Yi Jing vs Here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yi Jing
This app provides an ancient oracle experience on your modern device. It helps you navigate life's challenges by offering a journal, multiple book translations, and various methods for casting coins or manipulating yarrow stalks to receive guidance.
- Ask questions using coin toss or yarrow stalks
- Manage a detailed journal with notes and search
- Browse multiple I Ching book translations
- Access original Chinese and other language texts
- Includes artwork and specialized casting methods
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Ancient oracle meets modern device! Deal with life's challenges more meaningfully. Tap into your inner self. Find the translation that speaks to you. Ask questions, use the oracle, manage a journal, and browse multiple book translations. Ask questions... * Specify a topic * Enter a question or phrase * Toss coins by shaking * Or manipulate yarrow stalks * Or toss dice * Or use Stephen Karcher's Circle of Protectors * Or navigate Michael Tingle's I Ching Mandala * Or use the Quick option * Or use manual input Manage a journal... * Multi-line questions & notes * Sort by topic, hexagram or date * Search by keyword * Present, Changes and Future * Add your own notes * Switch translations for readings * Mail journal entries Browse the book... * Multiple book translations * Chinese with Pinyin phonetics * King Wen Hexagram numbers * Trigram descriptions * Component Trigrams * Ruling Lines * Related Hexagrams English translations... * A Library tab makes it easy to switch books * "Yi Jing - Book of Transformations" by Brian Arnold, featuring artwork by Elizabeth Nelson * "A Guide to the I Ching" by Carol K. Anthony (English and German) * "Yi Jing / Book of Changes" by Gregory C. Richter * "I Ching Oracle" by Nigel Richmond Other translations... * "Language of the Lines", English (Nigel Richmond) * Original Chinese (two versions) * "I Ging", German (Wilhelm) * "Yi Jing", Japanese (Yo Fujiwara) * "Yi Jing", in French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Russian (Arnold) More books for in-app purchase... * "The I Ching or Book of Changes" (Book I, II and III) by Richard Wilhelm * "The Laws of Change" by Jack Balkin * "The Complete I Ching" by Taoist Master Alfred Huang Other key features... * Straightforward and elegant interface * Option to represent coin heads as Yang * Option to cast coins using Yarrow stalk probabilities * Portrait and landscape orientation * Resources to access help and online I Ching resources
Here
This app offers a unique mindfulness practice by guiding users to touch and hold the screen, inviting them to notice their physical sensations and internal states. It provides a visual record of attention over time without gamification elements like streaks or numbers.
- Touch and hold for unique visual patterns
- Guided journeys based on arrival/destination states
- Extensive library of mindfulness pointers
- Visual record of practice over time
- Home and lock screen widgets
- No account or setup required
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A quick way to come back to yourself — and find there's more room than you remembered. Here gives you a single practice: touch and hold the screen. A pointer appears — a precise invitation to notice something you're already experiencing. The weight of your shoulders. The boundary where air meets skin. The space between one breath and the next. Some pointers ground you in the body. Others point past it. Follow one far enough and you might notice that the tight feeling of watching your life from behind your eyes is something you can set down. That it was never load-bearing. Before each session, name where you're arriving from — anxious, overwhelmed, heavy, frustrated, or lonely. Or name where you want to go — calm, spacious, light, curious, connected. Either way, the pointers and the colors shift to meet you there. Each session leaves a quiet trace, a field of moments grows as you return — fading and receding as time passes. No numbers. No streaks. Just the shape of your attention over time. WHAT YOU GET · Touch and hold to open a living visual pattern — every session is unique · Five journeys — name how you're arriving or where you want to land, and the experience responds · A deep and growing library of pointers · A quiet visual record of your practice that grows and fades naturally · Home screen and lock screen widgets — begin a session or check in on your practice without opening the app · Nothing to set up, no account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Here at Free against Yi Jing's $4.99. Here also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). Yi Jing's advantage is ratings volume (922 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating 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
Here is free to download; Yi Jing costs $4.99 up front. Yi Jing sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Here asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Yi Jing against 5.0 for Here. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yi Jing has 922 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Yi Jing | Here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (922 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 922 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flat Earth Studio LLC | Impossible Flight, LLC |
Bugs and requests
Yi Jing
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch or shortly after
- Typing issues (text disappearing)
- Syncing problems between devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more I Ching text translations
- Improve syncing and cross-device support
- Implement password protection for journal entries
- Optimize performance and stability
Here
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yi Jing
- I Ging: Das Buch der Wandlungen$2.99
- The I Ching: Book I (Wilhelm)$4.99
- The I Ching II: The Material$4.99
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- The I Ching III: Commentaries$4.99
- Navigating Change (Karcher)$8.99
- The Complete I Ching (Huang)$9.99
- The Laws of Change (Balkin)$9.99
Here
No in-app purchases









