Comparison

Magic FX vs Lumeo

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

Head to head
About

Magic FX

Transform ordinary videos into extraordinary content with cinematic magic. Add special effects like fireballs and lightning, or turn yourself into a cartoon character. Enhance photos with artistic filters and aging effects, then share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Cinematic video effects
  • Cartoon and artistic filters
  • Realistic aging effects
  • Photo enhancement tools
  • Weekly new effects
  • High-quality video export
Features
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--- MagicFX – Video Effect Master --- MagicFX is the ultimate video editing app that puts cinematic magic at your fingertips. Create stunning visuals with ease using professionally designed effects. Whether you're shooting an action scene or just having fun with friends, MagicFX transforms ordinary clips into extraordinary video content. Designed with simplicity in mind, the app walks you through every step to ensure effortless creativity. With a constantly growing library of effects and intuitive tools, MagicFX offers everything you need to produce and share unique, eye-catching videos. ** How to Use ** - Select your desired video effect from our exclusive collection - Record your video by following the on-screen instructions - Enhance, save, and share your video directly from the app ** Magic Video Effects ** - Choose from a variety of effects including fireballs, magic shields, lightning, flying cards, helicopters, and more - New effects are added weekly to keep your content fresh and engaging ** Cartoon & Artistic Filters ** - Turn your selfies into cartoon characters, pencil sketches, or oil paintings in seconds - Great for profile pictures, social posts, and personalized content ** Aging Effects ** - See how you would look with realistic aging effects - Create impressive transformations with just one tap ** Photo Enhancement Tools ** - Adjust brightness, contrast, exposure, sharpness, and colors - Fine-tune every detail for a perfect final result ** Effortless Sharing ** - Export your videos in high quality - Share your creations via social media, cloud storage, or messaging apps ** No Watermarks with Premium ** - Access all video effects - Export and share videos without any watermark ----- Subscription Info ----- MagicFX Premium gives you unlimited access to all features Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period You can manage subscriptions and disable auto-renew in your Account Settings Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited once a subscription is purchased Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/magicfxios/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://zipoapps.com/magicfxios/terms/

About

Lumeo

This app is a comprehensive video editor offering a wide range of tools to enhance your clips. Create visually striking content with aesthetic mosaics, AI-powered filters, and dynamic effects like neon glows and scribbles. Easily cut, trim, merge, and adjust video speed, then export in HD for social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Mosaic stickers and effects
  • Animated video filters
  • Professional video editing tools
  • Artistic filters and effects
  • Music and sound effects library
  • Speed adjusting (slow/fast motion)
  • HD video export
Features
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Lumeo: All-in-one video editor with aesthetic mosaics, effects and filters. Create fantastic story with Lumeo‘s mosaic effect! Lumeo is here for every aesthetic story. Lumeo is the best mosaic adding appliaction ever, you can easily make a fantastic photo/video that cover your face. It is suitable for sharing to TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and other social media! In Lumeo, you are allowed to add scribble animation to your video with a simple tap by using awesome new AI Filters. To try these out, add a dance/freestyle video, tap Lumeo AI Filters button and choose the cool filter you want. Being a full-featured video editing app, Lumeo helps users handle videos like cut, trim, merge, speed video, add mosaic effect or stickers, amazing glowing effect and animated neon to your clips. Lumeo offer the best free neon sketch and glowing effect editing experience. Lumeo also gives you the option to play with Aesthetic Texts on your photo/video. Key Features of Lumeo: Mosaic Stickers & Effects Add aesthetic mosaics to blur faces with one click. A variety of adjustable mosaic blur stickers & effects to choose. Animated Video Filters & Effects Add animate filter to your clips, multiple neon effect video maker. Various animated animate effect available: balloon, bell, heart, gift, guitar, star, circle, music style, Christmas theme, street dance theme. Professional Video Editor Provide a wide variety of video editing features: cut, trim, crop, split, merge, copy, paste and so on. Edit videos with neon glowing effects & edit video with popular music. Adjust video speed: speed up or slow down any clips. Fit video in any aspect ratios like 1:1, 16:9, 4:5, etc. Artistic Filters & Effects Amazing movie style filters provided: vhs, vintage, retro, neon etc. Trendy video effects such as Scribble Ai Filters to make your video popular. VHS dazzing effects along with neon vaporwave style help you easily make pop videos. Various Music Various free licensed rhythmic music & funny sound effect to make your video impressive. Browse our large music library to pick the perfect music for your video. Best dynamic music video maker for iOS. Speed Adjusting Fast / slow motion feature let you creative your own unique movie. Speed up clips to make funny videos. Slow down video for special moments. HD Export Export video/movie in 480p, 720p and full HD 1080p. FREE movie maker and video editor with all features. Save videos to your phone or share to Snapchat, Instagram, Tik Tok within seconds. Lumeo PRO Unlimited Subscription: You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features and content offered for purchase within Lumeo. Subscriptions are billed annually you can check on the subscription plan. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://rc.viiresource.com/web/h5template/18894bb0-91de-4a3d-b9b4-9b29c4529662-language=en/dist/index.html Privacy Policy: https://rc.viiresource.com/web/h5template/0069e3d5-cf85-47fa-aed9-b61aafcc59d8-language=en/dist/index.html Feel free to contact us: enjoyment.international@gmail.com Your problems or suggestions are important to us! Acknowledgements: FUGUE Music https://icons8.com/music/

