Comparison

dnCalc vs Actions

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

Head to head
About

dnCalc

Perform amazing mathematical "experiences" to impress friends and colleagues. This app allows you to reveal secret numbers, ages, zodiac signs, and more, all without touching a calculator. It's easy to use, requires no memorization, and can be done with your eyes closed.

Highlights
  • Reveal secret numbers
  • Peek at ages and zodiac signs
  • Calculate birth day of week
  • Create custom formulas
  • Works offline
  • Up to 5 participants
Features
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Imagine... You are enjoying a lunch with friends and you suggest to perform a strange mathematical "experience". You ask for several volunteers to think of a special number, a birthday, the age of their best friend... You then ask them to multiply these numbers together, without you being able to see anything, then multiply the result by a special number that you previously wrote on a piece of paper, before the demonstration begins. Your friends give you orally the final result of these operations. You close your eyes and after a few seconds you reveal in the right order, the secret numbers of your friends! dnCalc will allow you to easily produce this little miracle that you can adapt according to your wishes and to he context. Your friends or colleagues will be asking what magical mathematical operation you mentally do to "extract" their numbers. Guaranteed to impress! • Very easy to do. A PDF document explains in details the procedure (which you can adapt). • Nothing to memorize. • Up to 5 people can be involved in the demonstration. • The spectators manipulate the calculator, you do not touch anything. • You can do this demonstration with your eyes closed. • No need for internet connection. • The trick is absolutely undetectable, nothing to find. • The effect is reproducible several times in a row. Many other cool features : • Force any number you need. • Compute and peek the age of your volunteer. • Compute and peek his zodiac signs (classic or Chinese). • Compute and peek his birth day of week. • Build your own forcing/peeking formulas! *** IMPORTANT *** If you have questions, do not ask them in the app's reviews, in order to preserve the secret. Send an email to dnCalc@moult.org. Thank you ! Alistair Crompton

About

Actions

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ThoughtCast Actions is an app specifically designed to connect the ThoughtCast Suite of magic technologies with other magic apps and hardware devices, allowing you to expand the possibilities of your own magic and make revelations that are truly impossible! Actions connects to ThoughtCast Magic effects like: Calculon Notarized PhoneFabulation MentalSketch All Seeing Eye Plus Actions connects to hardware: Teleport e-ink screen (available in the ThoughtCast Magic online store) Legacy System from Joao Miranda Hacker from Le French Twins Reinkstone Cases (to send an image to your case screen) Actions also connects to AI Services like: Google Gemini (for generating images from a description and reference image) OpenAI's DALL-E (for generating images from a description) Plus, Actions connects to all your favorite magic apps: Glyphs Diverter DFB X Earworm Subliminal Inject Voila TimeSmith The Stranger Sigaba Prevision Hydra/Hydra Pro Bridge AI MystiPrint Cosmos LifeLike Sketcher VRTX and more! Plus, it can help you send your captured information to a Shortcut, to your own URL, or even to the Actions API to use in any other apps with API support! Customize your revelations with Pre and Post text, making it easy to perform confabulation type effects easily! Take your magic apps into HYPERDRIVE and reveal your information in a brand new way with Actions! You can find our EULA and terms at https://thoughtcastmagic.com/policies/terms-of-service

Screenshots

dnCalc1 screens
Actions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dnCalc at none against Actions's 1. dnCalc also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Actions sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $114.99 per year. dnCalc asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dnCalc ships an update fortnightly, Actions every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
dnCalc versus Actions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdnCalcActions
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevious-MonkeyAndEtc, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

dnCalc

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Actions

Subscriptions1
  • All Actions - 1 Year$114.991 Year

Questions

Is dnCalc free?
dnCalc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Actions free?
Actions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do dnCalc or Actions have ads?
Neither dnCalc nor Actions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dnCalc or Actions?
dnCalc ships an update fortnightly, and Actions every 2 months. Most recently, dnCalc was updated on October 13, 2026 and Actions on October 25, 2026.

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