Artivive Bridge

Artivive Bridge is an image-triggered AR editor for artists and organizations building experiences around physical work. It suits exhibitions, classrooms, and printed pieces where viewers can scan an image to reveal digital content. Its broad media support is appealing, though view caps and plan-gated tools shape what you can publish.

Overview

Creators upload an image, arrange digital layers over it, and publish without coding. That makes Bridge a focused choice for connecting a physical artwork to digital material while keeping the work itself at the center of the experience. Viewers can scan with Artivive’s free iOS or Android app without an account, which removes a registration step for visitors.

The platform serves artists, museums, and educators, and offers separate educational pricing and tools. Artivive’s story site also features a Canva x Artivive example for bringing design into AR inside Canva.

Key features

Bridge supports video, animation, GIFs, images, 3D objects, audio, particle effects, and text. Layers can be moved, rotated, and scaled with on-screen handles or numeric controls, so the editor accommodates both visual placement and more deliberate positioning.

Sequences can change an experience in response to timing or user input. Pro Plus adds Timeline for animating and sequencing layers, including media, 3D objects, and groups. That plan gate matters for creators who need coordinated motion: Pro provides monthly views and more memory than Basic, but does not include Timeline.

WebAR, available on Pro Plus, Business, and Enterprise, lets viewers open an experience from a QR code or link in a browser without installing an app. The browser route has meaningful limits: WebAR does not support Timeline, and iOS plays only one video layer with audio at a time. Choose it when app-free access matters more than those capabilities.

Pricing

Basic is free forever and includes unlimited artworks, but caps usage at 50 lifetime views and memory at 1 MB. It is suitable for a small demonstration; the lifetime view allowance is too restrictive for an experience intended to keep attracting visitors.

Pro costs €139,90 / year and includes 1,000 views per month, 3 MB memory, and support. It is the lower-cost paid step for modest ongoing use, but lacks the Timeline and WebAR tools that distinguish Pro Plus.

Pro Plus costs €399,90 / year, with 5,000 monthly views, 5 MB memory, WebAR and Timeline, statistics, and up to 10 WebAR artworks per QR code. It fits creators who need both browser access and richer sequencing, provided the memory and monthly view caps suit the project.

Business costs €999 / year and raises the allowance to 15,000 monthly views and 25 WebAR artworks per QR code. It adds advanced features, multi-language artworks, statistics and insights, a dedicated account manager, a commercial licence, and priority support. This is the stronger fit for commercial or multilingual projects that need account-level support.

Enterprise costs €2.999 / year. It includes unlimited views subject to a fair-use policy, 10 MB memory, white-label WebAR, up to 100 WebAR artworks per QR code, and removal of Artivive branding. Organizations that need branded browser experiences or substantially higher capacity have a clear reason to move up; the price and fair-use condition should factor into that decision.

Platforms

Bridge is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its free viewer app runs on iOS and Android, while WebAR provides browser viewing on eligible plans.

Who it's for

Bridge is best for artists, museums, and educators who want to connect a recognizable physical image to layered media. It is a less natural fit when a project depends on Timeline inside WebAR, or when its monthly view and memory limits do not match the audience or assets.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Broad support for media layers gives image-based experiences room for video, sound, 3D, animation, and text.
• Pros: Visitors can scan with the free iOS or Android viewer without an account.
• Pros: Numeric transform controls complement direct on-screen placement when positioning layers.
• Cons: Basic allows only 50 lifetime views and 1 MB memory, limiting its usefulness for public projects.
• Cons: Timeline and WebAR both start at Pro Plus, and Timeline is unavailable in the WebAR player.
• Cons: On iOS WebAR, only one video layer with audio can play at a time.

Alternatives

For a different authoring option, compare AR Creation Software. MyWebAR is worth considering if its free Creator plan’s 100 annual views, 100 MB storage, and five projects better match a small project. JigSpace offers a free plan with three active Jigs, three steps, 100 MB team storage, and two user seats, making it a candidate for projects organized as step-based Jigs. BlippBuilder lets users create and test projects on its free Starter plan, but publishing requires a paid plan. Kivicube may suit a non-commercial project that fits its free Basic limits of two scenes and 500 scene experiences. STYLY is another freemium option for creators seeking smartphone and headset support with limited commercial use on its Creator plan. Assemblr EDU may suit educators who can work within its free object, storage, and marker allowances. WorldCAST offers a free Creator plan with unlimited monthly views and no expiry, which may better fit projects where ongoing view counts are the priority. AR.js Studio is a free, web-based open-source authoring option.

Verdict

Choose Artivive Bridge if your project should begin with a physical image and you want to layer several kinds of media onto it, with a free viewer that visitors can use without accounts. Its clearest reason to look elsewhere is the gap between Basic’s small lifetime allowance and the paid plans, especially if your browser experience depends on Timeline or multiple iOS video layers with audio.