iChing roller vs Feng
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iChing roller
This tool simplifies the process of consulting the I Ching by using your phone's shake function to generate hexagrams. It provides detailed information about each gua, including upper and lower trigrams and commentary.
- Shake to roll hexagrams
- Displays pertinent gua information
- Shows upper and lower trigrams
- Includes Confucius' commentary
- Simple and elegant interface
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iChing roller is a tool to let you easily roll the iChing without flipping a single coin. iChing roller rolls hexagrams for you with a simple shake of your phone, gives you all the pertinent information about the gua, and with a simple tap on the hexagram, it will show you the upper and lower trigrams, as well as Confucius' commentary on the hexagram. It's simple, and elegant. Just like the original.
Feng
This app provides the functionality of a professional Feng Shui compass on your mobile device. It offers accurate direction measurements and detailed calculations for various aspects of a space, functioning as both a specialized Feng Shui tool and a regular compass.
- Professional Feng Shui compass functionality
- Accurate direction measurements
- Feng Shui calculations for spaces
- Early and Later Heaven Ba Gua rings
- 24 Mountains and 60 Jia Zi rings
- Flying stars for all periods
- Zoom-in view for clear measurements
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The Feng Shui Compass app, also known as the Luo Pan compass, is created to provide the functionality of a professional Feng Shui compass on your mobile device. It allows for accurate direction measurements and feng shui calculations for various aspects of a space, such as the facing of the house, door, desk, and more. Additionally, it can be used as a regular compass. The innovative approach with a zoom-in view will allow you to read the measurements clearly. Compass rings include: • Early Heaven ba Gua ring •Later Heaven Ba Gua rings with LouShu trigrams attributes. •24 Mountains ring •60 Jia Zi ring •Da Gua periods ring with auspicious directions for period 9 •64 Hexagrams ring •24 Mansions ring •Flying stars for all Periods (Periods 1 - 9) No data is shared with third parties. No data collected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Feng at 100% against iChing roller's 0%. Feng also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.0). iChing roller's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Feng is free to download; iChing roller costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Feng holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Feng has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of iChing roller's written reviews are positive against 100% of Feng's.
iChing roller ships an update every 13 months, Feng every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iChing roller | Feng |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Ralley | 9 Earth LLC |
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iChing roller
Feng
In-app purchases
iChing roller
No in-app purchases
Feng
No in-app purchases
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