Vision vs AR Magic Show
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Stack Manager for custom card sequences
- Remote data monitoring via webserver
- Automated trick sequences
- Peek device functionality
- Accomplice mode for remote assistance
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Vision sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. AR Magic Show asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vision ships an update every 3 months, AR Magic Show weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Vision | AR Magic Show |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Eisele | Simon Pierro |
Customer experience
Vision
AR Magic Show
In-app purchases
Vision
- Shuffle Bored$13.99
- Voice Control$13.99
- Impromptu Stack$13.99
AR Magic Show
No in-app purchases









