Comparison

Unlock by JM Magic vs Hyperbloom

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

Head to head
About

Unlock by JM Magic

Features
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UNLOCK — A Magician's Secret Turn the familiar iPhone lock screen into a powerful tool for magic. UNLOCK is designed for magicians who want a natural, customizable and convincing lock-screen experience for their performances. CREATE YOUR OWN LOOK Customize wallpapers, time formats, lock-screen elements and the overall visual style. Choose between a classic interface or a realistic iPhone-inspired experience. CONTROL THE PASSCODE EXPERIENCE Configure the passcode screen, number of digits, attempt behavior, peek settings and other performance options. Build the exact experience you need for your routine. PERFORM YOUR WAY Fine-tune the lock screen and presentation before performing. Make the experience match your style, your routine and your audience. BUILT FOR MAGICIANS UNLOCK is created specifically with magic performances in mind — giving performers the control they need to create natural-looking and memorable moments. Whether you're performing close-up magic, mentalism or a digital magic routine, UNLOCK puts the presentation in your hands. Your screen. Your settings. Your performance. UNLOCK — A Magician's Secret.

About

Hyperbloom

Create a dynamic, interactive garden of light and sound with intuitive touch controls. Experience a calming, generative visual and auditory landscape that evolves and dissolves over time, offering a unique, goal-free experience.

Highlights
  • Tap to plant seeds and grow light tendrils
  • Drag to bend light and stir spores
  • Hold to charge and release petal shockwaves
  • Generative musical score responds to gestures
  • Calming, evolving visual and auditory experience
  • No goals, scores, or levels
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HYPERBLOOM is a living garden of light that grows wherever you touch, and forgets you, slowly. There are no levels, no scores, and no goals. Just light, motion, and sound that respond to your hands. TAP to plant a seed and watch tendrils of neon light grow, branch, and burst into blooms. DRAG to bend the light and stir drifting spores into glowing comets. HOLD to charge a nova, then release a shockwave of petals and sound. Every gesture plays a note in a soft, generative score: a calm wash of plucks, sparkles, and deep booms that drift through reverb and echo. The garden quietly dissolves over time, so it is never the same twice and never asks anything of you. SEVEN MOODS Original, Bright, Somber, Dream, Dawn, Abyss, and Voltage. Each one swaps the color palette and the musical scale together, so the garden sounds the way it looks. MIRROR Turn on two, four, or six fold symmetry and every stroke you draw becomes a rosette. Your finger paints a mandala without you having to aim. KEEPSAKES Press the keep button once and Hyperbloom records the next twenty seconds of your garden, with its sound, as a movie you can share or save. Press and hold instead to keep the moment as a still image at full resolution, with no interface in it, which makes a good wallpaper. Built natively for iPhone with Metal and live synthesized audio for a smooth, glowing, endless experience. Perfect for unwinding, focusing, or simply watching light grow. No accounts. No ads. No data collected. Just you and the light.

Screenshots

Unlock by JM Magic4 screens
Hyperbloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Unlock by JM Magic at Free against Hyperbloom's $1.99. Unlock by JM Magic also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days) and device support (4 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Unlock by JM Magic is free to download; Hyperbloom costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unlock by JM Magic ships an update every 3 days, Hyperbloom every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Unlock by JM Magic versus Hyperbloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnlock by JM MagicHyperbloom
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBhavik ShahCraig Anthony Perkins

In-app purchases

None

Unlock by JM Magic

No in-app purchases

None

Hyperbloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unlock by JM Magic free?
Unlock by JM Magic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hyperbloom free?
Hyperbloom costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Unlock by JM Magic or Hyperbloom have ads?
Neither Unlock by JM Magic nor Hyperbloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unlock by JM Magic or Hyperbloom?
Unlock by JM Magic ships an update every 3 days, and Hyperbloom every 6 days. Most recently, Unlock by JM Magic was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hyperbloom on October 31, 2026.

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