# Superstitions — Omens, Luck & Weather Lore > Folklore almanac detailing historical superstitions and their origins. (iPhone/iPad app by Stuart Woolley.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/superstitions/id477988216 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Stuart Woolley](https://appshunter.io/developer/315697638) - Category: Lifestyle, Reference - Price: $0.99 - Rating: 2.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 15 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2011-11-10 - Data updated: 2026-10-03 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/superstitions/id477988216/reviews.md ## What is Superstitions? Superstitions is a folklore almanac that knows what day it is. Open it and it tells you the superstition that belongs to today, and why: because it is a Friday, because the moon is full, because it is Midsummer Eve, or because the Perseids peak tonight. More than 2,800 superstitions, every one read by hand against a named source published between 1620 and 1920, from 74 works of British, Irish and North American folklore. Each is given as its source records it, with the place it was recorded and its entry number. Nothing is invented and nothing is presented as true. The app shows the lore; what you make of it is up to you. EVERYTHING IS COMPUTED ON YOUR PHONE The calendar, the moon and the sky are all worked out on the device, with no connection needed: • Every feast and holy day, including Easter and the movable feasts, by the Gregorian computus • The phase of the moon, night by night • The peak of each major meteor shower, from the position of the sun • Every solar eclipse to 2050 • Sunrise, sunset and the height of the sun at your chosen place TODAY One superstition for the day, chosen by the strongest thing that is true of it: a feast or an eclipse outranks a full moon, which outranks the weekday, which outranks the month. Every other belief keyed to the day follows, grouped by reason. Step back and forth through the calendar to read any day of the year. OCCASIONS When should you marry, travel, move house, cut your hair, plant, or go to sea? Choose what you mean to do and a window of a week to a year, and the app lists the days the old traditions favour or forbid, and which rule each comes from. Where traditions disagree, you see both. SKY The moon heads the page. Tell the app what you see, a red sky, a halo round the moon, a rainbow, a shooting star, mist or thunder, and it gives you the lore that belongs to it. Turn on live weather if you like and it reads the conditions for you each hour, showing the figures behind every sign. DICTIONARY AND SEARCH Look up a thing rather than a belief: 138 things in eleven groups, from magpies and hares to mirrors, salt, clover and the moon. Browse ten topics and 87 themes, or go through the sources one work at a time. Search matches the belief, the place and the things it mentions. SAVED Keep the beliefs you like, and find again the ones you read recently. Share any belief with its source. WIDGETS A small and a medium Home Screen widget show the day's superstition, chosen for the size you pick and always shown whole, never cut off. The medium widget carries a gold emblem for the belief; the small one does too, when there is room. The day's lore rotates, so the same weekday brings a different saying each week. Lock Screen widgets show the moon and the day's reason. DAILY NOTIFICATION An optional daily notification at the hour you choose, with the day's superstition, worked out on the phone. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE No account, no sign-in, no tracking and no advertising. The whole collection is inside the app and works without a connection. The app asks for nothing on first launch. Live weather is the only feature that goes online, and it is off until you turn it on. Location is only asked for if you choose to use it for the sky; you can enter a place by hand instead. Weather data from MET Norway. ## Key features - Daily superstition based on date and celestial events - Over 2,800 historically sourced superstitions - Offline computation of calendar, moon, and sky - Guidance on auspicious days for life events - Lore based on observed sky phenomena - Searchable dictionary of beliefs and themes - Home and Lock Screen widgets ## Chart rankings - #93 in Top Paid · Lifestyle (US App Store) ## Recent user reviews (7 of 7) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/superstitions/id477988216/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Does not work *2014-12-13* Cooking the next superstition button get you absolutely nothing. ### 3/5 — next button gets stuck *2014-08-21* the app is nice 2 c the different superstitions but I had 2 tap the next button several times 4 it 2 change gets really annoying ### 1/5 — Superstitions *2013-02-16* It keeps freezing and doesn't let you look at any. Doesn't do what it says on the tin I.e click on the bottom below for the next. Fix the bug before you make it available. Not even letting me submit now. I'm deleting it from my new phone this instant! ### 5/5 — awesome *2012-02-15* I thought of becoming supersticus but I did not no many superstichuns. I recomend this app. has lots of educational and fun facts and noing them coms in handy  - you breath air I breath fire ### 5/5 — Fun! *2012-01-30* Very interesting & cool! Now even I'm becoming a bit superstitious! ### 5/5 — Super fun especially on Friday the 13th! *2012-01-16* Let's give it a round of applause 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ### 5/5 — Neat! *2012-01-15* It's great! Especially for any Friday the 13!!! ## Frequently asked questions about Superstitions ### What is Superstitions? Superstitions is a folklore almanac that provides a daily superstition based on the current date, moon phase, celestial events, and more. It draws from over 2,800 historically sourced beliefs recorded between 1620 and 1920. ### Does Superstitions work offline? Yes, all computations for the calendar, moon phases, meteor showers, and eclipses are performed directly on your phone, meaning the app functions entirely offline without needing an internet connection. ### How are superstitions chosen for each day? The app selects one primary superstition for the day based on the strongest applicable factor, such as a feast day or eclipse, which outranks a full moon, weekday, or month. Other beliefs keyed to the day are then grouped by their reason. ### Can I find out auspicious days for events with Superstitions? Yes, you can select a life event like marrying, traveling, or moving house, and specify a time window. The app will then list days favored or forbidden by old traditions, citing the rules they come from. ### What kind of sky phenomena does Superstitions cover? The app provides lore for various sky observations, including red skies, moon halos, rainbows, shooting stars, mist, and thunder. It can also read live weather conditions hourly to provide figures behind weather signs. ### Does Superstitions have ads? No, Superstitions is ad-free. The app emphasizes privacy with no account, sign-in, tracking, or advertising, and the entire collection is stored locally on your device. ### What is the price of Superstitions? Superstitions is a paid app, available for $0.99. This one-time purchase grants you access to the full collection of folklore and features. ### How often is Superstitions updated? The app was last updated on September 29, 2026, to version 3.0. While specific update frequency isn't detailed, this indicates ongoing development and maintenance. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 3.0 — 2026-09-29 Superstitions 3.0 A complete rebuild. The app now knows what day it is and offers the superstition that belongs to it, chosen by the feast, the moon, an eclipse, a meteor shower's peak, the weekday or the month, from more than 2,800 beliefs each read against a named historical source. New in this version are Occasions, which finds the days tradition favours for marrying, travelling, planting and more; Sky, which matches the lore to the moon and the weather you see; a Dictionary to search by thing, topic or source; Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets; and an optional daily notification. Everything is worked out on your phone and the app runs offline. ### 2.0 — 2012-12-12 * Many, many more superstitions added * iPhone 5 compatibility ### 1.1 — 2011-11-17 * Fixed several typos * Lots of new Superstitions added! ### 1.0 — 2011-11-10 No release notes. ## More apps by Stuart Woolley - [Wiccan Wheel of the Year](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wiccan-wheel-of-the-year/id322315841) - [An Irish Calendar (Féilire)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/an-irish-calendar-feilire/id323710322) - [BioFacts!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/biofacts/id324812281) - [ChemFacts!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chemfacts/id325297696) - [Wiccan Moon](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wiccan-moon/id325693580) - [Meteor Wheel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meteor-wheel/id338887663) All apps by Stuart Woolley: https://appshunter.io/developer/315697638 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-03.*