About
Using Tarot as a Gateway to AI
Tarot Draw — Draw one card a day. Know yourself.
How do you get people who never use AI to start using it naturally? That was the question I started with.
Fortune-telling turned out to be the answer. When you draw a tarot card and hand its symbolism to an AI, the exchange feels completely natural — no technical knowledge required. The AI becomes a mirror for "who you are today." That reversed logic is the seed of Tarot Draw.
I built the app for Android first, then ported it to iOS. Apple rejected it twice under Guideline 4.3(b): insufficient differentiation in a saturated category.
In a way, the reviewers had a point. There are a lot of tarot apps. But what this app is really about isn't fortune-telling — it's AI-assisted self-reflection using tarot imagery as a prompt.
To reach users without an App Store gatekeeper, I rebuilt it as a PWA (Progressive Web App). That's what you're using now.
I didn't want the AI interpretations to feel auto-generated. So I spent a lot of time on the prompts.
Three things matter to me: No scary prophecies. Respect the card's symbolism. Return something actionable — a hint for today, not a verdict about your future.
The simple rhythm of drawing one card a day is what makes long-term self-observation possible. AI is the recorder and the interpreter — you're still the one doing the reflecting.
Tarot Draw is designed, built, and maintained solo by naru. I've shipped it across Android, iOS (rejected), and now PWA — always looking for the natural intersection between people and AI.
Feedback, thoughts, and bug reports are welcome on X or Zenn.