Comparison

Magic Personal Assistant vs Fancy Hands

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

Head to head
About

Magic Personal Assistant

Access a team of live virtual assistants 24/7 for tasks ranging from business projects to personal errands. Build a professional relationship with assistants who learn your preferences to deliver personalized results. Focus on what matters most while your dedicated team handles the details.

Highlights
  • 24/7 live virtual assistants
  • Dedicated assistant team
  • Personalized task execution
  • Project management support
  • Task delegation via chat
  • Preference learning
Features
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Get help whenever and however you need with Magic. Magic connects you with a live virtual assistant any time, anywhere, 24/7. Magic works on projects to improve your successes at work and at home. We free you up so that you can grow your business, accelerate your career, spend more time with loved ones, and focus on the important things in your life. When you sign up, you are assigned a team of remote assistants. Think of them as an extension of your company, scaling with you as you grow your business. Magic charges for the active time assistants work on your projects: web searches, calling vendors, creating spreadsheets, sending emails and more. We do not charge you time for project assessment, wait times or activity that do not relate to active work on your projects. While Magic is powered by software, it's not artificial intelligence. You're not chatting with a bot. You’re talking to a team of assistants who value a professional relationship with you over time. We will remember your preferences and tastes so that each task reflects your personal stamp. Using Magic is simple: 1. Chat with us about what you need to get done 2. Your team of assistants start working on your task 3. We update you along the way -- or change course based on your feedback 4. We get it done ---- Here are a few examples of how you can use Magic: - Find me engineering candidates with 3-5 years of experience. Look on LinkedIn and give me the first 5 results in a spreadsheet before continuing. - Add job title, company and contact information to this list of sales leads - Convert this PDF into a document and summarize the essential learnings - Give me a comparison of automatic sedan rentals for my upcoming travel Scotland. Call to make sure pick up and drop off from my hotel is ok. - Copy this intro pitch blurb and email it to the attached list of potential investors. Record positive, negative and no responses in a spreadsheet for me to review. - Book a haircut appointment with my stylist every 3 months. Look for an open slot on Fridays between 11am and 3pm.

About

Fancy Hands

Access a team of human assistants to complete tasks for you. Submit requests, track progress, and communicate with your assistant directly through the app. Leverage a blend of human intelligence, AI, and automation to boost your productivity.

Highlights
  • Submit new requests
  • Check up on old requests
  • Message your assistant
  • View call and email activity
  • View attachments
Features
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Fancy Hands is a personal assistant service. We've got a team of assistants ready to work for you today. Just tell us what to do and we'll have an actual human get it done for you. We've blended humans, artificial intelligence, and automation to ensure you're as productive as possible. This app has been rewritten from the ground up. It allows you to submit new requests, check up on old ones, message your assistant, see call and email activity, view attachments.

Screenshots

Magic Personal Assistant4 screens
Fancy Hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Magic Personal Assistant at 4.2 against Fancy Hands's 3.3. Magic Personal Assistant also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (141 vs 16). Fancy Hands's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Personal Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Personal Assistant has 141 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Magic Personal Assistant's written reviews are positive against 19% of Fancy Hands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Personal Assistant ships an update monthly, Fancy Hands every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Magic Personal Assistant versus Fancy Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic Personal AssistantFancy Hands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (141 ratings) — better3.3 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews27.0% of reviews — better19.2% of reviews
Number of ratings141 — better16
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.010.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlus Labs, Inc.Fancy Hands, Inc.

Customer experience

Magic Personal Assistant

All ratings141 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral0.7%
Negative19.9%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive27.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative67.6%

Fancy Hands

All ratings16 ratings
Positive56.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive19.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative76.9%

Bugs and requests

Magic Personal Assistant

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Image sending often not working
  • Account not cancelled despite requests
  • Emails not unsubscribable
  • Financial information still visible after cancellation
  • Login screen freezes
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  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow users to quit easily
  • Improve image sending functionality
  • Provide better task knowledge
  • Offer more transparent billing breakdowns
  • Allow direct communication with designers/freelancers
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  • Explore alternative monetization models (ads, sponsorships)

Fancy Hands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Magic Personal Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

Fancy Hands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Personal Assistant free?
Magic Personal Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fancy Hands free?
Fancy Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magic Personal Assistant or Fancy Hands?
Magic Personal Assistant is rated higher. Magic Personal Assistant averages 4.2 out of 5 from 141 ratings, while Fancy Hands averages 3.3 from 16 ratings.
Do Magic Personal Assistant or Fancy Hands have ads?
Neither Magic Personal Assistant nor Fancy Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Personal Assistant or Fancy Hands?
Magic Personal Assistant ships an update monthly, and Fancy Hands every 15 months. Most recently, Magic Personal Assistant was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fancy Hands on October 20, 2026.

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