Smartify: Arts and Culture

I didn't even get to use it! Upon opening it let me type in my email and a password to create account, but the next page asks for your first name and last name. I typed it in, hit continue and both first and last name boxes highlighted red and said these fields are required. Ummm. My name is typed in there. So I deleted and retried 2 more times, and got the same error. There is no help or anything on that page, so I uninstalled the app! Thank you for nothing!

Absolutely useless. Downloaded it to try and identify a painting. Not only is the scan box set unchangeably as a square the pinch and zoom seems to have two preset distances only. And when I finally gave up getting it sized right and just hit scan after framing as best as I could, it just sat there for minutes. I tried multiple times. Then promptly uninstalled. Also requires you to give an email to access. Glad I gave my junk one.

I recently changed my Echo Show wallpaper to fine art. The Echo's range is extraordinary - it's an almost 5-star experience - with one glaring exception: it doesn't tell you who painted what you're looking at. So the loveliest paintings flicking through my wallpaper rotation went undocumented until this wonderful thing happened: SMARTIFY! It doesn't recognize everything, even some pieces that are quite old, but they're building their database. In the meantime, when it works, it works a dream!

App works well. I appreciate the effort to make the commentary engaging and the presence of the sign language, but you really need to consider adding a 1.5x, 2x and 4x speed option. Some of the commentary expects me to stand in the same small room for 15 minutes while many other tourists are working in around me. I wound up just skipping several of the sections so as not to inconvenience everyone else. So I missed out and your efforts were for naught.

Not much point in a "free" app when the most importent things on there (like the Ashmolean) you have to pay for. Probably had it's day and the designers need to go away and rethink their branding.

I like the general idea—but although my city has many art galleries, public installations, and other art-viewing opportunities, the only local location it mentioned was the city's official art museum. frankly, I can get a lot more info just by Googling "local art" with Location Services on. 🤷‍♂️ (Also, why not call it simply "Artify", so you needn't go to such lengths to emphasize what its actual purpose is?)

Disappointed. I was hoping to recommend it to my students for art history, so I thought I'd test it. I don't think the app is ready for use because it doesn't have data on a wide range of subjects. Sadly the app is yet to add a huge spectrum of artworks outside the Phenomenon of Western art. I tried to scan images from books and prints to test it and the app couldn't find matches. The idea of scanning artworks only at museums with actual specimens is very surfacial and caters to consumers who are probably techies or techno-geeks who want another feature on their gadgets. If at all it does help, then it probably focuses on users in the Europe and the US where most of the artworks featured on the app are housed. Scanning an artwork at a museum hardly helps because most of the artworks at a museum would have a clear identity at a museum and one can easily find data about those on the net. Will not be recommending the app until it doesn't improve and expand its content. Once achieved the would enable the app to become a crucial source for studying art.

I downloaded it looking to find a painting. I tried scanning it but it would take ours so I closed and reopened the app. When I tried using the scanner again tho it was lagging so hard it became annoying so I closed and reopened it to find oud it wouldn't work at all, just show me a full black screen saying it was scanning lol. Anyway overall the layout was pretty, it had some interesting/famous painting in display for easy access to 'the popular ones'

I love this app. Every night, I read about a different painting and then check to see what the write-up is on this app has to say about it. The photos are better than those in the guide books I brought in the various museums I have visited. Smartify is versatile in that there are many different ways to use it. I just wish I could further enlarge the art reproductions.

I can't register, I just get an error message, Something went wrong. I've tried resetting, and clicked the link in the email but that didn't work either. The first page says to fill in the email/ password to log in or register. But one or both generate the error message. And as a guest, I can't seem to get anything from the scan facility. It scans but then... nothing. No idea where the scans go or how I can get any information on them.

It's very interesting, just a few minor bugs. I recommend this app.

I've tried to scan several paintings and nothing ever comes up. wanted to know anything about any paintings that ive acquired and nothing. waisted my time

Maybe i misunderstand how to use this app, but as far as i can tell it cant id anything. It does not recognise trisha romance for me. Maybe its only works in museums? I dont get it.

Hate it, the onboarding flow is terrible. I just want to scan my museums smartify codes. Nothing more

Amazing project. I didn't give you a 5-star just because there should be a way to scan it through images stored on your phone, too. When your app will come out with this resource, surely I'll come back here and you will have gained the missing star from me plus lots of recommendations to lots of art enthusiasts I know and talk frequently.

After updating, all of my scans disappeared, but they were quickly restored (within 24 hours) after emailing the developer. My scans are now easier to find than before. I give four stars rather than 5 because I preferred the black app with white writing (the white background gets lost on my screen). But overall, it's a nice improvement!

Couldn't get it to work. Went to the scan screen and it just wouldn't scan by itself, no obvious scan button, then when I tapped the screen on the scan box it locked up. On Samsung Galaxy S22+. Then I read more and find it will only work for art in specific museums that have signed up. It won't help identify signatures on other art which is what I thought it was supposed to do. So not fit for my purpose AND I couldn't get it to even scan at all anyway.

Only ever worked once. Since then crashes on loading with message 'App Data failure.' Have uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled, granted all permissions, all to no avail. Shame, because right now, I'm in the Albertina. :-( Edit: As soon as I left the Albertina, the app started opening but not going anywhere. Today, it's let me login again. Good, but a day late, a dollar short.

Doesn't seem to work at all on my Samsung phone. After first download, the app wouldn't even remain open after selecting the language preference. Tried another couple of times to re-install and at least got beyond that, but it then crashed as soon as I opened the Search and tried to type anything at all there. V frustrating. Will try on iPad...

This app is quite limited in its ability to recognize artwork. Seems to only recognize famous museum pieces, and not much else. Those it does, happens in just seconds so no need to hold your phone for any length of time, it won't help. Very disappointed in this app. Don't bother if you're trying to identify a painting.