Comparison

Astrologer Lite vs VisualAstro

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

Head to head
About

Astrologer Lite

This app provides professional astrological calculations, including natal charts and precise ephemerides. It supports a vast database of celestial bodies, customizable aspects, and extensive city/timezone data for accurate charting.

Highlights
  • Natal chart calculations
  • Precise ephemerides from JPL NASA
  • Customizable aspect tables
  • Extensive city and timezone database
  • Support for thousands of asteroids and comets
  • Database import/export functionality
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Astrologer is a professional astrology calculator for iPhone and iPad designed for astrologers who need accurate calculations and complete control over chart settings. Calculate natal charts, transits and secondary progressions within a powerful, customizable workflow. PROFESSIONAL FEATURES • Natal charts • Transit charts • Single and dual chart comparison POWERFUL CHART ANALYSIS • Interactive wheel charts • Aspect wheel • Aspect grids • Planetary position tables • Aspect tables • Adjustable orb filtering • Switch between Ascendant and 0° Aries chart orientation • Time stepping for chart analysis FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Configure the application to match your preferred astrological practice. • Multiple house systems including Placidus, Koch, Whole Sign, Regiomontanus, Campanus, Equal, Topocentric, Morinus and many more • Custom aspect orbs • Point groups • Aspect symbols and colours • Planet, asteroid and Arabic Part selection • Multiple position formats EXTENSIVE EPHEMERIDES Download high-precision JPL planetary ephemerides and thousands of asteroid ephemerides directly inside the app. Support includes dwarf planets, Kuiper Belt Objects, centaurs, classical asteroids and astrological asteroids. CHART MANAGEMENT • Organize charts on a Desktop workspace • Store unlimited charts in databases • iCloud database support • Search and manage your chart collection • Share chart images with other apps Astrologer is ideal for professional astrologers, researchers and students who need a powerful tool for natal chart and transit calculations.

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

Astrologer Lite4 screens
VisualAstro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VisualAstro at 100% against Astrologer Lite's 57%. VisualAstro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Astrologer Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. VisualAstro sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Astrologer Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VisualAstro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Astrologer Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of VisualAstro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Astrologer Lite ships an update every 6 days, VisualAstro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Astrologer Lite versus VisualAstro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstrologer LiteVisualAstro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB389 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMikhail KrasnorutskyNelson Jorge Vieira Ramos

Customer experience

Astrologer Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

VisualAstro

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

In-app purchases

None

Astrologer Lite

No in-app purchases

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 Astrologer Lite free?
Astrologer Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VisualAstro free?
VisualAstro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Astrologer Lite or VisualAstro?
VisualAstro is rated higher. Astrologer Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while VisualAstro averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Astrologer Lite or VisualAstro have ads?
Neither Astrologer Lite nor VisualAstro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Astrologer Lite or VisualAstro?
Astrologer Lite ships an update every 6 days, and VisualAstro every 10 days. Most recently, Astrologer Lite was updated on November 6, 2026 and VisualAstro on November 5, 2026.

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