SherlockTrainer vs TheStrangerX

SherlockTrainer is a focused practice tool for Pit Hartling's "Sherlock" — the brilliant effect from his book In Order To Amaze (2016). SherlockTrainer gives you those reps you need to build speed and confidence, anytime, without a deck in your hands. WHAT IT DOES The app simulates a complete Sherlock practice session starting with a shuffled and cut deck. The app then presents the shuffled spread for you to work through along with the final card selection. Scroll through the deck horizontally, tap cards to upjog them, strip when ready, and move to the next round — just like the real handling. TRAINING AIDS — "Looking For" display shows your current target card (toggle on/off) — Stack number overlay on each card (toggle on/off) — Timer from start to reveal — Correct/incorrect scoring on every session Turn the aids off as you improve and work toward performance speed. WHO THIS IS FOR This app is a training device for magicians who already own In Order To Amaze by Pit Hartling and are learning or performing the Sherlock effect. It assumes familiarity with the Mnemonica stack by Juan Tamariz. If you don't yet own these books — go buy them both. Seriously. In Order To Amaze is one of the great modern magic books, and Mnemonica is foundational. SherlockTrainer is not a substitute for either.

The Stranger, reborn. Same impossible impact. Streamlined, expanded, and finally as easy as it should have been. Stranger X is a performance tool for magicians and mentalists. A spectator picks up a phone, dials a number nobody could have known, and hears a stranger tell them the thing they only just thought of. NEW IN X Conversation Recordings, made in the app. Record directly in Stranger X. No separate studio, no importing files, no workaround. The single largest ease-of-use gain in the release. The Marketplace Publish your recordings for other performers to find, and download theirs. Search by title, author, region or tag. A library that grows without you. AI transcripts Generate a transcript of any recording automatically, using your own API key. Community, from inside the app Regional groups, announcements and support without leaving Stranger X. Borrowed Phone Place the call from a spectator's own phone. EVERYTHING THE STRANGER ALWAYS DID Live Stranger Calls. A real person, on a real call, anywhere in the world. Conversation Recordings. The same impact with nobody else awake. Auto Advance and Fallback. The call cycles through your list until someone answers. Convincers. Voicemail and auto-disconnect passes that make the dial feel ordinary. Smart region awareness. Correct numbers and formats wherever you are, in thirty languages. BUILT FOR PERFORMERS Drag to reorder your Strangers. Tap one to make it default. Switch anyone off for the night. Choose your reveal mode, your call type and your convincers from a single screen, then perform. Practice and Tutorials are built in. Rehearse against a recording before you ever do it for a person, and every lesson sits one tap from the screen it explains. Seven years. Thousands of performers. Regional communities across four continents. The Stranger, reborn.