I Ching Lite vs Heart Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Heart Space
Experience Sufi spirituality through guided audio practices and a collection of inspirational texts. Schedule daily reminders from Rumi, Hadith, and the Qur'an to foster remembrance. Offers a free introduction with an optional subscription for deeper engagement.
- Guided spiritual practices
- Inspirational texts from Rumi, Hadith, Qur'an
- Programmable daily reminders
- Treasury of 1130 texts
- Mevlevi Wird litany
- Offline access to content
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The first app to offer an inner experience of Sufi spirituality through . audio recordings of guided spiritual practices. HeartSpace also includes a treasury of 1130 inspirational texts from Rumi, Hadith, and Qur'an, that have been specifically chosen to support the awakening of the heart. These selections can be programmed according to your choice of time and frequency to bring remembrance into your daily life. The free app is complete in itself, offering a comprehensive and many-leveled introduction to the practice of remembrance (dhikr). Those who wish to continue and go deeper can subscribe to a version of the app that will offer further practices, more daily reminders, recordings of Sufi music and Quran. The core of HeartSpace is a series of guided contemplations with dhikrs to initially be followed in sequence, but which eventually can be listened to in any order and as often as you like. This app is produced by The Threshold Society (Sufism.org), a non-profit educational foundation based in the United States, and affiliated with the Mevlevi Order. The app includes a recording in Arabic and English of the Mevlevi Wird, a litany of recitations traditionally recited by Mevlevi dervishes, presented here in seven parts, one for each day of the week.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: I Ching Lite at 1.1K against Heart Space's 16. Heart Space's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 and Heart Space sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
I Ching Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: I Ching Lite has 1.1K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of I Ching Lite's written reviews are positive against 90% of Heart Space's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
I Ching Lite ships an update every 3 months, Heart Space every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I Ching Lite | Heart Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.5% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Walker | Alif International, Inc. |
Customer experience
I Ching Lite
Heart Space
Bugs and 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
Heart Space
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
I Ching Lite
- I Ching: Book of Changes$5.99
- Wei Wu Wei Ching$5.99
Heart Space
- Get full access$6.99
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