As it turns out, my personal favorite of all the iPhone Tarot apps now available is iTarot, the Tarot-reading application from the folks at Astrology.com.
iTarot is an adaptation of the Tarot-reading web application already offered at Astrology.com (even if you don't have an iPhone, you can try it out in any web browser). The iPhone version offers one-card "Love" or one card "Daily" readings, served up from a virtual copy of Lo Scarabeo's Universal Tarot.
Since both cards are drawn at once, it's easy to ignore the "Love" and "Daily" labels and make this reading into anything you want it to be: a Yes/No reading, a Yes/If-No/If reading, a Pro and Con reading, etc. The animations are smooth, making the program a pleasure to use. While an Internet connection is needed to download the application (of course!), you don't have to be connected to the Internet to use it.
A tap of the "Show" button reveals -- gah! -- canned meanings ... but these, at least, try to be innovative. They're written in first person, so each one comes across as a sort of affirmation. In general, these are more engaging and less offensive than the pre-fab meanings included with Touch Tarot or Party Tarot.
If you have an iPhone and an interest in Tarot, iTarot is a must-have app at a great price (free!).
PS: While you're at the app store, try Astrology.com's I Ching application, too! By interacting with the interface, you build your own I Ching hexagrams line by line -- without having to toss coins or shuffle yarrow stalks. The resulting hexagram is delivered with a series of brief interpretations, but I prefer to turn to the corresponding chapter in I Ching for Beginners or Balkin's The Laws of Change.

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