Comparison

LUMEN Impra vs Hyperbloom

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

Head to head
About

LUMEN Impra

This app enhances magic performances by capturing real-time strokes and recognizing handwriting. It seamlessly broadcasts results to various devices, offering a polished interface for magicians to perform with confidence.

Highlights
  • Real-time stroke capture
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Broadcast to multiple devices
  • Polished user interface
  • Designed for professional performers
Features
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LUMEN Impra is the all-in-one companion app for working magicians using LUMEN hardware. Capture every stroke in real time, recognize handwriting on the fly, and broadcast results to every peek device, watch, and app you trust — all from a single, polished interface. Built from the ground up for serious performers, Impra brings together everything you need to perform with confidence.

About

Hyperbloom

Create a dynamic, interactive garden of light and sound with intuitive touch controls. Experience a calming, generative visual and auditory landscape that evolves and dissolves over time, offering a unique, goal-free experience.

Highlights
  • Tap to plant seeds and grow light tendrils
  • Drag to bend light and stir spores
  • Hold to charge and release petal shockwaves
  • Generative musical score responds to gestures
  • Calming, evolving visual and auditory experience
  • No goals, scores, or levels
Features
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HYPERBLOOM is a living garden of light that grows wherever you touch, and forgets you, slowly. There are no levels, no scores, and no goals. Just light, motion, and sound that respond to your hands. TAP to plant a seed and watch tendrils of neon light grow, branch, and burst into blooms. DRAG to bend the light and stir drifting spores into glowing comets. HOLD to charge a nova, then release a shockwave of petals and sound. Every gesture plays a note in a soft, generative score: a calm wash of plucks, sparkles, and deep booms that drift through reverb and echo. The garden quietly dissolves over time, so it is never the same twice and never asks anything of you. SEVEN MOODS Original, Bright, Somber, Dream, Dawn, Abyss, and Voltage. Each one swaps the color palette and the musical scale together, so the garden sounds the way it looks. MIRROR Turn on two, four, or six fold symmetry and every stroke you draw becomes a rosette. Your finger paints a mandala without you having to aim. KEEPSAKES Press the keep button once and Hyperbloom records the next twenty seconds of your garden, with its sound, as a movie you can share or save. Press and hold instead to keep the moment as a still image at full resolution, with no interface in it, which makes a good wallpaper. Built natively for iPhone with Metal and live synthesized audio for a smooth, glowing, endless experience. Perfect for unwinding, focusing, or simply watching light grow. No accounts. No ads. No data collected. Just you and the light.

Screenshots

LUMEN Impra4 screens
Hyperbloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LUMEN Impra at Free against Hyperbloom's $1.99. LUMEN Impra also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Hyperbloom's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On rating, review sentiment and ads 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

LUMEN Impra is free to download; Hyperbloom costs $1.99 up front. LUMEN Impra sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hyperbloom asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LUMEN Impra against 5.0 for Hyperbloom. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hyperbloom has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LUMEN Impra ships an update every 3 weeks, Hyperbloom every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LUMEN Impra versus Hyperbloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLUMEN ImpraHyperbloom
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCFMS LLCCraig Anthony Perkins

Customer experience

LUMEN Impra

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hyperbloom

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LUMEN Impra

One-time1
  • Pro Club$299.00
None

Hyperbloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LUMEN Impra free?
LUMEN Impra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hyperbloom free?
Hyperbloom costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LUMEN Impra or Hyperbloom?
LUMEN Impra and Hyperbloom are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do LUMEN Impra or Hyperbloom have ads?
Neither LUMEN Impra nor Hyperbloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LUMEN Impra or Hyperbloom?
LUMEN Impra ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hyperbloom every 6 days. Most recently, LUMEN Impra was updated on September 17, 2026 and Hyperbloom on September 7, 2026.

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