# Folk Magic — A practical, traditional guide > A practical, traditional guide (iPhone/iPad app by Emma Williamson.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folk-magic/id6760368027 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Emma Williamson](https://appshunter.io/developer/1884137715) - Category: Entertainment, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 348 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-23 - Data updated: 2026-08-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folk-magic/id6760368027/reviews.md ## What is Folk Magic? Folk Magic is a working library of British folk-traditional witchcraft. The household craft, the kitchen spells, the bottles and the knots, the candles and the herbs, the small protective workings and the larger seasonal rituals, drawn from the oral tradition of these islands and held in a quiet, practical voice. This is folk magic as it was actually practised: by cunning folk and hedge witches, by wise women, by the household practitioner with their hand on the broom and their pot on the hearth. It is not Wicca. It is not modern aesthetic witchcraft. It is the old craft, plainly told, in a form you can use. What's inside Learn. Foundations, history, herb profiles, crystal profiles, moon lore, folklore of the cunning folk and the household spirits and the fair folk and the wild places, signs, daily practice, and guided Pathways through specific journeys: Starting Out, Protection, Cooling Anger, Career, Influence, Household. Work. Spellcraft by intention: healing, becoming, glamour, friendship, career, prosperity, talent. Charmwork in its proper sub-categories: spoken charms, bottles, knots, written charms, sachets. Candle magic across sweetening, money, cooling, banishing, healing, protection, and vigils. Cleansing, protection, divination, pathwalking, manifestation, rituals, dark magic, elemental work (Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit), and moon work that follows the 29-day cycle. Hearth. Simmer pots, oils, perfumes, washes, powders, lotions, kitchen work, home blessings, fixed rice, fixed salt, witch waxes, tea blends. The household side of the craft, where so much of it has always lived. A daily moon almanac. Each day of the 29-day lunar cycle carries its own short reading: a note about where in the cycle you are, a charm verse, a working to try, and a spell to consider. A 7-knot charm thread runs through the cycle, picking up a knot at the crescent, building through the waxing phase, peaking at the full moon, and binding off in the waning crescent. The home page shows you which day of the cycle you're on. Genuine British folklore. Jenny Greenteeth, Peg Powler, Black Annis, the Wild Hunt, the Cailleach, the Boggart, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Tom Tit Tot, Black Shuck. Oral tradition told in the voice of the people who carried it, not retold as fairy tale. A practice journal for the workings you try, and a Favourites collection for the articles you return to. Free or full. The Home page, Favourites, the Journal, and a curated tasting of articles across the sections are free, forever. The full library opens with a small monthly subscription. The first week is free. Who this is for. People new to folk practice. Returning practitioners who want depth rather than aesthetic. Anyone who has tried "witch" apps that felt flashy, narrow, theatrical or shallow. Anyone curious about how the craft was actually held in these islands. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.folkmagic.uk/privacy-policy ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Folk Magic Premium | $3.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.08.1626 — 2026-08-17 This is our biggest update yet. Six weeks of new lore, new remedies, and a picture for every single article. NEW: THE YEAR A month by month almanac of the traditional calendar, from Twelfth Night to Watch Night. Real customs, honestly told, and completely free for everyone. NEW: ANIMALS & BIRDS 31 creature profiles, from the hare and the magpie to the selkie and the Seven Whistlers. What people believed, where the beliefs came from, and the natural history underneath. NEW: THE POISON GARDEN Foxglove, monkshood, henbane and their kin. Beautiful, deadly, and lore only. THE HEARTH GROWS Eight new shelves of practical recipes: Hair & Skin, Old Remedies, The Medicine Shelf, The Washstand, Store Cupboard, Ritual Baths, the Cellar, and the Clean House. Rosemary rinses, elderberry syrup, sage gargles, soap balls, and the honest deodorant. NEW WORK SECTIONS Body charms and the old cures, a full Love working tradition, Fortune and trade, and reading the night sky. A PICTURE FOR EVERYTHING Over 900 new images. Every article in the app is now illustrated, and the menus show a little preview beside each one. A BIGGER FREE LIBRARY 77 free articles, including the complete Year almanac and tasters from every new section. Traditional folk magic, authentically told. ### 1.07.0926 — 2026-07-09 This update aligns the moon to the zodiac with a spell for every night of the cycle, adds six new guided learning pathways, deepens the spellcraft workings in line with traditional folk practice, and brings hundreds of new article images throughout the app. What's new The moon meets