Confucius Wisdom vs I Ching Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Confucius Wisdom
Access timeless quotes from Confucius's Analects. This app provides randomly selected sayings and allows easy sharing to social media. It works offline, offering daily inspiration.
- Randomly selected quotes
- Offline access
- Social media sharing
- Inspiring sayings
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Tap into the timeless wisdom of Confucius. Read inspiring quotes with Confucius Wisdom, and share your favorite sayings on Facebook or Twitter. Confucius Wisdom gives you randomly chosen sayings of Confucius from the Analects. Confucius Wisdom is easy to use and doesn’t require a network connection for getting new quotes. You can post inspiring quotes to social media with the touch of a button.
I Ching Lite
This app provides access to the ancient Chinese oracle, the Book of Changes, for guidance on life's challenges. It offers an elegant and accessible way to consult its wisdom, helping users find balance, perspective, and peace of mind.
- I Ching consulting tool
- Complete odd-numbered passages
- Coin tossing simulation
- Elegant and easy-to-use interface
- Access to ancient Chinese wisdom
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For years the #1 I Ching app in the world, and perhaps the most elegant, distilled version of the I Ching there is. For centuries, the Book of Changes has been consulted for sage advice at life's turning points. When its wisdom is sought with sincerity and sensitivity, this ancient Chinese oracle will promote success and good fortune and impart balance and perspective to your life. Its lasting popularity lies in the profound lessons it teaches about how reliance on one's higher qualities leads to life's greatest rewards: well-being, understanding, and peace of mind. Now available as an elegantly designed and easy to use iOS app, it is both highly accessible to new users and a revelation to those long familiar with the text. Throw your own coins, or let the app cast for you, and make the wisdom of the sages your own. This lite version contains the I Ching consulting tool and complete odd-numbered passages. Additional content and emailing feature is available through an In App Purchase. Brian Browne Walker is the author of celebrated contemporary translations of the I Ching, Tao te Ching, Hua hu Ching, and Art of War which are published by Harper and St. Martin's Press and translated into over a dozen languages around the world. His "I Ching, or Book of Changes", long beloved for its clarity and accessibility, has received five star reviews on Amazon consistently for over a decade.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Confucius Wisdom at none against I Ching Lite's 2. Confucius Wisdom also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). I Ching Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 89). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. I Ching Lite sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Confucius Wisdom asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Confucius Wisdom against 4.9 for I Ching Lite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: I Ching Lite has 1.1K ratings behind it against 89, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Confucius Wisdom's written reviews are positive against 82% of I Ching Lite's.
Confucius Wisdom ships an update every 40 months, I Ching Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Confucius Wisdom | I Ching Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (89 ratings) | 4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Zander | Brian Walker |
Customer experience
Confucius Wisdom
I Ching Lite
Bugs and requests
Confucius Wisdom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
I Ching Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to save journal entries
- Paid upgrade not working as expected
- Inconsistent or incomplete hexagram readings
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save and review past journal entries
- Option to adjust font size and background
- Support for multiple translations or versions
- Sharing capabilities to connect with others
In-app purchases
Confucius Wisdom
No in-app purchases
I Ching Lite
- I Ching: Book of Changes$5.99
- Wei Wu Wei Ching$5.99
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