You’re Welcome: We Figured Out Which Astrology Apps Your Phone Needs RTFN
LOL, JK. You need all of them.
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Warning: If your phone doesn’t have at least one astro app, you risk being unprepared for the next big ~event~ in the universe. (Mercury Retrograde is legit always coming for you. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.)
But there are so many astrology apps out there that it can be overwhelming to choose one. Astro apps are big business: According to the mobile app market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the top 10 astrology apps made $40 million altogether in 2019—a 64.7 percent increase from 2018. Co-Star alone raised $15 million in new funding 2021! With more than 20 million app downloads, it’s been downloaded by a full quarter of U.S. women ages 18 to 25.
But choosing an astrology app involves more than looking up the most popular one. See, there are a lot of different ways to use astrology. Do you want your daily horoscope, an in-depth analysis of your birth chart, or a compatibility reading? Do you want to learn the reasoning behind your horoscope, or are you happy just knowing what’s coming? Do you follow a particular house system or a particular school of astrology (like Vedic vs. Western?). Are you looking for an astrology-informed dating app?
We asked Team Cosmo plus astrology Twitter for their faves, then narrowed down the options to help you figure out which downloads belong on your home screen.
Most Popular: Co-Star
If you’re down for a blunt app that will drag you, get this AI-powered one that mines data from NASA to track the planets and bring you scary-accurate horoscopes that help you check your worst tendencies.
Best Design: Sanctuary
This app could quickly become your astro BFF with daily scopes, lucky-charm emojis for your sign, facts you can drop in random convos, and one-on-one readings with professional astrologers.
Best for Beginners and Pros: Time Passages
Ready to get sucked into a total spiral as you learn WTH people mean when they say Sun, Moon, and Rising? To prep for this brave new world, start with the entry-level app Time Passages; for advanced astrologers (or just those with some $$$ to burn), try Time Passages Pro.
Best Paid Extras: Chani
Astrologer Chani Nicholas’s app offers free horoscopes, but the real draw is behind the paywall. For $107.99/year or $11.99/month, you can access an in-depth birth chart analysis, journal prompts, workshops, daily meditations, and even altar suggestions.
Best for Relationships: The Pattern
If you wanna compare your chart with bae’s (or Janelle Monáe’s) to see if you’re truly compatible—and check for any relationship red flags—you def need The Pattern.
Best For Meme Lovers: Moon
Never miss a Full Moon or New Moon with this cheeky lil app that sends you absurdist push notifications and mysterious YouTube links whenever one is near.
Best for Pros: Astro Future
Astro Future offers tons of astrology content, from horoscopes to synastry charts to advanced astro details on the asteroids and Black Moon Lilith.
Best for Longtime Astro Fans: Astrology Zone
Susan Miller’s lengthy horoscopes have been beloved by astro fans since the mid-’90s, and now they’re available in app form too.
Best for Learning: Time Nomad
Know your way around a birth chart but want a lil more? Time Nomad lets you check the planets’ positions over centuries and create charts for yourself to see how you’d be different if you were born in another city. Why not?
Best for Reading Your Own Chart: Charts Astrology
With a pleasingly minimalist design, Charts Astrology helps you create your own horoscope by examining how the current planetary transits affect your birth chart.
Best for Multiple Systems: Up Astrology
If you’re interested in exploring both Western and Vedic astrology, Up Astrology’s gotcha—plus info on numerology too.
Best Vedic Astrology: Cosmic Insights Astrology
This app is a great resource for those looking to learn more about Vedic astrology—including horoscopes, birth charts, Kundali matching, and 15+ Dasha systems.
Best for the Basics: Know the Zodiac
Astrologer Dossé-Via’s Know the Zodiac app has simple introductions to each sign plus daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes.
Another Choice for Pros: Astro Gold
A favorite of professional astrologers, Astro Gold lets you dig really deep into a birth chart, even offering 25+ house systems to choose from.
Best Birth Chart Analysis: Astromatrix
Along with horoscopes and birth chart analysis, Astromatrix gives you tarot card readings and even a past life report.
Best for History: iPhemeris Astrology Charts
Another favorite of pro astrologers, iPhemeris lets you examine astro calendars all the way back to 4700 BCE and forward to 2995 CE.
Best For Lunar Astrology: Moon Phase Calendar Plus
Manifesting? Getting in touch with your Moon sign? Just want to know which sign the Moon is in at all times? This app tells you everything you want to know about the Moon.
Best for Friends: Horos
If you love looking at your friends’ birth charts (you just knew they had a Gemini Mars!), Horos lets you save and compare ’em.
Best for Dating: NUiT
There are a handful of astrology dating apps out there, and NUiT has intense info on compatibility. The app lets you match with new people and gives you 10 different compatibility scores for each profile based on both your birth charts.
Best for Enemies: Nebula
Along with offering horoscopes, birth chart analysis, and tons of info on the zodiac signs, Nebula lets you “find your most toxic match” so you can avoid those people at all costs or just have an astrological explanation for why they get on your nerves.
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