Magic Lie Detector vs Magic Ball 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Lie Detector
This entertainment app uses a simulated scan to guess a spectator's chosen card after they answer questions. It offers customizable routines and is easy to learn and perform for amazing reactions.
- Simulated lie detection for card guessing
- Customizable questions and routines
- Easy to learn in 3 minutes
- Performable with an ordinary deck of cards
- Creates amazing audience reactions
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This app is intended for entertainment purposes only and does not provide true Lie Detector functionality. Amazing magic on your iPhone created by World Champion Magician, SOMA. Magic Lie Detector is a pure miracle performed in the spectator’s hands. It is so unbelievable that it will leave the audience speechless and amazed. * The basic effect * The spectator selects a card from an ordinary deck of cards. You take out your phone and launch Magic Lie Detector. The app asks a series of questions from the spectator regarding her card. She can lie or tell the truth completely up to her. After every question, the app scans her finger and successfully decides if she is telling the truth or lying. For the final scan, the spectator places both her fingers on the phone and the app tells exactly what card she has chosen. * Custom options * Magic Lie Detector is a 100% customizable app. Whether you want to add some extra questions to the basic effect or create a completely new routine of your own, it doesn’t matter, it is ALL POSSIBLE with Magic Lie Detector. * Quick Facts * - Learn in 3 minutes - Easy to perform - Amazing reactions - In your pocket all the time - Fully customizable - So much fun!
Magic Ball 2
This app allows experienced magicians to perform a modern, surprising trick where a virtual ball appears to be sent via email into a spectator's hand. Customize ball size, color, and logos for a personalized performance.
- Innovative magic effect
- Surprise climax for routines
- Virtual ball transmission simulation
- Customizable ball size and color
- Add custom logos and text
- Easy to perform
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Finish off your sponge ball routine with an original, modern touch! Effect: After completing your favorite sponge ball routine, offer your audience a surprise climax. Explain to your spectators that nowadays, in the age of Internet, we can send anything by e-mail: pictures, videos, files, folders, and now... even objects! Offer to demonstrate right away. Ask a spectator to hold out his or her hand, take 2 sponge balls and ask the spectator to squeeze them tightly. Hold up your iPhone/iPod and explain that you are going to send them an object by e-mail. Open the application, produce a 3rd ball, and place it virtually on the screen of your iPhone/iPad. The spectators will see an animated ball in your e-mail outbox. Press “send” to send the file into the hand of the spectator, which serves as the inbox. The file progressively disappears from your screen. The spectator opens their hand and discovers, to their great surprise, a 3rd ball. Key features: - Innovative effect with high audience impact! - Application for experienced magicians. - Application menu allows you to choose ball size and colourr, logos, text … - Easy to do under any conditions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Ball 2 at 100% against Magic Lie Detector's 0%. Magic Ball 2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Magic Lie Detector's advantage is price ($6.99 vs $11.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Magic Lie Detector costs $6.99 and Magic Ball 2 $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Ball 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Magic Lie Detector's written reviews are positive against 100% of Magic Ball 2's.
Magic Lie Detector ships an update every 5 months, Magic Ball 2 every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Lie Detector | Magic Ball 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 — better | $11.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soma Show Ltd. | Benjamin Vianney |
Customer experience
Magic Lie Detector
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In-app purchases
Magic Lie Detector
No in-app purchases
Magic Ball 2
No in-app purchases
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