Smart View vs Templation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart View
Wirelessly cast your iPhone screen to various smart TVs and devices. Stream photos, videos, and music, or cast online content directly to your big screen. Offers a seamless alternative to traditional mirroring solutions.
- Screen mirroring iPhone to TV
- Cast phone to TV wirelessly
- Stream photos, videos, music
- Integrated browser for online videos
- Supports Samsung, LG, Roku TVs
- No cables or extra hardware
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Transform your iPhone screen mirroring experience with our professional screen casting solution. Mirror your iPhone to TV, cast phone to TV, and stream content wirelessly to Samsung TV, LG TV, Roku, and other smart TVs. Perfect alternative to Miracast for iPhone users, utilizing advanced wireless display technology. Key Features: - Free screen mirroring app with intuitive user interface - Cast iPhone to Samsung TV, LG TV, and other smart displays - Stream photos, videos, and music with built-in media player - Wireless display connection - no cables or additional hardware required - Integrated browser for casting online videos directly to your TV - Compatible with iPhone screen mirroring to Samsung TV and LG screen share Professional Screen Casting Solution: Experience seamless screen mirroring iPhone to TV functionality. While many users search for Miracast iPhone solutions, our app provides superior wireless casting specifically designed for iOS devices. Support for all major TV brands including Samsung, LG, Sony, and Roku devices. Connect phone to TV effortlessly through your WiFi network. How to Start Screen Mirroring: 1. Ensure both your iPhone and TV are connected to the same WiFi network 2. Select your content (photos, videos, or music) 3. Choose your target device from the available casting options 4. Enjoy wireless display mirroring on your big screen Subscription Options: - Free version with daily casting limitations - Premium plans: $6.99/week, $8.99/month, $19.99/year, or $39.99 lifetime access - Unlock unlimited screen mirroring iPhone to Samsung TV and all casting features Subscription Terms: - Auto-renewal can be disabled 24 hours before period end - Account charges occur within 24 hours of renewal - Manage subscriptions in Account Settings - Free trial forfeited upon subscription purchase Privacy Policy: https://benabid.me/privacy Terms of Use: https://benabid.me/terms
Templation
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Finished designs that look like a studio made them – you only swap the text and the photos. Templation gives you 40 fully designed templates for your business and your celebrations, right on your iPhone. No design skills, no dragging things around, no layouts falling apart. TEMPLATES FOR YOUR FIELD • Restaurant & Café – menus, daily specials, food posts • Business – services, strategy, skyline, app idea • Beauty & Fashion – treatments, looks, moodboards • Fitness & Health – routines, goals, training plans • Travel & Adventure – travel journal, Amalfi, Santorini, city trips • Wedding – invitation, dinner, rooftop, concert night • Events & Parties – invitations from elegant to neon • Christmas & New Year – greeting cards for clients and partners • Sale & Offers – Black Friday, season sale, weekend deals HOW IT WORKS Tap a template, change the text, drop in your own photos – done. The layout stays locked so nothing can slip: spacing, sizes and composition are set by the designer. You decide on content, font, colour and images. Went too far? Undo takes you straight back. Export as an image for social media, or as a PDF for printing – posters, flyers and the menu on the counter. PHOTO FRAMES 16 elegant scenes – arch, wave, oval, marble and pool – that your photo fits into pixel-perfectly. Three of them are free. WHEN YOU WANT FULL FREEDOM • Collages: 170+ layouts – grids, waves, zigzags, sun rays, honeycombs, hearts and more. Drag the dividers with your finger. Magic Fill drops your photos into every frame with one tap. • Carousel: one background flowing seamlessly across up to 10 pages. • Storyline: tell your story along a flowing line – perfect for trips, recaps and tutorials. • Flex: the free canvas. Photos in custom shapes, frames, depth blur, text in 17 fonts, stickers and finger drawing. • Photo layouts: six ready-made arrangements for your pictures – polaroid wall, film strip, honeycomb and more. Tap, drop in your photos, done. • Dashboard: numbers and goals as a clean chart sheet. EVERY FORMAT, ONE DESIGN Square for the feed, portrait for Instagram, 9:16 for Stories and Reels, 16:9 for YouTube, 4:1 for LinkedIn banners. Every format is labelled and exports at native resolution. YOUR BRAND, EVERYWHERE (STUDIO) Set your brand colours, font and logo or text watermark once – Templation applies them everywhere. Made for freelancers, restaurants, studios and small brands. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Automatic subject cut-out – on device, no cloud • Projects save themselves: keep working, rename, undo and redo • iCloud backup: your designs are backed up to your private iCloud automatically – no account needed • Your photos stay yours: on your device and in your iCloud. No tracking, no ads. START FOR FREE Browse every template before you decide. Designing is free right away: collages, carousels up to 4 pages, export with a watermark. Try Templation Pro free for 3 days – cancel anytime. BUY ONCE INSTEAD OF SUBSCRIBING Only need the templates for your field? Buy your category pack once for €8.99 (Sale & Offers €4.49, Christmas & New Year €4.99) – every template in that category is yours for good. No subscription, no renewal. TEMPLATION PRO (subscription) Personalise all 40 templates and every photo frame, plus all layouts and styles, Storyline, carousels up to 10 pages, all of Flex, exports and PDFs without a watermark. €4.99/month or €49.99/year, 3 days free. TEMPLATION STUDIO (subscription) Everything in Pro plus the Brand Kit: brand colours, font, your own watermark and "Your Style". All style packs and photo layouts included. €9.99/month or €99.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period via your App Store account. Individual style packs are available as one-time purchases. Terms: https://templation.netlify.app/#agb Privacy: https://templation.netlify.app/#datenschutz Questions or ideas? Write to us in the app under Profile → Support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Templation at none against Smart View's shown. Templation also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). Smart View's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Smart View sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Templation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smart View ships an update every 5 weeks, Templation every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart View | Templation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (5.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soufiane Benabid | Marek Stadler |
Bugs and requests
Smart View
Reported bugs
3 issues- App fails to recognize existing purchases
- Repeated requests for payment even after purchase
- Mirroring functionality not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Free trial option
- Better compatibility with more devices
- Improved stability and reliability
Templation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smart View
- Screen Mirroring - Weekly$6.997 Days
- Screen Mirroring - Month Cast$9.991 Month
- Screen Mirroring - Yearly Cast$19.991 Year
- Screen Mirroring - One year$19.99
- Screen Mirroring - One Cast$34.99
Templation
- Coffee$4.99
- Californication$4.99
- Photo Templates$4.99
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- Restaurant & Café$8.99
- Business$8.99
- Beauty & Fashion$8.99
- Travel & Adventure$8.99
- Wedding$8.99
- Fitness & Health$8.99
- Events & Parties$8.99
Questions
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