Screenshots

Magic FX4 screens
Lumeo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lumeo at 78% against Magic FX's 18%. Lumeo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Magic FX's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Magic FX sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Lumeo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumeo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.3K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Magic FX's written reviews are positive against 78% of Lumeo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic FX ships an update monthly, Lumeo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic FX versus Lumeo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic FXLumeo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (3.3K ratings)4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.1% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.3K — better1.4K
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZipoAppsEnjoyment International Limited

Customer experience

Magic FX

All ratings3,324 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews248 reviews
Positive18.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative76.2%

Lumeo

All ratings1,373 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative17.5%

User reviews

Magic FX

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Awesome app
  • 🎨 Fantastic effects
  • 💡 Unique features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Difficult to use
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 📺 Too many ads
  • 🤔 Misleading marketing

Lumeo

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Excellent filters and effects
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of editing options
  • 💻 Works well on mobile devices
  • 🔥 Impressive editing capabilities

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall for many features
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🔍 Limited free options
  • 🔧 Some features need improvement
  • 🔀 Inconsistent performance

Bugs and requests

Magic FX

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes
  • Inability to unlock effects
  • Subscription issues and unexpected charges
  • Camera permission and compatibility problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free effects and filters
  • Ability to use without subscription
  • Improved video quality
  • Better organization and navigation

Lumeo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Saving videos sometimes fails
  • Audio issues during editing
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Freezing or lagging during use

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more free filters and effects
  • Improve video export quality
  • Implement a video recording feature
  • Allow more customization options
  • Provide better customer support

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Magic FX

Subscriptions10
  • MagicFX Magic Video Editor Pro$2.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • MagicFX Weekly Video Effects7 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Premium features3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • MagicFX Magic Video Editor Pro7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Magic FX Monthly Premium14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • MagicFX Magic Video Editor Pro$12.991 Month
  • MagicFX Magic Video Editor Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • MagicFX Magic Video Editor Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • MagicFX Magic Video Editor Pro$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Lumeo

Subscriptions3
  • VEFFECTO PRO(W)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • VEFFECTO PRO (M)$10.991 Month
  • Lumeo pro3 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time1
  • REMOVE WATERMARK$2.99

Questions

Is Magic FX free?
Magic FX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumeo free?
Lumeo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic FX or Lumeo?
Lumeo is rated higher. Magic FX averages 4.4 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Lumeo averages 4.8 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Magic FX or Lumeo have ads?
Magic FX shows ads; Lumeo does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic FX or Lumeo?
Magic FX ships an update monthly, and Lumeo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Magic FX was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lumeo on November 7, 2026.

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