Comparison

MindReader Card Magic Trick vs Maxim magic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MindReader Card Magic Trick

Select a card in your mind as a deck is riffled. This application will magically reveal your chosen card. Perfect for entertaining friends and family with a captivating illusion.

Highlights
  • Mental card selection
  • App reveals chosen card
  • Interactive magic illusion
  • Share with friends and family
Features
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A bunch of playing cards from the deck will be shown to you. You have to select a card in your mind as the deck is quickly riffled through. In a moment, this app will reveal the card in you mind like magic! Try it with friends & family and share the magic with the most amazing mind-reading card trick for your iPhone. This app is intended for entertainment purposes only and dose not provide true mind reading functionality.

About

Maxim magic

Instantly calculate and discreetly reveal any freely named card from a spectator-shuffled deck. Offers multiple reveal methods, including counting to specific dates or spelling card names, with zero memory work or math required. Perfect for magicians of all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Instant card reveal calculation
  • Spectator-shuffled deck support
  • Multiple customizable reveal methods
  • Zero memory work or math
  • Works with any card stack
  • Covert phone usage
Features
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"A lot of apps come and go with trends. Maxim lives on my homescreen. It's genius." - Christian Grace MAXIM is a covert app that instantly calculates and discreetly delivers to you the perfect hands-off reveal for any freely named card in a deck that's been mixed by the spectators. Effect: You hand the spectator a deck. (in any stack of your choice). They "shuffle" the deck under the table or behind their back whilst freely naming any card. Let's say the name the "King of Diamonds". They bring the deck out and immediately you know up to three different ways that they can reveal their own card. For example; They deal down to the exact date of the month and their card is exactly there! All without any brain work, math, no nothing. Allowing you to be fully engaged in your performance. Any random card at any arbitrary number is more impressive to magicians than laymen. But when the number has meaning, whether it's counting to their birthday, spelling the card's name or even counting to the exact date of the year, the boring old ACAAN takes on new life, feels more personal and more importantly more magical. The beauty of maxim, unlike most other apps, is that your phone is used in a covert way, and to the spectator has nothing to do with the trick. Easy to do. Perfect for beginners. You do not need to know any stack. There is zero memory work. No mental math at all. Works in any language and can be fully customized. Works with any stack in the world. Including a visual stack editor. Every reveal can be fully customized. Multiple input options. Multiple peek options including notifications. Customizable spectator profiles to take MAXIM to miracle status. MAXIM is an app that lives on your phone. With you everywhere you go. Ready to perform at a moment's notice anywhere, anytime. Never before has it been so easy, to perform such unexplainable miracles. With MAXIM, now you can.

Screenshots

MindReader Card Magic Trick3 screens
Maxim magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MindReader Card Magic Trick at none against Maxim magic's 1. MindReader Card Magic Trick also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 12.0). Maxim magic's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 13 months). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Maxim magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MindReader Card Magic Trick asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MindReader Card Magic Trick holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of MindReader Card Magic Trick's written reviews are positive against 33% of Maxim magic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MindReader Card Magic Trick ships an update every 13 months, Maxim magic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MindReader Card Magic Trick versus Maxim magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindReader Card Magic TrickMaxim magic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better3.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings415 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.2 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkitaek kimMurphy's Magic

Customer experience

MindReader Card Magic Trick

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Maxim magic

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

MindReader Card Magic Trick

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Maxim magic

One-time1
  • Maxim App$24.99

Questions

Is MindReader Card Magic Trick free?
MindReader Card Magic Trick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maxim magic free?
Maxim magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MindReader Card Magic Trick or Maxim magic?
MindReader Card Magic Trick is rated higher. MindReader Card Magic Trick averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Maxim magic averages 3.7 from 15 ratings.
Do MindReader Card Magic Trick or Maxim magic have ads?
Neither MindReader Card Magic Trick nor Maxim magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MindReader Card Magic Trick or Maxim magic?
MindReader Card Magic Trick ships an update every 13 months, and Maxim magic every 6 days. Most recently, MindReader Card Magic Trick was updated on September 10, 2026 and Maxim magic on June 4, 2026.

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