Diverter vs Overlayed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diverter
This app allows you to make calls and transmit information to an accomplice while simultaneously dialing a random phone number. It offers multiple peeking methods and integrates with various other apps and lists for enhanced functionality in magic performances.
- Transmit information to an accomplice
- Dial random phone numbers
- Multiple peeking methods (Audio Peek, Web Peek)
- DFB List and Gyro List support
- Integrates with other magic apps
- Card Clock Swipe Input
- International number format support
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“Marc’s apps are unbelievable.” —David Blaine “That’s incredible!” —Asi Wind Diverter is an incredibly useful approach to the modern-day Mr. Wizard effect… and much more! Diverter lets you transmit a completely free selection to an accomplice while apparently dialling a random phone number. Your spectator can enter any number. Diverter actually calls your chosen accomplice while keeping the on-screen details consistent. Your accomplice secretly receives a free selection made by your spectator through Audio Peek or Web Peek, and can reveal it over the phone call. AutoCall With AutoCall, the spectator can dial the number and press the Call button themselves. Diverter places the genuine phone call without the magician needing to touch the phone, making the final moment feel clean, fair and even more impossible. MULTIPLE PEEK METHODS Audio Peek transmits information directly over the call. Web Peek gives your accomplice a private, automatically updating link showing the latest information. THE PERFECT WIKITEST INTEGRATION Imagine: your spectator looks something up on their phone. You dial a random number, and the person who answers reveals exactly what your spectator is thinking of! DFB LIST SUPPORT Any list you use with DFB is compatible with Diverter. Import a list and covertly select an item using inputs such as Gyro List: simply rotate the phone towards yourself to choose, or use Button T9 and more input methods. NO OTHER APPS NEEDED Built-in inputs include Card Clock Swipe and Gyro Input, which lets you secretly type and transmit any text. POWERFUL APP INTEGRATIONS Diverter integrates with Bridge, Inject, ISO, Earworm, iTHUMP TOXIC+, RainMan, WebFX and more. Use WebFX’s free covert inputs to transmit a playing card, receive information from Bridge, transmit an Inject search, or combine Diverter with your existing magic-app workflow. Diverter’s Open API and Clipboard support make it easy to receive information from other apps. BLUETOOTH DICE Diverter supports Kinetic Mental Dice and Spotted Dice. Your spectator can roll multiple dice (even rerolling during the call), and your accomplice automatically receives the latest values. Third-party apps and Bluetooth hardware are optional, sold separately and not required to use Diverter. INTERNATIONAL AND LANGUAGE SUPPORT Diverter supports custom telephone-number formats for any region. Text throughout the performance UI can be customised for your preferred language. REGULARLY UPDATED SINCE 2013 Diverter has been refined for more than a decade to become one of the most powerful, accurate and affordable apps of its kind. “A POWERFUL app that’s super EASY to use. It’s SO well thought through!” PERFORMANCE RIGHTS INCLUDED Perform Diverter on television, YouTube, Instagram, radio or any other medium at no additional charge. YOU CAN USE DIVERTER FOR: - The Holy Grail: Any Card at Any Number, chosen by a randomly dialled stranger. - The ultimate book test: the stranger reveals the chosen word. - Card reveals. - Truly impossible drawing duplications, including ultra-specific details. - Almost anything you can imagine. - Includes performances and instructional videos. PLUS… - Modern support for the latest versions of iOS, including Dark Mode and Liquid Glass. - Enhanced Mask Number keeps the calling display consistent while protecting the accomplice’s real contact. - No hidden charges or additional subscriptions. - Calls use your existing telephone service. - Works over cellular calls, FaceTime Audio and FaceTime. - No additional apps are required; integrations are entirely optional. - Create, use and share your own lists. - Import any of the thousands of existing Digital Force Bag lists. - Multiple novel inputs, including Gyro Input, Gyro List, T9 Input and Card Clock Swipe. - An unlimited number of effects are possible! This app is for entertainment purposes only. All television, internet, radio and other performance rights are included free with purchase.
Overlayed
This app allows magicians and mentalists to overlay and animate digital effects onto real-time images, creating modern and interactive magic routines. Enhance existing tricks or invent new ones, with customizable animations and the ability to save transformed images.
- Overlay digital effects on images
- Animate effects in real-time
- Create custom magic routines
- Spectator-shareable photos
- Invisible animation control
- Save transformed images
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OVERLAYED by David Penn & Magie Factory is a real tool for magicians and mentalists, for creating modern and amazing routines. OVERLAYED allows you to overlay and animate digital effects within images captured in real-time. These can even be selfies that the spectator can share on their socials, freezing their moment of magic forever. OVERLAYED allows you to enhance existing effects like David’s ‘Digital Double Cross’, and ‘Card Apparition’, and create awesome new ones which were impossible until now. Imagine taking a photo with your device, or the spectator’s phone (using a sold separately NFC Tag), then being able to visually make appear any image (object, writing, shape etc.) at a specific location on that very same image! All OVERLAYED effects can be animated invisibly because you as the performer are in control of everything! The image can then be automatically saved in the phone’s gallery with or without the transformation! In ‘Digital Double Cross’, the cross is removed from the spectator’s hand and is dropped into an image of their hand on the phone screen! It is then removed magically from the digital image and transferred to their other hand. Finally you travel back in time and the cross is back in their image, but within the camera roll, ready to share. (Double Cross sold separately by Magic Smith) In ‘Card Apparition’ you can take a selfie with you and your spectators. A chosen card then vanishes and appears in the previously taken image, at any time, under your complete control! The card can look real, or like a ghostly apparition, because everything is customisable in the crisp and clean settings and animation area of the app. There are endless possibilities that are only limited by your imagination. Join the users' group on FACEBOOK where the community of users will grow and continue to share ideas and routines. Welcome to OVERLAYED! All rights reserved for TV Please contact us to get our consent for a TV show.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Overlayed at $41.99 against Diverter's $59.99. Overlayed also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). Diverter's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Diverter costs $59.99 and Overlayed $41.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Diverter ships an update every 10 days, Overlayed monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diverter | Overlayed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.99 | $41.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (30 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Kerstein | Benjamin Vianney |
Customer experience
Diverter
Overlayed
In-app purchases
Diverter
No in-app purchases
Overlayed
No in-app purchases
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