Comparison

Echolocation vs Bridge

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

Head to head
About

Echolocation

This app enables magicians to perform "Which Hand" and "Free Will" routines using an iPhone and compatible AirPods. It leverages AirPods' motion sensing to secretly provide cues, allowing for predictions to be revealed later. Perform impressive mentalism without extra gadgets, from up to 60 feet away.

Highlights
  • Perform "Which Hand" and "Free Will" magic routines
  • Uses AirPods motion sensing for secret cues
  • Vibrates iPhone or displays information discreetly
  • Predict outcomes with perfect accuracy
  • No extra gadgets required
  • Operates from 30-60 feet away
Features
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Perform amazing "Which Hand" and "Free Will" routines using your iPhone and AirPods.* This app harnesses the high-end technology inside of the AirPod to secretly cue the magician when it is in motion. Keep your iPhone in your pocket to feel a vibration, or peek the information in plain sight. And at the end of the routine, you can open your Notes app to prove you had perfectly predicted the outcome... every time. This classic mentalism plot has never been more practical—you do not need to carry any extra gadgets to perform. There is no touching or scanning, and you can retrieve the information from 30-60 feet away. These electronic methods have long been inaccessible to the casual magician. Echolocation is here to help. *This app functions with AirPods Pro, AirPods (3rd generation), and beyond.

About

Bridge

This tool connects your magic apps, allowing data to be sent, transformed, and received. It features AI-powered input transformations like converting text to emoji or finding celebrity birthdays, enabling creative reveals and background printing.

Highlights
  • Send, transform, and receive data between magic apps
  • AI-powered input transformations
  • Background printing integration
  • Works with iOS Shortcuts
  • Custom Shortcut actions
  • Accomplice mode
  • Input and output APIs
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Introducing Bridge: a reliable tool to send, transform and receive data between your favourite magic apps. Want to use an impression pad to generate video reveals? Or how about being able to send to your printer app in the background? Imagine - a spectator writes any celebrity on an impression pad. Behind the scenes, Bridge connects this with a printer app, allowing you to reveal the celebrity's name printed in your pocket. Furthermore, Bridge also includes the same cutting-edge AI first introduced in our award-winning apps DFB X and WikiTest to transform your inputs before passing it on to your reveal.  For example: - *Letters to number position in alphabet* - "marc" automatically becomes "13 1 18 3". - *Famous movie of celebrity* - gives the most famous movie starring the actor entered. - *Zip code lookup* - "10010" becomes "New York". - *Emojify* - turn text into emoji. - *Birthday of celebrity* - return the birthday of any famous person. ...or create your own and add any more you can think of! With Bridge AI, Bridge can take that celebrity input, find their most popular film, and pass that on to the printer app instead, printing the poster of that movie! Previously, if you wanted to share data between magic apps, other magic apps have been typically repurposed. But now, using the same, reliable technology that powers WikiTest, Bridge is the first app intentionally developed to share data between your favourite apps. Bridge uses other apps or Shortcuts to pass through data for inputs and reveals. As well as adding support into my own apps, developers of many third party apps either have or have said they will build in native support for Bridge, including PeekSmith, AWP Lumen, Glyphs, TAP - The Architect Of Predictions ...with many more to come. Bridge even includes its own custom Shortcut actions, accomplice mode, input and output APIs to link with other apps, a URL scheme, its own Peek Screen and more. Have one app send text to Bridge, and have another app poll Bridge to link them together. Simply copy your API URL into your favourite magic app to begin using Bridge. - Use Bridge with any existing or future magic app that supports sending or receiving text - Standardised input and output Web API for other apps - Works with iOS Shortcuts - send and push data to and from Bridge, and even change your Bridge AI prompt via Shortcuts - Integrated Peek Screen - Accomplice Web Control Mode - For most uses and integrations, the Bridge app doesn't even need to be open! Note that Bridge AI requires credits or you can use your own self-funded API key. Credits can be purchased in-app if desired. Note also that third party integration features are unlocked via the included one time in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Echolocation4 screens
Bridge1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Echolocation at Free against Bridge's $0.29. Echolocation also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). Bridge's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On ratings volume, ads 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

Echolocation is free to download; Bridge costs $0.29 up front. Bridge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Echolocation asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bridge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Echolocation's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bridge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echolocation ships an update every 4 months, Bridge every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Echolocation versus Bridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcholocationBridge
PriceFree — better$0.29
Rating4.5 (19 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#191 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlainsight Magic LLCMarc Kerstein

Customer experience

Echolocation

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Bridge

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echolocation

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bridge

One-time2
  • 100 Bridge AI Credits$6.99
  • Bridge Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Echolocation free?
Echolocation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bridge free?
Bridge costs $0.29, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echolocation or Bridge?
Bridge is rated higher. Echolocation averages 4.5 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Bridge averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Echolocation or Bridge have ads?
Neither Echolocation nor Bridge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echolocation or Bridge?
Echolocation ships an update every 4 months, and Bridge every 4 days. Most recently, Echolocation was updated on September 24, 2026 and Bridge on October 9, 2026.

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