Comparison

ChalkWiz vs StopRewind

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

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ChalkWiz

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ChalkWiz is your go-to app for creating interactive and captivating magic experiences. Perfect for magicians, mentalists, and anyone who loves to add a touch of magic to their performances, this app looks like a regular chalkboard but holds a hidden power. This innovative app allows a magician's accomplice to exert remote control over the contentthat is displayed on the chalkboard, enhancing the illusion of mystique and wonder. With an intuitive interface, ChalkWiz offers customizable backgrounds and chalk colors tailored for both iPhone and iPad devices, ensuring versatility in every performance. Features: Realistic Chalkboard: Select from a range of colored chalks to draw, doodle, or write just like you would on a real chalkboard. Remote Control: Enable the remote control feature to receive a unique code. Share this code with your accomplice, who can control the chalkboard from another device by entering the same code in their app or through our web portal. Seamless Synchronization: Whether from across the room or across the globe, your accomplice can update the board content, allowing for mind-blowing magic tricks and mentalism performances. User-Friendly Interface: Designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind, ChalkWiz is accessible for both tech-savvy users and those new to digital magic props. 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. The Mind Reader Setup: Pretend to draw a prediction on the chalkboard app without revealing it to the audience. Hide the iPad under a cloth, keeping it in plain view. Your accomplice, who can see or hear the selected card, word, or number chosen by an audience member, will update the chalkboard remotely. Performance: Ask the audience member to think of a card, word, or number. After a moment of concentration, dramatically reveal the chosen item on the chalkboard, giving the impression that you have read their mind. 2. The Drawing Duplication Setup: Pretend to draw a prediction on the chalkboard app without revealing it to the audience. Have your accomplice ready to draw anything you describe. Performance: Ask an audience member to draw something simple on a piece of paper, When it is done ask them to descibe what they draw or even show it to the audience. your accomplice will duplicate the drawing and sends it to your chalkboard. Reveal the chalkboard to show the identical drawing. 3. The Ghost Writer Setup: Your accomplice is ready to write on the chalkboard using the remote control feature. Performance: Create a spooky atmosphere and tell a story about a ghost that can communicate through writing. Ask the audience to pose a question to the "ghost." After a dramatic pause, have your accomplice write the answer on the chalkboard. Reveal the message to the audience, enhancing the eerie effect. 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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StopRewind

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Stop: Rewind โ€” Time rewinds right before their eyes. Imagine stopping your iPhone's Stopwatch... and watching it rewind by itself, back to 00:00, as if the elapsed time never happened. Stop: Rewind faithfully recreates the look of the iPhone Stopwatch โ€” same design, same buttons, same layout. Your friends won't notice a thing... until you tap Stop. How it works โ€ข Start the stopwatch and stop it whenever you like, just like you normally would โ€ข Choose how the magic triggers: Automatic (it rewinds by itself a few seconds after stopping) or Manual (you decide the exact moment by tapping "Reset") โ€ข The rewind is fast and natural โ€” it looks completely real Why you'll love it โ€ข Pixel-matched to the real iPhone Stopwatch app, for maximum believability โ€ข No complicated setup: pick your preferred timing and you're ready to go โ€ข Perfect for surprising friends, coworkers, and family anytime Includes a 3-day free trial. After the trial, the annual subscription unlocks unlimited use of the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ChalkWiz4 screens
StopRewind3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StopRewind at Free against ChalkWiz's $0.99. ChalkWiz's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

StopRewind is free to download; ChalkWiz costs $0.99 up front. StopRewind sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. ChalkWiz asks for nothing beyond the download.

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ChalkWiz versus StopRewind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChalkWizStopRewind
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErfan ReedGianluigi Strazzo

In-app purchases

None

ChalkWiz

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

StopRewind

Subscriptions1
  • Stop: Rewind3 Days trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is ChalkWiz free?
ChalkWiz costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StopRewind free?
StopRewind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChalkWiz or StopRewind have ads?
Neither ChalkWiz nor StopRewind shows ads.

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