Comparison

Pluma vs iNFLUENCED

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

iNFLUENCED

Features
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iNFLUENCED – THE IMPOSSIBLE RECALL EXPERIENCE Created by professional mentalist Paul Brook, iNFLUENCED creates the illusion of an impossibly powerful memory. A participant rapidly scrolls through a numbered list containing up to 1,000 items—far too quickly to consciously read or remember them. Afterwards, they name the first item and number that come to mind. When they return to the list, their thought appears at the exact number they named. Despite having no opportunity to learn either piece of information, their recall appears perfect. ------ SET IT AND FORGET IT Prepare your note, choose a list and perform. iNFLUENCED quietly creates the finished note, placing the participant’s thought at precisely the position they named. A discreet vibration, flash or notification lets you know when everything is ready. The technology remains hidden, allowing you to focus entirely on the experience. ------ BUILT FOR PERFORMANCE Customise your note title, instructions, list, closing text, numbering style, capitalisation and more. Choose from supplied lists, create your own or load a complete presentation from the built-in Library. Lists and note setups can also be shared with other iNFLUENCED users. Receive the participant’s information through their completed note, the iNFLUENCED URL Scheme or optional Pro Camera Input. ------ UNLOCK MORE WITH PRO FEATURES Enhance your performances with optional In-App Purchases: WATCH PEEK – discreetly receive the participant’s number and thought on your Apple Watch CAMERA INPUT – recognise a number and words from printed or handwritten text API OUTPUT – send customised results to your chosen API endpoint, magic app or web service Unlock each feature individually or together with Unlock All. ------ ALWAYS EVOLVING iNFLUENCED is a living performance tool for modern mentalists, continually refined with new features, presentations and integrations. Whether using a supplied routine or creating your own, iNFLUENCED makes it appear that your participant remembered information they could never have consciously known.

Screenshots

Pluma4 screens
iNFLUENCED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iNFLUENCED at $69.99 against Pluma's $99.99. iNFLUENCED also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Pluma's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pluma costs $99.99 and iNFLUENCED $69.99 up front. Pluma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iNFLUENCED sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pluma ships an update weekly, iNFLUENCED every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pluma versus iNFLUENCED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlumaiNFLUENCED
Price$99.99$69.99 — better
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarc KersteinPaul Michael Brook

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pluma

One-time1
  • 100 Pluma AI Credits$6.99
4 purchases

iNFLUENCED

One-time4
  • API Output$19.99
  • Watch Peek$49.99
  • Camera Input$49.99
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  • Unlock All$59.99

Questions

Is Pluma free?
Pluma costs $99.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is iNFLUENCED free?
iNFLUENCED costs $69.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Pluma or iNFLUENCED have ads?
Neither Pluma nor iNFLUENCED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pluma or iNFLUENCED?
Pluma ships an update weekly, and iNFLUENCED every 2 days. Most recently, Pluma was updated on October 14, 2026 and iNFLUENCED on September 30, 2026.

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