# Totenroku - Stargazing Journal — Ancient Sky Map & Time Travel > Ancient Sky Map & Time Travel (iPhone/iPad app by SHI CHENGMING.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/totenroku-stargazing-journal/id6757183149 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [SHI CHENGMING](https://appshunter.io/developer/1865108251) - Category: Education, Reference - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.6 · 20 MB - Languages: American English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Released: 2026-03-29 - Data updated: 2026-08-09 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/totenroku-stargazing-journal/id6757183149/reviews.md ## What is Totenroku? Reconnect with the stars through the lens of history. Totenroku is a cultural journal and stargazing companion that brings the ancient Eastern sky to your modern world. EXPLORE A UNIQUE CELESTIAL PERSPECTIVE While most apps show the sky through Western zodiacs, Totenroku is the first to render the heavens using the classical Chinese celestial pole system. Experience the sky as it was observed for millennia — centered on the North Star, featuring the Three Enclosures, the 28 Lunar Mansions, and the traditional Big Dipper. This isn't just a theme; it's a window into a vast astronomical heritage once used across East Asia to track time and document history. IMMERSIVE AR STARGAZING Simply point your phone at the sky to identify the planets and traditional constellations. Every star is annotated with its classical name, transforming your screen into a living map of ancient wisdom. TIME TRAVEL THROUGH THE AGES What did the sky look like a thousand years ago? Set any date from 1000 BCE to the far future and see the alignment of the stars exactly as history recorded them. • Verify celestial events mentioned in ancient texts (eclipses, comets, conjunctions). • Rediscover the night sky from the dates of world-changing historical events. • The app includes the original iPhone Keynote (Jan 9, 2007) as a preloaded historical event to explore. YOUR CULTURAL JOURNAL Document the significant moments of your life with a layer of astronomical context. Every journal entry is automatically tagged with: • The GanZhi (Stem-Branch) time notation — a traditional East Asian method of documenting time. • The Lunar Mansion (Moon Phase) occupied at that exact moment. • Beautifully designed sharing cards to capture the "starry context" of a birth, a meeting, or a memory. 【 Read People & Events Through the Stars 】 Record a person to reveal the stem-branch structural patterns of their birth moment — from Triple Noble Star to Flying Pegasus, 85 traditional cultural pattern combinations at a glance. Record an event to explore its corresponding I Ching hexagram and line commentary, uncovering the wisdom annotations left by the ancients. Every entry becomes a dialogue across millennia. GANZHI CLOCK A real-time clock that tracks the current moment using the traditional 12-branch (Shichen) system. It’s a functional piece of cultural art on your device. A DEPTH OF REFERENCE Dive deeper into classical concepts with built-in educational guides: • The symbolism of the 28 Lunar Mansions. • The structure of the Three Enclosures system. • The mechanics of the Stem-Branch (GanZhi) cycle and its historical use in calendars. • Philosophical structural analysis (Five Elements & Yi Jing) presented as academic reference. PRIVACY & SIMPLICITY Your data is yours. Journal entries are stored locally. No accounts required for core features. Optional Apple Sign-in for cloud backup. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jumbled-sail-a2c.notion.site/Suimei-Privacy-Policy-2dbb50f3aa3580a7bbb8f6542bd726ca ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro Version - Annual Subscription | $9.99 | per year | | Pro Version - Monthly Subscription | $0.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro - Lifetime Access | $6.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.9 — 2026-08-08 An early preview of what's coming in 2.0. Version 1.9 is a first look at our upcoming Cultural Study Assistant — a companion for exploring the classical Eastern sky. We're building the complete experience for 2.0 around your feedback. • Preview — Cultural Study Assistant: a built-in AI companion that explains classical East Asian concepts (the GanZhi time system, Yi Jing structure, Five Elements theory) in plain, conversational language, for study and reflection. • Add context to your questions: attach your saved records so the assistant can walk you through them as cultural and historical reference — never prediction. • Private by design: runs on-device with Apple Intelligence where available; switch to an optional cloud model (TotenrokuAI) anytime. • Your feedback shapes the complete assistant arriving in 2.0. • Plus refinements and fixes throughout. ### 1.8 — 2026-06-14 • Stargazing — Eclipses: New solar & lunar eclipse calculation with AR rendering; jump straight to the eclipse peak from the launch page. • Eclipse Achievements: Four new eclipse-themed achievements. • Siri Casting: Cast an I Ching hexagram via Siri & Shortcuts — saved to your journal automatically. • Fixes & Polish: Fixed a rare crash when casting on device, corrected 28 Lunar Mansions achievement names, and improved star label overlap at high latitudes. ### 1.7 — 2026-05-06 • iCloud Sync: Achievements and profiles now roam seamlessly across all your devices. • Academy: Brand-new knowledge base with 32 core concepts to help you get started. • English Localization: Complete English support for the 28 Lunar Mansions and Four Symbols. Fixed I Ching line formatting in English. • Polishes: Lunar calendar date now shown on the GanZhi clock. Fixed duplicate profile saving bug. Improved Journal import time handling. ### 1.6 — 2026-04-12 New: Explore comets in the AR Stargazing view, featuring dynamic comet tail rendering. Improved: Upgraded astronomical calculation logic and completely refined the AR stargazing label system to prevent visual overlap. Improved: Enhanced the Journaling integration with Apple's Journal Suggestions and corrected event time formatting. Fixed: Resolved a layout clipping issue affecting the medium home ### 1.5 — 2026-03-30 What's New in v1.5: ◆ 25 New Stars from "Records of the Grand Historian" Added 25 classical stars documented in Sima Qian's "Treatise on the Celestial Offices" (Tianguan Shu), further recreating the stargazing experience of two millennia ago. ◆ 85 New Structural Patterns Added 10 celestial phenomenon patterns and 75 stem-branch structural patterns — including Triple Noble Star, Flying Pegasus, and Water-Fire Harmony — with explanations of their cultural significance in East Asian traditions. ◆ AR Moon Phase Fix Fixed an issue where the moon phase was displayed incorrectly during AR stargazing. ## More apps by SHI CHENGMING - [Reign of Pet](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reign-of-pet/id6761296919) All apps by SHI CHENGMING: https://appshunter.io/developer/1865108251 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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