Celestium vs Vedic Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Vedic Clock
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Vedic Clock — Panchang turns your iPhone into an elegant screensaver-style Vedic clock and a complete daily Panchang, calculated right on your device. See the current time alongside traditional Vedic time — Ghati, Pala and Vipala — measured from your local sunrise. Pull up the Panchang panel for the full Pancha Anga and the day's auspicious and inauspicious timings for your exact location. WHAT YOU GET • Live clock with the full Vedic time (Ghati / Pala / Vipala) • Complete daily Panchang: Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana — with the time each one changes over • Sidereal calculations with True Chitrapaksha ayanamsa (Lahiri selectable in Settings) • Sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset for your location • Auspicious and inauspicious periods: Rahu Kaal, Gulika Kaal, Yamaganda and Abhijit Muhurat • Sunsign and Moonsign (Rashi), the Vedic season (Ritu), and both Amanta and Purnimanta lunar months • Today's festivals and Vrat, plus a list of upcoming main festivals and Ekadashis • Vedic alarms for any time, Tithi, Nakshatra, weekday or festival • Nightstand mode — a full-screen, auto-dimming clock for your bedside or desk • Optional weather (off by default): today's conditions and a 7-day forecast TITHI PRAVESH & VEDIC BIRTHDAY • Save birth details for yourself, family and friends — as many profiles as you like • Vedic age in years, lunar months and tithis, counted by Vedic birthdays • Next Tithi Pravesh with Year Lord, King of the Year and Nakshatra • Other methods for reference: tithi in the same lunar month, Moon in natal Nakshatra (both matches) and the solar return • Tithi Pravesh chart, natal D1 chart (East Indian style) with special Lagnas, and Tithi Ashtottari dasha • Reminders for each person — main Tithi Pravesh by default, or any methods you choose, with advance notice BUILT FOR YOU • Panchang works fully offline — all astronomy is computed on your device • Birth details stay on your iPhone — no accounts, no servers • English and Hindi, switchable with one tap • Two themes: Traditional (saffron & gold) and Modern Dark, plus devotional art or solid backgrounds • Accurate for any location via GPS or manual city search • No ads, no accounts, no tracking • Optional weather is the only online feature; when you turn it on, your location is sent to a weather service to fetch the forecast. It is off by default Note: Panchang and festival dates are computed using an astronomical model and may occasionally differ by a day from a regional almanac due to local conventions. Please confirm important dates with your local Panchang.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vedic Clock at none against Celestium's 2. Celestium's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Celestium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Vedic Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Celestium ships an update every 5 days, Vedic Clock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Celestium | Vedic Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jhinna Salinas | Anshuman Sharma |
In-app purchases
Celestium
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$42.991 Year
Vedic Clock
No in-app purchases









