Vanish vs Y.A.P
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!
Y.A.P
This media player offers a unique virtual knob gesture system for intuitive control. Earn usage time by watching ads or upgrade to premium for unlimited, ad-free playback.
- Virtual knob gesture system
- Effortless playback control
- Earn usage time via ads
- Premium ad-free version
- Unlimited access
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YAP (Yet Another Player) redefines mobile media playback with its innovative virtual knob gesture system. Simply rotate and tap on screen for effortless control - combining the convenience of mobile interactions with the natural feel of physical devices, while being even faster and more accurate. The standard version of this app is free with ads. You can earn usage time by watching ads, or upgrade to the Premium version to remove ads and enjoy unlimited access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vanish at none against Y.A.P's 1. Vanish also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Y.A.P's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 20 months). 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. Y.A.P sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vanish asks for nothing beyond the download.
Y.A.P holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Vanish's written reviews are positive against 100% of Y.A.P's.
Vanish ships an update every 20 months, Y.A.P weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vanish | Y.A.P |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Bjorn Orri Saemundsson | Wu Bin |
Customer experience
Vanish
Y.A.P
In-app purchases
Vanish
No in-app purchases
Y.A.P
- Premium$2.99
