Comparison

Tarot Journal vs SunMoonFox

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

Head to head
About

Tarot Journal

This app is a comprehensive tool for Tarot enthusiasts to log readings, study cards, and manage client information. It offers customizable card sets, spreads, and keyword editing, with options for daily readings and learning exercises. Users can easily share reading summaries via email and sync data across devices.

Highlights
  • Log Tarot readings with querent details
  • Email PDF/HTML reading summaries
  • Create custom card sets and spreads
  • Edit card keywords (upright/reversed)
  • Daily one-card or five-card readings
  • Search readings by card, keyword, or notes
  • Learn keywords with interactive tests
Features
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78 card images with keywords gives you the ability to input your own keywords for reference and study. Easy to use Tarot tool for seasoned Tarot readers. Log all the information after Tarot reading with querent, quick and easy to email PDF or HTML of your reading. Choice of a selection of built in spreads and notes for customer to keep. You can add your own card sets using the camera or importing saved images of cards. Create your own spreads and edit the meanings of each card in the spreads. Search for readings by card name, keywords, questions or your notes for the reading. Edit keywords for each card, upright and reversed Daily Journal great for seasoned professional readers or people new to the tarot to create personal daily tarot journal. Choice of one card or 5 card daily reading. Choice of using reversed cards. "Learn Keywords" lets you run tests to pick cards given a list of keywords to improve your learning of what cards mean. On iOS 13.4 devices you can add Shortcuts for Siri - you will need to activate the Shortcuts in the Settings view of the Tarot Journal app and you can then ask Siri (even when app is not open) to: 1. Deal a random Tarot Card - ask "Deal Tarot Card" 2. Find Tarot Cards by keyword or name - ask "Find Tarot Card" then when requested give the card name or keyword 3. Start a new Reading - ask "New Tarot Reading" You have some control over editing how the Readings appear in PDF/HTML when sharing with your Querent. Data is shared via iCloud to other iPhones and iPads. Great way of keeping in touch with clients for return or future readings.

About

SunMoonFox

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SunMoonFox is a quiet daily practice. Each day, draw a card from the 36-card Lenormand deck and carry its elements with you - symbols to notice, themes to attend to, threads to follow through your day. The practice is simple. The cards offer you a small set of elements drawn from numerology and the natural world: fire, water, earth, air, alongside themes like loyalty, change, hope, or stillness. Throughout your day, watch for moments that resonate with these elements. When a moment lands, capture it in your diary. Over time, the diary becomes an archive. Past cards, past moments, recurring themes - all visualised as a living constellation of suns and planets. Patterns surface. Synchronicities reveal themselves. SunMoonFox is for those who suspect the world is more responsive than it appears, and who want a structured way to test that suspicion. WHAT'S INSIDE One card a day, drawn either virtually or logged from your own physical deck. The full 36-card Lenormand library, with elements, descriptions, and history. A diary for capturing synchronistic moments, with automatic tagging of elements, numbers, and people you choose to track. An archive that maps your journey as a constellation — see which themes recur, which moments connect across days, which patterns emerge. No accounts. No tracking. No advertising. All your data stays on your device. The ritual is yours. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone drawn to tarot, oracle decks, or contemplative practice. Anyone interested in noticing more than they currently notice. Anyone who has felt that strange tug of coincidence and wondered what would happen if they paid closer attention. HOW IT WORKS Draw once a day. Choose virtually or use your own physical deck. Carry the card's elements through your day as gentle prompts. When something resonates — a conversation, a sign, a feeling - capture it in your diary. Watch the archive grow into a map of your attention. SunMoonFox is free to use. There are no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no hidden costs. Just a daily card, and the quiet work of paying attention.

Screenshots

Tarot Journal4 screens
SunMoonFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SunMoonFox at Free against Tarot Journal's $2.99. Tarot Journal's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

SunMoonFox is free to download; Tarot Journal costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tarot Journal ships an update weekly, SunMoonFox monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Tarot Journal versus SunMoonFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTarot JournalSunMoonFox
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (55 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#66 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteve GodfreyAlfred Lor

In-app purchases

None

Tarot Journal

No in-app purchases

None

SunMoonFox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tarot Journal free?
Tarot Journal costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SunMoonFox free?
SunMoonFox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tarot Journal or SunMoonFox have ads?
Neither Tarot Journal nor SunMoonFox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tarot Journal or SunMoonFox?
Tarot Journal ships an update weekly, and SunMoonFox monthly. Most recently, Tarot Journal was updated on October 24, 2026 and SunMoonFox on October 25, 2026.

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