Comparison

Light Magick vs SurfNWalk

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

SurfNWalk

Browse the web safely and discreetly with a live camera feed overlaid on your screen. Avoid obstacles, check your appearance, or monitor your surroundings while surfing. Quickly access social media and favorite sites with one-hand controls.

Highlights
  • Live camera feed overlay
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Selfie mode for appearance check
  • Background monitoring
  • One-hand browsing
  • Incognito mode
  • Random website shuffle
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Our screens are so big nowadays, why not give some permanent space to the camera! > Did you ever run into someone while looking at your screen? > Did you ever step into something nasty while looking at your screen? > Are you sometimes too embarrassed to open the camera app in public, to check your looks? > Did you ever get caught by surprise when people entered the room from behind? > What is your kid doing while you are surfing? > Are you Bored? Tap Shuffle to randomly see popular web sites. > Want to quickly take a picture/video while surfing the web? With SurfNWalk you can see where you are going, while you are surfing on your phone. The camera view shows the front camera and this way you can avoid walking into people, walking into dog droppings, and even monitor the traffic light while waiting at the crossing. You can switch to selfie mode to quickly check your looks, or watch/monitor when someone is walking up to you from behind, you can quickly *hide* the camera by tapping the arrow down. Monitor your kids while playing by using your mobile, watch TV and surf simultaneously. For apps that have a web site, you can also use those in browser mode, like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Swipe left or right on the camera image to go back and forward in your browser. Features: - Video size large/small - Video flip to back and front camera - Change video to the top/bottom of the screen - Hide the camera view - sneak peek - Record videos - Take Photos - Disable camera sound - Browser only mode - uses a bit less energy - Add your preferred search engine - Tap the shuffle icon to randomly show the most favorite man/women/gender-neutral sites, you can set your gender preference in the settings - Incognito browsing mode - your history is not recorded - Private searching with DuckDuckGo - long tap on the privacy word to switch between Google and DuckDuckGo (this does not block cookies) - Quick one-hand access to all your social sites - Quick one-hand access to your favorite sites - Add your own bookmarks, fill them once and you will love the shortcut - Clear browsing history - Safari Reader mode supported - Easy to use with one hand - Left-hand mode - rearranges the icons for you left-handers - Popular web tools at hand, click the wrench icon - Settings are synced in iCloud

Screenshots

Light Magick4 screens
SurfNWalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SurfNWalk at 100% against Light Magick's 50%. SurfNWalk also leads on ads (none vs shown). Light Magick's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On 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

Light Magick is free to download; SurfNWalk costs $0.99 up front. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SurfNWalk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, SurfNWalk every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Light Magick versus SurfNWalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight MagickSurfNWalk
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKenichi KobayashiRobin Bollen

Customer experience

Light Magick

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

SurfNWalk

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Light Magick

One-time1
  • Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

SurfNWalk

One-time1
  • Remove Advertising$0.99

Questions

Is Light Magick free?
Light Magick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SurfNWalk free?
SurfNWalk costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Light Magick or SurfNWalk have ads?
Light Magick shows ads; SurfNWalk does not.
Which is updated more often, Light Magick or SurfNWalk?
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, and SurfNWalk every 6 weeks. Most recently, Light Magick was updated on November 1, 2026 and SurfNWalk on November 3, 2026.

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