British Museum Audio: iPhone vs Android
British Museum Audio gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
British Museum Audio by British Museum is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
4.3 ★
2.2k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#4
iPhone · 
Education Free
Education FreeMeasured
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 Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Google Play
App details
App ID
org.britishmuseum.tapartme
Publisher
The British Museum
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone 10+
British Museum Audio downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 500+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: 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
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 1k |
| Google Play | 4.0 ★ | 1.2k 24 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 2.2k |
What users say about British Museum Audio
From the 27 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
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 iPhone
British Museum Audio gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
British Museum Audio is #4 in Education Free in United Kingdom and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBritish Museum
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (1k)
Version1.11.2
Age rating12+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500k+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
1k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#4
Education FreeMeasured
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 Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear 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. iPhone 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
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | EducationFree | #4 |
 Italy | EducationFree | #184 |
Apps near British Museum Audio on the chart
Education Free, around #4.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
1k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1k
Measured
What users say about British Museum Audio
From the 27 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
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
1.11.2
- Bug fixes and improvements
1.11.0
- Bug fixes and improvements
1.10.0
- 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, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
British Museum Audio is #12 in Art & Design Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 15 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe British Museum
CategoryArt & Design
PriceFree
Released
Installs100k+
Rating★ 4.0 (1.2k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone 10+
Rating
4.0 ★
1.2k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#12
Art & Design FreeMeasured
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+
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
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 | #36 |
 Germany | Art & DesignFree | #89 |
 France | Art & DesignFree | #67 |
 South Korea | Art & DesignFree | #150 |
 Canada | Art & DesignFree | #146 |
| Italy | Art & DesignFree | #126 |
 Mexico | Art & DesignGrossing | #128 |
 Spain | Art & DesignFree | #124 |
 Indonesia | Art & DesignGrossing | #126 |
 Saudi Arabia | Art & DesignGrossing | #136 |
 Netherlands | Art & DesignFree | #90 |
 Turkey | Art & DesignGrossing | #134 |
| Netherlands | Art & DesignGrossing | #136 |
 United Arab Emirates | Art & DesignGrossing | #137 |
 Thailand | Art & DesignGrossing | #137 |
 Vietnam | Art & DesignGrossing | #137 |
Apps near British Museum Audio on the chart
Art & Design Free, around #12.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.0 ★
1.2k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.2k
Measured
Written reviews
24
Measured
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 1.11.2
- Bug fixes and improvements