Comparison

VisualAstro vs Startek

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

Head to head
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 .

About

Startek

This app provides a professional platform for astrological charting and analysis. It offers accurate astronomical calculations and a flexible interface for users to explore their birth charts interactively. Customize visuals, access advanced tools, and gain deeper insights into astrological data.

Highlights
  • Interactive birth chart exploration
  • Accurate astronomical calculations
  • Full visual customization
  • Multiple charting approaches
  • Advanced timing and forecasting tools
  • Export charts as high-resolution PNGs
Features
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Startek is a complete astrology workshop: every professional chart, timing technique, and map in one app. Built by a working astrologer, designed so beginners can use it too. Most astrology apps give you a horoscope. Startek gives you your full chart, the techniques astrologers actually use, and readings built from your own placements, not just your Sun sign. YOUR BIRTH CHART, FULLY INTERACTIVE •⁠ ⁠Tap any planet, sign, house, or aspect to see what it means in your chart •⁠ ⁠Reply to any reading to ask follow-up questions and go deeper •⁠ ⁠Read your full natal story: ascendant ruler, every placement by sign, house, rulership, and aspect •⁠ ⁠Move the chart by minutes, days, or years, or hold to animate through transits •⁠ ⁠Planetary day and hour on every chart •⁠ ⁠Share your chart or your Big Three as a clean image DAILY HOROSCOPES BUILT FROM YOUR CHART •⁠ ⁠Six daily readings: self, love, work, money, health, and family •⁠ ⁠Each reads the rulers of the houses involved, not just your Sun sign •⁠ ⁠Choose your voice: Literal (technical, with degrees), Spiritual (personal growth), or Bestie (casual) •⁠ ⁠Add your relationship, career, and life context so readings reflect your real life •⁠ ⁠Short-term and long-term transits, with how long each one lasts SEE WHAT'S COMING A full year of your personal astrology in one calendar: •⁠ ⁠Transits, transits to your natal chart, and ingresses •⁠ ⁠Retrograde stations and shadow periods •⁠ ⁠Eclipses, lunar events, and lunar returns •⁠ ⁠Time lord activations and zodiacal releasing periods •⁠ ⁠Search any transit to see when it hits PRO TOOLS •⁠ ⁠Biwheels and triwheels for transits and synastry •⁠ ⁠Composite charts •⁠ ⁠Secondary progressions •⁠ ⁠Solar, lunar, Mercury, and Saturn returns •⁠ ⁠Essential dignities table •⁠ ⁠Annual and monthly profections, with your time lord highlighted on the wheel •⁠ ⁠Zodiacal releasing, levels 1–4, from Spirit, Fortune, and Eros, with peak periods marked •⁠ ⁠Firdaria, circumambulations, and primary directions ASTROCARTOGRAPHY ON A 3D GLOBE •⁠ ⁠Your planetary lines on a 3D globe, with transit lines by date •⁠ ⁠Tap any line for a reading, or any city for its relocated chart •⁠ ⁠Parans, local space, and geodetic lines •⁠ ⁠Cyclocartography: find the best cities for love, career, growth, and home on any date CALCULATED YOUR WAY •⁠ ⁠Tropical or sidereal (Fagan-Bradley, Lahiri, De Luce, Raman) •⁠ ⁠Whole Sign, Placidus, Koch, Porphyry, Regiomontanus, Campanus, and Equal houses •⁠ ⁠Lock a whole sign chart to any rising sign for forecasts •⁠ ⁠Custom orbs for every aspect and planet •⁠ ⁠Geocentric or heliocentric; true or mean node •⁠ ⁠Asteroids, Hellenistic lots, and fixed stars DESIGNED BY YOU •⁠ ⁠Edit every color on the chart, with hex codes and an eyedropper •⁠ ⁠Wheel, Euro, or table layouts •⁠ ⁠Multiple glyph sets, fonts, and wallpapers, or use your own photo •⁠ ⁠Choose how retrogrades are marked YOUR CHARTS, ORGANIZED •⁠ ⁠Every person is a file: natal, progressions, and returns saved together •⁠ ⁠Import AstroGold and Solar Fire charts •⁠ ⁠Sign in with Apple, Google, or email and your charts follow you •⁠ ⁠Bookmark any reading to come back to it Start free. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited saved charts and the full set of pro tools. New features ship every week. Terms of Use: https://www.startek.world/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.startek.world/privacy

Screenshots

VisualAstro4 screens
Startek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: VisualAstro at free against Startek's freemium. VisualAstro also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Startek's advantage is ratings volume (351 vs 5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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 and Startek sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VisualAstro against 4.9 for Startek. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Startek has 351 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of VisualAstro's written reviews are positive against 88% of Startek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VisualAstro ships an update every 10 days, Startek weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
VisualAstro versus Startek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualAstroStartek
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.9 (351 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.8% of reviews
Number of ratings5351 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size389 MB103 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperNelson Jorge Vieira RamosCameron White

Customer experience

VisualAstro

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

Startek

All ratings345 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative10.2%

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
2 purchases

Startek

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Access One Month7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Pro Access One Year$99.001 Year

Questions

Is VisualAstro free?
VisualAstro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Startek free?
Startek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VisualAstro or Startek?
VisualAstro is rated higher. VisualAstro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Startek averages 4.9 from 351 ratings.
Do VisualAstro or Startek have ads?
Neither VisualAstro nor Startek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VisualAstro or Startek?
VisualAstro ships an update every 10 days, and Startek weekly. Most recently, VisualAstro was updated on November 5, 2026 and Startek on November 8, 2026.

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