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Game Changer
At 62, I never thought I would be writing a review for an Astrology app, but here I am. My daughter had spoke of Chani years ago and I received the emails for a couple years. As a person who had left organized religion, I always felt a connection in nature to the earth, the planets and stars. I have been journaling for years and spend 2-3 hours every early morning in my 3 R’s- reading, writing and wrestling. This app has been such a confirmation of the path I am on and just feel intensely right in my bones. I look forward to each weeks readings and listen intently to how it continues to be spot on at where I am and where I am headed. It has been The Great Awakening as the words are put in a way that not only I can understand but embrace with abandon. To say I would recommend it is an understatement. I wish I could pay for everyone I know to have it. Thanks for curating from your hearts, a beautiful way to come alongside humanity and help guide each one’s Journey. Sending peace and love to your staff to continue to care for each and everyone they deliver this content to.Show lessBruce-The Old Farmer
Mixed Experience
I decided to cancel my subscription after using this app for several months. I stayed with the app because the meditations are absolutely excellent, and Chani is just such a gifted advocate, speaker, and healer. I truly found her meditations and the variety of them very helpful. I subscribed to the app because when I first bought her 2021 forecast for Aries (sun sign) in late 2020, which features the visual charts and allows you to go back and forth during the calendar year, there were so many dates that ended up being so spot on accurate that I decided to try her app. However, and this is my biggest complaint about the app, the app defaults to the rising sign. Not once in the several months that I’ve had the app did I feel that my Gemini rising sign reading resonated with me. Not once, and I’ve had my chart done elsewhere so I appreciate astrology. And then I would go read other astrology sites for Aries sun, and those readings and forecasts would resonate. I liked the aspirational tone of the content here but it became too general; we should all take good care of our health, tap into our creative energies, and release what’s not working regardless of our sign. Honestly, I miss her old content, and would rather just add that to the current meditations. The artwork is FANTASTIC, and the art department here is BRILLIANT! But honestly, the content began to feel irrelevant to me. If I could’ve kept just the meditations, I would’ve paid for that.Show lessKatWoz73
Developer Response
Hi there, thank you so much for your feedback. We offer you content created for your rising sign because doing so allows us to give you a reading that reflects what’s happening in your entire chart (and therefore life). When we just consider your Sun, it’s only one part of your chart and we like to give you a holistic view of what is happening. If you prefer, you can align your rising sign with your sun sign by changing your time of birth to be the time of the sunrise for that day, and you will be able to read your sun sign horoscope. If you want to read all the signs, we post the horoscopes on chaninicholas.com. Kindly, team CHANIMeditation updates not for the better
I have loved using the paid version of this app over the past year, but recent changes are making me reconsider my subscription. The trade of the planetary scopes for vague daily scopes in the recent update that others have described has also bothered me. But the issue that’s finally prompting this review is the update to the guided meditations, which I use frequently. It seems the team is recording new versions of many meditations and updating them without changing their name or accompanying illustration. Numerous times since the app update, I’ve gone to listen to a particular favorite, only to find completely different audio?! (One recent example: the Grounding meditation with the volcano kitten.) Not conducive to meditation. I’ve also read no mention of this in information about the update. Come on, y’all—notify users, or better yet, just add the new meditations without changing the old ones. And while I’m here: would be great to have a way to save your favorites, like a playlist. Again, have really loved this app, but I’m not sure I can justify the price at this point.Show lesstildajcat
Sun v. Rising
I paid for the Chani app for about 3 months and I really did enjoy the content, it definitely caused me to reflect a lot deeper on myself and my actions towards the kind of world I want to live in and create. However I personally found that as I get older I don’t identify with my rising sign as much anymore as I do my sun and moon sign in a lot of ways, even though all my birth info is accurate down to the time - so the readings consistently felt a little off for me or confusing which is why I unsubscribed. Just something to consider when subscribing that the personalized readings are based on your rising sign.
Also since we are giving feedback, and I really want to be honest - as a former blue but now non-partisan loving open-hearted human being who wants the best for each individual person and values personal decision-making, I was a bit disappointed at the bias in pro-vacc stance in the readings and in their hiring process as the business expands and sends out hiring emails.
