# Charnwood Live Fire > Augmented reality app to visualize Charnwood stoves in your home. (iPhone/iPad app by Mentis srl.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charnwood-live-fire/id871862130 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Mentis srl](https://appshunter.io/developer/566286597) - Category: Lifestyle, Photo & Video - Price: Free - Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 17 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 8.1 · 373 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2014-05-05 - Data updated: 2026-06-08 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charnwood-live-fire/id871862130/reviews.md ## What is Charnwood Live Fire? 'CHARNWOOD LIVE FIRE’ is a new augmented reality platform that allows you place a Charnwood stove in your living room. Place the tag in the space where you would like to install the stove, frame it with your smartphone or tablet and then select your stove of choice. Your chosen stove will appear before you on the screen – fired up and to scale. The ‘CHARNWOOD LIVE FIRE’ platform allows you to: - Experiment with different colour and stand options - Walk around your chosen stove - Take screen shots of the stove from different angles - Share your installation pictures on different social networking sites - Link through to the Charnwood website for further detailed specifications Never before has it been easier to visualise a Charnwood stove in your own home and to see how it fits into the style of your interior. ## Key features - Augmented reality stove placement - Experiment with color and stand options - Walk around virtual stoves - Take and share screenshots - Link to detailed specifications ## Recent user reviews (10 of 17) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charnwood-live-fire/id871862130/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-04-25, version 1.0.5* Could be so useful but sadly the app is useless. You simply can’t see the stoves in position. If Charnwood used it for themselves, they would see that it doesn’t work. I can understand that a small company like Charnwood is unable to spend the money to do a good app, but this is just embarrassing. And it would be soooooo helpful if they could get a viewer like this to work. ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2024-01-21, version 1.0.5* As others have said doesn’t work properly. After scanning tag places fire image in a different position. Trying to move around to place it properly flips it on its front or back or it ends up floating in the air like the Tardis. Can’t see mantlepiece with fire in it as too close backing away makes fire a lot smaller in relation to mantlepiece and disappears altogether. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2022-09-18, version 1.0.5* Utterly useless app. When you use the tag at the back of the catalogue the digital render of the fireplace doesn’t align with it, so the fireplace floats randomly on your screen. The render of the fireplace is also very poor quality. ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2022-01-27, version 1.0.5* Similar to others, tag link fails (but it is available if you search). I printed it landscape A4, no idea if that’s correct as it’s not specified anywhere. However, even with this the stove I wanted to show wasn’t listed so I picked another just to get a gauge of something similar in my fireplace. It’s still useless, seemingly at random the stove flips to be face down and when it’s correctly orientated it levitates in mid air and offset to the left of the tag. If you try and step back to get a wider angle view (so your screen isn’t fully filled with the stove) then it loses the tag reference and the stove vanishes. Utterly hopeless. ### 1/5 — Terrible! *2021-11-24, version 1.0.5* Probably the worst designed app on the planet, so pointlessly complicated. Do better Charnwood! ### 1/5 — App is useless *2021-07-30, version 1.0.5* Does not work, unstable, doesn’t allow you to view in place because it’s too big on your phone and when you walk away the render disappears. Just caused frustration, maybe you need a tablet for it to actually work? ### 1/5 — Great Idea but.... *2021-02-04, version 1.0.5* Installed the app, but the first thing it tells you to do is install “ a tag” whatever that is. However I followed the link to do that, and the web page couldn’t be found. End of app usage.....shame ### 1/5 — Useless, out of date, seemingly unsupported *2020-10-09, version 1.0.5* TL;DR - don’t bother; the poor result isn’t worth the hassle of trying to make it work I downloaded the app and the first thing it asked for was the ‘tag’. It gave a link on the website which is now 404. Searching the website was fruitless. After googling for it, I realised it’s in the brochure. D’oh! So I put the tag in the fireplace where we wanted the stove and tried to choose our desired stove; but it’s not in the app as it doesn’t seem to have been updated for several years. So we chose an older option and it displayed it in nice 3D, but in mid-air a couple of feet to the left of where we wanted. So I had to guess where to place the tag to make it appear in the right place. But it didn’t like that and decided to display the stove face down on the floor. To add insult to injury, half the menus display incorrectly (‘Cancel’ is just ‘Ca’) or aren’t accessible on an iPhone X. I just gave up and uninstalled it. I would give it zero stars if possible. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work. *2019-10-26, version 1.0.5* Impossible to make it work. ### 5/5 — Thanks for the update *2018-02-28, version 1.0.5* The last update has resolved some of the issues and the app now works really well as it did before. ## Frequently asked questions about Charnwood Live Fire ### How does Charnwood Live Fire work? Charnwood Live Fire uses augmented reality to let you place a virtual Charnwood stove in your room. You place a tag, frame it with your device, and select a stove to see it appear on screen, fired up and to scale. ### Can I customize the stove in Charnwood Live Fire? Yes, you can experiment with different color and stand options for the Charnwood stove you place in your virtual space. ### What devices support Charnwood Live Fire? Charnwood Live Fire is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. ### Is Charnwood Live Fire free to use? Yes, Charnwood Live Fire is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned. ### How accurate is the scale of the stoves in Charnwood Live Fire? The app states that the chosen stove will appear 'to scale', allowing for realistic visualization of its size within your home. ### Can I save or share my Charnwood stove visualizations? Yes, you can take screenshots of the stove from different angles and share your installation pictures on social networking sites. ### Where can I find more information about the stoves after visualizing them? The app allows you to link through to the Charnwood website for further detailed specifications on the stoves. ### When was Charnwood Live Fire last updated? The latest version of Charnwood Live Fire was updated on December 21, 2017. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.5 — 2017-12-21 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. The latest update of Charnwood Live Fire is now available featuring our latest Charnwood models: The Arc, The Skye, The Bay BX and The Bembridge with colour and stand options. ### 1.0.4 — 2014-10-07 - iOS 8 compatibility optimization ### 1.0.3 — 2014-08-11 - Improved the visual rendering of some of the available colours - Improved products thumbnails - Added iOS 8 compatibility ### 1.0.2 — 2014-05-26 - Improved the visual rendering of some of the available colours - Added the option to skip steps whilst completing tutorial ### 1.0 — 2014-05-05 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Charnwood Live Fire | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colorsnap-visualizer-for-ipad/id555300600) | 3.6 (4,770) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Atlantis AR](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atlantis-ar/id1502568600) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Santa Hats 2](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santa-hats-2/id406291200) | 4.7 (1,267) | $1.99 | Lifestyle | | [Revel Self Care Salon](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/revel-self-care-salon/id6748128748) | — | Free | Lifestyle | | [ECOFIRE](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ecofire/id6449723403) | — | Free | Lifestyle | | [J\|ONE Residence](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jone-residence/id1544318648) | — | Free | Lifestyle | ## More apps by Mentis srl - [Experenti](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/experenti/id633498207) - [CMG Fire Attitude](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cmg-fire-attitude/id811168884) - [CARMIX PLUS](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carmix-plus/id981810557) - [Bags4dreams B4D](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bags4dreams-b4d/id1002412128) - [COSTA parchi](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/costa-parchi/id1005024391) All apps by Mentis srl: https://appshunter.io/developer/566286597 ## Related topics [mwoodstove](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mwoodstove) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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