Artcodes

3.4.3

Horizon DER Institute

5.00

78 reviews

1,000+
Downloads

Free

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About Artcodes

Artcodes was a lifestyle app developed by Horizon DER Institute. It was removed from Google Play Apr 11, 2026 and is no longer available for download.

Download Statistics

Artcodes had been downloaded 4.4 thousand times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

Artcodes was rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, based on 78 ratings.

App Information

Artcodes was free to download. The APK download size was 83.18 MB. The last available version was 3.4.3. The last update was on May 5, 2022.

Technical Requirements

Artcodes required Android 4.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play November 2013.

Description

Artcodes allow everyone to become a coder. By drawing visually beautiful images, you can link them to websites to showcase how interaction can become fun and beautiful.

Developed in collaboration between Horizon Digital Economy Research at the University of Nottingham, Central St Martin's College of Arts, and Brunel University.

Recent changes:
Updated library versions to avoid security vulnerabilities

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More data about Artcodes

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	4.4 thousand
Rating	5.00 based on 78 ratings
Version	3.4.3
APK size	83.2 MB
Number of libraries	31
Designed for Android	4.1+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

Downloads over time

Artcodes has been downloaded 4.4 thousand times.

Changelog of Artcodes

Apr 11, 2026Unpublished
May 5, 2022UpdateVersion 3.4.3
Dec 16, 2020UpdateVersion 3.4.1
Sep 2, 2019UpdateVersion 3.4.0
Jul 20, 2018UpdateVersion 3.3.7
Apr 16, 2018UpdateVersion 3.3.6
Sep 5, 2017UpdateVersion 3.3.4
Jan 26, 2017UpdateVersion 3.3.3
Jan 25, 2017UpdateVersion 3.3.2
Oct 4, 2016UpdateVersion 3.3.1
Aug 26, 2016UpdateVersion 3.3
Jun 23, 2016UpdateVersion 3.2.3
May 10, 2016UpdateVersion 3.2.2
Mar 13, 2016UpdateVersion 3.1.2
Feb 27, 2016UpdateVersion 3.1.0
Feb 13, 2016UpdateVersion 3.0.1
Jan 29, 2016UpdateVersion 3.0
Aug 11, 2015UpdateVersion 2.3.6
Jun 2, 2015UpdateVersion 2.3.4
Feb 24, 2015UpdateVersion 2.3
Oct 24, 2014UpdateVersion 2.2.3
Oct 10, 2014UpdateVersion 2.2.2
Sep 26, 2014UpdateVersion 2.2.1
Aug 29, 2014UpdateVersion 2.1.3
Aug 15, 2014UpdateVersion 2.1.2
Aug 1, 2014UpdateVersion 2.1.0
Jun 6, 2014UpdateVersion 2.0.5
May 9, 2014UpdateVersion 2.0.2
Apr 25, 2014UpdateVersion 2.0.1
Feb 14, 2014Installs1,000+ installs
Jan 21, 2014UpdateVersion 1.4
Jan 17, 2014Installs500+ installs
Nov 27, 2013New AppVersion 1.3 in Lifestyle for Free

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Developer information for Horizon DER Institute

Horizon DER Institute

Website

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Comments on Artcodes for Android

★★★★☆ A Google User · Apr 21, 2014

It finally works Installed on a 4.4.2 device. Also installed OpenCV. Didn't manage to make it work at recognizing regions and blobs (bad lighting conditions might be the culprit though). It is however much more polished and bug free from the last time. (Updated review to report the latest version status)

★★★★★ Death Barrier · May 20, 2017

It does work I just tested it, you just have to enclose all the dots and marks in separate sections. It's not the developer's fault that you are too stupid to use the app even with instructions.

★★★★★ A Google User · Apr 30, 2014

Really good Never used any versions till late April 2014, i.e. only use the majorly updated version. Works really well on my Nexus 5, quick to scan and easy to use. Very impressive system.

★★★★★ A Google User · Jan 14, 2014

Works well on Nexus 4 4.4 I haven't had any problems with it, and I think it is a great proof of concept. It may not be up to the current design standards, and it could do with a bit of optimization, but this has great potential. Nice work so far!

★☆☆☆☆ A Google User · Jan 15, 2014

Crashes on HTC One (not x) The app crashes as soon as I launch it.

★☆☆☆☆ A Google User · Jan 15, 2014

Doesn't work on Galaxy S4 The app said I needed to install OpenCV. I did that and now the app won't start. It just closes itself when I try to open it.

★☆☆☆☆ A Google User · Jan 16, 2014

Does not worth. The app is not recognizing most of the codes on their site itself. Forget about the hand drawn ones. The concept itself is too limited that I feel it need to be changed from the base itself.

★☆☆☆☆ A Google User · Jan 15, 2014

Doesn't work on Nexus 5 The app just freezes after the splash screen and then eventually crashes.

Technologies used by Artcodes

Artcodes is requesting 10 permissions and is using 34 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your location

precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, full network access

Your accounts

find accounts on the device, use accounts on the device

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos

System tools

prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Firebase Android Library Icon

Firebase

Android Jetpack Annotations Android Jetpack Widgets Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core utils AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager

Android Support Library Print

Android Support Library Document File Google gson Android Library Icon

Google gson AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 Okio Android Library Icon

Okio

JetBrains Annotations IntelliJ IDEA Android Library Icon

IntelliJ IDEA AndroidX Multi-Dex Library Android Library Icon

AndroidX Multi-Dex Library AndroidX ExifInterface Android Library Icon

AndroidX ExifInterface Google Maps SDK Android Library Icon

Google Maps SDK Google Guava Android Library Icon

Google Guava Picasso Android Library Icon

Picasso

The Checker Framework Android Library Icon

The Checker Framework ViewPager indicator Android Library Icon

ViewPager indicator

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