Shangti Experience vs Pluma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shangti Experience
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Point your phone camera at any Philippe Shangti artwork, a print, a canvas, a gallery piece, and watch it transform into a full-motion video through augmented reality. HOW IT WORKS Open the app, aim your device at a Philippe Shangti piece, and the AR engine instantly recognizes the image. Within seconds, the static artwork comes alive: the scene plays out in motion, revealing a hidden video layer that the artist embedded into each creation. No buttons. No menus. Just point and experience. Philippe Shangti is one of the most provocative contemporary artists working today. A French photographer known worldwide for his bold, pop-infused imagery blending glamour with social commentary, Shangti represented Andorra at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019 and became the highest-valued living French photographer in 2024 when a single work sold for €290,000 at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum. His AR series takes his art beyond the frame. Each photograph contains a secret, a parallel version only accessible through this app. What appears as a bold, colorful image on the wall becomes a cinematic experience on your screen. The contrast between the public image and its hidden AR layer is part of the artistic statement. WHAT YOU CAN DO Scan any artwork from Shangti's AR-enabled series and watch exclusive augmented reality videos embedded in each piece. Experience art in motion, every photograph hides a video layer. Discover the hidden narrative behind each creation. Works with prints, canvases, and gallery displays WHO IS THIS FOR Collectors who own Shangti pieces and want to unlock their full potential. Gallery visitors looking for an immersive art experience. Anyone curious about the intersection of contemporary art and augmented reality technology. Free to download. No account required. Just open, point, and experience art like never before. For enquiries about AR-enabled artworks: www.philippeshangti.com
Pluma
This app enhances impression boards with advanced AI for text and drawing recognition. It offers seamless integration with various third-party apps and devices, enabling new routines and providing a powerful yet user-friendly experience.
- Advanced AI text and drawing recognition
- Multiple impression board support
- Earworm and PeekSmith integration
- Offline text recognition
- Apple Watch app with covert mode
- Bridge & Inject integration
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Pluma is a fresh take on an impression board app, connecting to the boards you may already own. It offers dramatically better text recognition and powerful features, whilst simultaneously being dramatically better designed. Together, it's more powerful yet easier to use than the core apps offered by most impression boards. It also connects with my suite of apps as well as many third party apps, devices and services, enabling brand new routines never before possible. Features include: ** Advanced AI Text and Drawing Recognition Pluma AI offers best-in-class AI recognition, which can detect handwritten text AND drawings, in any orientation. ** Simultaneous Multiple Board support Receive peeks from up to four impression devices simultaneously! ** Offline Sync Lost connection mid-performance? Supported devices redraw everything written as soon as they reconnect. ** Earworm Integration Make a prediction in the YouTube app on your spectator's phone. Then, have your spectator write the name of any song on the impression pad. Pluma AI integrates with Earworm to do the rest: they just turn up the volume on the spectator's phone to find the chosen song playing in their YouTube app! ** Supports Multiple Board Types Currently supports boards from Lumen Pro, Iarvel, Pitata, Ultra Sharpie, Ultra Sharpie Neo, Oblivious Engage, NOVA Sharpie, PMA and Wave, with more brands added over time. ** Offline Text Recognition For times when there's no signal, Pluma includes excellent realtime offline AI text recognition at no extra charge. ** PeekSmith Integration Pluma connects directly to PeekSmith, letting you get your peek during performance. ** Lumen Duo Integration Pluma also connects directly to Lumen Duo, letting you get your peek even more covertly. ** Earpiece Support Pluma can automatically speak the recognised text to your covert earpiece. ** Apple Watch App Get your peek on the custom built Apple Watch app, with optional covert mode. ** Notifications Compatible with any Bluetooth peek device that supports third party notifications. ** Bridge & Inject Integration Automatically send your peek to the Bridge or Inject apps, which integrates Pluma with many magic apps, services and devices. ** Powerful Features, Easy To Use Pluma brings multiple, advanced innovations from my previous apps (such as Touch To Peek and app integration via polling), whilst simultaneously built to be easy to use and understand. ** Much More Pluma offers features to automatically scale, automatically send peek data and automatically clear. It offers per-board calibration settings, AI optimisation settings, intuitive history features, auto-save to photos, board battery indicatiors, and much, much more. Notes A physical impression board is required. Pluma currently supports boards from Lumen Pro, Iarvel, Pitata, Ultra Sharpie, Ultra Sharpie Neo, Oblivious Engage, NOVA Sharpie, PMA and Wave, with more brands added over time. Pluma works in multiple languages, including Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese Online AI recognition features require the use of in-app credits (with some provided on purchase), or you can provide your own API key. Offline AI text recognition is included for free. No subscription nor device fee needed. Pluma is offered for entertainment purposes only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shangti Experience at Free against Pluma's $99.99. Shangti Experience also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Pluma's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On ads 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
Shangti Experience is free to download; Pluma costs $99.99 up front. Pluma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shangti Experience asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shangti Experience ships an update every 4 months, Pluma weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Shangti Experience | Pluma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $99.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHANGTI STUDIO, SLU | Marc Kerstein |
In-app purchases
Shangti Experience
No in-app purchases
Pluma
- 100 Pluma AI Credits$7.99








