I Ching vs I
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Ching
This app offers daily insights from the I Ching, a year-long Taoist reflection journey, and guided QiGong exercises. It aims to provide wisdom, balance, and personal growth through ancient practices and AI analysis.
- AI-powered I Ching readings
- Daily Taoist reflections
- Guided QiGong exercises
- Personal growth tools
- Mindfulness and balance cultivation
- Ancient wisdom exploration
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I Ching is a calm, trustworthy reference and consultation app for the Book of Changes—built for thoughtful reading, not hype. FREE LIBRARY — ALL 64 HEXAGRAMS Browse and search every hexagram with complete core meanings: names, glyph, trigrams, Judgment, Image, overview, spirit, shadow, sage advice, and all six line readings. The library works offline and is available in English and Spanish. FULL ACCESS — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock the full practice with a single non-consumable purchase. No subscription. No account required. • Guided three-coin casting and manual line entry • Changing-line readings and transformed hexagram • Twelve situation lenses—for love, career, business, family, money, personal growth, learning, creativity, decisions and timing, spirituality, friendship, and life transitions • Private on-device reading journal • Share readings in a clear, text-based format TRY BEFORE YOU BUY New users can start a free seven-day Full Access preview. When it ends, your free library and journal data remain. You choose whether to unlock Full Access. FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS If you already bought the app, you keep Full Access after updating—casting and journaling stay included. Restore Purchases is available for new unlocks. PRIVATE & OFFLINE Core content is bundled on your device. Journal entries stay on your phone unless you choose to share them. No sign-in required for v1. I Ching is for reflection and study. It does not provide medical, legal, financial, or guaranteed predictive advice. Restore Purchases anytime from Settings.
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Got a question? Ask the I-Ching. Three thousand years before the iPhone, people tossed coins and read patterns to think things through. This app keeps the practice — just faster. A bit of history from me: first written for the original Macintosh, then ported to the Apple Newton, where it found a devoted readership. Tried, trusted, and quietly carried across four decades of Apple devices. Now it's home on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch — same canonical text, freshly tuned for the screens you carry today. Tap Hexagram to cast. Six lines appear. If any of them are "changing", you will see the hexagram they transform into and what each moving line has to say. Tap Trigram for a quicker reading: one symbol, one feeling, one nudge. What's inside: • All 64 hexagrams from the King Wen sequence, with their classical judgement text • All 8 trigrams, with their direction, family, season and elemental flavour • Changing-line readings — the bit other apps skip • Native Apple Watch app, so you can cast on a walk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: I Ching at Free against I's $0.99. I Ching also leads on iOS requirement (15.0.0 vs 17.0). I's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On 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
I Ching is free to download; I costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
I Ching ships an update every 2 weeks, I every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I Ching | I |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Godwin | Richard Jones |
In-app purchases
I Ching
No in-app purchases
I
No in-app purchases









