Lunar Haus vs Labyrinthos
Tarot course
Lunar Haus vs Labyrinthos
Labyrinthos is the app that taught a lot of people to read tarot, and it is genuinely lovely. The friction: an AI reader many users did not want, a journal that fills up unless you pay, and an app that has not been updated in about a year. Ours runs in the browser, with none of that.
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Who each one suits
These two are the closest in spirit: free, beautifully made, built around real learning with quizzes and a journal. Labyrinthos is a polished native app with its own deck ecosystem. Lunar Haus runs in your browser with nothing to install, no AI reader, an uncapped free journal and active development. If you want an app and its decks, Labyrinthos. If you want the web and no catches, us.
Side by side
Feature by feature
| Lunar Haus | Labyrinthos | |
|---|---|---|
| Price to learn | Free | Free core; Premium $9.99/mo for full journal and extras |
| Runs in the browser, nothing to install | Yes | App first; a web app exists |
| AI card reader | None, by design | Yes, and its arrival drew user pushback |
| Built-in journal | Unlimited, free | Free storage is capped; unlimited needs Premium |
| Practice drills and quizzes | Yes, generated fresh | Yes, with a level and avatar system (a real strength) |
| Reversed cards taught in depth | Yes, throughout | Present, but shadow meanings are thin |
| Certificate | Free on completion | None |
| Actively developed | Yes, updated 2026 | No app update in about a year |
| Own deck ecosystem | No | Yes, lovely physical and digital decks |
Where Labyrinthos wins
Fair credit
Labyrinthos earned its four-point-nine stars. The illustration is beautiful, the level-and-avatar gamification is genuinely motivating, and its free tier taught a great many readers from scratch. It also has a real deck ecosystem, physical and digital, and a card-meanings library people love. If you want a polished app and want to collect its decks, it is a joy.
Where Lunar Haus wins
The honest advantages
No AI writing your readings. Labyrinthos added an AI reader that a lot of learners actively did not want, feeling it undercut the point of learning. We have no AI anywhere, on purpose.
An uncapped journal, free. Labyrinthos caps free journal storage and puts unlimited behind a $9.99 monthly Premium tier. Our journal is unlimited and free.
Nothing to install, and still being built. We run in the browser with no download, no login required, a free completion certificate, and active development, while the Labyrinthos app has gone roughly a year without an update. Reversed cards are taught properly here too, rather than reduced to a single shadow word.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is Lunar Haus a free alternative to Labyrinthos?
Yes. Both are free to learn from. Lunar Haus runs in the browser with no app to install, has no AI reader, keeps the journal unlimited and free, and gives a completion certificate.
Does Labyrinthos cost money?
The core app is free, but full journal storage and some extras sit behind a Premium subscription at $9.99 a month. Lunar Haus keeps the journal and the whole course free.
Does Lunar Haus have an AI tarot reader?
No, deliberately. Many learners felt the AI reader added to Labyrinthos worked against actually learning the cards, so Lunar Haus has no AI at all.
What does Labyrinthos do better?
It is a polished native app with lovely artwork, a motivating level-and-avatar system and its own deck ecosystem. If you want an app and its decks, it is excellent.