Comparison

Luma 3D Capture vs Cura Display

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Luma 3D Capture

Create and share stunningly realistic 3D models of objects, products, and scenes using just your iPhone. This AI-powered tool allows for intricate detail capture, including reflections and lighting, and enables easy web sharing or export to popular 3D engines.

Highlights
  • Capture intricate 3D scenes with AI
  • Share 3D models anywhere on the web
  • Create cinematic product videos
  • Export NeRFs and Gaussian Splats
  • No Lidar required
  • Embed 3D products on websites
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Show your world in spectacular quality 3D, and share anywhere on the web. Brought to you by Luma AI. Luma is a new way to create incredible lifelike 3D with AI using your iPhone. Easily capture products, objects, landscapes, moments and scenes wherever you are. Share these fast spectacular scenes with anyone and anywhere on the web. Create cinematic product videos, impossible camera moves for TikTok. No Lidar or fancy capture equipment necessary, all you need to create is an iPhone 11 or newer. - Capture 3D scenes with intricate details, reflections, and lighting and share with everyone. Bring people where you are! - Capture products in 3D and embed them on your website exactly how they appear in real life. No more "fake 3D". - Capture 3D mesh game assets in unmatched quality and bring them to Blender, Unity or your 3D engine of choice. - Export lifelike NeRFs and Gaussian Splats to Unreal, Unity, and other supported tools. We are excited to see what you create with this brand new AI medium! If you find Luma useful, fun, or interesting, or need help please join us on Luma's Discord: lumalabs.ai/discord. When you share, please tag us on Twitter (@LumaLabsAI), LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok. Please Note: while Luma's 3D Viewing and Video Uploads will work on iPhone X + XR, AR Capture requires an iPhone 11 or newer.

About

Cura Display

This app uses AI to curate your best photos from your iPhone and family's devices, displaying them on any screen. It intelligently selects highlights, organizes them into collections, and offers privacy controls for sharing.

Highlights
  • AI-curated best photos
  • Syncs iCloud albums
  • Supports multiple screens (TVs, iPads)
  • Family photo sharing
  • Privacy controls
  • Smart photo clean-up
Features
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Your best photos, from your iPhone and your family's, on every screen you own. Now with Cura AI. Most of us have thousands of photos on our phones, and so do our partners and families. The best moments rarely make it off them. CURA finds them and shows them on the TVs, iPads and screens around your home. CURA AI: THE BEST OF YOUR PHOTOS, PICKED FOR YOU Thousands of photos, and no time to choose? Cura AI looks through your photo library and picks and curates your best moments: the people, places and occasions worth seeing every day. • Built for big libraries: Cura AI works through thousands of photos and picks around 500 of your best for your displays. • The whole family: run Cura AI on each iPhone and iPad on your account, and everyone's best moments come together on the same screens. • Private by design: Cura AI runs on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing is uploaded while it works. • You're in control: review any pick before anything uploads. Remove photos, swap in a better shot of the same moment, or add favourites it set aside. • Choose who sees what: set each photo for everyone, family, a partner, or keep it on your phone only. Sensitive photos are flagged for you to decide. • Smart clean-up: duplicates, screenshots, receipts and messaging-app images are set aside automatically. • Fresh, not frozen: run Cura AI again any time to add your newest best moments, and your screens follow. BEST-OF COLLECTIONS CURA also builds Best-Of collections from everything in your CURA library, such as Latest & Best and Best of my Favorites, refreshed every week and ready to show on any display. YOUR PHOTOS, YOUR SCREENS • Sync your iCloud photo albums, including iCloud Shared Albums, kept up to date automatically • Upload photos and videos straight from your library, or connect Flickr • Organize everything into Collections and assign them to any display • Use this iPhone or iPad as a CURA smart frame, or send collections to Apple TV and other TVs • Manage it all from the app, or from any browser at curapp.io • Sign in fast with Apple, Google or Facebook FOR BUSINESSES AND SHARED SPACES The same app gives offices, lobbies, shops, hospitality and galleries robust display management: • Run many displays from one account, grouped into rooms • Spread a collection across a room's displays, matched to each screen's orientation, landscape or portrait • Content filters per display or room keep only suitable images on screens in shared spaces • Set how long each image shows, from seconds to days • Manage every display remotely from any browser • Works across Apple TV, Google TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Roku and Samsung TVs More: https://curatortec.com/cura-for-business/ GET STARTED 1. Open CURA and register this device to your account (create one for free if you don't have one). You'll see the CURA Welcome collection appear. 2. Tap Sync Albums & CURA AI. Let Cura AI scan and pick your best photos, or choose an iCloud album to keep updated automatically. You can also Upload Photos straight from your library. 3. Optionally connect Flickr to pull in your Flickr favorites and albums. 4. Create Collections and assign them to your displays — this device, or your TV. 5. Press Start to play, or turn on Auto Start so your display comes to life on its own. Getting started is free — 4 of your phones and 1 display are included. Help and how-to videos: https://curatortec.com/support Questions: info@curatortec.com · Support: support@curatortec.com

Screenshots

Luma 3D Capture4 screens
Cura Display4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cura Display at 5.0 against Luma 3D Capture's 4.5. Cura Display also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Luma 3D Capture's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cura Display holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Luma 3D Capture has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Luma 3D Capture ships an update fortnightly, Cura Display every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Luma 3D Capture versus Cura Display: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLuma 3D CaptureCura Display
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB137 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLuma AI, Inc.Curator Technologies Inc

Customer experience

Luma 3D Capture

All ratings1,843 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews367 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative46.6%

Cura Display

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Luma 3D Capture

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Can't save my files on my local drive
  • Video in process. We are almost at max capacity so process will take longer
  • Doesn't support my iPhone SE 3rd gen
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  • When video is uploaded it always fails preprocessing
  • Glitch that dosent let you use the app
  • Can't login

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Combine shots for several takes as layers
  • Smart infill option for 3d printing

Cura Display

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Luma 3D Capture

No in-app purchases

None

Cura Display

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Luma 3D Capture free?
Luma 3D Capture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cura Display free?
Cura Display is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Luma 3D Capture or Cura Display?
Cura Display is rated higher. Luma 3D Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Cura Display averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Luma 3D Capture or Cura Display have ads?
Neither Luma 3D Capture nor Cura Display shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Luma 3D Capture or Cura Display?
Luma 3D Capture ships an update fortnightly, and Cura Display every 3 weeks. Most recently, Luma 3D Capture was updated on November 7, 2026 and Cura Display on November 3, 2026.

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