Comparison

Magic Vibe vs JLB's ACAAC

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

Head to head
About

Magic Vibe

This app enables discreet communication between a magician and an accomplice using customized vibrations and haptic patterns. It supports Morse code and real-time remote control for seamless message delivery during performances.

Highlights
  • Customized vibration messaging
  • Morse code integration
  • Real-time remote control portal
  • Stealth mode for performances
  • Undetectable communication
Features
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Magic Vibe is the ultimate magic prop app designed for mentalists, bringing a new level of sophistication to your performances. This innovative app enables an accomplice to discreetly communicate messages and codes to the magician using customized vibrations and haptic patterns. Whether you're conveying a pre-agreed code or full words and sentences via Morse code, Magic Vibe ensures seamless and undetectable communication. Features: Discrete Communication: Utilize customized vibrations to send messages and codes discreetly to the magician. The app generates specific haptic patterns that correspond to pre-agreed signals, allowing for silent and hidden communication. Morse Code Integration: Convert full words and sentences into vibrations using Morse code. The app supports both vibration-only mode and a combination of Morse sound and vibrations, making it ideal for practicing and perfecting Morse code skills. Remote Control Function: Your accomplice can log into the remote portal, enter a unique 6-character code generated by the app, and control the vibrations in real-time. This feature ensures seamless coordination between the magician and the accomplice. Stealth Mode: When used in performances, the app allows the screen to be hidden, keeping the interface concealed from the audience while maintaining functionality. For the best results, the magician should place the phone near their body to feel the vibrations effectively. Recommended placement includes tucking the phone under the shirt and along the belt line, ensuring the phone remains hidden during performances. Magic Trick Ideas: This app opens up a world of possibilities, allowing you to perform mind-blowing tricks with seamless, invisible communication. Below are some creative and captivating magic trick ideas that you can perform using Magic Vibe: 1. Telepathy Trick Effect: The magician seemingly reads the mind of a spectator and reveals a chosen card or word. Performance: Have your spectators choose a card or write down a word but do not share with magician (magician can be blindfolded). The accomplice, who knows the chosen card or word, discreetly enters the information into the remote portal. The remote portal sends the corresponding vibration pattern to the magician. The magician reveals the chosen card or word, astonishing the audience with their apparent telepathic abilities. 2. Predict the Outcome Effect: The magician astonishingly predicts the outcome of a series of random choices made by the audience. Performance: The magician stands facing away from the audience, holding a paper and pen, while several spectators are invited to make random choices, such as picking a color, a number, an object, or a word from a book. Discreetly, the accomplice enters each choice into the remote portal in real-time. Receiving the vibrations, the magician writes down the predicted outcomes on the paper. Once the predictions are complete, the magician turns around and reveals their seemingly psychic abilities. 3. Object Location Revelation Effect: The magician correctly identifies the hidden location of an object chosen by the spectator. Performance: The magician, blindfolded and unable to see their surroundings, asks a spectator to hide an object under one of several cups or inside one of several boxes. Meanwhile, the accomplice, who is aware of the hiding spot, discreetly enters the location into the remote portal. The magician receives the location information through subtle vibrations and, to the amazement of the audience, accurately reveals the hidden object's location, demonstrating seemingly impossible knowledge. 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.

About

JLB's ACAAC

Features
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ACAAC – Any Card at Any City They name a card. They name a city. And on their own phone, the impossible unfolds. This isn’t just a trick. It’s a journey. Created by JeanLuc Bertrand, ACAAC is an app that transforms a simple choice into a story they’ll never forget. This isn’t just a trick : it’s a journey. Their phone. Their thought. Your magic. 100% impromptu No sleight, no handling, no preshow Works with ANY borrowed modern smartphone. You NEVER touch their phone. Any card is named Real locations and real magic. No AI. No CGI. The chosen card is shown in a video in the chosen city named by the spectator. The Video is shown on a webpage similar to the performer's instagram page. Nothing to set up ! Perform anywhere, anytime. VERY easy to perform. NO accomplice required. Built for real spectators & social media ACAAC keeps growing, with over 100 cities today and a global community of magicians contributing footage from incredible locations. Terms of Use: https://thestrangerapp.com/jlb_terms_of_use Privacy Policy: https://thestrangerapp.com/jlb_privacy

Screenshots

Magic Vibe4 screens
JLB's ACAAC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JLB's ACAAC at Free against Magic Vibe's $0.99. JLB's ACAAC also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Magic Vibe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

JLB's ACAAC is free to download; Magic Vibe costs $0.99 up front. JLB's ACAAC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Vibe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Magic Vibe versus JLB's ACAAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic VibeJLB's ACAAC
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErfan ReedJeanLuc Bertrand

In-app purchases

None

Magic Vibe

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

JLB's ACAAC

One-time1
  • Full Access$44.99

Questions

Is Magic Vibe free?
Magic Vibe costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JLB's ACAAC free?
JLB's ACAAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Magic Vibe or JLB's ACAAC have ads?
Neither Magic Vibe nor JLB's ACAAC shows ads.

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