Comparison

PK vs ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

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

Head to head
About

PK

Create a paranormal illusion by magically moving permanent ink on your mobile screen. Spectators choose ink placement and color, and you control the movement remotely or with hand gestures. Offers multiple finales and can integrate with other magic apps for advanced effects.

Highlights
  • Spectator-chosen ink placement
  • Customizable marker colors and designs
  • Remote control and hand-gesture recognition
  • Multiple powerful finales
  • Offline functionality
  • Integration with other magic apps
Features
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With PK-Ink App, you can magically move permanent ink drawn on your mobile screen! Key Features • The spectator chooses the exact spot where the ink will appear. • The spectator can select from a variety of marker colors or designs — or you can upload your own drawings. • Move the drawing without touching the phone, using remote control or advanced hand-gesture recognition. Multiple gesture options included: pinch, index finger pointing, open-hand (5 fingers), and more — all highly reliable. • Multiple powerful finales: the spectator will be unable to erase the ink they just saw move. You start clean and end clean. • No internet connection required (unless you use integrations). • Integrate your favorite magic apps with an Ouija-style effect: Imagine the spectator searching for a word in apps like Inject or Elips, and the ink begins to move toward each letter or number — triggered by hand gestures, volume buttons, or fully automatic mode, gliding smoothly across the entire alphabet. Use this as a paranormal illusion with the built-in video animation feature, or as a psychic/magical effect by moving the ink across any Ouija board image you’ve downloaded. • Video instructions available in English and Spanish. • Extremely easy to use — no complex setup or configuration required.

About

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

Secretly control a spectator's phone clock to perform mind-bending magic tricks. Force times, numbers, and reveal predictions with seamless integration on their device, even from your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Secretly control spectator's phone clock
  • Force any time or number
  • Spectator's phone displays magic
  • Control from Apple Watch
  • Real-time screen mirroring
  • Borrowed phone magic, no install needed
Features
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From your own phone, your Apple Watch, or your PeekSmith, you secretly control the clock on your spectator's phone. They're holding what looks like an ordinary clock: stopwatch, timers, alarms, world clock. Every one of them is yours. ALTER TIME ITSELF A spectator starts a stopwatch on their own phone, in their own hands, and stops it whenever they like. It stops on your number. No sleights, no switches! The phone does the magic for you. BORROW ANY IPHONE, NO INSTALL Nothing to download, no account, no setup on their end. A tap, a QR code, or a link puts your clock on their phone in seconds, and it disappears on its own afterward. Borrowed-phone magic that actually feels organic. FORCE ANY TIME OR NUMBER Five force modes built for real routines: • Manual: land on the exact value you choose • Addition Total: the digits sum to your prediction • Full Time: force a complete minutes-seconds-hundredths reading • Multiple of 9: self-working number math • Lap Times: force the totals across multiple laps And not just the stopwatch: force which city appears in their world clock, the time an alarm is set for, and where a timer lands. REVEAL IT IN THEIR HANDS Turn a quiet force into a visible moment of impossibility. On your secret cue, or when the spectator shakes their phone, waves a hand over it, or touches the screen, the clock they're holding visibly animates to your forced value. Add a delay to time your line, plus a synced 3-2-1 countdown you feel buzz in your hand as it lands, so you can choreograph your magic wave to reveal the time, location, and more. Afterward, everything stays examinable. PEEK EVERYTHING THEY DO, LIVE Your phone quietly mirrors the spectator's screen in real time: every start, stop, lap, alarm, timer, and city they pick. Perfect ammunition for predictions, revelations, and readings, before they even know a trick has started. CONTROL IT ALL FROM YOUR WRIST Run the entire effect from your Apple Watch: arm forces, fire reveals, and peek live values with your phone still in your pocket — or let the watch run the show entirely on its own. MORE THAN A STOPWATCH • Practice Mode — rehearse the full routine offline, anywhere • Rock-solid connectivity: direct device-to-device link with automatic cloud fallback • PeekSmith display support for stage-ready peeks • Your settings and force lists follow you to any device ClockWork is built for working performers. The clock in their hands is yours. This app is for entertainment purposes only.

Screenshots

PK4 screens
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ClockWork Magic & Mindreading at Free against PK's $99.99. ClockWork Magic & Mindreading also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). PK's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On rating, ratings volume, 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

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading is free to download; PK costs $99.99 up front. ClockWork Magic & Mindreading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PK asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PK against 5.0 for ClockWork Magic & Mindreading. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PK ships an update every 2 months, ClockWork Magic & Mindreading every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PK versus ClockWork Magic & Mindreading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPKClockWork Magic & Mindreading
Price$99.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNelson Suarez ArteagaAndEtc, Inc.

Customer experience

PK

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PK

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

One-time1
  • ClockWork Full Unlock$1000.00

Questions

Is PK free?
PK costs $99.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClockWork Magic & Mindreading free?
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PK or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading?
PK and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PK or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading have ads?
Neither PK nor ClockWork Magic & Mindreading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PK or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading?
PK ships an update every 2 months, and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading every 9 days. Most recently, PK was updated on October 20, 2026 and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading on October 15, 2026.

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