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A realistic Smartist alternative for any browser
Quick answer
Situ.art is a Smartist alternative built for realism that works in any browser: each room’s own light sets the shadows and the frame’s shading, and your work hangs at true scale in 700+ rooms at once, free, with no watermark on any download.
- Smartist: an app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. The free plan has 5 interiors and watermarks its exports; Pro is $19.99 a month or $89.99 a year.
- Situ.art: any browser, plus an iPhone app. Free with 700+ rooms and no watermark; Artist is £9 a month.
- Smartist shows one interior at a time. Situ.art hangs your work in all 700+ rooms at once, at its size.
Try it with your own work
JPG, PNG or WebP. Free, no account, no watermark.
A sample painting, 50 × 44 cm, hung at its real size. Drop your artwork in above and it takes its place here and in every room below.
Rooms on this page
- Price
- Free. No card, and no account for your first two works.
- Watermark
- None, on any download.
- Rooms
- 50+ without an account, 700+ with a free one.
- Sets
- Up to 8 works on one wall, laid out in every room at once.
- Paid plans
- Artist £9 a month, Pro £29 a month.
- Downloads
- 2048 px JPGs. A free account includes 5 downloads; paid plans have no cap.
- Works in
- Any browser, plus an iPhone app.
Situ.art and Smartist compared
Smartist is an app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with 3,000+ designed interiors, frames and mats, several works on one wall and AI video. Pro is $19.99 a month or $89.99 a year; the free plan has 5 interiors and watermarked exports. Situ.art works in the browser and starts free: add the size and your work hangs at true scale in 700 rooms at once, so you pick the room that suits it in seconds.
Prices and features checked 29 October 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. | In situ images of your art. Your work hangs at true scale in a room, lit by that room’s own light, and AI can add people or furniture, or show it from another angle. Room images draw your work from your own image. |
| Price to start | Free plan. Pro is $19.99 a month, or $89.99 a year on the App Store, with a 7-day free trial. | Free. Artist is £9 a month and Pro £29 a month, less billed annually. |
| Free tier | 5 interiors, and exports carry a small watermark. | 50+ rooms with no account. A free account unlocks 700+ rooms and 3 AI credits. |
| Rooms | 3,000+ interiors on Pro, with 20+ added each week. | 700+ 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 | Angle views on walls, and art can sit behind foreground objects. People aren’t mentioned. | Yes. Add people, furniture or companion pieces, or change the camera angle. |
| Frames and mats | Yes. Custom frames and mats, wall colours and textures. | Yes. Slim, box or floating frames, flat or moulded, in oak, walnut, gold, silver, black, white or any colour, with a window or float mount. You set the frame and mount widths, and the frame adds to the size that hangs, so it stays true to scale. |
| Video | Yes. AI video mockups, with sound. | Art videos of your work in its rooms, made without AI, for Reels, the feed or square posts: two a day on Free, unlimited on every paid plan. Plus AI video, a 6-second clip with the camera moving through your scene: 1 on Free, 2 a month on Artist, 20 on Pro. |
| Downloads | High-res exports in social-media sizes. Free exports are watermarked; Pro removes it. | 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 on iPhone, iPad and Mac. | Artists, galleries and auction houses. |
Features
| Smartist | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| Your work in every room at once | ✗ | ✓ |
| Several works on one wall | ✓ | ✓ |
| A set of works laid out 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 on Pro against Situ.art’s 700+.
- Wall colours, textures and decorative objects, all editable in the app, plus augmented reality.
- Well reviewed: 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 700 rooms straight away, so you pick the one that suits it in seconds. Smartist shows one interior at a time.
- Sets in every room at once: hang up to 8 works and each of 700 rooms lays them out to fit its own wall, at true scale. Smartist arranges a set one interior at a time.
- Works in any browser on any computer, Windows and Android included, as well as on iPhone.
- Free with 700+ rooms and no watermark. Smartist’s free plan has 5 interiors and watermarks its exports.
- AI adds people or furniture, or builds a room from a sentence. Room images draw your work from your own image, and with Keep my artwork untouched on, your original is put back on every AI image of a single work.
- 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 700 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 want the biggest interior library, or to restyle the wall and its objects. Choose Situ.art if you want to start free without a watermark, on any phone or computer, or want AI to add people and furniture rather than pick from a library.
Questions
- Is there a free alternative to Smartist?
- Yes. Situ.art is free to start in any browser: 50+ rooms with no account, 700+ with a free one, and no watermark on any download. Smartist’s free plan has 5 interiors and watermarks its exports.
- Is Smartist free?
- Partly. Its free plan has 5 interiors and exports carry a small watermark. Pro unlocks 3,000+ interiors and removes the watermark, at $19.99 a month or $89.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial.
- Is Situ.art cheaper than Smartist?
- Month to month, yes: Artist is £9 a month against $19.99 for Smartist Pro. Paid yearly they are close, £90 a year for Artist and $89.99 for Smartist Pro. Situ.art’s free plan already has 700+ rooms with no watermark, where Smartist’s has 5 interiors.
- Does Situ.art work on Android or Windows?
- Yes. It runs in any browser, on Windows, Mac, Android or iPhone, and there is an iPhone app too. Smartist is for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Can I put several works on one wall?
- Yes. Hang up to 8 works (two without an account) together, each at its true size. Every room lays the set out to suit its wall, in a row, a column or a grid, and you can drag each work where you want it. Smartist can show several in a grid too.
- Can I show my art at an angle?
- Yes. Some rooms have angled views of the same wall, with your work drawn in its perspective; angled downloads come with the Artist plan. Smartist has angle views on walls too.
- Does Situ.art have augmented reality?
- No. Situ.art makes the images and video you post, list or send. Smartist includes augmented reality, to see a work on a real wall through your phone.
- How much does Situ.art cost after the free plan?
- Artist is £9 a month and Pro £29 a month, less billed annually. Nothing on the free plan needs a card.
- Will AI change my artwork?
- Room images never do: your work is drawn from your own image. AI only runs when you ask it to change the scene, and it can sometimes repaint the work. Switch on Keep my artwork untouched in Settings and your original is put back on every AI image of a single work; otherwise Restore does it in one tap.
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