Badge Magic vs Hexy Watcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Badge Magic
Create and customize text and graphics for programmable LED name badges. This open-source utility is ideal for events, conferences, or as wearable electronic displays.
- Create custom text for LED badges
- Design custom graphics for LED badges
- Open-source mobile application
- Supports programmable LED name badges
- Ideal for events and conferences
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The Badge Magic LED App is an open-source mobile application developed by FOSSASIA that allows users to create and customize text and graphics for programmable LED name badges. These badges are commonly used at events, conferences, or as wearable electronic displays.
Hexy Watcher
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Hexy is the ideal app for anyone working in the BEAM ecosystem who wants to check their packages directly from iPhone. With Hexy you can: enter your Hex.pm username and automatically import packages published from your profile manually add libraries or packages to monitor view total downloads, daily downloads and recent updates clearly follow performance with sparkline charts and trends in package cards hide packages you donβt want to see and keep the interface clean sync settings and tracked packages via iCloud across all your Apple devices Hexy is designed to be: fast and lightweight, with a modern iOS design immediate and easy to use privacy-friendly: it does not collect analytics or telemetry No need to open the browser every time: you have the most important Hex.pm metrics always at hand, with smart updates and a compact overview of the packages that matter to you. If you want to keep track of the pace of your Gleam, Erlang or Elixir projects, Hexy is the perfect mobile tool to turn Hex.pm into a personal feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Badge Magic at every 9 days against Hexy Watcher's monthly. Badge Magic also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Badge Magic ships an update every 9 days, Hexy Watcher monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Badge Magic | Hexy Watcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days β better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FOSSASIA | Daniele Scaratti |
In-app purchases
Badge Magic
No in-app purchases
Hexy Watcher
No in-app purchases









