Switching from Buzztime?
The trivia platform your bar moves to — not the one it settles for.
Buzztime retired its legacy in-venue hardware in late 2025, and thousands of bars had to decide: adopt the new hardware and re-commit, or take the moment to find something better. If you're in that second group, this page is for you. LLUMIVIA is onboarding early-access venues now — the comparison below describes the launch product our founding venues get first.
The difference
Same idea Buzztime pioneered. Rebuilt for how bars actually run now.
Buzztime proved bars want always-on trivia — it ran on TVs in thousands of venues for 35 years. LLUMIVIA keeps what worked and removes everything that didn't: the contracts, the tablets, the installs, and the staff effort.
| LLUMIVIA | Buzztime (published, July 2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $149/mo, first month free | $199/mo (Bronze) |
| Commitment | Month-to-month, cancel anytime | 6-month minimum |
| Hardware | One plug-in box, included, pre-configured | New Game Network hardware; tablets on $249–299 tiers |
| Setup | HDMI + power, playing in under 60 seconds | Equipment onboarding |
| Players join by | QR scan → phone browser, no app or account | Phones/tablets via Buzztime app |
| Trivia nights | Fully autonomous shows — announcer, scoring, wager finale | Automated shows on network schedule |
| Question repeats at your venue | Never — per-venue no-repeat tracking by design | Shared network library |
| Sponsor/ad revenue for you | Yes, on the Sponsor plan — you keep it | — |
Buzztime figures from business.buzztime.com published pricing, July 2026. Buzztime is a trademark of its owner; LLUMIVIA is not affiliated with Buzztime.
Why bars switch
Three reasons venues make the move
1. The economics flipped
$149/mo month-to-month vs $199+/mo locked for six months. And because LLUMIVIA's shows are fully autonomous — announcer, pacing, scoring, prizes — you're also not paying a host $150–500 a night to make trivia feel like an event.
2. Your guests' phones are the hardware
No tablets to charge, sanitize, or replace. Guests scan the QR on the TV and play from their own phones in under 15 seconds — no app download, no account. Teams form at the table with a 4-character code.
3. Content that never goes stale
LLUMIVIA's content engine is built to generate and fact-check fresh questions continuously, track every question shown at your venue, and filter out repeats — while at launch nearby venues get different packs, so your Tuesday show stays yours.
Make the switch
Run both for a month. Keep the one that fills seats.
Your first month of LLUMIVIA is free with no commitment, and a limited number of founding venues lock in Core at $99/mo for their first 12 months — plug it into a second TV and let your regulars vote with their feet.
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