Yi Jing app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 3712 ratings )
Lifestyle Book
Developer: Flat Earth Studio LLC
6.99 USD
Current version: 4.5, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 13 Apr 2009
App size: 121.69 Mb

Ancient oracle meets modern device! Deal with lifes challenges more meaningfully. Tap into your inner self. Find the translation that speaks to you. Ask questions, use the oracle, manage a journal, and browse multiple book translations.

Ask questions...

* Specify a topic
* Enter a question or phrase
* Toss coins by shaking
* Or manipulate yarrow stalks
* Or toss dice
* Or use Stephen Karchers Circle of Protectors
* Or navigate Michael Tingles I Ching Mandala
* Or use the Quick option
* Or use manual input

Manage a journal...

* Multi-line questions & notes
* Sort by topic, hexagram or date
* Search by keyword
* Present, Changes and Future
* Add your own notes
* Switch translations for readings
* Mail journal entries
* Sync over iCloud

Browse the book...

* Multiple book translations
* Chinese with Pinyin phonetics
* King Wen Hexagram numbers
* Trigram descriptions
* Component Trigrams
* Ruling Lines
* Related Hexagrams

English translations...

* A Library tab makes it easy to switch books
* "Yi Jing - Book of Transformations" by Brian Arnold, featuring artwork by Elizabeth Nelson
* "A Guide to the I Ching" by Carol K. Anthony (English and German)
* "Yi Jing / Book of Changes" by Gregory C. Richter
* "I Ching Oracle" by Nigel Richmond

Other translations...

* "Language of the Lines", English (Nigel Richmond)
* Original Chinese (two versions)
* "I Ging", German (Wilhelm)
* "Yi Jing", Japanese (Yo Fujiwara)
* "Yi Jing", in French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Russian (Arnold)

More books for in-app purchase...

* "The I Ching or Book of Changes" (Book I, II and III) by Richard Wilhelm
* "The Laws of Change" by Jack Balkin
* "I Ching: Walking Your Path, Creating Your Future" by Hilary Barrett
* "The Complete I Ching" by Taoist Master Alfred Huang
* "I Ching: Navigating Change" by Stephen Karcher
* "The I Ching Workbook" by R.L. Wing
* "The I Ching: The Book To Turn To For Wisdom And Guidance" by Michael Hurn with Claire Hurn

Other key features...

* Straightforward and elegant interface
* Option to represent coin heads as Yang
* Option to cast coins using Yarrow stalk probabilities
* Portrait and landscape orientation
* Resources to access help and online I Ching resources

Pros and cons of Yi Jing app for iPhone and iPad

Yi Jing app good for

I was really surprised with this app! If youre willing to pay for the full books versions you will have the best Yijing translations and the handier way ever of reading them all. Really happy the purchase. obs. Without buying the extra books you will have a good app, but regular content. My 5 stars are for the app and the extra books.
A very well designed app from people who have done their I Ching homework.
has everything you could want for study, questions, guidance, notes, and question history.
Thanks for finally creating an app that makes the use of the iChing so accessible and comprehensive !! Finally, an implementation that takes advantage of a modern platform to improve the entire experience of this ancient methodology. The ability to access your choice of the main definitive translations, and the ability to record your results along with notes for later reference make this app a must have for beginners and for scholars.
I am an I Ching user for 40 years. At first I was skeptical of this app, but, what the hell, its only $5?? What a surprise! Its really clever and very helpful. It includes 4 commentaries. But something was missing. I am very familiar with the Richard Wilhelm version and the R.L. Wing version. After a couple of days I discovered that these commentaries are available as apps within the app. (look under Store). They cost $5 & $7 respectively. Well worth it considering the book costs. So with these 2 commentaries I feel complete.
the best Yi Jing software I have ever used. easy to use, good journaling capability, many books (free or paid) and consultation methods to choose from. the bad: exporting via email is very weak. app sometimes crashes.

Some bad moments

Lately the app crashes a lot. Also please developers implement a way to delete the whole history in one shot! Maybe that is why crashes, too much data. Will change my review when the problems are fixed.
It worked fine before, now it freezes, crashes, and doesnt respond to any touch.
I am on the iPhone 5. This app was amazing prior to the most recent update. Since then, it crashes immediately as soon as I open it. Its my favorite app; I hope its fixed very soon.
App no longer works on my iPhone 4s since update, was fine before. Please fix it, thanks! Quick response & working on fix so will update review later.
Used to run fine but the newest update wont even install on my 4S with newest iOS. FAIL.
Dont fix it. This was one of my fave apps. It worked perfectly, not sure why it needed updating. With the recent update, not only does it not function properly and is unusable but Im afraid it has wiped out more than 2 years of entries which I used to consult frequently.

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