Comparison

Vision vs Magic Joker 2

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

Head to head
About

Vision

Enhance your magic performances with this app, designed to work with a card recognition tool. It allows magicians to manage card stacks, monitor data remotely, and even automate trick sequences for seamless shows. Expand your magical repertoire with a growing collection of routines.

Highlights
  • Stack Manager for custom card sequences
  • Remote data monitoring via webserver
  • Automated trick sequences
  • Peek device functionality
  • Accomplice mode for remote assistance
Features
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This app is intended to be used by magicians. It is the perfect addition to my Vision app (which does a optical character recognition of playing cards, which are layed out in a spread. With this new app a wide variety of new things will be possible. The collection will increase by time. This app can also be used by an accomplice, since the data can be received from a webserver. So the magician secretly analyses the spread and the accomplice has all the necessary information within seconds - whilst being far away. Features: Stack Manager: You can define and store any stacks, you use. These can be accessed from all different functions of the app. Monitor: Allows you to monitor the extracted data, which was sent to a webserver. Show missing card: Can be used as a peek-device Some Tricks Auto Pilot Lets you create a sequence of tricks, which you can perform automated one after the other! The collection will be updated and increased constantly in hope, that this will become a new era in card magic.

About

Magic Joker 2

This app allows professional magicians to create customizable digital magic effects using cards. Features include cards appearing, changing, or disappearing, with adjustable time delays and programmed card reveals. Enhance your magic performances with interactive digital illusions.

Highlights
  • Card appearance effect
  • Card change effect
  • Card disappearance effect
  • Adjustable time delay
  • Programmed card reveal
  • Choice of appearance animation
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Magic Joker is a very versatile application for creating an effect with cards. Many options are possible: - A card appears without touching the phone - Card change - Disappearance of card - Time delay adjustable via secret menu - Triggering at the desired time... - Programming the card that appears in front of the spectators - Choice of the effect for the appearance of the card (fade, translation...) This application is for professional magicians who want to add a fully customizable digital magic effect to their set.

Screenshots

Vision2 screens
Magic Joker 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vision at Free against Magic Joker 2's $17.99. Vision also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Magic Joker 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, 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

Vision is free to download; Magic Joker 2 costs $17.99 up front. Vision sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Magic Joker 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vision versus Magic Joker 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisionMagic Joker 2
PriceFree — better$17.99
Rating—2.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin EiseleBenjamin Vianney

Customer experience

Vision

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Magic Joker 2

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vision

One-time3
  • Shuffle Bored$13.99
  • Voice Control$13.99
  • Impromptu Stack$13.99
None

Magic Joker 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vision free?
Vision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Joker 2 free?
Magic Joker 2 costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vision or Magic Joker 2 have ads?
Neither Vision nor Magic Joker 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vision or Magic Joker 2?
Vision ships an update every 3 months, and Magic Joker 2 every 3 months. Most recently, Vision was updated on November 2, 2026 and Magic Joker 2 on November 2, 2026.

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