Bolt vs Cardi Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bolt
Monitor your vehicle's speed and location with real-time alerts. Set custom geofences and receive instant notifications for ignition, over-speeding, and power cuts.
- Speed limit alerts
- Live vehicle location sharing
- Multiple geofencing
- Ignition on/off notifications
- Over-speeding alerts
- Power-cut alerts
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Bolt is a one of a kind application that lets you interact with your car like never before. It lets you set speed limit for your vehicle and each time the specified speed limit gets exceeded, the app sends you an alert. You can share your vehicle’s live location with anyone, from anywhere while you can track them in real time as well. Through the new multiple geofencing feature, you can assign multiple geofences to your vehicle and also customize the shape and size of the fence according to your need. The Bolt App lets you keep the controls in your hand like a boss! With instant alerts for ignition on/off, geo-fencing, over-speeding & power-cut, all in a single app, you can always stay updated wherever you are. Note:- Please enable Persistent Notifications for alert notifications. Step #1. Launch Settings app -> Next, tap on Notifications. Step #2. Now, you need to tap on Bolt app. Step #3. Next, Show as Banners switch is turned on. Step #3. Then, tap on the Persistent button.
Cardi Magic
This app allows you to control the interior ambient lighting of your car. Adjust colors and scene modes wirelessly via Bluetooth to create your desired atmosphere.
- Adjust interior light color
- Select scene modes
- BLE wireless control
- Customizable car atmosphere
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Cardi magic floats carry atmosphere lights, adjust the interior environment light color and scene mode through BLE
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bolt at 50% against Cardi Magic's 0%. Bolt also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0). Cardi Magic's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Bolt holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Bolt's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cardi Magic's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bolt | Cardi Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roadcast Tech Solutions Private Limited | Guangzhou Cardi Auto Parts Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Bolt
Cardi Magic
In-app purchases
Bolt
No in-app purchases
Cardi Magic
No in-app purchases
