Comparison

Magic vs MagicWare for Magicians

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

Head to head
About

Magic

Learn impressive magic tricks with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and helpful pictures. Master card tricks, coin illusions, mind reading, and object manipulation to amaze your friends and become the life of any party.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Illustrated guides
  • Card tricks
  • Coin tricks
  • Mind reading techniques
  • Object manipulation tricks
Features
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You're looking for something to impress people with? You want to do something that nobody else can do? You want to be a hoot at any party? Then this is the app for you! Use the Magic-Tricks Tutorial to learn awesome magic tricks in no time! The app teaches you tricks in four categories: - card tricks - coins - mind reading - objects Magic-Tricks Tutorial explains the basics of magic tricks in easy-to-follow step-by-step-instructions. Additionally, the pictures help you to better understand the instructions and recreate the tricks. From the “Disappearing Coin” over the “Heart of Cards” to “Mind Reading”, the whole spectrum of magic tricks is presented here. We explain magic tricks which can easily be understood by the layman, but are still impossible to figure out for the audience. Do you have what it takes to be a great illusionist? Find out by getting the Magic-Tricks Tutorial app. Have fun learning magic! :-)

About

MagicWare for Magicians

Organize your magic tricks, props, and supplies. Track details like purchase price, patter, and required sleights. Build routines, manage a want list, and use a practice timer. Generate quotes for shows and input data via voice-to-text.

Highlights
  • Organize tricks and supplies
  • Create and sequence routines
  • Manage a want list
  • Practice timer and log
  • Generate custom quotes
  • Voice-to-text data entry
  • Customizable performance venues
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MagicWare is a must have app for magicians of all levels or magic collectors who want or need to be able to organize, track and search all of their tricks, props, supplies and equipment. The MagicWare app will become your single repository for all of that information you have lying around on post-it notes and note pads that you can't seem to find when you need it. Tricks: MagicWare provides an interface for creating and organizing your tricks. Trick data includes the trick name, what you paid, when you bought the trick, patter used, sleights and moves required, load items and supplies needed, and more. Routines: MagicWare provides an interface for creating, building and organizing your routines. This includes the tricks that make up the routine displayed in a sequence you define. This can be done for venues such as stage, parlor, close-up or walk-around, etc. Of course these venue categories are customizable. Want List: MagicWare also includes a Want List so you can keep track of the props, tricks, supplies and equipment you're looking for. Practice Timer: MagicWare also has a practice timer and practice log that is organized by trick, routine, sleight or move. Quotes: A robust interface for generating semi-customizable quotes is provided, as well as, an up-sell area for organizing items or add-ons for your show. Once set up, these can then be linked to your routines and are automatically made available when building a quote during a phone conversation with your potential client. Don’t leave money on the table! Much of the data may be entered using voice to text. A huge time saver when entering large blocks of text for patter or notes about a particular trick or routine. MagicWare is almost totally customizable to your particular needs and performance venue.. The information can be out-put to your printer or emailed in pdf format. With an intuitive design that is easy to master and excellent built-in help, you can be up and running in no time at all.

Screenshots

Magic4 screens
MagicWare for Magicians4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MagicWare for Magicians at 4.0 against Magic's 2.0. MagicWare for Magicians also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Magic's advantage is review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MagicWare for Magicians sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MagicWare for Magicians holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Magic's written reviews are positive against 0% of MagicWare for Magicians's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic ships an update every 3 months, MagicWare for Magicians fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic versus MagicWare for Magicians: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagicMagicWare for Magicians
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (6 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin LochmannTom Johnson

Customer experience

Magic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative51.4%

MagicWare for Magicians

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Magic

One-time1
  • Show all tricks$0.99
1 purchases

MagicWare for Magicians

One-time1
  • MagicWare BaseVersion$9.99

Questions

Is Magic free?
Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MagicWare for Magicians free?
MagicWare for Magicians is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic or MagicWare for Magicians?
MagicWare for Magicians is rated higher. Magic averages 2.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while MagicWare for Magicians averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Magic or MagicWare for Magicians have ads?
Neither Magic nor MagicWare for Magicians shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic or MagicWare for Magicians?
Magic ships an update every 3 months, and MagicWare for Magicians fortnightly. Most recently, Magic was updated on October 5, 2026 and MagicWare for Magicians on September 19, 2026.

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