Comparison

iExcel vs 问易 Yi

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iExcel

Features
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iExcel is a fully offline Excel learning app. Look up functions, study tips, follow courses, take quizzes, and browse keyboard shortcuts. Everything is built in. No account. No internet required. Learn on your commute, while traveling, or between meetings without sign-in delays. iExcel combines a function reference, practical tips, quizzes, and a formula Playground in one app for structured, efficient learning. Ideal for office workers, finance teams, analysts, and anyone who wants Excel knowledge at hand. 1. What you get • 265 Excel functions with syntax, parameters, notes, and related functions. Popular ones add clearer explanations and extra examples • 71 practical tips with step-by-step guidance, plus full English steps and examples • 44 learning-path lessons from basics to common workflows, with full English text • 22 practice quizzes, 199 questions, with bilingual explanations, best scores, and wrong-answer retry • 169 Mac and Windows shortcut references shown side by side • 570+ learning items in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English 2. A clear learning path • Home progress ring, streak days, and Learning Stats with category mastery and quiz scores • Continue Learning, Daily Function, daily goal, and optional reminder help you stay consistent • Manual mastery marks with toggle; Recents and Favorites with filters, layouts, and multi-select • Customize up to 4 Home shortcuts synced via iCloud: Playground, Quiz, Daily Function, Search, Stats, Favorites • Browse by category with list, grid, or card layout; sort by order, name, or progress; mark all as learned • Category and Favorites tabs can be toggled; deep links and Home grid keep content reachable 3. Practice and review • 3D quiz cards with explanations; 50% or higher marks mastery; Home opens missed questions directly • Formula Playground on a 6 by 10 grid, with sample data, common functions, and cell references • One-tap try from function details and lessons; your formula and table are saved • Detail learn bar, Continue Learning, long-press to favorite, mark, copy, or share 4. Search and discovery • Full-text search across all content types; native Search tab on iOS 18+, sidebar on Mac • Filter by type, difficulty, or not-yet-learned; clear filters in one tap; recent searches stay 5. System-level shortcuts • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for daily function, progress, favorites, and quizzes • Tap progress widget for stats; quiz widget recommends the next unlearned quiz; refresh daily function in widget • Resume from Control Center on iOS 18, continue the same page with Handoff, or jump in with keyboard shortcuts • Siri and Shortcuts for Home, Continue Learning, Stats, Playground, Quiz, Favorites, Search, and functions • Spotlight follows your language and matches English names. Deep links and up to 4 Home Screen quick actions stay separate 6. Built for real use • All content offline on launch; optional iCloud sync for progress, favorites, and Home shortcuts • Export and import JSON to restore favorites, progress, quiz scores, wrong answers, searches, and Playground state • Five alternate app icons on iOS; Light, Dark, or System; widgets can follow the app theme • Languages: System, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English • iPhone, iPad, and Mac with independent layout columns on larger screens • Feedback, rating, Share App, and smooth animations and haptics throughout 7. v1.3.0 highlights • Clearer everyday functions, full English tips and lessons, and 199 quiz questions • A larger Playground, direct retry for missed questions, and practice straight from a lesson • Control Center, Handoff, and keyboard shortcuts make a lesson easy to resume iExcel is an independent study and reference tool, not affiliated with Microsoft. The Playground is a lightweight demo on sample data, not a full spreadsheet engine. Excel is a trademark of Microsoft. Start today. Build your Excel skills with functions, tips, and quizzes.

About

问易 Yi

This app serves as a companion for studying the I Ching and a private journal for decision-making. It helps users clarify questions, reflect on situations, and review past decisions without predicting outcomes. It offers access to classic texts, commentary, and optional personal assessments.

Highlights
  • Study 64 hexagrams with source text and commentary
  • Private decision-reflection journaling
  • On-device AI assistance
  • Optional self-report personality assessments
  • End-to-end encrypted sync
  • Data export and deletion options
  • Multilingual study support
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Know yourself. Think a decision through. Yi brings together self-discovery, classical-text study and a private decision-reflection journal. Start with a self-report questionnaire, a real question, a passage or a story. Or simply write down a decision and revisit it later. No knowledge of the I Ching is needed to record your thoughts, explore what matters to you and notice how your thinking changes. Your choices about work, relationships, family and learning remain your own. Yi does not predict outcomes or decide for you. READ THE CLASSIC • Browse and study all 64 hexagrams in Classics. • Each hexagram includes verbatim source text from the authoritative Zhonghua Book Company edition of the Zhouyi, a readable guide, and commentary from multiple classical schools with citations. REFLECT, DON'T PREDICT • Clarify a real question, read a reflective interpretation, and save your thoughts. • Review past entries to notice your own patterns. Yi supports reflection; it does not make decisions for you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • AI assistance runs on your device by default. If on-device AI is unavailable, source texts and reflection steps remain available; your question is never sent to a cloud model automatically. Open the Iris tab, “Who am I?”, in the bottom bar. Yi personality brings together six I Ching dimensions, Big Five, values and your current state as separate self-reports, without a combined personality score. Basic assessments and sharing are free; portrait history and reflection across models remain included in Yi Plus. Results support reflection, not diagnosis. The separate Birth chart is a cultural reflection tool that can calculate and save positions on supported devices using your birth date, place and time. An unknown time produces a full-day range without a definite ascendant or houses. Devices that cannot calculate can still manage birth details. Birth details are excluded from sharing and AI context by default. • Optional sync between your devices is end-to-end encrypted. The service cannot read synced content. • Export or permanently delete your data at any time. FOR LEARNERS • Study in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, or Japanese. • Follow structured courses, source editions, long-form stories, and your own reading progress. AI AVAILABILITY On-device assistance is available on supported devices; source reading and reflection work independently. Overseas cloud assistance and AI-point purchases are not available in this version. Yi is for reflection and study only. Its content is not medical, legal, financial, or investment advice. SUBSCRIPTION (OPTIONAL) Yi is free to use, including the 64 hexagrams, source text, multi-school commentary, local journaling, basic sharing, and public study cards. Yi Plus adds structured courses, progress and study badges, full encrypted sync and restore, richer review schedules, on-device multilingual study support, and advanced share cards. Yi Master includes all Plus benefits plus the monthly Three-Mirror PDF, basic and collector annual reports, Master notes, the supporter badge, priority help and support, 30 Yi Credits each month, and collector visual packs. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://cardmira.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://cardmira.com/terms

Screenshots

iExcel4 screens
问易 Yi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 问易 Yi at Free against iExcel's $0.99. 问易 Yi also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

问易 Yi is free to download; iExcel costs $0.99 up front. iExcel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 问易 Yi sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iExcel ships an update every 2 months, 问易 Yi every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
iExcel versus 问易 Yi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriExcel问易 Yi
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer天从 何OneSource AI PTE. LTD.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iExcel

One-time1
  • Reward developers$0.99
8 purchases

问易 Yi

Subscriptions4
  • Yi Plus — Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yi Master — Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Yi Plus — Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Yi Master — Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time4
  • 30 Yi Credits$0.99
  • 10 Yi Credits$0.99
  • 120 Yi Credits$2.99
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  • 360 Yi Credits$6.99

Questions

Is iExcel free?
iExcel costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is 问易 Yi free?
问易 Yi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iExcel or 问易 Yi have ads?
Neither iExcel nor 问易 Yi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iExcel or 问易 Yi?
iExcel ships an update every 2 months, and 问易 Yi every 3 days. Most recently, iExcel was updated on October 26, 2026 and 问易 Yi on October 24, 2026.

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