Scan Cards vs iToon Magic Trick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scan Cards
This app simulates a magic trick where your smartphone appears to analyze a deck of cards. It can reveal the number of face-down cards, count specific card colors, and even identify exceptions in a mixed deck.
- Simulates card deck analysis
- Reveals number of face-down cards
- Counts cards by color
- Identifies specific card exceptions
- Performs brain reading illusions
- Counts cards in spectator's hand
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ScanCards App allows you to make a magic trick that gives the illusion of turning your smartphone into a card game analyzer, filling in data that seem impossible to obtain normally: A deck of cards is mixed and handed out to a spectator who is asked, out of sight (under the table) to cut the deck as much as he wants. Then the spectator will have to take three cards, one after the other, from the top or at the bottom of the deck and put them back UPSIDE DOWN in various places in the package. The deck of cards is then placed back in its case, and the smartphone is placed on its case. A "scan" button is visible on the screen. After clicking on a scanning animation appears and, 5 seconds later, the button "results" appears in turn. The screen displays the following sentence "There has three cards face down. " Then on the next screen we discover three cards, and it turns out that the three cards match those that were put face up. The magician offers to renew the experience by mixing the game so as to get cards with their faces up and cards with their faces down. The viewer does it by random cuts and then mixes the deck to get faces up and faces down. The result is an absolute chaos of cards, some with their faces up others with their faces down. The same smartphone is placed on the deck of cards. The "scan" and "results" buttons are pressed in turns and we discover a first sentence on the screen: "There are 19 cards face down". We check the cards whose faces are down and it matches. Another click on the screen will show a new sentence: "There are 9 black cards". We check and indeed it is the case. With again another click, a new sentence will show up: "All the red cards are number cards" We check and we realize that there are only cards with numbers, apart from a face who is the queen of hearts. Then, one last final,click on the screen will display"Except the queen of hearts". with the version 2 you can count the card in the hand of the spectator and read in the brain with your smartphone End of the card trick !
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: Scan Cards at 100% against iToon Magic Trick's 68%. Scan Cards also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 25 months) and price ($12.99 vs $14.99). iToon Magic Trick's advantage is chart position (#184 vs unranked). 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
Scan Cards costs $12.99 and iToon Magic Trick $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scan Cards ships an update every 10 days, iToon Magic Trick every 25 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Scan Cards | iToon Magic Trick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 68.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #184 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sebastien macak | Bigmagie |
Customer experience
Scan Cards
iToon Magic Trick
In-app purchases
Scan Cards
No in-app purchases
iToon Magic Trick
No in-app purchases









