Celeste vs Planetary Hours + Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Celeste
Access professional-grade astrological insights with detailed natal charts and daily "astro-weather" forecasts. Understand planetary influences beyond just your sun sign to navigate life's opportunities and challenges.
- Natal chart calculation
- Zodiac wheel display
- Planetary positions in signs
- Daily astro-weather forecasts
- Professional astrology tools
- On-the-go astrological insights
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Real astrology at your fingertips, brought to you by Astrolabe, designers of software for professional astrologers since 1979! Celeste allows you to calculate a natal chart, which you can view on a gorgeous zodiac wheel. You also get a description of all the planets in signs, not just the sun sign. With Celeste, you can also tune in to the current "astro-weather" to find out what's happening now! Always know when to act or when to lay low.
Planetary Hours + Widget
Discover the ancient astrological system of planetary hours. Each hour is influenced by a specific planet, carrying unique energies and characteristics. Use this knowledge to choose favorable times for your plans and enhance your success and happiness.
- Planetary hours system
- Chaldean order of planets
- Planet energy influence
- Favorable timing for plans
- Astrology clock
- Widget functionality
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Planetary Hours helps you align your daily life with the rhythm of the cosmos. Discover planetary hours, moon phases, Void of Course periods, zodiac influences, and cosmic timing insights — all in a beautifully designed experience created for modern spiritual living. Plan your day with supportive planetary energies, explore lunar cycles, and discover favorable moments for work, creativity, relationships, focus, rest, and more. Whether you follow astrology, practice spiritual routines, or simply seek a more intentional daily rhythm, Planetary Hours brings ancient cosmic timing into a modern and elegant experience. FEATURES • Real-time planetary hours • Planetary day & hour insights • Multi-location planetary hour tracking • Elegant widgets • Calendar view with planetary and lunar cycles • Story-style cosmic insights • Beautiful planetary animations • Timeline view for the entire day • Minimal and elegant design PLANETARY HOURS PRO Unlock advanced cosmic tools and premium experiences: • Best Time Finder • Moon phases & illumination • Void of Course (VOC) tracking • Advanced Moon & VOC insights • Zodiac sign guidance • Premium widgets & Live Activities • Personalized notifications • Create & share cosmic story videos • Explore the Current Sky with planetary positions, aspects, and retrogrades • Generate Natal, Transit, Synastry, Composite, Davison, and Progressed Charts • Discover deeper astrological insights and chart interpretations • Future updates and premium features The planetary hours system is based on the ancient Chaldean order of the planets: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Moon. Each planetary hour carries its own symbolic energy that may support different activities, intentions, and states of mind throughout the day. Align with the rhythm of the cosmos --- Privacy Policy: https://mertkacmaz.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/planetary-hours-widget/ Terms of Use: https://mertkacmaz.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/planetary-hours-widget/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Planetary Hours + Widget at 4.8 against Celeste's 3.8. Planetary Hours + Widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 28 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 53%). Celeste's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Planetary Hours + Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Celeste asks for nothing beyond the download.
Planetary Hours + Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planetary Hours + Widget has 928 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Celeste's written reviews are positive against 75% of Planetary Hours + Widget's.
Celeste ships an update every 28 months, Planetary Hours + Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Celeste | Planetary Hours + Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (47 ratings) | 4.8 (928 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.1% of reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 928 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astrolabe | MERT KACMAZ |
Customer experience
Celeste
Planetary Hours + Widget
User reviews
Celeste
From 47 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Accurate charts
- 🚀 Fast chart generation
- 👍 Free to use
- 🌟 Useful for astrologers
- ✅ Reliable tool
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🚫 Not user-friendly
- 🪲 Limited functionality
- ⏳ Slow response times
- 📉 Outdated interface
Planetary Hours + Widget
From 928 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Handy tool
- 👍 Beautifully laid out and easy to use
- 👍 Practical and useful
- 👍 Helps track planetary hours
- 👍 Excellent app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widget and Apple Watch complications not working properly
- 🐛 Scrolling issues in the app
- 🐛 Location update issues
- 🐛 App seems abandoned with no recent updates
- 🐛 Confusing and not very functional
Bugs and requests
Celeste
Reported bugs
42 issues- App not working after download
- Jams up on newest Apple iPhone OS
- Recent changes to website cause rapid refresh
- Retrograde planets not displayed
- Nothing within the chart can be changed
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- Stopped letting me adjust time, date and location
- Does not show a table of the main aspects
- Can't select months, days, year or anything
- Last update was 2012, can't use anymore
- None of the inputs work
- Doesn't work since iOS 9 install - date wheels aren't working
- Constantly defaults to east coast, New York time
- Tumbler wheel doesn't allow selection of anything but Alabama for a state
- Won't let me change months, days, years
- Hasn't been working, can't pick a birth month or date
- Repeatedly tells me that I don't have an Internet connection
- Doesn't work offline, needs a wifi connection
- Stopped loading up, white blank screen
- App immediately closes when attempting to use
- Won't open after iOS 6 update
- Keeps crashing back to the home screen
- Won't open on iPhone 5
- Doesn't open with iOS 6
- Does NOT open
- Won't Open in iOS 6
- Keeps closing
- App immediately closes
- Doesn't work in iOS 6 - immediately closes
- App stopped working. Doesn't open.
- Lost the ability to open the app when upgraded to iOS 6
- Doesn't open with iOS 6
- It doesn't want to open
- APP keeps crashing with the new update to Apples operating system
- It does not work with ios6!!!
- Button on the top left is too close to the Info button, app always accidentally closes and opens their site in Safari
- Generates a chart, but that's about it
- No listing/explanation of aspects were given
- Can't see current transits anymore
- Weather button gives explanation for various aspects of daily reading
- Buggy, crashes often
- Too many links to the Astrolabe website
- Slow and unresponsive as it needs to go on line to do every single calculation
Requested features
26 requests- Show retrograde planets
- Ability to save charts
- Include progressions, directions, transits
- Bi-wheel functionality
- Explanations and definitions
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- More locations
- Add/save additional charts
- Display a table of main aspects
- Bi-wheel comparison
- Expand to include progressions, directions, transits, a bi wheel and the ability to save a few charts
- Add interpretation of aspects
- Save charts/database ability
- Offline calculations
- Pop-up interpretations
- Report options
- Ability to email reports to clients
- Rival Kepler on a pad
- Change house system to Koch
- Selectable asteroids
- Variable aspect orbs
- Full interpretations and reports
- Aspect chart
- Astrocartography for around the world
- Transit, progression and synastry with interpretation
- Save a few charts
- Pro version with transits to natal
Planetary Hours + Widget
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widget and Apple Watch complications show incorrect planetary information
- Scrolling issues prevent viewing full descriptions
- Location update functionality not working properly
- App seems abandoned with no updates in over 2 years
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to add notes/reminders for each day-hour combination
- Show names of upcoming planets on the main screen
- Add a table view to show the whole day's planetary hours
- Provide more astrological information and examples of how to use the app
- Add moon phase and full moon name/meaning information
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- Allow customization of widget colors
- Add a mode to play planetary sounds
In-app purchases
Celeste
No in-app purchases
Planetary Hours + Widget
- Planetary Hours Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Planetary Hours Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
Questions
Is Celeste free?
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