The Best Astrology Apps for a Little Guidance From the Stars

Best Overall: Astrology Zone

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Daily and monthly horoscopes, compatibility calculator, and complete readings
• Average Rating: 4.8/5

Why We Chose It

Susan Miller provides accurate, easy-to-understand horoscope content that’s great for both beginners and more advanced astrology followers.

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Overview

Susan Miller is a well-known name in the astrology space. She’s a best-selling author, second-generation astrologer, and horoscope guide for the millions of people who have visited her website over the years. Her outlook is that astrology “can be a fantastic tool for living a fulfilling life,” and she makes it a point to create an accessible, approachable space. 

Miller's Astrology Zone app provides users with monthly and daily horoscopes based on their sun sign at no cost. The paid premium version gives users access to a compatibility calculator, complete readings, a look at the week ahead, and more access to Miller’s essays.

The monthly horoscopes are very rarely on time, but it's always worth the wait. Miller makes it a point to include as much detail as possible (sometimes reaching five to six pages long) in regard to what you can expect from the month.

From health to relationships to careers, Miller takes extra care to make sure her outlook is not only accurate but fairly optimistic. You won’t get any doomsday notifications here. Instead, you’ll walk away with insight into the journey ahead and guidance on how to be a better person.

Best for More Advanced Astrology Lovers: Co-Star

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Daily horoscopes, full natal charts, connecting in-app with friends, and analyzations of sun, moon, and rising signs
• Average Rating: 4.8/5

Why We Chose It

Co-Star has become ubiquitous for its sometimes-jarring notifications, but the app also does a good job of providing users with a deeper look into their sun, moon, and rising signs. 

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Overview

Even if you don’t know the ins and outs of Co-Star, you’ve likely seen a notification screenshot from the app posted on social media. They’re sometimes jarring, often shady, and are intended to give users a snapshot of what their day is going to look like—or serve as a wake-up call of some kind. 

But Co-Star is more than its viral “Day At a Glance” notifications. The AI-powered app aims to “bring astrology into the 21st century” via its minimalistic design and highly detailed charts. While most horoscopes only take into account a person’s sun sign, Co-Star looks at the moon sign, rising sign, and also shows users their Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto placements.

It provides a personalized, if not sometimes confounding, reading that allows users to learn more about how planet and house placements affect their personality. It even lets users connect with friends, learn about their natal charts, and examine their compatibility along the way.

Best for Beginners: Sanctuary

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Daily and monthly horoscopes, tarot cards, live birth chart readings, and chats with Sanctuary astrologers
• Average Rating: 4.8/5

Why We Chose It

Sanctuary stands out for its live birth chart readings which allow users to ask astrologers questions about their chart or anything else astrology-related. 

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Overview

Sanctuary makes astrology approachable via GIFs, emojis, and advice reminiscent of fortune cookies. For no cost, it provides monthly and daily horoscopes, a complete planetary profile, daily tarot card pulls, and basic, yet informative, learning materials.

What really makes the app stand out from others, though, is the birth chart readings it offers. For $4.99 for a five-minute reading, users can get a live birth chart reading (a snapshot of where the stars and planets were in the sky at the exact moment you were born) with a Sanctuary astrologer.

Readings are offered in 10-, 15-, 20-, or 30-minute increments, and users are welcome to ask about whatever’s on their minds (e.g., what the upcoming weeks have in store, how to move past something they’re struggling with, or insight into something specific in their chart). The app also offers similar readings for those interested in tarot cards or speaking with a psychic or empath. 

This is a great feature for astrology beginners who might need some hand-holding along the way or for those who have questions about general horoscopes they may not be able to answer.

Best for Compatibility: The Pattern

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Insight into personal chart and traits, connecting in-app with friends, custom profiles, connecting with potential matches, and more
• Average Rating: 4.0/5

Why We Chose It

We like The Pattern for its social aspect and its detailed compatibility breakdowns.

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Overview

One of The Pattern’s stand-out features is the ability to connect with friends through the platform as well as examine whether or not you and your partner are compatible. As a result, it’s said to have ruined some relationships in the past—but this isn't the app's only intention (or purpose).

