CardSense vs Aylon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CardSense
This app allows you to perform a magic trick where you appear to know your friend's chosen card. It's a tool for magicians or anyone wanting to impress friends with a simple card sensing illusion.
- Reveal chosen card
- Surprise friends
- Magic force selection
- Tool for magicians
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CardSense — Magic, Ready to Perform. CardSense is a modern card magic toolkit for magicians who want to create impossible-looking moments with an iPhone. From selecting a card to visual transformations, photo reveals, eye reveals and custom incoming-call effects, CardSense helps you prepare and perform powerful card magic with simple, controlled interactions. Designed for live performance, CardSense puts practical magic tools in one place. The goal is simple: spend less time managing complicated setup and more time performing. CREATE IMPOSSIBLE CARD MOMENTS • Crystal Liquid Lens See through your card with a cinematic liquid-lens effect. Turn an ordinary card into a striking visual moment with a movie-style lens effect. • 52 Cards. One Touch. A fast and elegant way to work with all 52 cards. Create a magical card-selection moment with a single touch, designed for smooth performance. • Card Mirror Create a precise mirrored copy of a playing card in seconds. A visual effect designed to make the impossible feel effortless. • Hidden Eye Reveal Create a surprising card reveal through the eyes. A memorable visual moment designed to fit naturally into your routine. • Custom Incoming Call Turn an incoming phone call into part of your performance. Customize the reveal and make the phone itself become part of the magic. • Card in Photo Place a selected card into a photo and create the reveal in seconds. Transform an ordinary image into an unexpected card-magic moment. • Fake Scanning A playful fake scanning effect designed to fool your friends. It looks like a card scan while giving you a fun way to create a surprise reveal. BUILT FOR MAGICIANS CardSense is designed around the realities of performing magic with a phone. Keep your preparation simple, control the presentation, and let the technology stay in the background while you focus on your spectator. Use CardSense for close-up magic, casual performances, social gatherings, practice sessions and modern card routines. Whether you are a card magician, mentalist, hobbyist or simply someone who enjoys surprising friends, CardSense gives you a collection of phone-powered magic tools to explore. A MODERN MAGIC TOOLKIT CardSense combines card selection, visual card effects, photo magic, phone-based reveals and interactive performance ideas in one app. Explore different routines in Magic Lab, practice your timing, and choose the effects that fit your style. The app is designed to complement traditional playing cards rather than replace them. Your deck remains at the center of the performance; your iPhone becomes another secret tool in your magician’s toolkit. CLASSIC CARD MAGIC, REIMAGINED CardSense brings familiar card-magic ideas into a modern smartphone experience. Instead of relying on a complicated-looking interface, the app focuses on clean presentation, controlled interactions and moments that feel natural during a performance. Use one effect on its own or combine different tools to create your own routine. Build a sequence around card selection, a visual reveal, a photograph, an incoming call or an unexpected appearance on screen. YOUR TRICK. YOUR ROUTINE. YOUR WAY. CardSense is made for performers who want technology to support the magic, not distract from it. Prepare your effect, hand the phone over when needed, and create a moment your spectator will remember. Explore CardSense and discover a new way to perform card magic with your iPhone.
Aylon
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◆For THE FIRST TIME EVER a magic trick app dives you into the deepest secret of magic by giving you the power to show a video of prediction of yours in the past that is revealing a randomly chosen card by your spectator in the present while your iPhone is away from you from the very beginning of the trick and all the wireless communications are turned off! ◆ Welcome to AYLON! ▶MIND BLOWING EFFECT - Show your iPhone with the screen turned off. - Move away from your iPhone and ask your spectator to choose a random card from an ordinary deck of cards. - After choosing the card and by YOUR command your iPhone will turn on and a video of YOU will start revealing a card on the screen ! - Your prediction on the video matches the exact card that your spectator has freely chosen! - You can prompt the spectator to check and confirm that ALL POSSIBLE wireless communication on your iPhone are turned OFF (WiFi, Bluetooth, even GSM Network(!)), in order to block the phone's ability to send or receive any kind of information! The perfection of simplicity in performance makes this magic trick the BEST of its kind! Your audience will never suspect that an app is involved so all of the credit goes to YOU! ▶NO LIMITATIONS •The magician NEVER touches the phone, not a single touch after the audience's choice! •NOT a single touch on the screen •NO internet connection •NO GSM Network •NO Wi-Fi or Bluetooth access •NO "leave and pick your device" tricks •NO assistant •NO voice recognition •NO camera / proximity sensor (optical recognition) •NO other electronic devices •NO "fake websites/interfaces" tricks ▶EXTRA FEATURES •You can perform Aylon to anyone ◆ anytime ◆ anywhere! Use “Quick action” feature via 3D Touch to perform the trick instantly! •The secret of the trick is protected from unauthorised users by using iOS Biometric authentication! Aylon is a professional magic trick app that uses advanced algorithms for card prediction and revelation that have never been used by any other app available! An inaccessible secret to anyone but you, that will captivate your audience and blow their mind away! It is intended for entertainment purposes only / does not provide any real-magic abilities. For any questions/comments please visit Aylon’s Official Website : http://onetwo.gr/map TV broadcasting/ WEB casting rights are reserved! You will need written consent from OneTwo P.C. : http://onetwo.gr
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CardSense at Free against Aylon's $1.99. Aylon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
CardSense is free to download; Aylon costs $1.99 up front. CardSense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aylon asks for nothing beyond the download.
CardSense ships an update every 15 months, Aylon every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardSense | Aylon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 265 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kam Hung Cheung | Ioannis Gkortsos |
In-app purchases
CardSense
- CardSense Pro$6.99
Aylon
No in-app purchases









