Screen Mirroring | Smart TV vs Open There
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Mirroring | Smart TV
Easily mirror your phone's screen to any smart TV with high quality and no lag. Share presentations, photos, videos, or even use it as a real-time whiteboard for creative or professional use.
- Mirror iPhone screen to smart TV
- High quality and no delay
- Real-time whiteboard functionality
- Cast photos and videos
- Watch YouTube and TV shows on TV
- Works with all TVs
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Screen Mirroring app allows you to easily mirror your iPhone's screen to any smart TV in great quality and with no delays. Making a presentation? With Screen Mirroring it's easy to view it on a big screen. Want to enjoy photos or videos? Bring them to your TV screen for the best viewing experience. Whiteboard Doodle with your kids. Share ideas with colleagues. Make presentations to students. Just do this all and cast it on a bigger TV screen in real time Features: - Works with all TVs - No delay - Mirror anything from your phone screen to TV - Cast photos and videos from your favourite sources like Photo Library or web - Watch Youtube, TV shows and more Note: in order to enable mirroring, make sure your devices are on the same Wi-Fi network. Make sure to turn off all VPN and proxy to connect to your TV. Supported TVs We have carefully tested our applications on a wide range of TV models to ensure compatibility. However, we cannot guarantee that it will work on every single device. Some third-party apps have restrictions that may prevent screen mirroring, which can result in a black screen on your TV. For example, services like Netflix have chosen to limit this functionality which is beyond our control. Privacy Policy: https://www.levelclashapps.com/PrivacyPolicy.html Terms of Service: https://appville.io/terms-of-use
Open There
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Note: Requires the macOS app to be installed to work with. Open There is the simple way to get something from your phone onto your Mac. Tap Share on your iPhone or iPad and choose Open There. A link opens in your Mac's browser. A file, photo, or video lands in your Downloads folder, with a notification showing you what arrived. No address to copy, no message to send yourself, no extra account to create. WHAT IT DOES Sends links, files, photos, videos, and text from the iOS Share Sheet Sends several items at once, straight from Photos or Files Saves what arrives to your Downloads folder, or any folder you choose Shows a notification when something lands, with a preview for images and video Keeps everything in one Mac list, split into All, Links, Files, and Photos Opens, previews with Quick Look, saves elsewhere, reveals in Finder, or drags out to any app Holds items in a durable queue when iCloud is briefly unavailable Runs from the Mac menu bar, with an optional Open at login setting Includes the iPhone, iPad, and Mac versions in one universal app OPEN THERE PRO See your full history instead of the five most recent items Keep received files and links in the list rather than only in a folder Track what you have not looked at, and show the count in the menu bar Search, sort, and select several items at once Buy from the Mac app as a low-cost yearly plan or a one-time lifetime option PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything travels through your own private iCloud database. Open There has no advertising, no analytics SDK, no third-party relay, and no account system to sign up for. What you send is deleted from iCloud once your Mac has it. Delivered items stay in one local list on that Mac, which Open There does not sync anywhere. REQUIREMENTS Your iPhone or iPad and Mac must be signed in to the same Apple Account for iCloud. Open the Mac version once to register it as a destination, then leave the menu-bar receiver running. Files up to 250 MB can be sent. Offline delivery is retried when iOS next gives the app time to run or when you open the iOS app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://openthere.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Open There at daily against Screen Mirroring | Smart TV's every 4 weeks. Screen Mirroring | Smart TV's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Screen Mirroring | Smart TV sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Open There sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Screen Mirroring | Smart TV ships an update every 4 weeks, Open There daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Mirroring | Smart TV | Open There |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (28K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Level Clash Apps S.L. | Alt Development Labs, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Screen Mirroring | Smart TV
Reported bugs
3 issues- Screen mirroring issues
- Frequent disconnections
- Incompatible with certain TVs
Requested features
3 requests- Better video/audio quality
- More device compatibility
- Transparent subscription options
Open There
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Screen Mirroring | Smart TV
- Premium3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Premium access3 Days trial3 variants$6.997 Days
- Connect to Smart TV3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- Premium access$6.997 Days
- Premium$9.991 Year
- Premium access2 variants$9.991 Month
- Premium access4 variants$19.991 Year
- Premium access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Connect to Smart TV3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium access$29.991 Year
- Premium access$34.991 Year
- Premium access2 variants$39.99
Open There
- Open There Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- Open There Pro Lifetime$14.99
Questions
Is Screen Mirroring | Smart TV free?
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