British Museum Audio Downloads & RevenueBritish Museum Audio · App Store & Google Play
British Museum Audio gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
British Museum Audio by British Museum is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
British Museum Audio update history & changes
Last change · 47 events since 31 Mar 2022Full timeline ↓🚀iOSNow shown next to Rijksmuseum, Asian Art Museum SF, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center Audio Guide +5 more🔎iOSTop 10 for “guide”📈AndroidEntered the top 100📈AndroidCharting in a new country📦iOSUpdated to version 1.11.5📦AndroidUpdated to version 1.11.5📈iOSEntered the top 10📈iOSCharting in a new country⭐iOSPassed 1K ratings⭐iOSPassed 1K ratings📦AndroidNow updating weekly📦iOSUpdated to version 1.11.2🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSReleased on the App Store🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 47 events
- 🚀British Museum Audio: now shown next to Rijksmuseum, Asian Art Museum SF, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center Audio Guide +5 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 🔎British Museum Audio reached Top 10 for “guide”iOS#10 in Japan search · popularity 38
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Art & Design · SE
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.5iOS- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.5Android- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Education · GB
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryiOSFrance
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Art & Design · DE · Top Free · Art & Design · FR
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidMexico
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Art & Design · NL
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryiOSGermany
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidIndia
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Art & Design · ES
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidSpain
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidThailand · Vietnam
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Turkey
- 📦British Museum Audio: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.2iOS- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Art & Design · GB
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidUnited States
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.2Android- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Art & Design · AU
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.1Android- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Education · KR
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryiOSItaly
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Education · GB
- ✏️British Museum Audio: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 15.1 → iOS 15.5
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.0iOS- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📦British Museum Audio updated to version 1.11.0Android- Bug fixes and improvements
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Art & Design · GB
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidAustralia
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidFrance
- 📈British Museum Audio charting in a new countryAndroidGermany
- 📈British Museum Audio entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Art & Design · IT
- 🆕British Museum Audio first spotted by AppInsideriOS#55 in Top Free · Education · Australia
- 📦British Museum Audio version 1.10.0iOS- Bug fixes and improvements
- 🆕British Museum Audio first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSouth Korea
- 📦British Museum Audio version 1.10.0Android- Bug fixes and improvements
- 🆕British Museum Audio released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕British Museum Audio released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.4 ★
2.2k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#7
App Store · 
Education Free
Education FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
24
▲ +33% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
1609255954
Publisher
The British Museum
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Mar 2022
4 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.5+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
12+
4 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
69 MB
Also listed in
Travel
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Google Play
App details
App ID
org.britishmuseum.tapartme
Publisher
The British Museum
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v1.5.2, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
3
Permissions
20
Trackers
Google AdMobGoogle CrashLyticsGoogle Firebase Analytics
Full permission listProSee plans
British Museum Audio downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 500+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where British Museum Audio's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How British Museum Audio makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Full Bundle | |
| 2 | Full guide | |
| 3 | 前往导览套餐 | |
| 4 | Top 10 | |
| 5 | Three hours at the Museum | |
| 6 | Ancient Egypt | |
| 7 | Top 10 | |
| 8 | A history of the world | |
| 9 | Pack Completo | |
| 10 | Korea exhibition audio guide |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #7 Education Free | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #12 Art & Design Free | 13 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
17
▲ +33% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.4★
vs 4.6★ lifetime
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 87% of Education apps
New ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8.5 | 52% | ▲ +12% |
 Germany | 5.2 | 32% | – |
 Italy | 1.5 | 9% | – |
 Australia | 1.3 | 8% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
6.5
▼ -25% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Recent ratings
3.2★
vs 4.6★ lifetime
Review momentum
17/100
faster than 14% of Art and design apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 1k |
| Google Play | 4.2 ★ | 1.2k 24 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.4 ★ weighted by ratings | 2.2k |
What users say about British Museum Audio
From the 27 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe technical failures including app crashes, slow loading times, and unreliable audio playback due to poor connectivity. The content is criticized for being disorganized, lacking navigation aids, and offering minimal value behind a paywall.
Mostly negative (11% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and connection and sync problems. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “Some of the staff was not very helpful in the e paining room”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Don’t bother and don’t pay”
- Connection & sync: “We are on the museum Wi-Fi”
- Features & content: “The content is not pre-buffered”
- Crashes & bugs: “Clicking on some of the guides crashes the app”
About British Museum Audio
Start your visit early, make the most of your time at the Museum and explore the diverse collection from the comfort of your own home.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on over 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information, including a new interactive map, to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum.
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language from £3
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in nine languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on over 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information, including a new interactive map, to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum.
