Invisible Deck App Review

Price at time of writing £1.70 (approx $3)

Forget the reviews on iTunes. There are far too many people who have given this 3 stars or less. There can only be two reasons for that. They are that they haven't put enough thought into practicing the presentation or have not understood the instruction properly.

For the serious magician the app has numerous uses but the simplest way is to demonstrate to your victim that you have turned over, in your virtual card deck, ANY card they were thinking of.

With several different card sets and backs to choose from the presentation quality is ace (pun intented) each time.

The working method is totally invisible once you have followed the very clear instructions. A lot of thought has gone into this effect and it is well worth the money I paid above. This can't be said for the majority of magic apps nearly all of which are marketed at this price because developers claim "you are paying for the secret" regardless of the quality of the app . Even a practice session has been built in - that is an excellent addition which you should use. All magic should be practiced and, believe me, if you can read and use the practice session many times there will be no reason to critisize this superb effect.

Some reviews on this have said Rising Card is much better - utter rubbish - Rising Card (which I have reviewed already) is very good. But the working method is not invisible and the presentation is not as slick.

Once an experienced magician gets used to the method this ability to reverse any card can have so many uses in a routine.

Yes, even though the instructions are clear, it does need practice. I find it also requires a little concentration before you start to ensure you are doing it right. The solution to that is just to build it into your routine. e.g. "I am using pure will power to reverse the card - it takes a little while due to the extreme concentration required"

I will agree with something a few people have said. That the developer has implied the victim can be the only one to touch your iPhone or iPod touch when the effect is shown. This is actually incorrect but with thought over presentation that won't matter and they can handle it all they like later even thumbing through the whole deck. After you have performed the trick on them tell them to do it on you and watch how hopeless they are.
There's, of course, a 1 in 52 chance they might just get it right but then that looks even more amazing. You can claim transference of mystical powers!

As with all magic effects I won't go into further detail as good magic is hard to find and this effect should be enjoyed by as many people as you can show it to.

Just read carefully and practice and you will be able to really impress people with this marvellous magic app.

10/10 Download this super app

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Rising Card app review

Magic on the iPhone and iPod Touch has rapidly become a very big thing.

Mainly because with each unit's fabulous portability, quick operation and superb graphics demonstrations can be very impressive.

In fact if more effort is put into development of quality magic trick apps you could almost put on a professional magic show with just your Apple gadget to hand.

As it is there are magic tricks galore available from iTunes but currently few of those have the professional touch.

As nothing scoring less than 8/10 will appear on this site it will take some real magic to appear here.

Rising Card makes the grade - just.

It's a really good final effect. The magician is able to make any card (even including the joker) rise from a pack. Obviously there are several lead ups to this trick a magician could use including the simplest "Just think of a card"

It looks brilliant but it could be so much better and I am hoping that the developers may take note of these comments and take apption to make this truly professional.

Its a great magic effect but because of the way it works performing it more than once on the same person (or even somebody who is concentrating hard) the method could easily be spotted.
Obviously I can't say much here but users of iForce will know what I mean when I say the lead in to that effect is much more professional and far less obvious than this one is. This one helps the magician far too much and opens the trick to suspicion when with a little effort the method could be completely invisible.
Theory 11 (the makers) need to remove the obvious stuff because I am sure even the most amateur magician can handle the workings of this without such help.
It also needs to learn lessons from Invisible Deck - it needs to have multiple backgrounds and decks to choose from.
The effect also always has the Ace of Spades on the bottom of the deck facing the audience member. This is a pathetic oversight - a clearly random facing card would not have been asking too much and allows for the app to be used again later in a show.
With a little reprogramming by the developer the user could get to see the virtual deck first with a random card on the bottom..... they then get to shake the unit to "shuffle" the cards. A shuffle sound occurs whilst shaking and when happy they can check the facing card has changed and they can then press a button on the screen to exit the app (so the magician can't play with the cards). The magician is then handed the unit back and puts it face down whilst the performer thinks of a card. When the card is named the magician just turns the unit over, navigates normally to the rising card app and performs the trick.
The silly thing is most of the hard work has already gone into this trick. But it does need improving. This is currently the same price as other professional tricks but for me until it is made just that little bit more professional it is only worth the 99p price tag.
I am hoping the developers are treating this app as a work in progress as it does have so much more potential. 

I will revisit this review should Theory 11 update it in due course. I hope they do improve it as it could become a magic classic.

Don't get me wrong, considering some of the rubbish magic trick apps on iTunes, this is one of the better magic apps and should be part of a magician's collection.

It's just not up there with the greatest effects...... yet.

8/10 Magic available here

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