Light Magick vs Pivlite Preview
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.
Pivlite Preview
This app allows users to view, download, upload, and share various wallpapers and illustrations. It features image search, AI-driven resolution expansion for artwork, and manga translation.
- View, download, and upload wallpapers
- Share illustrations
- Image search (search by image)
- AI resolution expansion for artwork
- Manga translation
- Community interaction
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Browse over 50 million illustrations, manga, and novels from artists worldwide. Preview edition — new features land here first. Updates may be less stable; great for early adopters. Pivlite Preview helps you discover artwork, manga, and novels you love on iPhone and iPad. FEATURES Popular Works • Explore the most popular works of the season. • Filter by Daily, Weekly, and Monthly rankings. • Browse Male, Female, Original, and Rookie categories. Following New • Quickly see new posts from artists you follow. • Stay up to date with fresh work from the community. Search • Search by work ID, illustration, manga, user, and tag. • Search title, caption, tags, and author. • Sort results by popularity (Premium). • Find and follow artists from search results. Download Center • Manage Downloading and Downloaded tasks in one place. • Save illustrations, manga, and animated works to your photo library. Novels & Reading • Read novels with bookmarks, history, and series support. • Export and enjoy long-form reading on iPhone and iPad. Follow us on Weibo (https://weibo.com/u/2975751864) or visit our website (https://www.pivlite.com).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pivlite Preview at 2.2 against Light Magick's 1.0. Pivlite Preview also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 and Pivlite Preview sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pivlite Preview holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pivlite Preview has 13 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 56% of Pivlite Preview's.
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, Pivlite Preview fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magick | Pivlite Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.2 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kenichi Kobayashi | 泽勇 周 |
Customer experience
Light Magick
Pivlite Preview
In-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
Pivlite Preview
- 尝鲜体验包$0.99
- 图片加速月卡$1.99
- 连载追更包$6.99
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- 高级尊享包$14.99
