Skin Motion vs Magic Display
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skin Motion
Transform any sound into a unique tattoo that can be played back using augmented reality. Upload your audio and find licensed artists to create your personalized Soundwave Tattoo.
- Create soundwave tattoos
- Play tattoos with AR
- Upload custom sounds
- Find licensed tattoo artists
- Share on social media
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Turn your loved one's voice, a pet, your favorite song, or any sound you want into a tattoo you can listen to. Skin Motion is a patent-pending augmented reality app that allows you to play Soundwave Tattoos™. Create your Soundwave Tattoo by uploading your sound at SkinMotion.com and use the Skin Motion app to play the sound back. Find a Skin Motion licensed tattoo artist who is trained to make Soundwave Tattoos in the Skin Motion app. Artists can apply to join the Skin Motion Tattoo Artist Directory for free at SkinMotion.com/apply Share your Soundwave Tattoos on social media with the hashtag #mysoundwavestory for chances to win!
Magic Display
Transform your LED screen with custom text, designs, and effects via Bluetooth. This app offers built-in animations, collaborative playback, graffiti tools, and music synchronization for a unique visual experience.
- Bluetooth wireless connection
- Custom text and design effects
- Built-in display effects
- Collaborative playback
- Custom graffiti
- Music playback synchronization
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LED display via bluetooth wireless connection, realize the change in the APP screen text, design effect.A variety of built-in display effect, joining together play, custom graffiti, music playback, cool variety of gameplay, allowing you to LED screen is unique. LED显示屏通过蓝牙无线连接，实现在应用程序屏幕文字、设计效果上的改变。各种内置显示效果，联袂播放，自定义涂鸦、音乐播放，酷炫多样的游戏玩法，让您的LED显示屏独树一帜。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Magic Display at none against Skin Motion's shown. Magic Display also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (159 vs 52). Skin Motion's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (50% vs 34%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Skin Motion holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 159 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Skin Motion's written reviews are positive against 34% of Magic Display's.
Skin Motion ships an update every 3 weeks, Magic Display every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skin Motion | Magic Display |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (52 ratings) — better | 2.9 (159 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 159 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | skinmotion | Tianlang innovation Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Skin Motion
Magic Display
Bugs and requests
Skin Motion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic Display
Reported bugs
15 issues- Bluetooth connection not discovering device
- App crashes when entering text (iOS 17 compatibility issue)
- Display shows upside down
- Apostrophe adds extra space in text
- Music mode crashes when playing
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- Brightness slider non-functional
- Bold button non-functional
- Flashlight button non-functional
- App requires reinstall to work again
- Hat resets to default settings randomly
- Connection times out without timer set
- DIY delete and erase buttons too close together
- Pac-Man animation unavailable despite being shown
- Animations disappear when hat is connected
- Text inversion feature not working
Requested features
15 requests- Custom animation creation tool
- Ability to upload and play personal music
- Spotify/Apple Music integration
- Customizable color selection
- Larger drawing/DIY canvas area
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- Save text message presets
- Emoji and Unicode support
- Battery level indicator
- Microphone-triggered equalizer
- Import images/GIFs from device
- Real-time clock display
- Voice activation functionality
- More music options beyond lullabies
- Better DIY interface design
- Undo/redo functionality for drawings
In-app purchases
Skin Motion
No in-app purchases
Magic Display
No in-app purchases
