MagGlass vs Firstnum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MagGlass
This utility app transforms your iPhone into a powerful magnifying glass. It offers full-screen magnification, a dynamic zoom slider, and flashlight support to illuminate dark areas. Easily access settings for tips and support information.
- Full-screen magnification
- Dynamic zoom slider
- Flashlight illumination
- Easy-access settings
- User-friendly interface
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MagGlass is a simple, powerful magnifier designed to help you read menus, labels, mail, books, receipts, and other everyday text with greater ease. Features. Smooth, responsive zoom, high-contrast viewing modes, fast real-time magnification, simple and intuitive controls, designed for everyday reading tasks. Whether you’re reading fine print at home, shopping, dining out, or traveling, MagGlass helps you see small details more clearly with a clean, easy-to-use experience.
Firstnum
This utility app is designed for managing device access and logins. It helps users securely log in to control their devices.
- Device login management
- Secure access control
- User authentication
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Used for logging in to manage the device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Firstnum at Free against MagGlass's $0.99. Firstnum also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 18 months) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). MagGlass's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Firstnum is free to download; MagGlass costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MagGlass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
MagGlass ships an update every 18 months, Firstnum every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MagGlass | Firstnum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | STEPHANE, EPIPHANE, CHARLES, JEA LEFEBVRE | ShangHai Stoneoim Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
MagGlass
Firstnum
In-app purchases
MagGlass
No in-app purchases
Firstnum
No in-app purchases
