Comparison

VirtuaDeck vs ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

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

Head to head
About

VirtuaDeck

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Do you believe in coincidence or in destiny? This app isn’t a game. It’s an illusion. A single deck of cards lies on your screen, waiting silently. Each card is different. Each perfectly ordinary. Until one of them turns over… by itself. The Experience: The spectator is asked to simply name any card, truly any card. The spectator slowly spreads through the digital deck. One card, and only one, is reversed It’s the very card the spectator just named. No force. Any card. Only a moment of pure impossibility. The Concept: This app is designed for modern magicians a digital experiment exploring the line between randomness and intention, between technology and mystery. It recreates one of magic’s most iconic effects in a way that feels natural, elegant, and completely hands-off. Features: β–ͺ The Reversed Card Effect A single freely named card appears reversed in a full digital deck. No pre-show setup. No forcing. Only impact. β–ͺ Ultra-Realistic Deck Swipe, scroll, and explore the cards, each one unique, beautifully rendered, and responsive to touch. β–ͺ Fully Customizable Choose your back design, adjust reveal speed, enable or disable sound, personalize every performance. β–ͺ Guided Practice Mode Learn, rehearse, and perfect the timing before performing live, directly within the app. β€œSometimes, the difference between chance and destiny is just one card turned the other way.”

About

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

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: β€’ Manual: land on the exact value you choose β€’ Addition Total: the digits sum to your prediction β€’ Full Time: force a complete minutes-seconds-hundredths reading β€’ Multiple of 9: self-working number math β€’ 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 β€” or let the watch run the show entirely on its own. MORE THAN A STOPWATCH β€’ Practice Mode β€” rehearse the full routine offline, anywhere β€’ Rock-solid connectivity: direct device-to-device link with automatic cloud fallback β€’ PeekSmith display support for stage-ready peeks β€’ 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

VirtuaDeck4 screens
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading4 screens

Verdict

The call

VirtuaDeck and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. VirtuaDeck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VirtuaDeck ships an update every 2 weeks, ClockWork Magic & Mindreading weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
VirtuaDeck versus ClockWork Magic & Mindreading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtuaDeckClockWork Magic & Mindreading
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS26.0 β€” better26.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size89 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent LaunayAndEtc, Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VirtuaDeck

Subscriptions2
  • Xtremagic Pass$3.991 Month
  • Xtremagic Pass$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Access (One-Time Purchase)$7.99
1 purchases

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

One-time1
  • ClockWork Full Unlock$1000.00

Questions

Is VirtuaDeck free?
VirtuaDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClockWork Magic & Mindreading free?
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VirtuaDeck or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading have ads?
Neither VirtuaDeck nor ClockWork Magic & Mindreading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VirtuaDeck or ClockWork Magic & Mindreading?
VirtuaDeck ships an update every 2 weeks, and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading weekly. Most recently, VirtuaDeck was updated on September 29, 2026 and ClockWork Magic & Mindreading on September 30, 2026.

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