Complete App Magic Guide: Best Magic Trick Apps 2024
Magic trick apps for magicians are more popular than ever. From easy mindreading and mentalism tricks to card tricks, there are so many incredible app magic options to choose from. Here are the best magic trick apps in 2024!
It’s not shocking that so many magicians love app magic. These interactive magic tricks live in your pocket. They're also typically self-contained. Everything you need (even the video instructions) are in one convenient place. Magic apps ensure you’re always prepared to amaze friends and family.
As the world’s biggest magic store, we have a variety of magic apps. With so many amazing phone magic tricks available, it can be hard to choose. So we put together the ultimate guide to top-rated magic apps.
Complete App Magic Guide: Best Magic Trick Apps in 2024
Best Mind Reading and Mentalism App Magic Tricks
WikiTest is widely considered to be one of the best magic apps ever made. It's also one of the best mentalism tricks you can do. Someone uses their phone to search for something on Wikipedia. You instantly read their mind and know what it is.
This is super strong, easy-to-do mind reading offers a great way to get started in mentalism. It also offers many integrations with other magic apps that expand its capabilities. WikiTest is a must-have magic app for any magician or mentalist. (Just be advised it's only available for iPhone.)
Inject is one of the most powerful magic apps you’ll ever use. At its core, it allows you to secretly know anything that’s been searched on Google on someone else’s phone. The ways you can use that information are truly limitless. You can use it to read minds, have an image appear, find a location on a map, or even create a one-of-a-kind video revelation.
This app is fully customizable, easy to use and comes with a ton of amazing pre-made effects and app integrations. Inject is a must-have magic app and the perfect WikiTest alternative for Android users.
Enigma is one of the most revolutionary magic tricks released in this digital magic era. It’s the closest thing you’ll ever find to real mind reading. They think of something. Then, without them saying anything or asking any questions, you can reveal their thoughts.
The app handles all the hard work for you. What makes Enigma so special, though, is the routine itself. It was designed in a way that makes the phone afterthought. Your audience will likely forget you ever even used it. Which is different then most app magic tricks where the phone is a core part of the trick.
The Stranger feels almost too good to be true. Someone freely picks a card. A genuinely random phone number is then created and dialed. A stranger picks up on the other end, and somehow perfectly guesses the selected card. This is closer material that is used by professionals around the world.
Jonathan has also created a special version for professional magicians called The Stranger System. This custom tool offers hands-off capabilities and integrations with apps like WikiTest or Inject. Instead of just revealing playing cards, your “Stranger” can know words, places, birthdays...pretty much anything.
Many have called Cognito one of the best apps of the last decade. Using a clever new approach to classic principles, Cognito allows you to gain access to someone’s thoughts. They never write, say or type anything. Yet you’re still able to reveal what they’re thinking.
Cognito is easy to use. It comes with a variety of pre-loaded presentations and offers the ability to quickly create your own. When performed correctly, it is as clean as “Enigma”. But, since the app is a little more prevalent during the routine, we knocked it down a peg. It is still a fantastic, more affordable alternative though.
The easiest, quickest and most natural way to force anything. Digital Force Bag is so clever. All the dirty work happens right under their noses.
They name any number they want between 1 and 100. Your force item will automatically appear next to that number in your notes app. They can even scroll down to the number and read it themselves.
A professional version with more features known as DFB X is also available.
You may also enjoy Inertia, a devious tool that allows you to force something from any website. The “pro” mode even allows you to do it on someone else’s phone. If the idea of using someone else’s phone intrigues you, you’ll definitely want to check out RealList by Greg Rostami too.
While Toxic+ gets a lot of love for being the best version of the toxic force (because it is), Chronoforce Pro is another ingenious way to force a number. Using a stopwatch on your phone, you’re able to perform amazing number magic tricks. From PIN revelations to lottery predictions and squeaky clean ACAANs, the possibilities are endless.
Best Close Up Magic Magic Apps
We’ve already covered a few ways to force items, but Astral adds an exciting new visual component. First you force any small object. Then you physically produce it from your phone. This is a really visual and fun idea that was first popularized with Card2Phone by Halskov Apps
TimeLine allows you to travel through time. Your audience watches as the clock on your phone jumps either forward or backward in time. You can even have someone else pick the amount of minutes you travel. Here’s the craziest part: when they check their phone, it shows the same time you landed on!
TimeLine works great on its own or in conjunction with other effects. Many magicians combine it with Triumph, which is one of the most popular card magic tricks ever. After the cards have been mixed face-up and face-down, you use "time travel" to sort them back into order.
You’ve probably noticed Marc Kerstein’s name a lot so far. Kerstein is one of the most respected app creators in the world. He has created many of the best app magic tricks for magicians. ISO is no different.
With help from Noel Qualter, he’s perfectly blended the worlds of analog and digital magic. ISO is a versatile app that uses the advantages of augmented reality to perform miracles on a borrowed phone. From bill to impossible location routines to a book test using a borrowed text (like a magazine or menu), ISO pushes the boundaries of magic tricks using phones.
Best Utility Magic Apps
Hydra is one of the versatile magic apps you can own. This powerful tool integrates seamlessly with most other popular magic apps. It translates secret information from other apps—such as the word searched on WikiTest—into a prediction on your real Instagram or Facebook page.
For example: your friend searches “Apple” on WikiTest. They then open your genuine Instagram page on their phone and read your bio. It has a prediction that says “I knew you’d choose apple!”
Hydra is totally customizable and works on iOS or Android. It’s the perfect way to amaze people and and an easy trick for gaining followers on social media. And the best part? Your phone can be in your pocket the whole time. Everything happens automatically.
Shameer Salim first explored the idea of using magic apps as a networking tool with Hydra. He then took it to new heights with QR Genie. QR Genie transforms a QR Code into a digital business card with a magical touch.
This customizable app creates a simple website that houses all of your contact info and social media links. No programming experience required. Just fill in your information and the app handles the rest.
A prediction then lives at the bottom of this page. It can be updated live whenever you need. No forces required. You can either input information natively via the QR Genie app or link it up with other apps like Inject and WikiTest.
As soon as they scan the QR code they'll be taken to this page. They will not only be amazed by a prediction, but will be left with your contact info on their phone. This is one of the best magic tricks for getting gigs and booking clients!
This app reminds me of my first magic kit as a kid. It’s a like a Marvin’s Magic set on your phone. You get 30 professional phone magic tricks and utilities. With over 100 video tutorials, it’s a great way to learn magic tricks.
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