CHEMION vs Magic Display
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHEMION
Create personalized LED animations and text displays for various events. React to music with a live audio visualizer or design your own unique patterns and animations to express yourself.
- Personalized text and animations
- Real-time animations
- Live audio visualization (equalizer)
- Customizable drawing function
- Save and edit LED animations
- Premade emotion samples
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CHEMISTRY + ON = CHEMION Express yourself through CHEMION 4 Ways to enjoy CHEMION • Cheer your team! o Cheer in the darkness with a personalized text • Enjoy your music! o An equalizer that reacts to music around you • Be creative! o Make your own patterns with the drawing function • Make your own animations! o Express yourself with personalized animations Function: -Real-time animations -Live Audio Visualization (Equalizer) function -LED animations can be saved -LED animations can be edited -A variety of premade Emotion samples
Magic Display
Transform your LED screen with custom text, designs, and effects via Bluetooth. This app offers built-in animations, collaborative playback, graffiti tools, and music synchronization for a unique visual experience.
- Bluetooth wireless connection
- Custom text and design effects
- Built-in display effects
- Collaborative playback
- Custom graffiti
- Music playback synchronization
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LED display via bluetooth wireless connection, realize the change in the APP screen text, design effect.A variety of built-in display effect, joining together play, custom graffiti, music playback, cool variety of gameplay, allowing you to LED screen is unique. LED显示屏通过蓝牙无线连接，实现在应用程序屏幕文字、设计效果上的改变。各种内置显示效果，联袂播放，自定义涂鸦、音乐播放，酷炫多样的游戏玩法，让您的LED显示屏独树一帜。
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Verdict
CHEMION and Magic Display both sit at 2.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 34% of Magic Display's written reviews are positive against 25% of CHEMION's. Magic Display also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for CHEMION against 2.9 for Magic Display. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 159 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of CHEMION's written reviews are positive against 34% of Magic Display's.
CHEMION ships an update monthly, Magic Display every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHEMION | Magic Display |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (157 ratings) | 2.9 (159 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 33.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 | 159 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neofect USA, Inc. | Tianlang innovation Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
CHEMION
Magic Display
User reviews
CHEMION
From 157 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Durable hardware - glasses last for years
- ✨ Cool visual effects and animations
- 🎨 Customizable designs and patterns
- 📱 Works well on multiple devices when functioning
- 🔄 Good Bluetooth connectivity when working properly
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Loading screens stuck indefinitely
- 🔐 Facebook login requirement and broken authentication
- 📉 Performance degradation after updates
- ⚠️ Explorer feature consistently non-functional
Magic Display
From 159 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use once connected
- 🎨 Custom text and drawing features work well
- 🚀 Fast live display updates
- ✨ Fun and visually appealing
- 🔄 Simple connection process when working
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bluetooth connection failures (most critical issue)
- ❌ Limited customization options
- 🎵 Music functionality severely limited
- 📝 Text character limit too restrictive
- 🎨 Limited color options (fixed quadrants)
Bugs and requests
CHEMION
Reported bugs
14 issues- App stuck on startup/loading screen
- Facebook login fails or loads indefinitely
- Explorer section crashes or infinite loading
- Equalizer feature crashes entire app
- Search function non-functional
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- Glasses not detected by app despite proper setup
- App crashes when selecting animations or presets
- Copy/clone animation feature broken
- Japanese text input not working
- Shared content download not functioning
- App crashes when changing eyes/animations
- Connection error messages (e.g., 'disconnected-7')
- Version update incompatibility issues
- iOS compatibility issues with certain versions
Requested features
11 requests- Increase animation speed/FPS beyond current limits
- Restore DJ mode for switching between faces
- Allow offline design editing without connected glasses
- Add shuffle option in Explorer
- Restore text scrolling speed customization
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- Support for non-Facebook login methods
- Reorder/organize custom animation sets
- More font options for text
- Better UI for frame creation workflow
- Improved equalizer/voice sync functionality
- macOS/MacBook support
Magic Display
Reported bugs
15 issues- Bluetooth connection not discovering device
- App crashes when entering text (iOS 17 compatibility issue)
- Display shows upside down
- Apostrophe adds extra space in text
- Music mode crashes when playing
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- Brightness slider non-functional
- Bold button non-functional
- Flashlight button non-functional
- App requires reinstall to work again
- Hat resets to default settings randomly
- Connection times out without timer set
- DIY delete and erase buttons too close together
- Pac-Man animation unavailable despite being shown
- Animations disappear when hat is connected
- Text inversion feature not working
Requested features
15 requests- Custom animation creation tool
- Ability to upload and play personal music
- Spotify/Apple Music integration
- Customizable color selection
- Larger drawing/DIY canvas area
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- Save text message presets
- Emoji and Unicode support
- Battery level indicator
- Microphone-triggered equalizer
- Import images/GIFs from device
- Real-time clock display
- Voice activation functionality
- More music options beyond lullabies
- Better DIY interface design
- Undo/redo functionality for drawings
In-app purchases
CHEMION
No in-app purchases
Magic Display
No in-app purchases
