Comparison

Pub Magic vs ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

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

Head to head
About

Pub Magic

Perform impressive magic tricks using everyday pub items like coins, matches, and glasses. Amaze your friends and have fun with this easy-to-learn entertainment app.

Highlights
  • Perform magic tricks
  • Use pub items
  • Impress friends
  • Easy to learn
Features
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Amaze your pub friends and earn their money! You can have a lot of fun with your friends while you are making very impressive magic tricks with the stuff that you have in a pub (coins, matches, beermats, bootles, glasses and so on)

About

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

Secretly control a spectator's phone clock to perform mind-bending magic tricks. Force times, numbers, and reveal predictions with seamless integration on their device, even from your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Secretly control spectator's phone clock
  • Force any time or number
  • Spectator's phone displays magic
  • Control from Apple Watch
  • Real-time screen mirroring
  • Borrowed phone magic, no install needed
Features
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From your own phone, your Apple Watch, or your PeekSmith, you secretly control the clock on your spectator's phone. They're holding what looks like an ordinary clock: stopwatch, timers, alarms, world clock. Every one of them is yours. ALTER TIME ITSELF A spectator starts a stopwatch on their own phone, in their own hands, and stops it whenever they like. It stops on your number. No sleights, no switches! The phone does the magic for you. BORROW ANY IPHONE, NO INSTALL Nothing to download, no account, no setup on their end. A tap, a QR code, or a link puts your clock on their phone in seconds, and it disappears on its own afterward. Borrowed-phone magic that actually feels organic. FORCE ANY TIME OR NUMBER Five force modes built for real routines: • Manual: land on the exact value you choose • Addition Total: the digits sum to your prediction • Full Time: force a complete minutes-seconds-hundredths reading • Multiple of 9: self-working number math • Lap Times: force the totals across multiple laps And not just the stopwatch: force which city appears in their world clock, the time an alarm is set for, and where a timer lands. REVEAL IT IN THEIR HANDS Turn a quiet force into a visible moment of impossibility. On your secret cue, or when the spectator shakes their phone, waves a hand over it, or touches the screen, the clock they're holding visibly animates to your forced value. Add a delay to time your line, plus a synced 3-2-1 countdown you feel buzz in your hand as it lands, so you can choreograph your magic wave to reveal the time, location, and more. Afterward, everything stays examinable. PEEK EVERYTHING THEY DO, LIVE Your phone quietly mirrors the spectator's screen in real time: every start, stop, lap, alarm, timer, and city they pick. Perfect ammunition for predictions, revelations, and readings, before they even know a trick has started. CONTROL IT ALL FROM YOUR WRIST Run the entire effect from your Apple Watch: arm forces, fire reveals, and peek live values with your phone still in your pocket — or let the watch run the show entirely on its own. MORE THAN A STOPWATCH • Practice Mode — rehearse the full routine offline, anywhere • Rock-solid connectivity: direct device-to-device link with automatic cloud fallback • PeekSmith display support for stage-ready peeks • Your settings and force lists follow you to any device ClockWork is built for working performers. The clock in their hands is yours. This app is for entertainment purposes only.

Screenshots

Pub Magic4 screens
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pub Magic at none against ClockWork Magic & Mindreading's 1. Pub Magic also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.2). ClockWork Magic & Mindreading's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 52 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. ClockWork Magic & Mindreading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pub Magic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pub Magic ships an update every 52 months, ClockWork Magic & Mindreading every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pub Magic versus ClockWork Magic & Mindreading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPub MagicClockWork Magic & Mindreading
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 52 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS6.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB35 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSOFTWARE QUICK & PRODUCTION SRLAndEtc, Inc.

Customer experience

Pub Magic

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pub Magic

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

One-time1
  • ClockWork Full Unlock$149.99

Questions

Is Pub Magic free?
Pub Magic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClockWork Magic & Mindreading free?
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pub Magic or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading have ads?
Neither Pub Magic nor ClockWork Magic & Mindreading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pub Magic or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading?
Pub Magic ships an update every 52 months, and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading every 8 days. Most recently, Pub Magic was updated on November 1, 2026 and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading on November 13, 2026.

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