Comparison

Positive Discipline vs STAR/CHILD

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

Head to head
About

Positive Discipline

Offers parenting tools that teach children valuable life skills like self-discipline and responsibility without punishment or rewards. Focuses on fostering intrinsic motivation for children to become self-reliant and successful.

Highlights
  • Alternatives to punishment
  • Teaches social and life skills
  • Fosters self-discipline and responsibility
  • Promotes intrinsic motivation
  • Meets Five Criteria for Positive Discipline
  • Develops self-reliance and capability
Features
Currently charting
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These Positive Discipline Parenting Tools provide many alternatives to punishment that also teach children valuable social and life skills such as self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and problem-solving skills. These skills help children develop a sense of self-reliance and capability that will serve them throughout their lives. You’ll notice that none of these tools include any kind of punishment, rewards, or praise (all extrinsic motivators that research keeps showing over and over again do not work). These are tools that provide intrinsic motivation to develop self-reliant children that become happy, successful, contributing members of society. Every tool meets all of the Five Criteria for Positive Discipline: 1. Helps children feel a sense of connection? (Belonging and Significance) 2. Is kind and firm at the same time (Respectful and Encouraging) 3. Is effective long-term, (See the following two criteria) 4. Teaches valuable social and life skills for good character? (Respect, concern for others, problem-solving, cooperation) 5. Invites children to discover how capable they are? (Encourages the constructive use of personal power and autonomy) For more information or customer service, please go to our contact information at www.positivediscipline.com where you will also find other Positive Discipline products.

About

STAR/CHILD

This app provides personalized astrological insights for parents, offering detailed relationship breakdowns and birth chart analyses for your entire family. It delivers daily horoscopes, audio readings, and weekly previews to help you understand your children's needs and enhance your parenting style.

Highlights
  • Family relationship breakdowns
  • Full birth charts and analysis
  • Daily horoscopes for parents and kids
  • Daily and weekly audio astrology readings
  • Whole Sky horoscope tracking
  • Downloadable parenting guides
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STAR/CHILD is the only astrology app just for parenting. It’s a complete parenting playbook based on your unique astrological chart and the charts of your whole family. Here’s what you get to work with: * Ultra-detailed relationship breakdowns that unpack what astrology says about your relationship with your kids and co-parents (and how they vibe with each other too) * Full birth charts for everyone in your family along with an extensive and highly specific analysis of what each of your placements has to say about your parenting style — and what your kids’ charts have to say about what exactly they’re likely to need most from you in order to thrive. * Daily horoscopes for you and each of your kids that take everything happening up in the sky and translate it into the essential things you need to know to make the most of your parenting life on any given day. * Daily audio readings to give you the essential rundown of the day: what's the vibe, what to expect, and how to make the most of it. * Weekly audio astrology previews to take you deep into the coming week's astrology and what it means for life with kids (and life in general). * Whole Sky horoscopes to show you where every planet, luminary, and node are in the sky on any given day: what sign they're in, what house they're in for you specifically, and what you need to know about each transit. * Downloadable guides that go in deep (we mean super deep) on what your Sun, Rising, and Moon signs say about your parenting superpowers, how you emotionally process things, what parts of life with kids might be challenging for you, and how to deal with all of it. Your family isn’t like anyone else’s. This is your super-detailed guidebook to life with your weird little crew, specifically. Just as they are, just as you are, explained by the astrology of the moment you were born, and every moment you’re living in now. Terms of Service: https://www.starchild.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.starchild.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Positive Discipline3 screens
STAR/CHILD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: STAR/CHILD at Free against Positive Discipline's $2.99. STAR/CHILD also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (401 vs 9). Positive Discipline's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 36%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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

STAR/CHILD is free to download; Positive Discipline costs $2.99 up front. STAR/CHILD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Positive Discipline asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Positive Discipline holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: STAR/CHILD has 401 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Positive Discipline's written reviews are positive against 36% of STAR/CHILD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Positive Discipline ships an update every 9 months, STAR/CHILD monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
Positive Discipline versus STAR/CHILD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPositive DisciplineSTAR/CHILD
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better4.4 (401 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better36.2% of reviews
Number of ratings9401 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#79 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPositive DisciplineSTAR/CHILD

Customer experience

Positive Discipline

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

STAR/CHILD

All ratings401 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive36.2%
Neutral33.3%
Negative30.5%

Bugs and requests

Positive Discipline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

STAR/CHILD

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes on launch or when opening
  • Login screen loops infinitely
  • Users logged out repeatedly throughout the day
  • Account data wiped requiring re-input of information
  • New app update reverts to old interface
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  • Daily horoscopes not updating or loading late
  • Weekly readings showing previous week's content
  • Multiple family members showing identical horoscopes despite different signs
  • Co-parent horoscopes lagging days behind other users
  • Date adjustment feature not functioning properly
  • Email sign-up code not being received
  • Charts showing incorrect house placements
  • Inconsistent data across different profiles
  • App stuck on previous week's content

Requested features

13 requests
  • Multiple house system options (Placidus, Porphyry, Equal House)
  • Synastry and composite chart analysis
  • Relational analysis comparing parent-child charts
  • Ability to add grandchildren and extended family
  • Automatic daily reading uploads at consistent times
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  • Bulk weekly reading uploads
  • Subtitles for audio-only features
  • Email update functionality
  • Visible logout button in settings
  • Free trial period before paid subscription
  • Educational content for children
  • Aspect and placement details in charts
  • Relationship analysis between family members

In-app purchases

None

Positive Discipline

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

STAR/CHILD

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Monthly$10.001 Month
  • Yearly$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Positive Discipline free?
Positive Discipline costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is STAR/CHILD free?
STAR/CHILD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Positive Discipline or STAR/CHILD?
Positive Discipline is rated higher. Positive Discipline averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while STAR/CHILD averages 4.4 from 401 ratings.
Do Positive Discipline or STAR/CHILD have ads?
STAR/CHILD shows ads; Positive Discipline does not.
Which is updated more often, Positive Discipline or STAR/CHILD?
Positive Discipline ships an update every 9 months, and STAR/CHILD monthly. Most recently, Positive Discipline was updated on October 8, 2026 and STAR/CHILD on October 20, 2026.

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