Celeste vs Pagan Almanac
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.
Pagan Almanac
This app serves as a comprehensive digital tool for pagans, offering a grimoire, encyclopedic resources on various esoteric topics, divination tools, and an astro clock. It also includes community resources and a journal for personal reflection and magical practice.
- Grimoire and magical writings
- Esoteric encyclopedia (astrology, tarot, crystals)
- Divination tools (runes, tarot)
- Astro clock with planetary positions
- Pagan Wheel of the Year
- Community resources (artists, podcasts, shops)
- Journal
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Pagan Almanac A "Swiss Army" Athame for Pagans Functions include: • Grimoire •• Encyclopædia of Dictionaries ••• Astro, Tarot, Dieties, Crystals, and more! •• Pagan Wheel of the Year •• Magical writings • Community resources •• Artists, Podcast, Shops • Divination •• Runes •• Tarot • Astro Clock and Calendar •• Astrological position of Sun, Moon, and Planets* •• Astrological transits • Journal Extra purchases: • Encyclopædia has one week free trial • Setting the time manually to the clock for the Astro Time • Seeing all the planets in the Astro Clock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pagan Almanac at 4.7 against Celeste's 3.8. Pagan Almanac also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 28 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 53%). Celeste's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Pagan Almanac sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Celeste asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pagan Almanac holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 174 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Celeste's written reviews are positive against 71% of Pagan Almanac's.
Celeste ships an update every 28 months, Pagan Almanac every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Celeste | Pagan Almanac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (47 ratings) | 4.7 (174 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.1% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 174 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astrolabe | LordAndrei.com |
Customer experience
Celeste
Pagan Almanac
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
Pagan Almanac
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Celeste
No in-app purchases
Pagan Almanac
- Astro Clock Feature Monthly3 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Encyclopædia Monthly7 Days trial$2.291 Month
- Astro Clock Feature Annual7 Days trial$11.991 Year
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- Encyclopædia Annual7 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Tarot Single Open Deal$0.99
- Astro Clock; Full Planets$1.99
- Runes Dictionary$1.99
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- Deity Dictionary$1.99
- Package: All Clock Functions$11.99
- Full Encyclopædia$11.99