the zodiac Daily moon workings now align to the moon's zodiac sign, so each night's steps take on the character of the sign the moon is passing through. Every night of the lunar cycle now has its own named spell, shaped by both the moon's day and its sign. The daily almanac's workings have been extended with fuller evening rituals, and the seven-knot charm threads through the whole month. New learning pathways Six guided pathways join the Learn section: Starting Out, Career, Influence, Protection, Cooling Anger, and Household Magic, more than fifty new articles walking a theme from first steps to steady practice. The Tools, Herbs, Folklore, and Daily practice shelves have grown alongside them. Deeper workings The spellcraft family (healing, prosperity, household, personal power, talent, and more) has been rewritten and deepened to sit closer to traditional folk practice, with added breadth across the wider working articles. Hundreds of new images More than 250 new article images across Dark Magic, Spirits, Candle Magic, and the wider Learn section, in the app's calm, folk-traditional photographic style. Every article that pointed at a missing image now has one. Polish A full proofread of the moon content: awkward phrasing smoothed, timing corrected so the almanac and the sky agree, and repeated ritual steps replaced with distinct ones. Passages across the app rewritten to align more closely with traditional folk magic. ### 1.06.1726 — 2026-06-18 What's New This update brings some of the most significant new content since launch. Moon The moon section has been substantially expanded. The daily almanac now carries four to five workings for each day of the lunar month, alongside a full zodiac sign layer — 348 unique workings that combine the day's energy with whichever sign the moon is passing through. The moon card on the home screen now surfaces this directly: the day's character, its workings, and the sign's folk note, all in one place. Tarot A complete tarot section is now live under Divination. Seventy-eight card profiles (Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, and court cards), plus foundational articles on reading technique, spread work, reversals, choosing a deck, and working with the court cards. Each profile carries its folk-practice reading alongside the traditional interpretation. Dark Magic Two new sections have been added: harm workings (for situations where someone has genuinely harmed you — enemy jar, harm-return, vengeance working, use of personal concerns) and karma workings (active spells for ensuring people receive what they put out). The war water recipe has been updated with harder traditional materials. All dark magic sub-sections — hexes, crossing, poppets, freezer work, graveyard work, domination, personal concerns, justice, harm, and karma — are now fully navigable. Spellcraft A new Household Spellcraft section covers the spells that arise in the ordinary life of a house: the difficult neighbour, the house that won't settle, a run of bad luck, household prosperity, reclaiming the house after a break-in, clearing illness from the house, and working for contentment. Folklore The folklore section has been substantially refreshed. Articles across legends, fairy stories, cunning folk, household spirits, the fair folk, omens and warnings, wild places, witch tales, and more have been rewritten to carry fuller, more specific folk-practice readings. Plus minor bug fixes across the app. Apologies also for the missing images. I will get them added over the next few weeks :) ### 1.05.3126 — 2026-05-31 The free version of the app has had a proper overhaul this update. The Explore screen has been redesigned to match the look and feel of the rest of the app. Instead of a flat list, free content is now organised into Learn, Work and Hearth, each with category buttons you can browse. Hearth has three new recipe categories: witch waxes, tea blends and fixed salts. Hearth free content has also been expanded significantly — there are now ten free articles covering home blessing, kitchen work, simmer pots, tea blends, washes, oils, salts, fixed rice and powders, giving a proper sampler of everything Hearth offers. Charmwork now has its own dedicated section in the free Work area, separate from Spellwork. The two no longer overlap. Charmwork covers spoken charms, pocket charms, knot work and household charms. Spellwork covers candles, cleansing and protective workings. Search is now available to subscribers only. ### 1.051326 — 2026-05-14 A much bigger library, properly arranged. Three new subjects have been added: the Moon, Elemental practice, and Crystals. Spellcraft is now organised by intention, Charmwork has its own sub-categories, and Candle Magic, Cleansing, Protection, Rituals, Divination, Pathwalking, Manifestation, and Dark Magic each have proper structure. Pathways have joined Learn for guided journeys. Clearer rooms. Learn holds the lore. Work is for the actual practice. Hearth holds the household side. A reworked Moon screen. A thin luminous ring around the moon, with the quarters marked and a bright dot showing today's place in the month. Each day of the 29-day cycle now has its own reading: a note, a verse, a working, and a spell. 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