Exhibition shows your images and documents full screen – without a single button or bar in the way. As an interactive presentation or an automatic, endless slideshow.

And the show runs in sync across devices: one iPhone or iPad sends it to up to seven more nearby. Swipe on one, and all the others follow. Add your Apple Watch as a remote – directly from device to device, no server, no account.

Made for trade show booths, shop windows, galleries, waiting rooms and any screen that should show your content and nothing else.

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Features:

  • in sync on up to 8 devices: one leads, the others follow
  • Apple Watch as a remote
  • borderless full-screen display, controlled by gestures only
  • automatic slideshow with an adjustable interval
  • the screen stays on while the show is running
  • lock code against leaving or changing the setup
  • external display or projector via cable or AirPlay

Getting your files in:

Files app (including iCloud Drive and whole folders), photo library, the share sheet of other apps, the Finder on your Mac. ZIP archives are unpacked automatically.

Image formats:

JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP

Documents:

PDF (page by page), HTML (interactive), Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF

Private:

No account, no tracking, no analytics, no ads. Your files stay on your devices.

FAQ:

Which devices and versions does Exhibition run on?

Exhibition runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17 or newer. The Apple Watch remote needs watchOS 10 or newer.

How do I get files into Exhibition?

In the overview, import images from your photo library and files from the Files app – including iCloud Drive, whole folders and ZIP archives, which are unpacked automatically. From any other app (e.g. Mail, Safari, Photos) send files to Exhibition via the share sheet. On a Mac, select the connected device in the Finder and drag files onto Exhibition under Files.

How do I open mail attachments?

Tap the attachment, open the share sheet and choose Exhibition.

How do I set up Exhibition?

Depending on your setting, open the overview with files, setup, data sharing and further information by pinching with two fingers, shaking the device or tapping the upper left corner of the screen. If the overview is locked, it only appears after relaunching the APP; with a lock code, only after entering it.

Can I present a slideshow from one device on other devices?

That's what data sharing is for – with up to 8 devices: one leading and up to seven more.

  1. Install Exhibition on all devices.
  2. Set data sharing on all other devices to Receive.
  3. Set data sharing on your device to Distribute.
  4. Select each device that should get your files and follow your presentation.
  5. Start the presentation – swipe on your device, and all the others follow.

The devices connect directly and encrypted, without a server or the internet, and reconnect on their own after an interruption. The first time, iOS asks for access to the local network – please allow it. To prevent distraction or interruptions on the other devices, lock their overview with a lock code.

How do I control the show with my Apple Watch?

Open Exhibition on the Apple Watch paired with your iPhone. The arrow buttons move the show on your iPhone – and, with data sharing on, on all connected devices.

Displaying landscape and portrait

Images and documents are always scaled proportionally to the maximum screen size. Rotate your device to show an image in landscape or portrait.

To keep the display from rotating while you handle the device, turn on Orientation Lock in Control Center once the device is in the position you want.

Errors, crashes, unpredictable behaviour

In some rare cases, deleting the APP from your device and installing it again helps. Feel free to write to us with the feedback option in the APP.

"Apart from the introduction, none of my files are displayed…"

The introduction is only shown when Exhibition finds no file it can display. Please check that the import worked and that the file format is supported.

"Even HTML pages advance automatically, I can't tap anything…"

Most probably the automatic slideshow is on, which switches to the next file after a set time. Turn off the automatic slideshow in the setup to use HTML pages interactively again.

Blurry display, long loading times

Prepare your images and documents for the screen resolution of the target device (in pixels, not points) – larger files don't look better, but they slow down importing and sending to other devices.

Version history

  • V6.0: complete rewrite; import from the Files app, iCloud Drive, folders and ZIP archives; data sharing rebuilt (up to 8 devices, automatic reconnect); new Apple Watch app; photo picking without access to all photos
  • V5.0: Apple Watch support
  • V4.0: Photo Album image selection
  • V3.0: File sharing and remote control, more gestures, lock code
  • V2.0: integrated file overview, setup within the APP, additional APP information
  • V1.6: white PDF background
  • V1.2: PDF fix, file cache, optimization for display size
  • V1.1: permanent display support

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