. I also really appreciate the efforts they make to ensure the picture quality isn’t downgraded.

All things considered, this app is mediocre. It struggles to do the one thing it promised to (encourage better engagement for artists) and it has loading times that make using it a nuisance. It may still have good features, but not enough to warrant a better review. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great either.

b e a n b e a r ,

great community and awesome for artists

This app is genuinely great for artists. There is such a good community and i almost never see anything negative. Everyone is very encouraging and supportive to each other. Love that there isn’t a size limit on the art you can post. There is no algorithm, which gives everyone’s art a chance to be seen, and likes are mostly hidden. There is a dedicated section to asking for critiques, and a place where people can create challenges, which can be awesome for art block. There are also content warning filters you can use on your own art or to censor any art you might be uncomfortable with, which you can remove if you want to see the art.
There are bugs somewhat often and the app isn’t the fastest, but the devs are very open and responsive to communication about any bugs or problems in the app.
The app is fairly new-ish so I’m assuming there’s more to come, but even so it’s awesome so far.
If you’re an artist i definitely recommend checking out this app, the community is so supportive and it’s nice to be able to post art without feeling the frustration of having to try to appeal to an algorithm. It takes away the competition and makes it more of a community. Really awesome, highly recommend!

App Privacy

The developer, Artfol LTD, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Location
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Location
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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