Comparison

Vision vs AR Magic Show

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

AR Magic Show

Experience a private magic show in your own space using augmented reality. Point your device at an empty area, scan the floor, and place a virtual magician to perform illusions. It's like having a world-famous iPad magician right in your living room.

Highlights
  • Place virtual magician in any space
  • Scan floor to position performer
  • Holographic illusions
  • Private magic show experience
  • Developed with university cooperation
  • Works on iOS devices
Features
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HOW IT WORKS The app is easy to use: Aim your smartphone camera at an empty space on the floor at least 2 meters away. As you aim, move your camera to scan the floor. A white circle appears. As soon as it is completely white, touch it. This way you can position the magician like a hologram. WHAT IT’S ABOUT Simon Pierro is best known as the iPad magician. His performance at The Ellen DeGeneres Show made him a world-wide (internet?) phenomenon. How would you like a private magic show in your living room, home office or on your patio? Yup, that is possible, thanks to this unique AR App: In cooperation with the university HSD Dusseldorf led by Prof. Dr. Geiger, Simon's digital magic was caught on camera inside a 360° greenscreen studio and later mapped out by room tracking devices that incorporated it into a fascinating app. Check out a video about the development here: https://youtu.be/G9c4UCFl5L8 Also, below is a link to see an entire virtual magic performance in Times Square, on the Maldives or on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town: Virtual Shows Around The World! -> LINK WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY? Augmented reality, or AR in short, is technology that lets you place virtual images, three-dimensional animations and additional information in real environments, blending the real world with virtual elements. Use your tablet or smartphone (iOS 12.0. or later) to bring the virtual performer into any space you choose.

Screenshots

Vision2 screens
AR Magic Show2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AR Magic Show at none against Vision's 3. AR Magic Show also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Vision sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. AR Magic Show asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vision ships an update every 3 months, AR Magic Show weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vision versus AR Magic Show: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisionAR Magic Show
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin EiseleSimon Pierro

Customer experience

Vision

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

AR Magic Show

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vision

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

AR Magic Show

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vision free?
Vision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AR Magic Show free?
AR Magic Show is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vision or AR Magic Show have ads?
Neither Vision nor AR Magic Show shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vision or AR Magic Show?
Vision ships an update every 3 months, and AR Magic Show weekly. Most recently, Vision was updated on October 24, 2026 and AR Magic Show on October 24, 2026.

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