Comparison

Vanish vs VirtuaDeck

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

VirtuaDeck

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Do you believe in coincidence or in destiny? This app isn’t a game. It’s an illusion. A single deck of cards lies on your screen, waiting silently. Each card is different. Each perfectly ordinary. Until one of them turns over… by itself. The Experience: The spectator is asked to simply name any card, truly any card. The spectator slowly spreads through the digital deck. One card, and only one, is reversed It’s the very card the spectator just named. No force. Any card. Only a moment of pure impossibility. The Concept: This app is designed for modern magicians a digital experiment exploring the line between randomness and intention, between technology and mystery. It recreates one of magic’s most iconic effects in a way that feels natural, elegant, and completely hands-off. Features: ▪ The Reversed Card Effect A single freely named card appears reversed in a full digital deck. No pre-show setup. No forcing. Only impact. ▪ Ultra-Realistic Deck Swipe, scroll, and explore the cards, each one unique, beautifully rendered, and responsive to touch. ▪ Fully Customizable Choose your back design, adjust reveal speed, enable or disable sound, personalize every performance. ▪ Guided Practice Mode Learn, rehearse, and perfect the timing before performing live, directly within the app. “Sometimes, the difference between chance and destiny is just one card turned the other way.”

Screenshots

Vanish2 screens
VirtuaDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vanish at none against VirtuaDeck's 3. Vanish also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). VirtuaDeck's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VirtuaDeck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Vanish asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vanish ships an update every 20 months, VirtuaDeck every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Vanish versus VirtuaDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVanishVirtuaDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBjorn Orri SaemundssonVincent Launay

In-app purchases

None

Vanish

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VirtuaDeck

Subscriptions2
  • Xtremagic Pass$3.991 Month
  • Xtremagic Pass$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Access (One-Time Purchase)$7.99

Questions

Is Vanish free?
Vanish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VirtuaDeck free?
VirtuaDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vanish or VirtuaDeck have ads?
Vanish shows ads; VirtuaDeck does not.
Which is updated more often, Vanish or VirtuaDeck?
Vanish ships an update every 20 months, and VirtuaDeck every 2 weeks. Most recently, Vanish was updated on June 11, 2026 and VirtuaDeck on June 7, 2026.

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