Draw Marquee vs Magic Marquee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Draw Marquee
Create animated LED banner displays by drawing custom designs. Export your creations as MP4 videos with various colors, stroke widths, speeds, and flash modes. The pro version offers advanced features like a paint bucket and frame-based animation.
- Draw custom designs
- Export as MP4 video
- Multi-color support
- Adjustable stroke width
- Multiple directions and speeds
- Flash modes
- Copy/Paste functionality
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Tired of Text-Only Marquee? With Draw Marquee you get to draw anything and show it to the world. -You can export Marquee to MP4 video. -Multi-color available for your creativity. -Different width of strokes. -Runs in 4 directions (left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up) -5 Different speeds available -2 Flash modes: Normal flash, Heartbeat flash -Copy/Paste feature [Pro-version] : 1. Paint bucket for filling color easily. 2. 99 frames available for you to make cool motion pictures! Comments are welcome! Please rate and share if you like this app!
Magic Marquee
Create dynamic text and image banners for various situations, from concert messages to meeting room signs. Save your creations as projects for easy reuse. Optimize battery life with native technology for smooth animations.
- Custom text and image banners
- Adjustable scrolling speed and direction
- Background and text color options
- Font selection
- Save projects for reuse
- Battery-efficient animations
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Need a way to ask people to not enter the room during a meeting? Maybe need a way to send a message to you favorite artist in a crowded concert? Want a quick photo slideshow? Magic Marquee is here! Built with battery life as a main concern, the app is built with Apple’s native technology to display animations Create both text and image banners and save them to your device in projects for repeated use Options currently included: - Change background color - Change text color - Choose text and image size - Choose from a selection of fun and elegant fonts - Change the speed of scrolling - Scroll in all 4 directions - Introduce a delay for banners - Loop through a series or messages or repeat one indefinitely Some of the options require a purchase, but no problem, we offer a free trial! Privacy Policy: https://lafappbrica.com/magic-marquee-privacy-policy/ Terms of use https://lafappbrica.com/magic-marquee-terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Draw Marquee at 75% against Magic Marquee's 0%. Draw Marquee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Magic Marquee's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Draw Marquee sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Magic Marquee sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Draw Marquee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Marquee has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Draw Marquee's written reviews are positive against 0% of Magic Marquee's.
Draw Marquee ships an update every 3 weeks, Magic Marquee every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draw Marquee | Magic Marquee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CiRE software | La Fáppbrica |
Customer experience
Draw Marquee
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In-app purchases
Draw Marquee
- draw marquee pro$0.99
- Upgrade to Draw Marquee PRO$1.99
Magic Marquee
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Pro Yearly$3.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$5.99
- Pro Lifetime$9.99
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