Magic Ball 2 vs iToon Magic Trick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Innovative magic effect
- Surprise climax for routines
- Virtual ball transmission simulation
- Customizable ball size and color
- Add custom logos and text
- Easy to perform
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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.
iToon Magic Trick
Experience a digital magic trick that combines card magic with cartoon animations. This virtual assistant uses VR technology to reveal a spectator's chosen card, ESP symbol, or astrological sign. It's easy to perform with a standard Bicycle Rider Back deck.
- Augmented reality card reveal
- VR technology integration
- Animated stickman reveals
- Works with Bicycle Rider Back deck
- Finds chosen card, ESP symbol, or astrological sign
- Easy to perform
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If you enjoy magic tricks and cartoons you will love iToon. This virtual assistant will allow you to find the card chosen by your spectator thanks to VR technology. Very easy to do, runs with your classic Bicycle Rider Back deck. One of the greatest classics of card magic goes fully digital! iToon is the modern version of the famous Card-Toon© by Dan Harlan. Gentlemen's Magic team and Bigmagie are proud to present iToon in collaboration with two famous magicians: Peter Oz and Dan Harlan. More real and more modern than ever, the famous stickman comes back in augmented reality and thanks to several animations will be able to find a chosen card, an ESP symbol or even the astrological sign of your spectator. iToon is really easy to do, just approach the camera to the back of a deck of Bicycle deck, the animation begins. Let the show start! This application requires a Bicycle Rider Back deck (red back color) not included with this purchase. You can buy this deck in any online magic retailer. A creation signed Peter Oz. Based on an original idea by Dan Harlan. Produced by Gentlemen's Magic and Bigmagie. Explanations in English and French. iToon by Peter Oz, Dan Harlan & Gentlemen's Magic
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Ball 2 at 100% against iToon Magic Trick's 68%. Magic Ball 2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 9 months vs every 25 months). iToon Magic Trick's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Magic Ball 2 costs $11.99 and iToon Magic Trick $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Ball 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iToon Magic Trick has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Magic Ball 2's written reviews are positive against 68% of iToon Magic Trick's.
Magic Ball 2 ships an update every 9 months, iToon Magic Trick every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Ball 2 | iToon Magic Trick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 68.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Vianney | SARL BIGMAGIE |
Customer experience
Magic Ball 2
iToon Magic Trick
In-app purchases
Magic Ball 2
No in-app purchases
iToon Magic Trick
No in-app purchases
