Glitter Sparkle Light Effects vs Magic Video Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glitter Sparkle Light Effects
Enhance your photos with a variety of shimmering effects, including glitters, sparkles, and light leaks. Add custom text with different fonts and colors, and easily share your creations.
- Sparkle and glitter decorations
- Apply frames and light leaks
- Add custom text with fonts
- Flip stickers and text
- Delete unwanted elements
- Save and share photos
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Download Photo Glitter Light Effects to decorate your photo with different sparkles , glitters and text. App features Sparkles to decorate photos with glitter & sparkles. Apply frames, light leak. overlays and glitter effects to photos. Text to write messages using different colors and fonts. Flip stickers and text horizontally. Delete unwanted stickers or text from image. Save to photo gallery. Share with your friends and family on any social media.
Magic Video Maker
Add magical effects, 3D filters, and animated characters to your videos and photos without a green screen. Bring fantasy creatures and visual effects to life in your real-world surroundings to create unique and artistic content.
- Live video effects without green screen
- Embed FX effects and 3D filters
- Add animated characters (unicorns, bunnies)
- Animated emojis and face filters
- Action FX like explosions and lightning
- Place effects on any flat surface
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Transform the world around you into something magical! Get Live Video Effects without a green screen. Embed FX effects, 3D filters, objects and characters to your videos and pictures to add hint of magic to your photos and videos. Bring living characters such as, Unicorns, Ponies, Butterflies, Snowman, Bunny, etc to life in your local park or your living room. Add animated emojis, face filters and visual effects such as, lovely falling hearts to express yourself with special photos and videos. Action FX such as, Explosions, Lightening are also available. To use Magic Video Maker ---------------- 1) Open Magic Video Maker app. 2) Scan any flat surface such a floor, ground, table, etc, where you would like to place the character or magical item. 3) Select (or add) character/magic using the "magic selector" icon (right-hand lower corner of the screen) 4) Tap to place the character/magic where you like. (repeat 3 & 4 if you would like to add multiple magics simultaneously) 5) Capture a picture or video. Transform YOUR surrounding into magical world and turn your videos to a work of art! Read more about our terms and conditions here: http://perfectrix.com/terms http://perfectrix.com/mobile-apps-privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Magic Video Maker at none against Glitter Sparkle Light Effects's shown. Magic Video Maker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (58% vs 40%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Glitter Sparkle Light Effects sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Magic Video Maker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Glitter Sparkle Light Effects against 4.5 for Magic Video Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Video Maker has 146 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Glitter Sparkle Light Effects's written reviews are positive against 58% of Magic Video Maker's.
Glitter Sparkle Light Effects ships an update every 8 months, Magic Video Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glitter Sparkle Light Effects | Magic Video Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (28 ratings) | 4.5 (146 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 146 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rajneesh Mishra | Perfectrix |
Customer experience
Glitter Sparkle Light Effects
Magic Video Maker
Bugs and requests
Glitter Sparkle Light Effects
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic Video Maker
Reported bugs
6 issues- Cannot exit camera mode without quitting
- User declined recording error
- App is glitchy
- Cannot resize video
- Tapping, swiping, pinching do nothing
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- No response from developer
Requested features
7 requests- Make more items free
- Offer a one-time purchase option
- Provide guidance on how to use the app
- Add more free effects
- Fix recording issues
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- Allow camera flip
- Add more free stickers
In-app purchases
Glitter Sparkle Light Effects
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$5.991 Year
- One Time Purchase$7.99
Magic Video Maker
- Go Premium - Magic Video Maker3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- LoveFree
- Heart with Love$0.99
- Pegasus Unicorn$2.99
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- Princess Pony$2.99
- Pinkie Pony$2.99
- Rainbow Pony$2.99
- Twilight Pony$2.99
- Snowman$2.99
- Dancing Snowmen$2.99
Questions
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