Decaf: Art Feed

Decaf is a different kind of scroll.

While most apps are designed to pull you deeper, Decaf asks you to slow down. To take a breath. To spend a moment with a painting that someone poured their life into creating, and that now belongs to the world.

Over 23,000 paintings from nine of the world's great museums are available in Decaf, including works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, and the Belvedere in Vienna. These institutions have graciously made their collections available through open access programs, offering high resolution scans that do justice to the originals. Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet, Vermeer, and thousands of lesser-known works that deserve to be seen.

There is no algorithm. No ads, ever. No one tracking what you linger on or skip. You can save a painting to your own private collection, or share one with someone via iMessage, WhatsApp, or email. But you cannot follow anyone, and no one can follow you. What you love is yours alone.

This app is possible because of these institutions and their commitment to open access. Tap any institution name to learn more about the work, the artist, or the museum behind it.

Decaf was made by a couple who still wanted to reach for their phones, but wanted that reach to feel restful rather than restless. The app is a small commitment to yourself: to ease past those first moments of less-stimulating scrolling, and to find something quieter and more lasting on the other side.

At 99 cents, our promise is simple — no sponsorships, no incentives to keep you hooked. It's a one-time investment in a little more peace and focus.

We hope you take your time with each painting. Find something you admire that you didn't think you would have. Look at each a little longer than planned.