Little Grimoire vs Tarot Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Little Grimoire
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Tarot is a language. Little Grimoire teaches you to read it. No memorizing 78 meanings from a booklet. Little Grimoire teaches tarot the way a good course teaches anything: a few minutes of reading, then your hands on the cards. You match, sort, recall, and decide until the symbols start speaking on their own. YOURS FOREVER. NO SUBSCRIPTION. One purchase unlocks the complete Book of Tarot: every chapter, every lesson, every practice drill. No monthly fee, no coins, no energy timers, nothing held back. Buy it once, and it's yours, for less than a month or two of a typical tarot subscription. START FREE The first two lessons are free. Full lessons, every activity, through to the end. You'll meet the deck, learn its four worlds, and finish real practice before deciding whether to unlock the rest. WHAT'S INSIDE • Seven chapters that build on each other, from the language of the cards through every suit of the Minor Arcana to the Major Arcana and full spreads • All 78 cards of the classic Rider–Waite deck, taught as a system • 14+ hands-on activity types: match scenarios to cards, sort meanings, untangle confusable pairs, race the clock, and more • Practice drills for every chapter to build fluency • A daily card ritual that unlocks as you learn • Spreads from three-card stories to the ten-card Celtic Cross PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • Works completely offline • No account, no sign-up, no login wall • No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind • Optional reminders, scheduled on your device, never from a server • Your progress stays on your phone, and you can export it any time FOR BEGINNERS AND RETURNING READERS Start from nothing and build a real foundation, or fill the gaps a memorize-the-booklet approach left behind. If you've always wanted to read tarot with confidence instead of flipping to the guidebook, this is the course. A GRIMOIRE OF MANY BOOKS Little Grimoire is an education app for the esoteric arts, and the Book of Tarot is its first volume. New Books will follow in time: the stars, the runes. Each is taught the same way, and each is its own one-time purchase. Your grimoire grows. Nothing you own ever expires. Pull up a chair. The cards have been waiting.
Tarot Note
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Tarot Note helps you learn to read tarot through imagery and symbols, rather than simply memorizing fixed definitions. Explore all 78 cards—22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana—with clear upright and reversed meanings, detailed symbol explanations, and practical interpretations for different questions. KEY FEATURES • Learn all 78 tarot cards • Explore upright and reversed meanings • Understand the imagery and symbols on each card • Learn tarot basics with a beginner-friendly guide • Practice choosing interpretations for real-life questions • Learn how to connect three cards into a meaningful story • Draw cards for your own readings • Save your thoughts and reading results in your notebook • Available in Japanese and English The meaning of a card can change depending on the question, whether it concerns love, work, relationships, or personal growth. Instead of making absolute predictions, Tarot Note helps you consider different possibilities and develop the confidence to interpret cards in your own words. It is suitable both for complete beginners and for learners who know individual card meanings but find it difficult to combine them in an actual reading. This app is intended for learning and entertainment purposes. It is not a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial, or other specialist advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Little Grimoire at none against Tarot Note's shown. Little Grimoire also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Tarot Note's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Little Grimoire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tarot Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Little Grimoire ships an update every 2 weeks, Tarot Note every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Little Grimoire | Tarot Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Escapement LLC | Kenichi Nakagawa |
In-app purchases
Little Grimoire
- The Book of Tarot$9.99
Tarot Note
- Remove Ads$1.99
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