BlackMagic.so alternative (2026): it shut down, here's where every feature lives now

BlackMagic.so shut down on July 1, 2026. The extension is dead, the apps are dead, subscriptions were cancelled automatically, and a prorated refund is one email away. There is no single BlackMagic replacement, because BlackMagic was four tools in a sidebar: analytics, a Twitter CRM, in-feed scheduling and a growth dashboard. This guide maps each one to the best alternative in 2026, including the one job BlackMagic only ever measured.

What happened

The notice on blackmagic.so is short: "BlackMagic is shutting down on July 1, 2026. Active subscriptions will be cancelled automatically. For information on prorated refunds or to explore alternative options, please reach out to us at [email protected]." The stated reason is "winding down the product after a great run". No data export was offered.

The longer story is the same one behind most Twitter-tool shutdowns since 2023:

• 2021. Tony Dinh launches BlackMagic as a solo project: a browser extension that drew analytics, a CRM and a scheduler directly into the X feed, plus the profile-picture progress bar that made it famous.
• 2023. X ends free API access and prices meaningful data access at enterprise level, around $42,000 a month. BlackMagic's cost structure breaks overnight. Dinh sells it to Hypefury in April–May 2023 for $128,000.
• February 2026. X restricts API-based reply automation across the board. What that changed.
• July 1, 2026. BlackMagic shuts down.
• August 2026. Hypefury itself drops X support entirely, so the obvious landing spot for BlackMagic users doesn't exist. What Hypefury users can do.

Get your refund first

Refunds are prorated on unused paid time and are not automatic. Email [email protected] from the address you paid with, name the plan (Professional was $32.41 a month on the annual $389 plan; Business was $124.91 a month on $1,499 a year) and ask for the prorated amount. Annual subscribers who paid in early 2026 have the most to reclaim. Do this before anything else in this article.

What BlackMagic actually did

Being precise here matters, because the replacements differ per feature:

• Analytics: per-tweet stats, real-time engagement, heatmaps of your most engaging hours, consistency charts shown while you scroll.
• CRM: private notes on profiles inside the feed, "favorite people" lists synced from X Lists, interaction history (who liked, reposted, replied), DM follow-up reminders.
• Scheduling: posting and thread scheduling from inside the feed, informed by the heatmaps.
• Growth dashboard: follower growth and the progress bar on your profile picture.

Notice what's missing: BlackMagic never generated engagement. It measured it, organised it, and made it easier to act on manually. Every reply you sent, you sent yourself.

The best BlackMagic alternative, feature by feature

Prices checked September 2026, monthly billing unless noted. Vendors change them; verify before buying.

1. For analytics: X Premium first, Circleboom if you need history

Most of what BlackMagic charted is now in X's own analytics for Premium accounts: impressions, engagement rate, profile visits, follows, per post and over time. It's not an overlay in your feed and it won't tell you your best hour to post, but it's the same source data BlackMagic paid for. Circleboom adds longer history, audience breakdowns and a scheduler from about $13 a month on annual billing. What good numbers look like in 2026.

2. For the CRM: Tweet Hunter

The only mainstream X tool still shipping a CRM: tagged contacts, engagement history, auto-DM, alongside its AI writing and evergreen queue. Grow plan $49 a month, 7-day trial, 30-day refund. What it doesn't have is BlackMagic's private notes rendered next to a profile while you scroll; if that was your workflow, a pinned X List plus a notes doc is the honest substitute. Tweet Hunter alternatives.

3. For scheduling: Typefully or Buffer

Typefully if X is your main channel: the cleanest writing surface on the platform, free to start. Buffer if X is one of several networks: $6 per channel. Neither does engagement, which is fine, because the next item does.

4. For growth: Fireply

BlackMagic showed you which of your replies got engagement and which hours worked. It never wrote or sent a reply. That job, showing up in your niche's conversations where people who don't follow you see you, is where new followers come from, and it's the job Fireply automates.

You pick the accounts and keywords worth being seen under. Fireply learns your voice from your own posts, watches those conversations 24/7, and replies as you within about 60 seconds of a new post, with facts checked against live data. It works through X's official Contributor permission: no password, revocable in one click, your own account never runs automation, human-paced. That's also why it isn't affected by the API changes that killed BlackMagic. Safety, in detail.

Requirements: a verified X account and 50+ followers. Plans are $69, $99 and $129 a month for 20, 35 and 50 replies a day. The trial is 40 replies with no card, which is enough to compare profile visits against your last BlackMagic month.

Verdict: keep X Premium for the numbers, add Fireply for the thing the numbers were tracking.

A realistic replacement stack

Most former BlackMagic users were paying $32 a month to watch a number. The stacks above split that into watching it (cheap or free now) and moving it.

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Related: Hypefury dropped X: alternatives · Best AI tools to grow on X · The X algorithm in 2026 · Fireply vs manual replying