Picasso Pro vs Forcing Matrix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Picasso Pro
This app enables you to perform a magic trick where a spectator colors a drawing on their own phone. The app then reveals a matching prediction, requiring no special props. It's a customizable prediction tool for entertainment.
- Perform 'Color Match' magic trick
- Uses spectator's phone
- No special props needed
- Fully customizable templates
- Customizable color labels
- Prediction tool
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Perform ‘Color Match’ on a spectators phone. Picasso Pro allows you to perform the famous Picasso routine, know around the world as Color Match - with only your phone. No special props required. This app and the secrets within do all the work for you. Walk up to a spectator and have them color in a drawing on THEIR phone. When it’s completed you can show that it matches your prediction perfectly. Fully customizable, use your own templates (or choose one of the built in ones) and color labels, it’s the ultimate prediction tool. In collaboration with Promystic.com & Ellusionist.com, this is Picasso Pro. Download TODAY.
Forcing Matrix
This application assists professional magicians in creating forcing matrices for their performances. It functions as a digital tool to construct these matrices, rather than a teaching resource. The app operates offline, providing the same algorithm as its online counterpart.
- Create forcing matrices
- Offline functionality
- Same algorithm as online version
- Digital construction tool
- Assists professional magicians
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This is Forcing Matrix Magic helper for professional magicians. Forcing Matrix is quite old principle which is nicely described on deceptionary website. This app should help you to create forcing matrixes on the go. Please note this will not teach you how to use forcing matrix - this is just a helper to construct the matrix itself! You can play with the online interactive version here: https://bit.ly/3ppOrDo You may be surprised to learn the result you gonna select is 666! The algorithm in this app is exactly the same as the one online version is using. Of course nobody is forcing you to buy this app - you can keep happily using the website. This has been developed for those who were complaining about not being online all the time. This application doesn't need internet connection to do the calculations!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Forcing Matrix at $3.99 against Picasso Pro's $29.99. Forcing Matrix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Picasso Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Picasso Pro costs $29.99 and Forcing Matrix $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Forcing Matrix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picasso Pro has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Picasso Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Forcing Matrix every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Picasso Pro | Forcing Matrix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ellusionist.com INC | Tomas Jelinek |
Customer experience
Picasso Pro
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In-app purchases
Picasso Pro
No in-app purchases
Forcing Matrix
No in-app purchases
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