The app is intended to help users understand themselves better, and as a result, help them connect with others on a deeper level. Similar to Co-star, there’s a social aspect, but instead of using industry jargon, it uses straightforward direct language.

In fact, it’s often touted as giving one of the more detailed personality breakdowns compared to other apps. (The Pattern went viral in 2019 after Channing Tatum uploaded a reaction video, dumbfounded by how much it knows about his life.) As with a lot of things astrology-related, some of it can be confusing and overwhelming, and what you choose to take away from it is ultimately up to you.

Best for Mindfulness: Chani

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Birth charts and horoscopes, journal prompts, guided meditations, new, full moon workshops, altar suggestions, daily transit analysis, and a podcast outlining the week ahead
• Average Rating: 4.9/5

Why We Chose It

Chani Nicholas’ app made the list for its down-to-earth approach to astrology as well as its interactive options that include journal prompts, guided meditations, and altar suggestions. 

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Overview

Want your horoscope with a side of mindfulness? Famed astrologer and author Chani Nicholas sees astrology as a healing tool and wants her app to serve as a “personalized guide through life’s ups and downs” by combining insight about the stars with wellness and meditation. 

The app offers free basic features like detailed birth charts and horoscopes, as well as a slew of interactive options such as journal prompts, guided meditations, and new and full moon workshops, as well as altar suggestions, daily transit analysis, and a podcast outlining the week ahead. To access many of the add-ons, users have to subscribe to the app for roughly $12 a month, which allows them to dip in and out whenever they please. 

If you were a fan of Nicholas before the app, rest assured that the content itself is just as warm, approachable, and thoughtful as her website and emails. It’s like a mini oasis in your pocket, encouraging you to trust the process and the journey.

Best for Chart Interpretations: TimePassages

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Moon, sun, and rising sign calculations, birth charts, daily horoscopes, acclaimed interpretations, progressions, and more
• Average Rating: 4.9/5

Why We Chose It

TimePassages provides a comprehensive analysis of users' charts, allows them to connect with each other and compare charts, and includes a glossary of astrological terms.

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Overview

TimePassages offers free daily horoscopes, birth charts, and calculations of sun, moon, and rising signs. Users can save their information to share with friends, and the social aspect goes further with comparisons and compatibility meters.

Users praise the app for its comprehensive analysis and user-friendliness for both beginner and advanced astrologers. Along with natal charts and progressions, TimePassages features an in-depth glossary of zodiac signs, planetary bodies, moon phases, and other astrological terms—so even if you're not an expert, you can learn the ins and outs of astrology with guidance.

Birth charts and transit charts can be purchased for $0.99 each, or users can opt for unlimited charts for $9.99.

Best for Consultations: Chaturanga Astrology

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Consultations with astrologists, personal horoscopes, and recommendations
• Average Rating: 4.5/5

Why We Chose It

Chaturanga lets its users talk directly to astrological consultants to ask questions based on their birth chart and receive detailed answers.

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Overview

Chaturanga is focused on helping users navigate different paths in life. The app takes each person's birth data, then prompts them to ask a question about it. An astrological consultant will then create their birth chart and answer the question.

The app's team recommends asking questions based on three main points: personal relationships, places to live, or career and business. The first consultation is free, then additional readings require separate purchases.

Best for Accuracy: Time Nomad

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Key Specs

• Price: Free with in-app purchases
• Features: Birth charts, upcoming astrological events, zodiac calculators, planetary hours, numerical astrology, astrological charts for any time or geographic location, and more
• Average Rating: 4.8/5

Why We Chose It

Time Nomad is a comprehensive app that was designed for accuracy, providing a wide variety of charts and astrological information based on its advanced planetary positions calculator.

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Overview

Time Nomad is praised for its accuracy. Using its planetary positions calculator, the app creates birth charts and updated calculations based on advanced software.

Users can create charts for "any given date within nearest centuries" along with viewing upcoming astrological events. Calculators are available for natal charts, retrograde planets, progressed charts, synastry and composite charts, planetary hours, fixed stars, and numerical astrology. Tropical and sidereal zodiac systems are both available.

The app's dashboard shows users the phases of the sun and moon, retrograde planets, and information like solar and lunar returns. Overall, this app is comprehensive and covers the major topics that most beginner to advanced astrologers could need.