I Ching vs Six Throws
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Ching
This app offers a private space for reflection using the I Ching. It guides you through a casting ritual, provides clear interpretations of readings, and includes an AI assistant for deeper insights. You can also maintain a personal journal of your readings.
- I Ching casting ritual
- AI interpretation
- Private journaling
- Customizable themes
- Clear reading explanations
- Searchable reading history
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Between Lines is a calm, private I Ching reflection app designed to help you pause, notice the pattern, and meet change with greater clarity. ASK WITH INTENTION Bring a question—or simply begin. A tactile three-stage casting ritual, subtle haptics, and optional voice guidance create space to slow down before the reading appears. READ THE WHOLE PATTERN Explore the primary hexagram, the active moving line, and the changed hexagram. Each reading uses clear, modern language while preserving the distinct meaning, timing, and tension of the I Ching. GO DEEPER WITH AI When you want a more personal perspective, request an AI interpretation grounded in your question and the reading you cast. Receive a concise core answer, relevant context, practical next steps, and points to consider. KEEP A PRIVATE JOURNAL Save and revisit complete readings on your device. Search your history, add personal notes, protect the journal with the system privacy lock, and share a beautifully formatted reading image when you choose. CHOOSE YOUR ATMOSPHERE Cast with Oracle Light, Living Ink, or Indigo Current. Themes change the visual environment—not the method or result. Between Lines includes local readings and offers optional purchases for personal AI readings, premium themes, and Pro access. Between Lines is intended for reflection and personal insight. It does not provide deterministic predictions or medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Six Throws
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Hold one question in mind, take a breath, throw the coins six times, and read the hexagram. COINS THAT FOLLOW YOUR HAND Three worn Qianlong cash coins are driven in real time by the phone's motion sensors. Push your hand up and stop, and they fly on by inertia: tumbling, clinking, landing on the table, each impact with its own sound and haptic. Prefer not to move the phone? Tap the coins instead. EXACTLY FAIR Every coin is exactly fifty-fifty, guaranteed by a cryptographically secure random bit. How it works is explained in plain language inside the app. A READING YOU CAN FOLLOW Which text applies is decided by Zhu Xi's seven rules for changing lines. Every text is shown three ways: the Chinese original, a literal English rendering, and a reading in plain words that follows Zhu Xi's 12th-century commentary line by line. It adds no promises the text does not make and softens none of its warnings. THE WHOLE BOOK IN YOUR POCKET All 64 hexagrams: judgment, Tuan commentary, the Image, six lines and the small Image commentary. Available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. The Chinese text was collated against two standard editions; the English was translated fresh and does not reproduce any published translation. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO It does not predict events and it does not decide for you, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice. The text offers a way of looking at your situation. Fully offline. No accounts, no data collected, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Six Throws at none against I Ching's 2. Six Throws also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Six Throws asks for nothing beyond the download.
I Ching ships an update every 3 weeks, Six Throws every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | I Ching | Six Throws |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jili Niu | Yadong Xie |
In-app purchases
I Ching
- Monthly Pro$5.991 Month
- 5 Reading Credits$1.99
Six Throws
No in-app purchases









