Comparison

Magic Ball 2 vs MagicWare for Magicians

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

Head to head
About

Magic Ball 2

This app allows experienced magicians to perform a modern, surprising trick where a virtual ball appears to be sent via email into a spectator's hand. Customize ball size, color, and logos for a personalized performance.

Highlights
  • Innovative magic effect
  • Surprise climax for routines
  • Virtual ball transmission simulation
  • Customizable ball size and color
  • Add custom logos and text
  • Easy to perform
Features
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Finish off your sponge ball routine with an original, modern touch! Effect: After completing your favorite sponge ball routine, offer your audience a surprise climax. Explain to your spectators that nowadays, in the age of Internet, we can send anything by e-mail: pictures, videos, files, folders, and now... even objects! Offer to demonstrate right away. Ask a spectator to hold out his or her hand, take 2 sponge balls and ask the spectator to squeeze them tightly. Hold up your iPhone/iPod and explain that you are going to send them an object by e-mail. Open the application, produce a 3rd ball, and place it virtually on the screen of your iPhone/iPad. The spectators will see an animated ball in your e-mail outbox. Press “send” to send the file into the hand of the spectator, which serves as the inbox. The file progressively disappears from your screen. The spectator opens their hand and discovers, to their great surprise, a 3rd ball. Key features: - Innovative effect with high audience impact! - Application for experienced magicians. - Application menu allows you to choose ball size and colourr, logos, text … - Easy to do under any conditions.

About

MagicWare for Magicians

Organize your magic tricks, props, and supplies. Track details like purchase price, patter, and required sleights. Build routines, manage a want list, and use a practice timer. Generate quotes for shows and input data via voice-to-text.

Highlights
  • Organize tricks and supplies
  • Create and sequence routines
  • Manage a want list
  • Practice timer and log
  • Generate custom quotes
  • Voice-to-text data entry
  • Customizable performance venues
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MagicWare is a must have app for magicians of all levels or magic collectors who want or need to be able to organize, track and search all of their tricks, props, supplies and equipment. The MagicWare app will become your single repository for all of that information you have lying around on post-it notes and note pads that you can't seem to find when you need it. Tricks: MagicWare provides an interface for creating and organizing your tricks. Trick data includes the trick name, what you paid, when you bought the trick, patter used, sleights and moves required, load items and supplies needed, and more. Routines: MagicWare provides an interface for creating, building and organizing your routines. This includes the tricks that make up the routine displayed in a sequence you define. This can be done for venues such as stage, parlor, close-up or walk-around, etc. Of course these venue categories are customizable. Want List: MagicWare also includes a Want List so you can keep track of the props, tricks, supplies and equipment you're looking for. Practice Timer: MagicWare also has a practice timer and practice log that is organized by trick, routine, sleight or move. Quotes: A robust interface for generating semi-customizable quotes is provided, as well as, an up-sell area for organizing items or add-ons for your show. Once set up, these can then be linked to your routines and are automatically made available when building a quote during a phone conversation with your potential client. Don’t leave money on the table! Much of the data may be entered using voice to text. A huge time saver when entering large blocks of text for patter or notes about a particular trick or routine. MagicWare is almost totally customizable to your particular needs and performance venue.. The information can be out-put to your printer or emailed in pdf format. With an intuitive design that is easy to master and excellent built-in help, you can be up and running in no time at all.

Screenshots

Magic Ball 24 screens
MagicWare for Magicians4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Ball 2 at 100% against MagicWare for Magicians's 0%. Magic Ball 2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). MagicWare for Magicians's advantage is price (Free vs $11.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On ratings volume, 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

MagicWare for Magicians is free to download; Magic Ball 2 costs $11.99 up front. MagicWare for Magicians sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Ball 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Ball 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Magic Ball 2's written reviews are positive against 0% of MagicWare for Magicians's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Ball 2 ships an update every 9 months, MagicWare for Magicians fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Magic Ball 2 versus MagicWare for Magicians: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic Ball 2MagicWare for Magicians
Price$11.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin VianneyTom Johnson

Customer experience

Magic Ball 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MagicWare for Magicians

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Magic Ball 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MagicWare for Magicians

One-time1
  • MagicWare BaseVersion$9.99

Questions

Is Magic Ball 2 free?
Magic Ball 2 costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MagicWare for Magicians free?
MagicWare for Magicians is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Ball 2 or MagicWare for Magicians?
Magic Ball 2 is rated higher. Magic Ball 2 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MagicWare for Magicians averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Magic Ball 2 or MagicWare for Magicians have ads?
Neither Magic Ball 2 nor MagicWare for Magicians shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Ball 2 or MagicWare for Magicians?
Magic Ball 2 ships an update every 9 months, and MagicWare for Magicians fortnightly. Most recently, Magic Ball 2 was updated on September 10, 2026 and MagicWare for Magicians on June 22, 2026.

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