Just a few things to consider! But the app itself really is beautiful and easy to navigate, and I love the transcripts as well! Chani has a great sense of humor and imbues a certain lighthearted hope into all her readings, even when they have heavier or more serious content, and that is much needed in the world today!Show lessxoErinP
My Beacon in a Stormy Night
I cannot tell you how much this app has meant to me. Every week the personalized readings bring me to tears of truth: either exactly what is happening or exactly what I need to move forward. She has accurately “predicted” my needing to accept sobriety and has continually helped me get back on track when I’m struggling. Like a friend who always has the best advice in every situation, providing exactly the support you need in every situation without pressure or judgment. You can simply listen to the reading and podcast if you don’t feel ready to make a move but if you want to work on challenges there is journaling and meditations among other things. I am a medium and my gifts have become greatly honed through your rituals, practices, and awareness. I cannot believe it has taken me so long to write the review besides I hate tuning into tech for too long. You got me through lockdown while giving me guidance through my transition with my family of 4 from Vermont to Cali- knowing no one here, dealing with addiction and depression, parenting and teaching, school and masks, fear and propaganda. I can’t express how much your voice has helped me through it all. Thank you, CHANI 💗 💗💗 sending you love and light ✨Show lessRinalyn92
From the beginning
I received the news letter in my email for about two years before the App came out. I became a paid subscriber as soon as I heard about it. It happened to launch at a time I really needed guidance and support and just like the news letter, CHANI’s compassionate and kind perspective gave me exactly what I needed to get through it. I’ve learned a lot about my chart and come to find acceptance and even love for parts of myself I have found challenging, in large part because I see it now as part of the OS I came into this world with. CHANI’s perspective on all of it has helped me to see that I can use my free will to work with these parts of myself instead of trying to subvert them. I love that IFS is beginning to come into the perspective as that also has made a hugely positive shift in how I view myself and my inner world. And it makes so much sense related to Astrology! This app is not cheep but it continues to feel like a worthwhile expense. I love the daily horoscope, it helps me start my day but I miss the detailed horoscopes for the planets in the current sky. Thank you for all you are doing to help so many people see this crazy world more compassionately and for reminding us that kindness is always the best choice.Show lessartist of physical media
Ouch Chani, this hurts.
Oof. As a long-time follower and a paying subscriber, I’m really shocked. I could go on about what many others have brought up (the removal of a key unique feature of this app before the update), but what really disappoints me is Chani’s lack of response. I’ve read many saddened comments and reviews, all which I completely empathize with, and Chani has not addressed a single one. If there are responses to a disappointed review, it’s just a standard-response “We hear you and we’re taking notes” from the Chani Team. I was hoping I might see this addressed on Instagram, as maybe an apology or explanation to those who expressed sadness, but any of the new posts or stories only highlight the ✨awesome new features✨. It seems really dismissive, especially coming from a highly respected individual who works against this form of harm. It might seem extreme to call it that- but I paid a good chunk of money, a year’s worth in advance, specifically for the 5-star content that is now inaccessible and seems that the Chani team will no longer be doing. Seems like kind of a sell-out move, but I wouldn’t really know bc it hasn’t been addressed. So ya….. Chani Team... y’all messed up, but I respond really well to sincerity and accountability.Show less♋♋♋♏♓
Bring back current sky descriptions 🙏🏻
I’ve been a patron & cheerleader for Chani since about 2016 & love how the app and services have developed. However I am quite bummed that current sky descriptions & weekly reading are gone with the latest update. 😢 It would make sense to have the new current sky tap-expand in the new “week” tab, as I’m digging the new day/week/year organization. These were always INCREDIBLY helpful to my wellness (even more than the transits), way more so than the affirmations & meditations. I subscribe to an astrology app, not a self-help app. Please more astrology, less affirmations. I never use the affirmations, guided meditations, journal prompts or ritual. I just wanna know any the planets. A “learning” tab would be beneficial for house descriptions, basic tutorials, alignment types, etc for the beginners. I still use other astro apps to “see” the math- the chart, the degrees of transit. I feel like I’ve lost value for what the subscription cost is with the latest update.Show lessDD_RVA
Missing the current sky horoscopes
I have been a subscriber since the very beginning of the Chani app, and up until now, I have been so thrilled with it. It has been a consistent tool and guide for my life, giving great clarity and wisdom every step of the way. I so appreciate the holistic, inclusive perspective that is infused throughout the app, and the design is gorgeous. All that being said, it gives me no pleasure to report that the changes in the last update are really detrimental to the utility of the app. They have done away with the current sky horoscopes, which were 13 extremely useful, insightful, and deep horoscopes that helped me to understand all of the various aspects happening, and how they all fit together. If feels like by getting rid of those horoscopes and replacing them with a formulaic daily horoscope, they are simply catering to the lowest common denominator. I understand the desire to make the app more accessible, but to do so by getting rid of the depth is not the vibe. Really disappointed in these changes, and also the Chani app team’s response to the numerous critiques they’ve received— which is basically denial and silence. That is extremely disheartening, and makes me not want to continue my subscription.Show lessCorvinesque
Engaged and Intentional
As Chani says, astrology is a mirror for what’s happening on earth—things are not predetermined there, but they can serve as a reflection which, in turn, guides us. The stars have long served as a map to destinations both physical and personal, and what is myth— with which astrology is gorgeously intertwined— but human consciousness and journey writ large? Chani invites us all to engage—personally, socially, and globally—with this process. Life goes by so fast, demands are so numerous, our culture so taxing… it’s hard to remember what you are last, much less reflect on where you were, are, and are going; even harder to move intentionally and with engagement through life. Chani keeps you there. Her voice is beautiful and she is like a wonderful friend who sits next to you to chat and dispense deathless wisdom and counsel in the most charming and engaging, most caring of manners, for a special while each week. When the week is tough I remember—I’ll see Chani on Sunday! And that’s a good thing. Thank you Chani and the whole team, for everything you bring.Show lesstroislaits
