Comparison
Smartist vs Situ.art
Smartist is an app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with 3,000+ designed interiors, frames, mats, wall colours and AI video, sold as an $89.99-a-year subscription. Situ.art works in the browser and starts free: add the size and your work hangs at true scale in 600 rooms at once, so you pick the room that suits it in seconds.
Prices and features checked 15 September 2026, as published on Smartist’s own site, in its own currency.
At a glance
| Smartist | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An Apple app with a large library of 3D-designed interiors. | Art photographed in situ. Your artwork hangs at true scale in a room, and AI can add people or furniture, or show it from another angle. The art itself never changes. |
| Price to start | Free to install. Smartist Pro is $89.99 a year; shorter plans from $8.99 a week or $12.99. | Free. Pro is £29/month, or £24/month billed annually. |
| Free tier | The app is free with in-app purchases. | 60+ rooms with no account. A free account unlocks 600+ rooms and 10 AI credits. |
| Rooms | 3,000+ interiors, with 20+ added each week. | 600+ curated rooms, plus any room you describe. |
| True to scale | Yes, from your artwork dimensions. | Yes. Enter the artwork’s size and it hangs at that size, at a realistic height. |
| Rooms from a description | No. You choose from the interior library. | Yes. Describe a room and it is created around your art. |
| People, furniture, angles | No. Interiors are used as supplied. | Yes. Add people, furniture or companion pieces, or change the camera angle. |
| Frames and mats | Yes. Frames, mats, wall colours, textures and decorative objects. | Yes. Slim, box or floating frames in black, white, oak, walnut or any colour, with a window or float mount. The frame adds to the size that hangs, so it stays true to scale. |
| Video | Yes. AI video with camera movement. | 6-second clip with the camera moving through your scene. 1 on Free, 20 a month on Pro. |
| Downloads | High-resolution exports in social-media sizes, no watermark. | 2048px JPG. No watermark on any tier, no account needed. |
| Platform | iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. | Browser, plus an iPhone app. |
| Made for | Artists working from their phone. | Artists, galleries and auction houses. |
Features
| Smartist | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| Your work in every room at once | ✗ | ✓ |
| True to scale in every room | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free full-size downloads, no watermark | – | ✓ |
| Rooms created from a description | ✗ | ✓ |
| Add people or furniture | ✗ | ✓ |
| Change the camera angle | ✗ | ✓ |
| Video mockups | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frame and mat editor | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works in the browser | ✗ | ✓ |
| API that returns finished images | – | ✓ |
✓ yes · ✗ no · – not stated on their site
Where Smartist is stronger
- Room count: 3,000+ interiors against Situ.art’s 600+.
- Wall colours, textures and decorative objects, all editable in the app.
- A polished phone-first workflow: 4.8 stars from 8,500 App Store ratings.
Where Situ.art is stronger
- Every room at once. Add the size and your work hangs at true scale in 600 rooms straight away, so you pick the one that suits it in seconds. Smartist shows one interior at a time.
- Works in any browser on any computer, as well as on iPhone.
- Free with 600+ rooms and clean downloads, no purchase needed.
- AI adds people, furniture or a different angle, or builds a room from a sentence. The art itself never changes.
- Made for the trade as well as artists: galleries and auction houses use the same tool.
- Frame it once and every room shows it: pick a frame and mount and all 600 rooms update, the work hung at its framed size.
- An API that returns finished images, for catalogues and bulk work. Smartist doesn’t publish one.
Which should you choose?
Choose Smartist if you work from your phone and want to restyle the wall and its objects. Choose Situ.art if you work at a desk, want to start free, or want AI to add people, furniture or another angle rather than pick from a library.
Sources
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