Comparison

Stars* vs Lumees

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

Head to head
About

Stars*

This app provides detailed astrological calculations and interpretations for birth charts and transits. It features animated charts with timeline controls and precision wheels, offering in-depth analysis for users interested in astrology.

Highlights
  • Expert scrollable interpretations
  • Animated transit charts
  • Freeze/step through transits
  • Precision wheel charts with zoom/pan
  • iPad split-screen functionality
  • Birth place database
Features
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Astrological calculations with accuracy matching Astro Dienst (astro.com). Preloaded with natal data for 100 celebrities including 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

About

Lumees

This app helps you understand yourself through guided journaling, mood tracking, and personalized insights based on your birth chart and current astrological transits. It uses AI to interpret your chart, track your emotions, and reveal patterns in your daily experiences and relationships.

Highlights
  • Personalized birth chart analysis
  • Guided journaling with five themes
  • Daily mood, energy, and sleep tracking
  • AI-powered insights and readings
  • Relationship pattern analysis
  • Daily insights and affirmations
  • Life area and timing cycles
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Lumees is a self-discovery app that helps you understand your patterns by analyzing your chart, emotions, and daily experiences. It combines guided journaling, mood tracking, and personalized chart-based insights based on your birth details. How It Works Lumees creates your chart using your birth details and astronomical data from NASA's (JPL) ephemeris. Your chart is interpreted using structured systems and mythological archetypes to provide insights based on your placements and current transits. Lumees also tracks your mood, energy level, sleep, and reflections to help you see how your inner state evolves over time. Journal and Mood Tracking - Track your mood, energy, and sleep daily. - Write and reflect across five themes: self discovery, relationships, growth, gratitude, and release. - Over time, Lumees helps you recognize patterns in how you feel, respond, and move through different phases. Cosmio AI Assistant - Cosmio helps you understand your chart, your timing, and your relationships. It uses multiple AI models and has access to your placements, mood history, and the people you add. - You can create separate threads for yourself, a relationship, or a specific question. Each thread keeps its own context. Feed - Daily Insight, based on your chart and the current sky - Daily Affirmation, grounded in your active patterns - Mood Check in, track how you feel - Collective Overview, weekly shifts in the sky Path - Path organizes your chart into key life areas like identity, relationships, career, and growth. - Each is paired with archetypes that reflect your patterns. - Content evolves with your age. Timing - See which cycles are active for you each week. - Generate personalized readings for different areas of your life, with small actions aligned to your current phase. Others - Add people from your life such as a partner, ex, crush, parent, friend, or coworker. - See how your patterns interact. - Each role unlocks specific insights into that dynamic. - Full compatibility reports are available as one time purchases. Lumees Profile - Your chart is mapped into archetypes across four layers: Outie, how you show up. Innie, your inner world. Vibe, your elemental energy. - Each layer includes an origin story and a breakdown of how it shows up in your life. Privacy - Your data is used only to generate your experience. It is not shared with third parties or used to train external models without your consent. - Lumees is designed for self reflection and awareness. It does not provide predictions or professional advice. Privacy Policy: https://www.lumees.app/privacy-policy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stars*4 screens
Lumees4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lumees at 100% against Stars*'s 50%. Lumees also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Stars*'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

Lumees is free to download; Stars* costs $4.99 up front. Lumees sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Stars* asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumees holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lumees has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Stars*'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Lumees's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stars* ships an update monthly, Lumees weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Stars* versus Lumees: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStars*Lumees
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better14.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB92 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAtle WilhelmsenLumees LLC

Customer experience

Stars*

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Lumees

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stars*

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Lumees

Subscriptions2
  • Lumees Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Lumees Pro Annual$69.991 Year
One-time4
  • 5 Cosmio Questions$3.99
  • Compatibility Report$4.99
  • 15 Cosmio Questions$9.99
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  • 30 Cosmio Questions$14.99

Questions

Is Stars* free?
Stars* costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumees free?
Lumees is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stars* or Lumees?
Lumees is rated higher. Stars* averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Lumees averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Stars* or Lumees have ads?
Lumees shows ads; Stars* does not.
Which is updated more often, Stars* or Lumees?
Stars* ships an update monthly, and Lumees weekly. Most recently, Stars* was updated on October 21, 2026 and Lumees on October 24, 2026.

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