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language from £3
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in nine languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
British Museum Audio App Store
British Museum Audio gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
British Museum Audio is #7 in Education Free in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBritish Museum
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (1k)
Version1.11.5
Age rating12+
First seen by us 25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500k+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
1k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#7
Education FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
17
▲ +33% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
British Museum Audio on the App Store
App details
App ID
1609255954
Publisher
The British Museum
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Mar 2022
4 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.5+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
12+
4 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
69 MB
Also listed in
Travel
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
British Museum Audio downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where British Museum Audio's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in British Museum Audio before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How British Museum Audio makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Full Bundle | |
| 2 | Full guide | |
| 3 | 前往导览套餐 | |
| 4 | Top 10 | |
| 5 | Three hours at the Museum | |
| 6 | Ancient Egypt | |
| 7 | Top 10 | |
| 8 | A history of the world | |
| 9 | Pack Completo | |
| 10 | Korea exhibition audio guide |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | EducationFree | #7 |
Apps near British Museum Audio on the chart
Education Free, around #7.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
1k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
17
▲ +33% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.4★
vs 4.6★ lifetime
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 87% of Education apps
New ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8.5 | 52% | ▲ +12% |
| Germany | 5.2 | 32% | – |
| Italy | 1.5 | 9% | – |
| Australia | 1.3 | 8% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about British Museum Audio
From the 27 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe technical failures including app crashes, slow loading times, and unreliable audio playback due to poor connectivity. The content is criticized for being disorganized, lacking navigation aids, and offering minimal value behind a paywall.
Mostly negative (11% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and connection and sync problems. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “Some of the staff was not very helpful in the e paining room”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Don’t bother and don’t pay”
- Connection & sync: “We are on the museum Wi-Fi”
- Features & content: “The content is not pre-buffered”
- Crashes & bugs: “Clicking on some of the guides crashes the app”
About British Museum Audio
Start your visit early, make the most of your time at the Museum and explore the diverse collection from the comfort of your own home.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on over 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information, including a new interactive map, to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum.
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language from £3
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in nine languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on over 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information, including a new interactive map, to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum.
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language from £3
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in nine languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
Latest updates
1.11.5
- Bug fixes and improvements
1.11.2
- Bug fixes and improvements
1.11.0
- Bug fixes and improvements
Store changes
What British Museum Audio changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 15.1 → iOS 15.5
British Museum Audio Android
British Museum Audio gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
British Museum Audio is #12 in Art & Design Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 13 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe British Museum
CategoryArt & Design
PriceFree
Released
Installs100k+
Rating★ 4.2 (1.2k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone 10+
Rating
4.2 ★
1.2k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#12
Art & Design FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
6.5
▼ -25% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
British Museum Audio on Google Play
App details
App ID
org.britishmuseum.tapartme
Publisher
The British Museum
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v1.5.2, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
3
Permissions
20
Trackers
Google AdMobGoogle CrashLyticsGoogle Firebase Analytics
Full permission listProSee plans
British Museum Audio downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where British Museum Audio's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in British Museum Audio before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How British Museum Audio makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Full Bundle | |
| 2 | Full guide | |
| 3 | 前往导览套餐 | |
| 4 | Top 10 | |
| 5 | Three hours at the Museum | |
| 6 | Ancient Egypt | |
| 7 | Top 10 | |
| 8 | A history of the world | |
| 9 | Pack Completo | |
| 10 | Korea exhibition audio guide |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Art & DesignFree | #12 |
| United Kingdom | Art & DesignGrossing | #37 |
 South Korea | Art & DesignFree | #139 |
 Spain | Art & DesignFree | #83 |
 India | Art & DesignGrossing | #161 |
| Italy | Art & DesignFree | #118 |
 Mexico | Art & DesignGrossing | #169 |
 Saudi Arabia | Art & DesignGrossing | #153 |
 Indonesia | Art & DesignGrossing | #165 |
 Turkey | Art & DesignGrossing | #153 |
 Netherlands | Art & DesignGrossing | #164 |
 United Arab Emirates | Art & DesignGrossing | #165 |
 Thailand | Art & DesignGrossing | #161 |
 Vietnam | Art & DesignGrossing | #166 |
Apps near British Museum Audio on the chart
Art & Design Free, around #12.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.2 ★
1.2k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.2k
Measured
Written reviews
24
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
6.5
▼ -25% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Recent ratings
3.2★
vs 4.6★ lifetime
Review momentum
17/100
faster than 14% of Art and design apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about British Museum Audio
From the 60 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (27% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Fun: “Otherwise a very enjoyable app”
- Useful: “I highly recommend getting it early, when planning your visit”
- Connection & sync: “Very interesting, but would be nice to pre download the audio, as there are some spots without wifi”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Audio and tour cost money”
- Features & content: “Good content but kept buffering and freezing”
- Speed & performance: “bayeux tapestry audio is far too fast”
- Crashes & bugs: “Good content but kept buffering and freezing”
About British Museum Audio
Start your visit early, make the most of your time at the Museum and explore the diverse collection from the comfort of your own home.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language £1.99–£4.99
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to Ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in 9 languages – English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language £1.99–£4.99
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to Ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in 9 languages – English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
What's new in 1.11.5
- Bug fixes and improvements
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