Waystone vs Rahu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waystone
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Waystone is a small daily ritual. Each day you reveal a symbolic stone. Each stone carries a theme to reflect on. Some days the message resonates immediately. Other days it becomes something to carry quietly through the day. Waystone is designed to create a simple moment of pause — a space to step back, reflect, and continue your path. Features • Reveal a new stone each day • Thoughtful reflections for each stone • Discover a collection of symbolic stones • Watch your path unfold through the week • A calm, minimal experience designed for reflection Waystone isn’t about predicting the future. It’s about noticing the present.
Rahu
This app provides real-time guidance on auspicious times for decisions based on ancient Vedic timing systems. It offers a simple, glanceable interface to determine if the current moment is favorable, a wait period, or neutral. Advanced features include daily and weekly overviews, customizable widgets, and Siri integration for proactive timing advice.
- Real-time YES/WAIT/OK timing indicators
- Vedic Choghadiya system calculations
- Sunrise/sunset and planetary math
- Home screen widgets
- Morning briefing push notifications
- Offline mode
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Siri integration for spoken answers
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Rahu tells you, in one glance, whether now is a good time to act — using the Vedic Choghadiya system refined over 5,000 years and applied through exact mathematics. No menus. No Sanskrit. No learning curve. Three answers: YES, WAIT, OK. ——————————— WHAT IT DOES ——————————— Every day is divided into 16 periods (8 day + 8 night), each ruled by a planet with its own character. Rahu overlays the inauspicious Rahu Kalam shadow period — the single most important window to avoid for new beginnings. Rahu crunches sunrise, sunset, and planetary math for your exact location, then shows the answer on one screen with a live countdown. ——————————— FREE ——————————— • Main screen — YES / WAIT / OK in real time • Small Home Screen widget • Morning briefing push • Rahu Kalam alert 10 min before it starts • Offline mode — cached until end of day • Languages: English, Russian, Hindi ——————————— PRO ——————————— Unlock the full picture with a 7-day free trial: • Tomorrow — full schedule for the next day with favorability score • Week — 7-day overview with Best Day and Heaviest Day highlighted • Medium widget — current + next 3 periods • Large widget — hero status + upcoming timeline with explanations • Lock Screen widgets — circular, rectangular, and inline • Apple Watch app + 4 complications — glance at your wrist • Live Activity — Lock Screen banner and Dynamic Island countdown • Ask Siri "Is now a good time?" — spoken answer without opening the app • Per-period push — a heads-up 10 min before every transition • (Coming) Widget color themes $2.99/month or $19.99/year — cancel anytime. ——————————— WHAT IT'S NOT ——————————— Not fortune-telling. Not horoscopes. Not daily predictions. Rahu is a timing tool. It computes auspicious windows from astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, planetary rulership) exactly the way traditional pandits do — but without the astrology app bloat. ——————————— PRIVACY ——————————— Your location stays on your device. No tracking across apps. No IDFA. No ads. Read our full policy at akaalius.github.io/rahu-web/privacy.html ——————————— SUBSCRIPTION ——————————— Rahu Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Two plans: • Rahu Pro Monthly — 1 month, $2.99 per month, billed monthly. • Rahu Pro Yearly — 1 year, $19.99 per year (about $1.67 / month), billed yearly. Both plans start with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://akaalius.github.io/rahu-web/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waystone at none against Rahu's 2. Waystone also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Rahu's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Rahu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Waystone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Waystone ships an update every 3 weeks, Rahu every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waystone | Rahu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Kay | Alexander Pogorelskiy |
In-app purchases
Waystone
No in-app purchases
Rahu
- Rahu Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Rahu Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year









