The Card vs ScreenMagic
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)
ScreenMagic
Transform your phone into a visual magic performance tool. Make objects appear on your screen and create illusions of pulling them out. Customize and perform unlimited magic tricks.
- Perform with cards, coins, and business cards
- Import and photograph custom objects
- Create motion-reactive effects
- Use your Home Screen for performances
- Save custom objects for reuse
- Perform unlimited illusions with Pro
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Make the impossible feel real with ScreenMagic. ScreenMagic turns your iPhone into a powerful performance tool for visual magic. Make cards, coins, business cards, and everyday objects appear on your screen — then create the illusion of pulling them right out of your phone. CREATE YOUR OWN MAGIC • Photograph and import your own objects • Perform with cards, coins, tickets, business cards & more • Calibrate objects to realistic sizes • Use your own Home Screen for convincing performances • Create fluid, motion-reactive effects • Save custom objects for future performances • Perform unlimited ScreenMagic illusions with Pro DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE Whether you're a magician, content creator, or just want to amaze your friends, ScreenMagic gives you the tools to create visual illusions directly on your iPhone. Create it. Perform it. Make the impossible feel real. SCREENMAGIC PRO Start with a 3-day free trial. After the free trial, ScreenMagic Pro is $19.99 per year. Your subscription automatically renews for $19.99/year unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time through your App Store account settings. Free trials are available to eligible users. Any unused portion of a free trial may be forfeited when a subscription is purchased, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://screenmagicapp.netlify.app/support/ Privacy Policy: https://screenmagicapp.netlify.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScreenMagic at 100% against The Card's 53%. ScreenMagic also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8). The Card's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and 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
Both are free to download. The Card sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ScreenMagic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScreenMagic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Card has 58 ratings behind it against 6, 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 100% of ScreenMagic's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Card | ScreenMagic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (58 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cinnamon Mobile LLC | ServiceWizard LLC |
Customer experience
The Card
ScreenMagic
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
ScreenMagic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Card
- Remove Annoying Ads$0.99
- All Tricks$29.99
ScreenMagic
- ScreenMagic Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
- ScreenMagic Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- ScreenMagic Pro Lifetime$29.99
