Tarot App Recommendations

Many people who introduced themselves in this community seem to be experienced readers which might be slightly intimidating for those who are just getting started. I thought I would make a post about tarot apps, something that helped me out the most with getting started with tarot. Apps were a free and discreet alternative to getting a deck, which allowed me to see whether I liked tarot and was prepared to get more committed to it. I only used two apps so far: Galaxy Tarot and Golden Thread Tarot.

  • Galaxy Tarot (for Android) - my favourite! I even upgraded to the paid version a while ago. But for a long time I used the free version and it was more than sufficient. It's a digital RWS deck that allows for draws using several different spreads. There is also a 'card of the day' function. The app offers key words and suggested interpretations for each card (upright and reversed) which really helped me learn. And I still use those suggestions to aid my interpretations.
  • Golden Thread Tarot (for Android, for iOS) - It has a smaller choice of spreads and offers less elaborate guidance on each card. It offers interesting options for tracking past readings and collecting statistics like most frequent suit or most frequent theme of question. The options are focused on promoting self-reflection. The deck itself is RWS-based, designed by Tina Gong. It was an app that I really, really wanted to love but didn't. It has beautiful animations, a great design but in the end it turned out to be too minimalistic for me.

But don't take my word for any of this! I talked to many people who detested Galaxy and loved Golden Thread - try them out if you're interested.

I also know that there are digitalisations of many decks here but they're all paid and I never really found their design appealing, so I never tried one.

Do you have any thoughts on these or any other tarot apps or tarot apps in general? Would you be interested in trying one?