Comparison

All Seeing Eye vs CTRL’d

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

Head to head
About

All Seeing Eye

Features
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All Seeing Eye — they think of a word, and you name it. A spectator merely thinks of a word. You ask a few natural yes/no questions about its letters, and the app's anagram engine quietly narrows the field to a single word — then hands it to you in secret. Nothing for them to see, nothing to install, nothing to connect. Just you, your phone, and what looks like genuine mind reading. If you want to try out All Seeing Eye, there is now a FREE sneak peek, where you can see how it easy it is to perform and divine a star sign! Built for working magicians and mentalists, All Seeing Eye is effortless out of the box and endlessly flexible underneath. SIMPLE TO PERFORM Ask "yes or no," tap the answer, repeat. The engine does the thinking and reveals the word the instant it's certain. That's the whole method — no memory work, no math. FEED IT WORDS FROM ANYWHERE Nine ways to build your word pool: • Type your own list, or pull from Notes or the clipboard • Import vocabulary.com lists — star favorites and set a default • Scrape a saved website, a Wikipedia article (WikiTest), or a Google result (Inject) • Point it at any JSON endpoint (Custom API) • Look words up by page and line from your Book Test Library CHOOSE YOUR EFFECT Different anagram strategies change how the trick plays: • Progressive — mostly "yes" answers for a confident, building reveal • Transgressive — a true binary search that finds the word in the fewest questions • Random — a genuinely arbitrary path that never looks systematic • Commutative — the same scripted questions every single time • Groupings — reveal letters in groups (the Ascrabbological approach, thanks to The Jerx for allowing us to include this) Instant "Classic" types never fail and need no loading. Tree-search flavors plan the whole sequence ahead, with automatic fallback so a show never stalls. PEEK HOWEVER YOU PERFORM Read the word the way that fits the moment: • On your iPhone screen • On your Apple Watch — a glance at your wrist, completely hands-free • On a PeekSmith wireless display • Spoken into a wireless earpiece • Hidden under Touch to Peek, or disguised behind your own photo with Camouflage Mode SEND IT ONWARD Long-press the revealed word to fire it to the ThoughtCast Actions app — drive a printed prediction, a confabulation, or any automation you've built. YOURS TO OWN All the base features in a one-time unlock. Activate with your ThoughtCast account or unlock right inside the app. TRY IT OUT, ON US Try performing with All Seeing Eye using our basic star sign list, then upgrade for all the features! They think of a word. You name it. That's All Seeing Eye. This app is for entertainment purposes only.

About

CTRL’d

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CTRL’d is an easy-to-use magic app that brings your playing cards to life using augmented reality. Perform a stunning visual transformation where the face of a real playing card appears to digitally animate and change right in front of your spectator’s eyes. Simply show a playing card (for example, the King of Hearts) and turn it face down. When your phone is pointed at the back of the card, the app displays a digital version of the front that smoothly transforms into a different card, such as the Four of Hearts. The animation is clean, visual, and looks completely impossible in the real world. No sleight of hand. No special decks. No experience required. Just your phone and a regular playing card. Perfect for beginner magicians or anyone who wants an impressive visual effect that can be performed instantly. CTRL’d lets you look like you can control the digital world. Features: •⁠ ⁠Augmented reality card animation •⁠ ⁠Professional visual effect with no practice needed •⁠ ⁠Works with a normal playing card •⁠ ⁠Ideal for beginners and casual performers •⁠ ⁠Works offline — perform anytime, anywhere •⁠ ⁠No accounts, no ads, no tracking

Screenshots

All Seeing Eye4 screens
CTRL’d4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CTRL’d at none against All Seeing Eye's 1. CTRL’d also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). All Seeing Eye's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. All Seeing Eye sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CTRL’d asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

All Seeing Eye ships an update every 6 days, CTRL’d every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
All Seeing Eye versus CTRL’d: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAll Seeing EyeCTRL’d
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndEtc, Inc.matthew wright

In-app purchases

1 purchases

All Seeing Eye

One-time1
  • Base App Unlock$399.99
None

CTRL’d

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is All Seeing Eye free?
All Seeing Eye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CTRL’d free?
CTRL’d is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do All Seeing Eye or CTRL’d have ads?
Neither All Seeing Eye nor CTRL’d shows ads.
Which is updated more often, All Seeing Eye or CTRL’d?
All Seeing Eye ships an update every 6 days, and CTRL’d every 2 months. Most recently, All Seeing Eye was updated on October 7, 2026 and CTRL’d on October 14, 2026.

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