I Ching Oracle vs Six Throws
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Ching Oracle
Seek guidance on everyday matters through traditional hexagram readings. Receive personalized daily oracles, protective charms, and a history of your readings. Explore ancient wisdom for self-reflection and cultural learning.
- Traditional hexagram casting
- Daily personal oracles
- Themed protective charms
- 64-hexagram codex
- Reading history
- Collectible share cards
- Theme customization
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When something is weighing on your mind and you want a sense of direction, this app is made for that moment. Ask about any of twenty everyday matters: fortune, marriage, love, exams, business, health, job search, career, decisions, pregnancy, family, lawsuits, new ventures, finding someone, lost items, career change, travel, cash flow, trading and children. ■ CAST THE TRADITIONAL WAY, LINE BY LINE Press and hold the Taiji six times and the hexagram builds from the bottom up, one line at a time, by your own hand. Each reading explains the meaning, the oracle verse and a reading for the exact matter you asked about, in plain modern English. No jargon needed. ■ TODAY'S ORACLE A personal hexagram every day, with what is favorable and what to avoid. Festivals bring their own readings: Lunar New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn, the Winter Solstice and more. ■ A POOR READING COMES WITH PROTECTION When the hexagram turns against you, the app gives you a themed omamori charm for the matter you asked about: Victory for exams and job searches, Good Match for marriage, Health for illness. Thirteen charms in four crafted styles. Collect all thirteen to unlock the Wish Fulfilled omamori. ■ THE 64-HEXAGRAM CODEX Every hexagram you cast lights up in the codex. Fill all sixty-four and keep a record of your own path through the Book of Changes. ■ READING HISTORY Every reading is kept, grouped by date, so you can look back at what the hexagram said at the time. ■ COLLECTIBLE SHARE CARDS Turn a hexagram or an omamori into a keepsake card and share it to Instagram or Facebook, or save it to Photos. ■ INK & GOLD, OR RICE PAPER A dark ink-and-gold theme for night readings and a light rice-paper theme for daytime. Switch any time under More. ■ GOOD TO KNOW • Hexagrams are cast with the traditional six-line method; Pinyin names come with the Wilhelm/Baynes English titles. • Readings follow traditional Chinese interpretations and are offered for entertainment, cultural learning and self-reflection, not as professional advice. • No account needed. Your readings and omamori stay on your device.
Six Throws
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Hold one question in mind, take a breath, throw the coins six times, and read the hexagram. COINS THAT FOLLOW YOUR HAND Three worn Qianlong cash coins are driven in real time by the phone's motion sensors. Push your hand up and stop, and they fly on by inertia: tumbling, clinking, landing on the table, each impact with its own sound and haptic. Prefer not to move the phone? Tap the coins instead. EXACTLY FAIR Every coin is exactly fifty-fifty, guaranteed by a cryptographically secure random bit. How it works is explained in plain language inside the app. A READING YOU CAN FOLLOW Which text applies is decided by Zhu Xi's seven rules for changing lines. Every text is shown three ways: the Chinese original, a literal English rendering, and a reading in plain words that follows Zhu Xi's 12th-century commentary line by line. It adds no promises the text does not make and softens none of its warnings. THE WHOLE BOOK IN YOUR POCKET All 64 hexagrams: judgment, Tuan commentary, the Image, six lines and the small Image commentary. Available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. The Chinese text was collated against two standard editions; the English was translated fresh and does not reproduce any published translation. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO It does not predict events and it does not decide for you, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice. The text offers a way of looking at your situation. Fully offline. No accounts, no data collected, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Six Throws at every 4 days against I Ching Oracle's every 10 days. I Ching Oracle's advantage is iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
I Ching Oracle ships an update every 10 days, Six Throws every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I Ching Oracle | Six Throws |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (99 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHENG-HUNG CHEN | Yadong Xie |
In-app purchases
I Ching Oracle
No in-app purchases
Six Throws
No in-app purchases









