Comparison

Magic Now vs Sleight

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

Head to head
About

Magic Now

Features
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Magic Now is a performance toolkit for magicians, mentalists, and close-up performers who want to turn everyday phones into memorable live moments. The app includes practical phone-based magic routines designed for real performance settings: social gatherings, close-up shows, table work, casual meetings, and one-on-one mind-reading moments. Each routine focuses on what the audience experiences, not on complicated setup or technical explanations. Featured effects include: Object from Phone - make an image or object appear to break out from inside the phone. Instant Prediction - a familiar calculator becomes an interactive number miracle where the final result lands exactly where you planned. Perfect Prediction - reveal a thought-of number or playing card with a clean AnyCard-style finish. Unlock Revelation - turn a phone-unlock moment into a complete mind-reading experience. Baidu Prediction - perform a search prediction directly on the spectator's own phone. Add WeChat Friend - transform a simple social exchange into a surprising magical moment. Drawing Board Sense - let a spectator write or draw, then reveal the thought as if it came directly from their mind. Drawing Board Prophecy - a named card appears on a blank board with a simple hand-drawn look. Magic Now also includes a Teaching section for selected magic learning resources, plus an in-app Magic balance system for redeeming premium routines and tutorials. Designed for iPhone and built with a dark, performance-focused interface, Magic Now keeps setup separate from performance. The show pages are clean, minimal, and made to look natural in front of an audience. Magic Now is for entertainment, performance, and magic learning purposes.

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Sleight

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Sleight is close-up magic for iPhone and Apple Watch: seven tricks that happen right in your spectator's hands. Sleight looks like an everyday app, so nobody suspects a thing, and the first time you open it, it shows you how to reach your tricks. SEVEN TRICKS • Doodle: scribble a "prediction" and ask them to name a number. Your scribble turns into their number, in handwriting, right in front of them. • Nine Cards: they touch one of nine cards while your back is turned. You name it anyway. Playing cards, ESP symbols, colours, emoji or words. • Calculator: everyone adds a number of their choice on an ordinary-looking calculator. The total is your prediction, even today's date. • Out of the Screen: photograph any object, and Sleight lifts it off the background, traces its outline and sizes it to the real thing. A coin, a playing card or your own keys slide across the screen, even over your own Home Screen, then leave the glass and land in your hand. • Mind Sketch: they draw anything, then wipe the page clean. You draw it too. • Telekinesis: a real compass on their phone finds north. Then the needle turns to follow your hand. • Lie Detector: a fingertip on the camera reads their live pulse, or they wear your Apple Watch. Ask your questions and watch the verdicts land. MADE FOR PERFORMING Every trick comes with an animated walkthrough and step-by-step instructions. Your tricks stay out of sight whenever you leave the app, and you can switch to a plain app icon. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything runs on your iPhone and Apple Watch, and nothing is sent to us. Camera, microphone and heart-rate readings are used live and never stored. On Apple Watch, the Lie Detector reads heart rate through HealthKit only while the trick runs, and nothing is saved to the Health app. WHAT YOU NEED iPhone with iOS 26. Doodle (numbers up to 32), Calculator, Out of the Screen and Nine Cards work on iPhone alone. Mind Sketch and Telekinesis need an Apple Watch with watchOS 26, the Lie Detector needs an Apple Watch or AirPods, and Doodle's numbers up to 99 need an Apple Watch. Doodle numbers 1–4 are free. Unlock tricks one at a time, or get All Tricks, which includes tricks added in future updates. Sleight is for entertainment. Its pulse readings and "lie detection" are part of a magic trick, not medical or scientific measurements.

Screenshots

Magic Now4 screens
Sleight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sleight at daily against Magic Now's every 3 days. Magic Now's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

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

Both are free to download. Magic Now sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Sleight sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Now ships an update every 3 days, Sleight daily. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Magic Now versus Sleight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic NowSleight
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer印 ēŽ‹Tony Al Akik

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Magic Now

One-time3
  • 20 Magic$3.99
  • 50 Magic$6.99
  • 100 Magic$12.99
8 purchases

Sleight

One-time8
  • Telekinesis$1.99
  • Calculator$2.99
  • Doodle (Full)$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Nine Cards$4.99
  • Out of the Screen$4.99
  • Mind Sketch$4.99
  • Lie Detector$6.99
  • All Tricks$19.99

Questions

Is Magic Now free?
Magic Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sleight free?
Sleight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Magic Now or Sleight have ads?
Neither Magic Now nor Sleight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Now or Sleight?
Magic Now ships an update every 3 days, and Sleight daily. Most recently, Magic Now was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sleight on November 6, 2026.

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