Comparison

Planetary Hours & Moon Phase vs VisualAstro

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

Head to head
About

Planetary Hours & Moon Phase

This app helps you find the optimal time for activities by tracking planetary hours, days, and moon phases. It provides notifications for astrological events and offers widgets for quick access to timing information.

Highlights
  • Planetary hour and day tracking
  • Moon phase and zodiac ingress alerts
  • Live 'Now' view with time remaining
  • Customizable notifications
  • Home Screen and Apple Watch widgets
  • Location-based timing
Features
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Success often comes down to doing the right thing at the right time. Planetary Hours helps you find the right time—by tracking planetary hours and planetary days for any date and location, with powerful Moon phase and zodiac ingress tools built in. Enable notifications to receive an alert whenever a new planetary hour begins—with a voice announcement of the new ruler (for example, “Jupiter”). Whether you use it for astrology, electional planning, daily focus, or ritual timing, this is a fast, practical planetary hours tracker and planetary hour calculator you can keep on your Home Screen and on your wrist. Planetary Hours, Made Effortless * Live “Now” view: current planetary ruler + time remaining * Timeline/progress view to see what’s next at a glance * Day & Night rulers clearly shown for quick reference * Full daily schedule (start/end times shown in 24-hour format) * Built on the traditional Chaldean order of the seven classical planets Moon Phases & Lunar Timing * Today’s Moon phase + illumination at a glance * Upcoming New Moon, Full Moon, and Quarter phases * Moon phase notifications so you never miss key lunar moments Zodiac Changes (Ingress Alerts) * Track zodiac sign changes and see what’s next * Zodiac ingress notifications for timely planning Location & Date Controls * Calculate planetary hours for any city you choose * Use GPS for live accuracy, or manual location when preferred * Jump to any date to review both planetary rulers and planetary hours Notifications That Fit Your Routine * Planetary hour notifications with flexible scheduling * Choose specific days (weekdays only, Fridays, or the planet’s ruling day) * When a new planetary hour begins, the app speaks the planet name (e.g., “Jupiter”) * Enable alerts for Moon phases and zodiac changes Widgets & Apple Watch * iOS Home Screen widgets for instant planetary timing * Apple Watch app + Watch widgets * Complications so the current ruler is always on your wrist Life is full of opportunity. The knowledge of planetary hours and days can support better planning and more effective action. Happy planning. Note: Some features may require a subscription. Privacy Policy https://www.phtechnologysolutions.com/apps/Planetary_Times_privacy_policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

VisualAstro

Explore precise astrological analyses with detailed charts, transits, and progressions. Analyze relationships with synastry and composite charts, and delve into vibrational astrology with advanced visualizations. Features include customizable settings and privacy-focused on-device processing.

