Comparison

Wizard Mirror vs (d)effect

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

Head to head
About

Wizard Mirror

Transform your device into an interactive magic mirror with fun, silly, and surprising visual filters. Explore effects like stretching, swirling, and pixelating for imaginative play. This app offers pure, ad-free fun for all ages.

Highlights
  • Interactive magic mirror
  • Fun visual filters
  • Child-friendly effects
  • Stretch, swirl, sparkle effects
  • Shuffle button for surprises
  • No ads, accounts, or tracking
Features
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Turn your camera into a magical mirror filled with fun, silly, and surprising effects. It's a perfect toy for toddlers, or anyone who loves to play. Wizard Mirror transforms your device into an interactive “magic mirror” with delightful, child-friendly visual filters. Stretch, swirl, sparkle, mirror, pixelate, crystallize, and discover brand-new combinations and surprises every time you tap the shuffle button! No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Just pure, imaginative fun.

About

(d)effect

This camera app applies unique, real-time visual effects directly to your photos and videos as you capture them. It offers a variety of artistic filters, allowing for live previews and immediate saving without any post-processing steps. All processing is done on-device, ensuring your content remains private.

Highlights
  • Live filter rendering on viewfinder
  • Real-time photo and video capture
  • Stackable and adjustable filters
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Variety of unique artistic filters
  • Random effect generation
Features
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(d)effect is a camera that shows you the effect before you take the shot. Every filter renders live on the viewfinder at full frame rate — no preview, no "apply" step, no waiting. What you frame is what gets saved. THE FILTERS • Riso Print — RGB plate misregistration and grain, like a badly aligned risograph • Dither — 4×4 Bayer ordered dithering, the look of a 1-bit screen • ASCII — the frame rebuilt from coloured glyphs on black • False Color — channel crushing and hue cycling • Halation — the bloom that film gets around highlights • Posterize — hard tonal banding • Exclusion — a solid hue blended straight through the image • Low Res — chunky pixellation that scales with the shot • Slow Shutter — a real exposure change on the camera, so the motion blur is genuine rather than faked Stack them. Adjust contrast, brightness and saturation on anything. Hit Random when you want the machine to decide. PHOTO AND VIDEO Shoot stills or record video with the same effects, with audio, in 4:5. What the viewfinder showed is what lands in your library — filters that are sized in pixels scale with the image, so the saved file matches the preview. YOUR SHOTS STAY YOURS Everything is processed on your iPhone using Metal and Core Image. Nothing is uploaded, stored on a server, or looked at by anyone. There is no cloud gallery and no server-side processing — captures go straight to your own Photos library, into a "(d)effect" album the in-app gallery reads back. We hold one piece of personal data: the email address attached to your sign-in. You can delete your account, and it, from inside the app. — (d)effect is free while in active development — every filter unlocked, no ads, no subscription. If something breaks, tell us at support@d-effect.com and we'll fix it.

Screenshots

Wizard Mirror3 screens
(d)effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wizard Mirror at 100% against (d)effect's 0%. Wizard Mirror also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wizard Mirror holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Wizard Mirror's written reviews are positive against 0% of (d)effect's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wizard Mirror versus (d)effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWizard Mirror(d)effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChase WesthoffJoao Campagnolo

Customer experience

Wizard Mirror

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

(d)effect

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wizard Mirror

No in-app purchases

None

(d)effect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wizard Mirror free?
Wizard Mirror is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is (d)effect free?
(d)effect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wizard Mirror or (d)effect?
Wizard Mirror is rated higher. Wizard Mirror averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while (d)effect averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Wizard Mirror or (d)effect have ads?
Neither Wizard Mirror nor (d)effect shows ads.

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