Comparison

Silhouette Magic vs Silhouette Hour

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

Head to head
About

Silhouette Magic

Easily create stunning silhouette effects with an intelligent object masking tool. Apply various decorations like colors, images, and borders to your silhouettes, and compose them with background images for unique artwork. Save your creations as transparent stickers.

Highlights
  • Intelligent one-step object masking
  • Apply fill, gradient, and image colors to silhouettes
  • Add borders and vignette effects
  • Save silhouettes as transparent stickers
  • Compose with background images
  • Use preset or custom images for silhouettes and backgrounds
Features
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Create amazingly beatiful silhouette effect with powerful object masking tool and tons of silhouette decoration options. • Super intelligent one step object masking. • Create silhouette within just a few seconds. No complex editing needed. • Apply fill color to silhouette. • Apply gradient colors to silhouette. • Apply image to silhouette. • Supports beautiful silhouette image presets. You can also use your own photos. • Apply darkness and vignette effect to silhouette. • Apply border to silhouette. • Save silhouette image as sticker image with transparent background. • Compose silhouette with background image to create stunning artwork. • Supports beautiful background image presets. You can also use your own photos as background.

About

Silhouette Hour

Features
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The "silhouette hour" is a magical time when the morning sun or evening sun turns the subject into a silhouette. The photo you take is automatically converted into a beautiful silhouette photo. ● Image recognition automatically converts the subject into a silhouette. ● You can adjust the lighting effects of the silhouette area and background area separately. ● It can generate not only pure black silhouettes, but also silhouettes with light and dark contrast. ● Edited image files can be saved and shared. [Select Photo] ・Launch the camera and take a photo ・Select a photo from the photo album ・Import shared files from other apps ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Settings] ・Edit anchor points on the light and dark graph ・Linear interpolation of the light and dark graph [Touch Operation] ・Pinch in/out: Zoom in on the image ・Pan: Scroll through the zoomed image [Photo Output] ・Save to camera roll: Photo ・Share photos: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

Silhouette Magic4 screens
Silhouette Hour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Silhouette Magic at monthly against Silhouette Hour's every 2 months. Silhouette Magic also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Silhouette Hour's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Silhouette Magic costs $2.99 and Silhouette Hour $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silhouette Magic ships an update monthly, Silhouette Hour every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Silhouette Magic versus Silhouette Hour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilhouette MagicSilhouette Hour
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongwook ChoMasanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

None

Silhouette Magic

No in-app purchases

None

Silhouette Hour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silhouette Magic free?
Silhouette Magic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silhouette Hour free?
Silhouette Hour costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Silhouette Magic or Silhouette Hour have ads?
Neither Silhouette Magic nor Silhouette Hour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silhouette Magic or Silhouette Hour?
Silhouette Magic ships an update monthly, and Silhouette Hour every 2 months. Most recently, Silhouette Magic was updated on November 3, 2026 and Silhouette Hour on November 4, 2026.

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