Comparison

MindDraw vs Onyx Magic

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

Head to head
About

MindDraw

This app offers a unique way to perform magic tricks by allowing spectators to draw on real paper. Advanced recognition software then seamlessly reveals their creations on your device without you touching it.

Highlights
  • Spectator draws on real paper
  • No electronics needed for predictions
  • Advanced text and image recognition
  • Seamless image generation via camera
  • Prediction in photo gallery
  • Extreme color matching
  • Triple prediction scenarios
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Discover the most authentic and innovative way to create predictions with Mindraw App. Your don’t have to use an impression board or a fake drawing app. With Mindraw, your spectators draw on real paper or cards, delivering a genuine psychic experience like no other. Why Choose Mindraw App? Authentic Predictions, No Electronics Required ,only your phone. With Mindraw, your spectators’ drawings come to life in the most organic way possible. No need for trick markers or pencils—just pure magic. Mindraw App features the most advanced text and image recognition software available. Using your device’s camera, it generates images seamlessly—without the magician ever needing to touch their phone. Impressive Use Cases Case 1: Prediction in Photo Gallery or Wallpapers • The spectator draws on a sheet or business card. • Without the magician touching their phone, the spectator opens the photo gallery. • Result: The gallery reveals an image with the exact same drawing, dated long before the performance. Case 2: Extreme Color Matching • The magician asks the spectator to draw a person and color it using any markers or crayons. • Without touching the phone, the magician reveals an image of the same person, perfectly matching the colors used. • Works with Any Color: Black, gray, red, yellow, orange, brown, green, pink, blue, purple, and more. • Accurate Matching: Even allows for multiple items of the same color, like a shirt and a balloon. Case 3: Triple Prediction • Three spectators each draw an item on business cards. • The magician reveals an image containing all three items, displayed as the lock screen on their phone. Why Performers Love Mindraw • Simple and Intuitive: No complex setup or customization required. Purchase and start using within minutes. • Endless Possibilities: Let your creativity run wild with limitless performance scenarios. • Multilingual Tutorials: Available in English and Spanish.

About

Onyx Magic

This utility uses AI to remotely alter captured photos in real-time. It allows for seamless modifications to images moments after they are taken, directly on a spectator's device. Create impossible effects like changing playing cards, revealing hidden messages, or altering clock times within photos.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI photo modification
  • Remote image alteration
  • Spectator's camera integration
  • Physical photo printing (Onyx Print)
  • Third-party app integrations
  • Variable delayed input
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Onyx is a revolutionary utility that allows you to modify a captured image in real-time using variable input data. Using cutting edge AI, Onyx lets you remotely create seamless alterations to photos moments after they've been taken - all with your spectator's camera. For example: — Make a playing card appear in your spectator's wallet. — Morph your spectator's shadow to look like their thought of animal. — Take a photo of your spectator holding a signed card. They name *any* other card. The signed card in the photo transforms to match their thought. — Supplement your Gypsy Queen routine with Onyx: zoom in on a photo of your spectator holding the Queen of Hearts for the reveal. — Reveal a thought-of word, name, or initials hidden naturally in the light reflections of a spectator's eye. — Change the time on a photo of a clock. — Remove your spectator's wristwatch in a photo, making it sbeem that it was removed earlier. ...and more! If you can describe it, Onyx can likely create it. Onyx is particularly great for revealing something ephemeral. Photograph a shadow, clouds, a TV screen or more, and Onyx will realistically insert their free choice. * Variable Delayed Input Inspired by the popular variable trigger system featured in DFB X, Onyx pauses and automatically waits for input, letting you remotely modify a photo *after* it's been taken. * Cutting Edge Technology Take a photo, then have your spectator make a free choice. Onyx's advanced technology seamlessly transforms the photo remotely. * Create Unlimited Effects Change signed playing cards, reveal initials and names, or modify writing. Reveal *anything you can imagine* within a genuine photo you just took. * Your Integrations. Their Camera The effect happens entirely with the spectator's camera. With Onyx's powerful integrations, your phone never needs to leave your pocket. * Invisible, Advanced Technology As only the spectator's device is in play, Onyx remains hidden and inconspicuous. * Third Party Integrations Use your favourite magic apps' input methods, including: — Earworm's covert typing Web Search & Notes input — Native voice input — Native clock swipe input — WebFX's Wrist Gestures — WikiTest — PeekSmith — Bridge ...and any compatible third-party app. # Introducing: Onyx Print Onyx Print brings Onyx’s digital effect into the real world. # Produce Physical Photographs Instead of revealing information only on a screen, Onyx Print can generate and automatically print images on a pocket printer, allowing you to produce a real photograph from your wallet, pocket, or envelope for a powerful ending. # Dynamic Prompting Onyx Print uses the same dynamic prompting and covert input system that powers Onyx. Use any of Onyx’s input methods, and Onyx Print will automatically generate and print an image to match. # Use Your Own Photos You can even modify existing photos. For example: have Onyx Print set up with a photo of yourself and have a spectator name any place in the world. Onyx Print will then create and automatically print a realistic photo of you in that exact location, ready to reveal. # Works With Other Apps Onyx Print can even monitor your photo library and automatically print images saved by other apps. When an app saves a photo, Onyx Print can print it. Onyx Print is an in-app purchase within Onyx, and currently supports the Instax mini Link+, with plans for additional printers in the future. Onyx is a tool specifically designed for entertainment purposes. It uses purchaseable in-app credits or a funded OpenRouter account for best-in-class automatic edits. Onyx supports: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese simplified and traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Screenshots

MindDraw3 screens
Onyx Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Onyx Magic at $64.99 against MindDraw's $79.99. Onyx Magic also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (5.0 vs 2.5). MindDraw's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

MindDraw costs $79.99 and Onyx Magic $64.99 up front. MindDraw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Onyx Magic sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Onyx Magic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Onyx Magic has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of MindDraw's written reviews are positive against 100% of Onyx Magic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MindDraw ships an update weekly, Onyx Magic fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
MindDraw versus Onyx Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindDrawOnyx Magic
Price$79.99$64.99 — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings213 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#196 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNelson Suarez ArteagaMarc Kerstein

Customer experience

MindDraw

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Onyx Magic

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MindDraw

One-time1
  • Minddraw PRO$49.99
2 purchases

Onyx Magic

One-time2
  • 100 Onyx Credits$19.99
  • Onyx Print$49.99

Questions

Is MindDraw free?
MindDraw costs $79.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Onyx Magic free?
Onyx Magic costs $64.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MindDraw or Onyx Magic?
Onyx Magic is rated higher. MindDraw averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Onyx Magic averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do MindDraw or Onyx Magic have ads?
Neither MindDraw nor Onyx Magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MindDraw or Onyx Magic?
MindDraw ships an update weekly, and Onyx Magic fortnightly. Most recently, MindDraw was updated on September 4, 2026 and Onyx Magic on September 18, 2026.

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