Card Now vs Magic Ace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Now
Magically produce and present your business card directly from your phone. This app offers a unique and memorable way to share contact information, ensuring recipients will talk about it. Impress clients and colleagues with a novel approach to networking.
- Produce business cards from phone
- Take card out of phone
- Add card in under 30 seconds
- Perform within minutes
- Three unique revelations
- Store multiple cards (PRO)
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HOW WOULD YOU FEEL … ... if you could hand out your business card in a way that YOU KNOW people will tell their friends about? Card Now lets you magically produce YOUR BUSINESS CARD on your phone and Then TAKE THE CARD OUT OF YOUR PHONE! ------------ People say ------------ "A seriously cool way to hand out your business card." - Nigel Botterill, author of the best selling UK business book of 2011 "Card Now is a marvellous way to bring your magic to LIFE." - Jay Sankey, world renowned magician ---------------------------------- Features: - Add your card in less than 30 seconds - Start performing within minutes - Be remembered when using one of the three unique revelations Upgrade to PRO and get access to one extra revelation and be able to store as many cards as you want! See the video demo on: CardNowApp.com * Note for iPad users * Card Now is not designed for the iPad. Created by Jakob Halskov and Damian Surr.
Magic Ace
This app enhances magic performances by allowing users to select and reveal cards with device gestures or remote control. It offers customizable backgrounds, adjustable card sizes, and TV output support for a professional illusion experience.
- Select and reveal cards with tap or shake
- Remote control for accomplice assistance
- Customizable backgrounds and card sizes
- Web-based control from any location
- TV Out support for screen mirroring
- Concealed settings menu for secrecy
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Magic Ace: Your Ultimate Magic Companion Enter the realm of enchantment with Magic Ace, the revolutionary magic prop app designed to elevate your performances to new heights of wonder and mystery. Whether you're a seasoned magician or a budding enthusiast, Magic Ace empowers you to captivate audiences with seamless execution and unparalleled flair. Features: Select & Reveal: Choose a card with a tap or a shake of your device, unveiling your chosen card with breathtaking precision. Remote Control: Enlist the help of a trusted accomplice to control the app remotely, adding an extra layer of intrigue and mystique to your illusions. Customizable Experience: Tailor your performance with customizable backgrounds and adjustable card sizes, ensuring every show is as unique as your magic. Web-Based Control: Harness the power of the internet to manipulate the app's functions from anywhere in the world, seamlessly integrating your magic into any setting. Secrecy Preserved: Conceal the settings menu for added secrecy and immersion, ensuring your audience remains spellbound by the illusion. TV Out Support: Take your magic show to the big screen using TV output or screen mirroring to an Apple TV Magic Trick Ideas Your app opens up a lot of fascinating possibilities for magic tricks, combining classic sleight of hand and mentalism with modern technology. Here are several ideas for magic tricks that could be quite entertaining and mystifying for your audience: 1. Mind Reading Card Trick Setup: Tell your audience you can read their mind. Performance: Ask a volunteer to think of any card in a deck but not to say it out loud. You or an assistant pretends to concentrate, and then you show the phone/tablet displaying a card face down. With dramatic flair, you or your remote assistant changes the card to the one the volunteer is thinking of. Flip the phone/tablet to reveal the selected card. 2. Distance Card Prediction Setup: Claim that you have a connection with someone who has extraordinary psychic abilities. Performance: Your assistant is not in the room or possibly not even in the same building. A participant picks a card from a physical deck, and you send a secret signal to your assistant (or use a code word in conversation that is broadcast over a call). Your assistant updates the app to display the chosen card. You then reveal the phone/tablet showing the exact card they picked. 3. Impossible Card Location Setup: Claim that a card chosen by the audience will teleport to an impossible location. Performance: Have a card selected from a physical deck and then "lost" in the deck. Meanwhile, the app is displaying a card back, implying the card is ready to "teleport." After some magical gestures or storytelling, reveal that the card has "teleported" into the phone/tablet by flipping it over and showing the selected card on the screen. To maximize the impact of these tricks, it's important to build a narrative around each performance, engage your audience with compelling storytelling, and practice your timing and coordination with your assistant. The element of surprise, combined with the seamless integration of technology, will make these tricks unforgettable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic Ace at 5.0 against Card Now's 2.3. Magic Ace also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Card Now's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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
Card Now costs $4.99 and Magic Ace $0.99 up front. Card Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Ace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magic Ace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Card Now's written reviews are positive against 100% of Magic Ace's.
Card Now ships an update every 2 months, Magic Ace every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Now | Magic Ace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Halskov | Erfan Reed |
Customer experience
Card Now
Magic Ace
Bugs and requests
Card Now
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on launch
- Unable to detect app icon in screenshot
- Settings menu not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to use custom business card images
- Option to choose card order/sequence
- More reveal effects and animations
- Support for iPad and other devices
Magic Ace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Card Now
- Card Now Pro$3.99
Magic Ace
No in-app purchases









