Comparison

Light Magick vs Pic Warp

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

Head to head
About

Light Magick

Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Add beautiful glow effects
  • Free line and color options
  • Free text with various fonts and colors
  • 100+ shapes and colors
  • Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
  • Share to social media
Features
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.

About

Pic Warp

Easily correct perspective distortion in photos. Transform skewed images into perfect rectangles or place new images into existing skewed areas, like billboards or posters. Achieve precise results with intuitive controls.

Highlights
  • Perspective skew and unskew
  • Convert skewed areas to rectangles
  • Insert photos into skewed areas
  • Manual aspect ratio adjustment
  • Control point selection
Features
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[Pic Warp] is a powerful photo geomtry editor which supports perspective skew and unskew on your photo. For instance, you can do following things with this app. - Convert skewed book cover area to plane rectangular photo. - Convert skewed billboard arae to plane rectangular photo. - Put beautiful girl image into poster area of another photo. - Put amazing landscape image into billboard area of another photo. * Warp Out (Skewed area to plane photo) - Select any skewed area in photo using 4 control points. - Convert the selected area to plane rectangular photo automatically. - Adjust width and height ratio manually to get a perfect result. * Warp In (Plane photo to skewed area) - Select any skewed area in photo using 4 control points. - Put any photo into the selected area. - The photo is perspectively transformed automatically to fit into the area.

Screenshots

Light Magick4 screens
Pic Warp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Light Magick at Free against Pic Warp's $2.99. Light Magick also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). Pic Warp's advantage is rating (1.9 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Light Magick is free to download; Pic Warp costs $2.99 up front. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pic Warp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pic Warp holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pic Warp has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Light Magick's written reviews are positive against 61% of Pic Warp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, Pic Warp every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Light Magick versus Pic Warp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight MagickPic Warp
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews61.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenichi KobayashiDongwook Cho

Customer experience

Light Magick

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Pic Warp

All ratings8 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Light Magick

One-time1
  • Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
None

Pic Warp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Light Magick free?
Light Magick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pic Warp free?
Pic Warp costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Light Magick or Pic Warp?
Pic Warp is rated higher. Light Magick averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pic Warp averages 1.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Light Magick or Pic Warp have ads?
Light Magick shows ads; Pic Warp does not.
Which is updated more often, Light Magick or Pic Warp?
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pic Warp every 8 months. Most recently, Light Magick was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pic Warp on November 2, 2026.

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