Cast vs Bushido
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Bushido
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The classics that built disciplined minds — finally in language you can use. Bushido: The Path is a library of the great manuals of strategy, business, discipline, and self-command, each rewritten in a clear modern voice for entrepreneurs, creators, and builders. No academic distance. No museum prose. Every chapter ends in something you can carry into Monday morning. THE LIBRARY • Hagakure — Yamamoto Tsunetomo's 1716 manual of resolve, in 102 distilled chapters. Free, complete, text and audio. • The Book of Five Rings — Miyamoto Musashi's treatise on strategy, in 62 chapters. One-time unlock. • Meditations — Marcus Aurelius's private journal of self-command, in 163 chapters. One-time unlock. The app is free, and Hagakure is yours in full at no cost — every chapter and every hour of its narration. The other two volumes are one-time purchases, not a subscription. Nothing renews, and you keep what you buy. READ IT, OR HEAR IT Every chapter is fully narrated — over 35 hours of audio across the library. Switch between reading and listening anytime. Download chapters and listen offline, with lock-screen controls and background play. BUILT FOR PRACTICE, NOT ADMIRATION • Every chapter: a principle, its teaching, its shadow side, and concrete practices • A journal to capture what lands — with formatting, highlights, and iCloud sync • Streaks and challenges to keep the practice daily • Insights to track your reading practice • A calm, luminous reading experience designed for long-form focus Your journal stays yours. Entries live on your device and in your own private iCloud — we never receive them. Create a free account to carry your progress across devices, keep a streak, and join the challenges. Sign in with Apple is all it takes. Download and begin. The way is walked, not admired.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cast at none against Bushido's 5. Cast also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price 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. Bushido sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Cast asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Cast | Bushido |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AFSHIN DARIAN | Filmtelligentsia, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Cast
No in-app purchases
Bushido
- Coffee$2.99
- Supporter$5.99
- Five Rings Modern$5.99
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- Meditations Modern Edition$9.99
- Patron$9.99









