R vs iCons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
R
This app allows numbers to magically transfer from a spectator's phone to yours, mimicking a real calculator interface. It offers a variety of magic effects and configurable options, including Bluetooth remote control support. Designed for magicians, it enables seamless transitions between calculator and routine modes.
- Spectator number transfer
- Realistic calculator interface
- Switch between modes
- Chainable routines
- Configurable effects
- Bluetooth remote support
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With R-DIGIT, Iphone calculator app numbers travel magically from spectator's mobile to yours. You can find a large field of magic effects with this principle. Get ready for stupefaction and laughts from your audience ! Hightlights : - Strictly like the real calculator app - Switching secretly from calculator mode to routine mode and vice versa right in front of your audience and whenever you want. - Possibility to chain up any calculator routine from your repertoire (ex: Toxic) after or before R-DIGIT, without leaving the application - For all Iphone. - All effects are configurable (triggering of effects, delays) - Possibility of connecting a Bluetooth remote control, but everything is provided to do without. - Full routine detailed in video (subtleties to reinforce the effects) . This application is intended for professional and amateur magicians who know how to keep a secret !
iCons
This magic app lets you influence minds using your phone's icons. Easily create illusions with any card or text, supporting multiple languages and secret inputs. Performances are explained within the app.
- Influence minds with phone icons
- Use any card or text
- Secret inputs
- Multi-language support
- Performance explanations
- Card and text input
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iCons allows you to influence people's mind with any card, any text using the icons of your phone. It's a magic app. It's easy to use, very simple to do. Multi-Language Connected to Inject, Elips & WikiTest Card Input Text Input 2 Secret Inputs Letters and numbers Performances explained
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iCons at Free against R's $29.99. iCons also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). R's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
iCons is free to download; R costs $29.99 up front. R sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and iCons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for R against 5.0 for iCons. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
R ships an update monthly, iCons weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | R | iCons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Vianney | French Twins Illusion |
Customer experience
R
iCons
In-app purchases
R
- Digits Peek$8.99
- LED travel$9.99
- R-Digit +$24.99
iCons
- Buy iCons$44.99
