Comparison

Celestium vs Panchāngam

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

Head to head
About

Celestium

Explore personalized astrological insights for life's decisions. Discover ideal locations for love, work, and growth, and understand daily cosmic weather. Engage in guided rituals and connect with others through shared astrological charts.

Highlights
  • Location scoring for love, work, vitality, and growth
  • Daily cosmic weather and moon phase tracking
  • Guided rituals for moon phases
  • Couples and group chart analysis
  • On-device chart computation with no tracking
  • AI interpretations via user's Anthropic API key
Features
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Celestium isn't a horoscope written for millions at once. It's your actual birth chart, the real sky of the moment you were born, read alongside the traditions that have studied the sky longest. A compass through life, not a crystal ball. YOUR SKY REPORT Each New Moon, a report gathers what you wrote, the sky it met, the patterns that keep coming back, and what returns next. A Yearly report arrives at your solar return. Tell it "This landed" or "Not me" and it listens. The report and everything you wrote are free. THE TRADITIONS Western astrology from Hellenistic to modern, Vedic charts, BaZi, the Maya Tzolkin, Tibetan astrology, the Tong Shu almanac, Feng Shui flying stars, Hermetic Qabalah with your tarot birth cards, numerology, tarot and the I Ching. Choose the ones that speak to you; the app follows your choice. YOUR OWN RECORD Journal, check in, and edit any entry later. Each entry keeps the sky it was written under, so when that sky returns you can see what you wrote last time. Tag by feeling, milestone and tradition, and related entries gather into threads. YOUR CHART, PIECE BY PIECE Blueprint teaches each placement, angle and aspect, then asks you to name how it lives in you, until it is yours and not just words on a page. WHERE YOU THRIVE Your chart mapped onto the whole planet. Score thousands of cities for love, work, vitality and growth, compare them side by side, and trace the Lots too, Fortune, Spirit and six more. WHEN TO ACT Daily sky, moon phases and the transits touching your chart, from today out to the year. Electional timing reads three ways, Medieval, Hellenistic and Vedic, with the conditions each tradition names. A FULL READING, NO AI NEEDED A complete natal reading composed on your device from a deep interpretation library. Optional AI interpretations work with your own Anthropic API key, so your chart goes straight to Anthropic, never through us. SHOWS ITS WORK Every technique names its sources: the tradition, the text it rests on, and the method behind the number. Zodiacal releasing, firdaria, profections, returns, horary, progressions, solar arc, BaZi, Vedic, Feng Shui, the Maya Tzolkin, numerology, Hermetic Qabalah and tarot all cite the lineage they come from. RITUAL, DIVINATION AND SKY LETTERS Guided practices for each moon phase. Draw a tarot spread or cast the I Ching. Seal a letter to a later self under tonight's sky; it opens when the moment you choose returns. TOGETHER Synastry, composite and the places that hold you both, or group mode for three to six. Invites are encrypted end to end. REAL ASTRONOMY, NOTHING LINKED TO YOU Positions come from a built-in VSOP87 engine, not a borrowed API. Your chart is computed on your device. There is no account, nothing the app collects is linked to you, and Settings can erase everything. Celestium Premium opens the full app: unlimited saved charts, couples and group mode, the full city atlas, export and shareable cards, deeper Sky Reports, and the full depth of Blueprint, your reading and the year ahead. Subscribers can also use Premium on the web. Astrology here is for reflection, not prediction. A way to read the weather instead of a forecast you have to obey. If you have any issues please reach out to us at jhinna@withjhinna.com Privacy Policy: https://celestium.me/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Panchāngam

Features
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Panchāngam is a complete South Indian almanac and Muhurta planner — accurate, beautifully simple, and fully offline. FEATURES • Daily Panchangam: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, and the day's lord • Sunrise, sunset, moon sign, and rāśi/nakshatra timings • Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, and Gulika — the inauspicious periods at a glance • Muhurta finder: choose auspicious times for any occasion • MMM combination finder with pair rules • Birth-star (nakshatra) horoscope • Festival and Chandrashtama alerts via local notifications • Personal notes, including voice dictation • 12 languages • Export and share reports as PDF Everything runs on your device — no account, no internet required.

Screenshots

Celestium4 screens
Panchāngam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Panchāngam at none against Celestium's 2. Panchāngam also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Celestium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Panchāngam asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Celestium versus Panchāngam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCelestiumPanchāngam
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJhinna SalinasRaj Kumar

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Celestium

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$42.991 Year
None

Panchāngam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Celestium free?
Celestium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Panchāngam free?
Panchāngam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Celestium or Panchāngam have ads?
Neither Celestium nor Panchāngam shows ads.

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