The Card vs Marty's Magic Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Card
Perform astonishing card tricks and mind-reading illusions using your iPhone. Amaze your friends and family with a clever, mysterious effect that reveals a thought-of card without touching the device. This app offers a magical experience that can even fool experienced magicians.
- Reveal thought-of cards
- Perform mind-reading illusions
- No physical card handling required
- Impress friends and family
- Clever and mysterious trick
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-- The best magic apps for iPhone -- AppPicker. Your iPhone has magic powers, without touching it, to reveal a thought of card in mysterious ways. Impress your friends and family with this jaw-dropping trick that is so clever it even fools magicians. Inspired by great friend, magician, tennis coach and life mentor: Bill Jacobson Icon and Graphics Art Director: Sarah Ma App Preview Video Director/Actress: Heeva Parsi Watch Cody Scott "Invisible Card" WOW performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdF1632KIw)
Marty's Magic Meter
This app transforms your phone into a magic device capable of detecting various things, from a friend's intelligence to a wizard's presence. Perform impressive magic tricks for your friends with customizable devices and sounds, keeping them guessing your secret.
- Phone as a magic device
- Multiple detector types
- Customizable device names
- Secret trick for users
- Spinner with controlled outcomes
- Accomplice mode
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The most diabolical magic trick on the app store! Your phone becomes a magic device that can detect anything. Have a friend who needs a shower? Use the Stink-O-Meter. Have a friend who keeps doing reeeeally stupid things? Use the Dumb Dumb Detector. Or maybe you have a cute kid dressed as a wizard? Use the wizard detector. Just move the detector close to your target and it goes off, making sounds and lighting up. How does it work? Only *you* know the magic trick. You can learn the trick in minutes, and it'll keep your friends guessing how you do it! The free version lets you try how one device. The full version comes with these added features: * Name your device whatever you want or select from tons of choices * Comes with 5 total different devices with different sounds and behaviors * One of these devices let's you spin a spinner with yes's and no's. The spinner will always stop on the choice *you* want and only you know the magic trick! * With an accomplice you can make this magic trick even harder to figure out for your friends. (Your accomplice doesn't need to purchase the full version)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marty's Magic Meter at 4.3 against The Card's 3.8. Marty's Magic Meter also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (67% vs 53%). The Card's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. The Card sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Marty's Magic Meter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Marty's Magic Meter holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Card has 58 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of The Card's written reviews are positive against 67% of Marty's Magic Meter's.
The Card ships an update every 3 weeks, Marty's Magic Meter every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Card | Marty's Magic Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (58 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Cinnamon Mobile LLC | YitYat Studios |
Customer experience
The Card
Marty's Magic Meter
Bugs and requests
The Card
Reported bugs
7 issues- Instructional video will not play
- Video tutorial doesn't work
- Pro features glitchy and require reinstallation
- Proximity trigger does not work
- Apple Watch feature not found
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- Number pad not accessible
- Siri feature auto-charged for all features
Requested features
7 requests- Allow individual purchase of effects
- Lower the price of the full app
- Improve Apple Watch integration
- Add more triggers to the free version
- Allow sampling of paid features
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- Fix proximity trigger issues
- Make the app less expensive for individual features
Marty's Magic Meter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Card
- Remove Annoying Ads$0.99
- All Tricks$29.99
Marty's Magic Meter
- Upgrade to Full Version$2.99
Questions
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