Axon View vs Light Magick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Axon View
Manage and view videos recorded by Axon Body and Axon Flex cameras. Stream live footage for camera adjustment and review stored videos directly from your device.
- Live camera streaming
- Field of view adjustment
- View stored videos
- In-field video review
- Axon Body/Flex camera pairing
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Axon View pairs with the Axon Body and Axon Flex video cameras from Axon Enterprises to enable video management and in-field viewing of recorded videos. This application allows the user to view a live stream from the camera for field of view adjustment, view a list of all the videos currently stored on the device and review those videos.
Light Magick
Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.
- Add beautiful glow effects
- Free line and color options
- Free text with various fonts and colors
- 100+ shapes and colors
- Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
- Share to social media
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Light Magick at 50% against Axon View's 13%. Light Magick also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Axon View's advantage is rating (1.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Axon View asks for nothing beyond the download.
Axon View holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Axon View has 128 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Axon View's written reviews are positive against 50% of Light Magick's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Axon View ships an update every 6 weeks, Light Magick every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Axon View | Light Magick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (128 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | Kenichi Kobayashi |
Customer experience
Axon View
Light Magick
Bugs and requests
Axon View
Reported bugs
17 issues- Video playback stops after 1-3 minutes requiring reconnection
- App freezes every 30-50 seconds during playback
- Cannot skip forward in videos without crashing
- Bluetooth and WiFi constantly disconnect
- Camera pairing fails or won't stay paired
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- Login credentials rejected despite being correct
- Metadata entered fails to save on first attempt
- App stuck in infinite login loop
- Landscape mode causes buffering and crashes
- Videos won't load or show spinning loading indicator
- Forced logout when labeling videos
- iOS Springboard resets when app runs in background
- Pairing stuck on 'Bonding...' state
- App crashes when rotating device orientation
- Cannot connect to camera WiFi network
- Videos only play 20-60 seconds before disconnecting
- App crashes when first opened each day
Requested features
14 requests- Landscape mode for video playback
- Ability to control recording from phone
- Delete videos directly from app
- Send videos via email from app
- Battery percentage indicator
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- Mute notification sounds
- Create and attach cases to videos
- Flag videos and add notes
- Bulk labeling for multiple videos
- Apple Watch companion app
- USB cable upload option
- User manuals integrated in app
- Screen swipe gesture to navigate back
- Prefix configuration for ID numbers
Light Magick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Axon View
No in-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