Highlights
  • Accurate astrological charts
  • Transit and progression analysis
  • Synastry and composite charts
  • Vibrational astrology reports
  • Interactive chart visualizations
  • Customizable house systems and orbs
  • On-device Apple Intelligence processing
Features
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VisualAstro brings a modern and very intuitive Astrology analysis to your device — and it's free. Easily explore harmonics, midpoints, fixed stars, anticia, golden mean midpoint and pattern highlights with professional‑grade chart accuracy. And much much more: - Accurate charts: Swiss Ephemeris, time‑zone rules by date/place (including pre‑standard offsets), and an offline world‑cities database. Includes Topocentric calculation for all objects and Planet's True Positions. Precision up to the second of arc. 0-4000 AD. - Read chart data from photo for your commodity. Use your camera to capture name, date, time and location from sources like AstroDataBank and other reference software for your commodity. Simple and agile. - Transits: fast lookups for any aspected related pair of objects date/time; dynamic step by year/month/day/hour/minute with transits-natal, transits-transits and ingresses in sign/houses. - Secondary Progressions: fast lookups for any aspected related pair of objects date/time; dynamic step by year/month/day/hour/minute with progression to natal, lunation, ingresses and retrograde cycles. - Synastry and Composite Davison Method: bi‑wheel overlays to compare two charts; create Davison composites for relationship analysis. Davison Chart for the Transits. - Vibrational Astrology: Vibrational Charts and secondary vibes, midpoint structures, golden‑mean midpoints, aspect strength/highlights, clear visuals for discovery. Full Vibrational Chart Reports with customisable vibe ranges, advanced rating system for score ranking, spotlights on quincunxes, 11/24, 4 or more conjunction and Isotraps below 1 minute. Interactive spectrum graph analysis with all the feature in the Vibrational Report plus Fractals and Prominent Primes highlights and multiple filters for the astrological explorer. - Easy visualisation: clean charts, click-to-highlight features in the chart, color‑coded aspects, retrograde markers, smart labels with contextual information, light/dark mode. Single chart with dual layout for your preference. - Antícia, Fixed Stars and Golden Mean Midpoint with orb customisable conjunction detection. - Customisation: multiple house systems (12 to choose from), flexible orb settings for individual technique, Tropical, Sidereal and Heliocentric Zodiac Type. Customise your work area with sections reordering. multi-language (english and portuguese) and time‑format options, tags/type for chart classification and exploratory research. Notes to organize work and keep track of notable insights. Topocentric and True planetary positions at your service. - NEW FEATURE: Apple Intelligence Vibration Synthesis in circuits, isotraps, midpoint structures and Vibrational Chart Report vibrations: Private and runs only in-device. Data is not sent out to online LLMs. - NEW FEATURE: Time-Continuum for primary chart. Dynamically updates calculations and allows Chart Rectification with the help of Transits and Progressions. - Privacy‑first: no account required; calculations run on‑device; optional iCloud Sync stores your charts in your private iCloud. - Works anywhere: offline cities and built‑in time‑zone data. Optional inexpensive add‑ons (via in‑app purchase): Synastry, Davison Composite, Transits, Progressions, Vibrational Chart Reports and Vibrational Chart Spectrum .

Screenshots

Planetary Hours & Moon Phase4 screens
VisualAstro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VisualAstro at 100% against Planetary Hours & Moon Phase's 60%. VisualAstro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Planetary Hours & Moon Phase's advantage is ratings volume (106 vs 5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and 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

Both are free to download. Planetary Hours & Moon Phase sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and VisualAstro sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VisualAstro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planetary Hours & Moon Phase has 106 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Planetary Hours & Moon Phase's written reviews are positive against 100% of VisualAstro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planetary Hours & Moon Phase ships an update fortnightly, VisualAstro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Planetary Hours & Moon Phase versus VisualAstro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetary Hours & Moon PhaseVisualAstro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (106 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings106 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB389 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPH TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLCNelson Jorge Vieira Ramos

Customer experience

Planetary Hours & Moon Phase

All ratings106 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

VisualAstro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Planetary Hours & Moon Phase

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription (Weekly)$7.997 Days
  • Premium Subscription (1 year)$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Purchase$49.99
9 purchases

VisualAstro

One-time9
  • Small support donation$1.99
  • Small Donation to the Project$1.99
  • Composite$3.99
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  • Vibrational Chart Spectrum$3.99
  • Synastry$3.99
  • Davison Composite Charts$3.99
  • Transits$8.99
  • Progressions$8.99
  • Vibrational Chart Report$8.99

Questions

Is Planetary Hours & Moon Phase free?
Planetary Hours & Moon Phase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VisualAstro free?
VisualAstro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planetary Hours & Moon Phase or VisualAstro?
VisualAstro is rated higher. Planetary Hours & Moon Phase averages 4.8 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while VisualAstro averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Planetary Hours & Moon Phase or VisualAstro have ads?
Planetary Hours & Moon Phase shows ads; VisualAstro does not.
Which is updated more often, Planetary Hours & Moon Phase or VisualAstro?
Planetary Hours & Moon Phase ships an update fortnightly, and VisualAstro every 10 days. Most recently, Planetary Hours & Moon Phase was updated on September 15, 2026 and VisualAstro on September 10, 2026.

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