Comparison

Horaly vs Plotbed

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

Head to head
About

Horaly

This app provides traditional astrology timing based on planetary hours, day rulers, and moon phases, calculated live for your location. It offers features like live hora countdowns, meeting planners, and customizable alerts to help you stay in sync with celestial cycles. Available on iPhone and Apple Watch with various widgets and complications.

Highlights
  • Live planetary hour tracking
  • Day ruler and moon phase information
  • Meeting planner with shared windows
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Customizable alerts and notifications
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Horaly is a daily companion for traditional astrology timing - planetary hours, day ruler, and moon phase, calculated live for your location. Each layer works together: planetary hours shift by season and sunrise, the day ruler sets the overall tone, and the moon adds phase and zodiac context. Horaly keeps all three in sync so you always know where you stand in the day. PLANETARY HOURS Follow the current hora with a live countdown and progress indicator. Browse the full day schedule across day and night flows. Get notified when the hora changes so you never miss a shift. On Apple Watch, the Wheel view shows the full 24-hour cycle at a glance. The List view gives a quick hora-by-hora breakdown with a NOW indicator. Best/Avoid tells you what the current hora is best - and worst - used for. DAY RULER & MOON See today's ruling planet and the week's rulers at a glance. Explore moon phase, illumination, zodiac sign, degree, lunar day, and age - updated live. MEETING PLANNER Compare planetary hour quality across two cities to find stronger shared windows. Four views - Week Heatmap, Best Slots, Timeline, and Compare Now - help you decide before you schedule. Add selected windows directly to Calendar. APPLE WATCH A full companion app lives on your wrist: Dashboard, Wheel, List, Day Ruler, Moon detail, Best/Avoid guidance, and Watch face complications showing the current hora and countdown. WIDGETS Current Hora, Now + Next, Upcoming Horas List, Today Timeline Strip, Moon Snapshot, Moon Phase Calendar with lunar day view, and Best Window Today - across Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Apple Watch complications. ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS Stay in rhythm without having to check the app. Horaly can notify you at the start of each new hora so you never miss a shift.Fine-tune your alert schedule with lead time, and set quiet hours so notifications pause during the night - or any window you choose. Filter by daytime and nighttime alerts, or toggle individual planets on and off to receive only the horas that matter to you: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, or Saturn. A live preview shows your upcoming alert schedule before you commit to any changes. Built natively for iPhone and Apple Watch. --- Horaly provides traditional timing guidance for personal planning and reflection. It is not medical, legal, or financial advice. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://rainbow-heather-30a.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-e7c2add29c024f1e81ec228b4d3f12fa Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Plotbed

Features
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Plotbed is an offline raised-bed field planner built for gardeners who want to carry one reliable season plan from layout through harvest. Build beds on a visual grid, choose from a bundled library of 57 vegetables and herbs, record planting dates, and inspect spacing and companion conflicts before planting day. Field Desk connects the whole garden: - Season readiness across every bed - Missing-date and companion-conflict checks - A dated harvest runway calculated from each crop's planting date - A crop-family rotation ledger with a three-year lookback - Per-bed family pressure so repeated families are visible before the next layout - Local season archives that preserve crop families without requiring an account Plotbed also includes: - Raised-bed grids up to 12 by 12 cells - Bed Readiness scoring for coverage, diversity, spacing, dates, and conflicts - Planting and harvest timelines for each bed - Searchable plant details with sun, spacing, harvest, and companion notes - Shareable text field reports and local JSON persistence - Clearly labeled starter plans that can be erased at any time Rotation and harvest dates are planning references, not predictions or plant-disease diagnoses. Weather, cultivar, soil, and local conditions can change actual results. Your plans stay on your device. Plotbed has no account, subscription, ads, analytics, tracking, or server.

Screenshots

Horaly4 screens
Plotbed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Horaly at Free against Plotbed's $1.99. Horaly also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Plotbed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Horaly is free to download; Plotbed costs $1.99 up front. Horaly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Plotbed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horaly ships an update every 2 weeks, Plotbed every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Horaly versus Plotbed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoralyPlotbed
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuy NguyenRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Horaly

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Yearly Plan$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Horaly Pro Lifetime$24.99
None

Plotbed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Horaly free?
Horaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plotbed free?
Plotbed costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Horaly or Plotbed have ads?
Neither Horaly nor Plotbed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Horaly or Plotbed?
Horaly ships an update every 2 weeks, and Plotbed every 6 weeks. Most recently, Horaly was updated on September 22, 2026 and Plotbed on September 11, 2026.

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