Comparison

CHEMION vs Magic Glasses

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Magic Glasses

This app allows you to control LED display screens, customizing text, effects, patterns, and even music synchronization. Create unique visual experiences with personalized graffiti and diverse playback options.

Highlights
  • Change display text
  • Customize display effects
  • Set pattern effects
  • Music rhythm synchronization
  • Custom graffiti creation
  • Diverse playing methods
Features
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Magic glasses is a cool app that controls the LED display screen. It can change the display text, display effect, pattern effect and music rhythm effect in the app. You can customize the graffiti and display effect as you like. With cool and diverse playing methods, your LED display device is unique. 魔幻眼镜是一款控制LED显示屏的酷炫App,实现在app中更改显示文字以及显示效果,图案效果,音乐律动效果,可以随心所欲自定义涂鸦及显示效果,酷炫多样的玩法,让您的LED显示屏设备独一无二。

Screenshots

CHEMION4 screens
Magic Glasses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Magic Glasses at 3.1 against CHEMION's 2.8. Magic Glasses also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (37% vs 25%). CHEMION's advantage is ratings volume (157 vs 44). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Glasses holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of CHEMION's written reviews are positive against 37% of Magic Glasses's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CHEMION ships an update monthly, Magic Glasses every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CHEMION versus Magic Glasses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCHEMIONMagic Glasses
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (157 ratings)3.1 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews37.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings157 — better44
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB147 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperNeofect USA, Inc.Shenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

CHEMION

All ratings157 ratings
Positive37.6%
Neutral14.0%
Negative48.4%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral18.2%
Negative56.8%

Magic Glasses

All ratings44 ratings
Positive43.2%
Neutral25.0%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral21.7%
Negative41.3%

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 Glasses

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CHEMION

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Glasses

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CHEMION free?
CHEMION is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Glasses free?
Magic Glasses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CHEMION or Magic Glasses?
Magic Glasses is rated higher. CHEMION averages 2.8 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Magic Glasses averages 3.1 from 44 ratings.
Do CHEMION or Magic Glasses have ads?
Neither CHEMION nor Magic Glasses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CHEMION or Magic Glasses?
CHEMION ships an update monthly, and Magic Glasses every 8 days. Most recently, CHEMION was updated on August 5, 2026 and Magic Glasses on August 14, 2026.

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