Magic vs The Card
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Step-by-step instructions
- Illustrated guides
- Card tricks
- Coin tricks
- Mind reading techniques
- Object manipulation tricks
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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! :-)
The Card
Perform astonishing card tricks and mind-reading illusions using your iPhone. Amaze your friends and family with a clever, mysterious effect that reveals a thought-of card without touching the device. This app offers a magical experience that can even fool experienced magicians.
- Reveal thought-of cards
- Perform mind-reading illusions
- No physical card handling required
- Impress friends and family
- Clever and mysterious trick
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-- The best magic apps for iPhone -- AppPicker. Your iPhone has magic powers, without touching it, to reveal a thought of card in mysterious ways. Impress your friends and family with this jaw-dropping trick that is so clever it even fools magicians. Inspired by great friend, magician, tennis coach and life mentor: Bill Jacobson Icon and Graphics Art Director: Sarah Ma App Preview Video Director/Actress: Heeva Parsi Watch Cody Scott "Invisible Card" WOW performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdF1632KIw)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Card at 3.7 against Magic's 2.0. The Card also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (57 vs 6). Magic's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.2). 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
Both are free to download. Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Card sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Card holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Card has 57 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Magic's written reviews are positive against 53% of The Card's.
Magic ships an update every 3 months, The Card every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Magic | The Card |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) | 3.7 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 53.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Lochmann | Cinnamon Mobile LLC |
Customer experience
Magic
The Card
Bugs and requests
Magic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Card
Reported bugs
7 issues- Instructional video will not play
- Video tutorial doesn't work
- Pro features glitchy and require reinstallation
- Proximity trigger does not work
- Apple Watch feature not found
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- Number pad not accessible
- Siri feature auto-charged for all features
Requested features
7 requests- Allow individual purchase of effects
- Lower the price of the full app
- Improve Apple Watch integration
- Add more triggers to the free version
- Allow sampling of paid features
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- Fix proximity trigger issues
- Make the app less expensive for individual features
In-app purchases
Magic
- Show all tricks$0.99
The Card
- Remove Annoying Ads$0.99
- All Tricks$29.99
