Comparison

MoonMinder vs Stars**

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MoonMinder

This app offers reminders for upcoming lunar, astronomical events, and festivals from various world religions and cultures. Track celestial movements, planetary stations, eclipses, and moon phases, alongside religious and cultural celebrations.

Highlights
  • Lunar and astronomical event reminders
  • World religion festival tracking
  • Planetary station and aspect notifications
  • Eclipse and moon phase tracking
  • Lunar Mansion tracking
  • Customizable reminders
Features
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MoonMinder provides events reminder of upcoming dates of lunar, astronomical events and festivals from calendars of several major world religions. All of humanity shares the same view from this, our home, the Earth. We all see the same stars moving through the sky, and we all see the same moon shifting, waxing, waning, and eclipsing. We all belong to a culture that celebrates in our own way, the same view. From astronomy, find in MoonMinder, details and reminders of those moving planets and that ever changing moon. Find here details and reminders of the ways many of us celebrate those changes. If you wish, explore when other cultures celebrate the same view. Here are the exact times of planetary stations, sign changes, aspects, eclipses, full and new moons. Track Lunar Mansions through each day. Here are lunar dates, shifting slightly each year, from the calendars of all three sons of Abraham: the Jew, the Muslim, and the Christian. Here too are festival dates from the calendars of the Traditional Chinese, Taoist, Hindus, Bahai, Sikh, Buddhists, Japanese and Wiccans. In this app, choose your own reminders, from the most astronomical perspective, to the most personally cultural, as you desire.

About

Stars**

Explore your astrological birth chart and transits with detailed interpretations and animated timelines. Offers precision wheel charts with zoom and pan functionality, and supports iPad split-screen for seamless data editing. Includes preloaded data for notable figures.

Highlights
  • Expert scrollable interpretations
  • Animated transit charts
  • Precision wheel charts with zoom/pan
  • iPad split-screen support
  • Preloaded celebrity natal data
  • Manual map override for birth places
Features
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Astrological calculations with accuracy matching Astro Dienst (astro.com). Preloaded with natal data for 100 celebrities including Benjamin Netanyahu, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump—easily add yourself and loved ones. KEY FEATURES: • Expert scrollable interpretations for birth charts and transits • Smoothly animated transit charts (month to century timelines) • Freeze/step forward or backward through transits • Precision wheel charts with zoom/pan for full detail • iPad split-screen: edit birth data → instant chart updates • Birth places for all major world cities + manual map override

Screenshots

MoonMinder4 screens
Stars**4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MoonMinder at 4.8 against Stars**'s 3.5. MoonMinder also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Stars**'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 110 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MoonMinder holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MoonMinder's written reviews are positive against 60% of Stars**'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoonMinder ships an update every 110 months, Stars** weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MoonMinder versus Stars**: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonMinderStars**
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 110 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarman LawrickAtle Wilhelmsen

Customer experience

MoonMinder

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stars**

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

MoonMinder

No in-app purchases

None

Stars**

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoonMinder free?
MoonMinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stars** free?
Stars** is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MoonMinder or Stars**?
MoonMinder is rated higher. MoonMinder averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stars** averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do MoonMinder or Stars** have ads?
Neither MoonMinder nor Stars** shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoonMinder or Stars**?
MoonMinder ships an update every 110 months, and Stars** weekly. Most recently, MoonMinder was updated on September 20, 2026 and Stars** on August 12, 2026.

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