Vanish vs Lock Screen Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vanish
Create stunning visual illusions with two images. Define interactive zones to cut and paste elements in real-time, making objects appear, transform, or vanish. Perfect for magicians looking to elevate their performances with dynamic effects.
- Create seamless visual effects
- Use primary and swap images
- Define interactive zones for transformations
- Perform illusions in real-time
- Make objects appear, transform, or vanish
- Perform card transformations
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Vanish – Perform Stunning Visual Effects Vanish is a powerful tool for magicians, allowing you to create seamless visual effects right on your phone. Using two images—a primary image and a swap image—you can define interactive zones that let you cut and paste between them in real time, enabling you to perform amazing illusions. How It Works: • Select Your Images – Choose a primary image as your starting point and a swap image with the elements you want to reveal during performance. • Define Zones – Mark areas where transformations will occur. • Perform – During your performance, use a swap trigger to instantly overlay the selected portion of the swap image, creating a smooth and magical effect. Endless Creative Possibilities: • Make objects appear, transform, or vanish with ease. • Use playing cards as images to perform stunning color changes—even transforming the card piece by piece! • Use any screenshot from your phone to craft unique and personalized effects. Unlock Your Potential: Download Vanish now and elevate your magic to new heights with amazing visual effects at your fingertips!
Lock Screen Magic
Personalize your device's appearance by selecting images, applying filters, and setting them as your wallpaper. Easily configure your desktop theme with custom images and effects.
- Select custom images
- Apply image filters
- Save configured screens
- Set as wallpaper
- Desktop theme configuration
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Lock Screen Magic is an application suitable for ipad and iphones that lets users configured their Desktop theme The application is very simple to use The functionality of the application: 1-You must choose a picture 2-Lock You apply a filter to the image you have chosen 3-You enrgister the Screen in your bookcase 4-You set the Screen that you saved as a wallpaper for your iPhone or iPad I hope that my application's server need your wallpaper
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vanish at 4.6 against Lock Screen Magic's 1.0. Vanish also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Lock Screen Magic's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vanish holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vanish has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Vanish ships an update every 20 months, Lock Screen Magic every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vanish | Lock Screen Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 545 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bjorn Orri Saemundsson | Houimdi Noureddinr |
Customer experience
Vanish
Lock Screen Magic
In-app purchases
Vanish
No in-app purchases
Lock Screen Magic
No in-app purchases
