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SurfaBeam Pro turns a phone, tablet, or PC into a projection-mapping tool for placing visuals on real-world surfaces. It can curve surface edges, mask areas, and layer transparent PNGs over video, while importing photos, videos, and GIFs from a device gallery. Live visuals include effects that track a hand or body and a 12-mode music visualizer. It connects to projectors through USB-C to HDMI, AirPlay, Chromecast, or the SurfaBeam Link receiver. The permanent free tier includes the mapping tools, but adds a watermark and entry gate and blocks saving, loading, and exporting; Windows Pro starts at $3.99 per month for personal use.

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   Disguise Designer

   Free plan MacWebWindows

   Production design and collaborative timeline work — Designer adds real-time production visualisation, complex-surface mapping, render integrations, and simultaneous multi-user editing.

   7.5 From $99/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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   Ghost Arcade

   Free plan Open source APIiPhoneLinux+4

   Free live VJ performances and multi-display mapping — Ghost Arcade adds soft edge blending, independently warped multi-display outputs, VJ decks, and MIDI, OSC, Ableton Link, and NDI connections.

   9.1 Free plan Visit site
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   Map Club

   Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1

   Browser-based mapping with local project storage — Map Club runs in a browser, stores projects and media locally, and exports projects as .club files.

   7.3 Free plan Visit site
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   Screenberry

   Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1

   Venue playback with multi-screen capacity and show control — Screenberry adds multi-screen media-server playback, projector blending and calibration, and timecode, MIDI, DMX, and OCS control.

   7.0 Free plan · paid from $99/mo Visit site
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   Christie Mystique

   Free plan APIWebWindows

   Aligning up to three Christie projectors — Mystique Lite automates warping and blending for up to three Christie projectors on a flat horizontal screen array.

   7.6 Free plan Visit site
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   MadMapper

   Free plan APIMacWindows

   Video and LED mapping with extensive live-control options — MadMapper adds LED mapping, 3D calibration, many live-control integrations, and support for as many projectors as the computer can handle.

   7.2 Free plan · paid from €39/mo Visit site
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   MapMap

   Free plan Open source LinuxMacWindows

   Free projection mapping for artists and small teams — MapMap is free projection-mapping software for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with OSC layer controls and no listed mobile platforms.

   8.7 Free plan Visit site
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   Fluence

   Free plan MacWindows
   7.3 Free plan Visit site
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   entity

   Free plan Windows
   7.2 Free plan Visit site
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    LightAct

    Free plan Self-hostedWindows
    7.1 Free plan · paid from €1,770 Visit site
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    LumaPlane

    Free plan Web
    6.9 Free plan · paid from $19/yr Visit site
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    VIOSO

    Free plan LinuxWebWindows
    6.8 Free plan · paid from €49/mo Visit site
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    WATCHOUT

    Free plan Windows
    6.5 Free plan · paid from €3,200 Visit site
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    HeavyM

    Free trial MacWindows
    6.1 Visit site
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    FaçadeSignage

    Free trial Windows
    6.0 21-day trial Visit site
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    Raedia

    Free trial WebWindows
    5.7 7-day trial Visit site
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    HoloMapper

    Paid LinuxWindows
    5.6 Visit site
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    Millumin

    Free trial Mac
    5.6 From €29 · 30-day trial Visit site
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    LightMap

    Paid MacWeb
    5.5 Visit site
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    Modulo Kinetic

    Paid AndroidiPhoneMac+1
    5.5 From €90/mo Visit site
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    Onlyview

    Paid LinuxWindows
    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Scalable Display Manager

    Paid Windows
    5.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Mapping Matter

    Paid MacWebWindows
    4.6 From $99/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site

Its single-projector limit and lack of DMX or timecode support may rule it out for larger or controlled productions. Pro scenes link to media files that users must move separately, and there is no cloud sync. Alternatives span browser-based mapping, free VJ tools, multi-projector systems, and production software with calibration or show-control options. Compare the platform and output needs first, then consider whether you need saved project files, collaboration, playback capacity, or integrations more than SurfaBeam Pro’s device-based workflow and casting options.

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