Oracle Orb vs Magic Ball 8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oracle Orb
Get answers to your questions by shaking or tapping your device. This app offers guidance for life decisions with a visually appealing interface. Personalize the experience with different color options.
- Shake or tap to get answers
- Guidance for life decisions
- Visually appealing interface
- Personalizable color options
- Simple and intuitive to use
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Need answers? Oracle Orb is here! Simply think of your question and give Oracle Orb a shake (or tap) and wait while Oracle Orb's wisdom appears. Why make those tough life decisions when a beautiful app can make them for you!? Oracle Orb on iPhone comes in seven colours so you can personalise it to suit your mood or outfit! Maybe avoid the red though, there's something not quite right about that colour!
Magic Ball 8
Ask this digital fortune-telling sphere your questions about love, work, or anything else. It provides answers in a fun, entertaining way, channeling the mystique of tarot and classic fortune-telling.
- Ask questions about future, love, work
- Entertainment application
- Mysterious magic and tarot theme
- Classic fortune-telling experience
- Free to use
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Ask. Shake. Discover. The most complete Magic 8 Ball on the App Store. Ask any question about love, career, money, or life — shake your phone and get an answer instantly. Seven themed response modes: Normal, Love, Success, Productivity, Funny, Mystery, and Finance. Voice detection listens for your question automatically. The ball reads its answers aloud with customizable speed and pitch. Track every answer in your history. Build a daily streak and unlock achievements the more you use it. Set streak reminder notifications so you never lose your momentum. Fully personalize your ball: five colors, five styles, five animations (Shake, 3D Rotation, Bounce, Magical, Glow). Add your own custom responses. Share any answer directly with friends. Say your question out loud, shake your phone, and let the magic ball decide. For entertainment purposes only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oracle Orb at 100% against Magic Ball 8's 0%. Oracle Orb also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Magic Ball 8's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (89 vs 1). 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. Magic Ball 8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Oracle Orb asks for nothing beyond the download.
Oracle Orb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Ball 8 has 89 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Oracle Orb's written reviews are positive against 0% of Magic Ball 8's.
Oracle Orb ships an update every 31 months, Magic Ball 8 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oracle Orb | Magic Ball 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (89 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 89 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darren Maxwell | Eyermin Colon Sanchez |
Customer experience
Oracle Orb
Magic Ball 8
In-app purchases
Oracle Orb
No in-app purchases
Magic Ball 8
- Magic Ball 8$0.99
