I love Duolingo and have always had an interest in tarot and astrology so this seemed up my alley. I enjoyed my experience with the app so I dropped the amount for a lifetime membership attached to my Apple account. My phone was damaged from being dropped and I had to replace it. Now I am trying to restore it, but the text “Restore Purchase” on the plan selection screen doesn’t trigger an action. Update: I do give updates with this stuff. It’s been a reasonable amount of time since my first review that I would have thought I would at least get a response if not have the glitch fixed. So I figured maybe if I lower the rating until costumer service skills are demonstrated, that might help.

Update: after using this app for the past 3 months, I’ll add that the lessons are at least 1/3 too long and very repetitive. Do we really need to have multiple questions to determine if the answer is for relationship/work/outcome, or past/present/future? I”d love to see each less have HALF as many questions as it does. It feels very tedious to work though them like this. The app is helpful and the question based lessons are good for my learning style. But a few things drive me absolutely nuts. First, I hate the little tutor dude that interrupts my learning to give praise comments. They are pop-ups that linger on the page way longer than I want to stay on the page, and I don’t need or want those cutesy little messages at all, but especially not if they slow down my progress because I have to wait for them to disappear before I can move on. 2nd, I don’t like having to scroll down pages. Please just format it for iPhone and make the pages be one screen length. Particularly annoying, since sometimes I’m just trying to scroll down the page and it takes my touch input as an answer (usually the wrong answer.) 3rd, WHY do I have to hit enter twice to answer questions when I type in a word? I shouldn’t have to hit enter on two separate pages to get the question scored. Finally, I wish there was just less commentary generally. I don’t need the little wizard teacher dude being all chatty. Just give me the information, don’t try to be cute and clever.

I was excited to try this app because I’m interested in learning Tarot, and the “like Duolingo but for Tarot” pitch really worked on me because I have an almost 3,000-day Duolingo streak (!!). Unfortunately, when you download it, you can’t even VIEW the app without logging in — and you can’t log in unless you subscribe for $9.99 per month. I’ve had lots of apps stop me from going very far without subscribing, but it’s a first for me to see an app that wants you to subscribe without even trying it or seeing what the user interface looks like. Why would I do that?I subscribe to an embarrassing number of apps and have no problem giving developers money for the content they work hard to produce. I never give a low star rating because an app wants you to pay to use it. But to convince me to download your app (to boost your download numbers) and then not even give me the ability to try before I buy — that’s a waste of my time, and it’s presumptuous, and that doesn’t sit right. If these people had provided the opportunity for me to try even one card’s worth of tarot practice, they probably could have gotten a year’s worth of money out of me.

I’ve read tarot for many years now and do this as a hobby. Sometimes I’m contracted to read at small gatherings, in Southern California. I downloaded this to jog my memory and gain a fresh perspective. Sometimes I find that I’m set in my old ways with my original research. So far, I really like their approach and multiple choice questions. I haven’t been charged for anything. Not sure if it’s free but I’ll enjoy what it has to offer for as long as it’s available. It’s definitely worth your time, whether you’re a novice or seasoned reader.