The Pinecaster vs Cast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Pinecaster
Experience legendary guitarists playing vintage instruments through exclusive audio-visual content. Discover unique performances and historical instruments.
- Interactive audio-visual experience
- Exclusive videos of guitarists
- Showcases historical instruments
- Features legendary guitarists
- Vintage instrument performances
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A unique interactive audio-visual experience with exclusive videos showing legendary guitarists playing these historical instruments! Watch Redd Volkaert, Julian Lage, Javi Peña, Duke Levine, Deke Dickerson… take these vintage gems through their paces!
Cast
This interactive edition of the ancient Chinese divination text helps you explore life's important questions. Focus universal energies to seek guidance and discover what fortune holds for you.
- Interactive I Ching edition
- Ask life's important questions
- Focus universal energies
- Discover your fortune
- Carefully designed interface
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Cast: I Ching is a carefully designed interactive edition of the I Ching – the Book of Changes. Focus the energies of the universe on answering the important questions of your life. Ask the I Ching what fortune holds for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cast at 100% against The Pinecaster's 0%. Cast also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). The Pinecaster's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Cast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of The Pinecaster's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cast's.
The Pinecaster ships an update every 2 weeks, Cast every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Pinecaster | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EPIGRAM DEVELOPMENT SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | AFSHIN DARIAN |
Customer experience
The Pinecaster
Cast
In-app purchases
The Pinecaster
No in-app purchases
Cast
No in-app purchases
