Light Magick vs Emerald Eyes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Emerald Eyes
Magnify small text, distant objects, or intricate details with this app. It offers intuitive gesture controls for zooming and brightness, image stabilization, and a flashlight. Capture and share photos or videos of your magnified views.
- Gesture-based zoom and brightness control
- Image stabilization
- Flashlight integration
- Photo and video capture
- AR headset compatibility
- Advanced image filters
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Want to read the ingredients on a package? Emerald Eyes can help you. Want to see the details of a Gothic building? Emerald Eyes can help with that too. Emerald Eyes has been designed to make it easier to see things near and far. Zoom in and out with a single finger. You can use that same finger to brighten or dim the screen. How about freezing the image? Sure, that same finger can do it all! Gestural commands save time and there is no need to hunt for tiny little onscreen icons, just simply slide or hold your finger on the screen. Emerald Eyes has a few more tricks up its sleeve. Try one of the advanced filters designed to make images easier to see. Or try image stabilization to reduce shakiness. You can even turn on the phone's flashlight for a bit more light. That's not all, you can take photos and videos so you can share your experiences with family and friends. Easily convert Emerald Eyes into a pair of electronic binoculars. Simply slide your phone into an Augmented Reality (AR) headset. With a Bluetooth game or media controller attached, you'll be able to see a concert or sporting event. Or simply go bird-watching!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Emerald Eyes at 4.2 against Light Magick's 1.0. Emerald Eyes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Light Magick's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emerald Eyes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emerald Eyes holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emerald Eyes has 5 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 75% of Emerald Eyes's.
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, Emerald Eyes every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magick | Emerald Eyes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenichi Kobayashi | Alan Thomson |
Customer experience
Light Magick
Emerald Eyes
In-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
Emerald Eyes
No in-app purchases
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