Co-Star vs My Horoscope: an honest comparison (2026)

If you’re looking for a Co-Star alternative, or wondering whether Co-Star is worth paying for, here’s the short answer. Co-Star is the better pick if you want astrology as something you share: a free chart, a daily update pushed to your phone, and friends whose charts you can compare inside a native iPhone or Android app. My Horoscope is the better pick if you want to sit down and read: longer horoscopes written from your chart, tarot spreads, dream interpretation, a palm reading, and a guide you can ask questions, all on a flat monthly plan.

Both calculate a real birth chart from your date, time, and place of birth. They differ in what they build on top of it and in how they charge. We make My Horoscope, so read this knowing that. Everything we say about Co-Star comes from its own website and store listings, checked on November 13, 2026.

Co-Star describes itself as a social astrology app: a personalized daily horoscope, your chart, and compatibility with friends. The App Store lists the seller as Co-Star Astrology Society, and the company’s FAQ names Banu Guler as founder and CEO. The app first appeared on the App Store on October 5, 2017.

It runs on iOS and Android. The website can draw the traditional chart wheel, but the daily experience lives in the app. To create an account you link a phone number, confirmed by a text code, or an Apple account. The app is in English only.

On method, Co-Star says it calculates charts with “data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.” Its App Store description says the text comes from “real human astrologers who collaborate with AI technology.”

As of November 13, 2026, Co-Star has a 4.8 rating from 205,820 ratings on the US App Store, and 4.5 from about 96.3K reviews on Google Play, with more than 5 million downloads. We have nothing comparable to put next to that.

My Horoscope is a web app from a small independent team. It started in the Czech Republic, runs in five languages, and its English version is new in 2026. There’s no App Store or Google Play app. You open it in a browser on your phone or computer and can add it to your home screen, where it sends one notification each morning.

Your chart is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris, a library built on NASA JPL’s ephemerides, using Placidus houses. So the astronomy underneath is the same kind of data Co-Star points to. The details are on how we calculate your horoscope.

One thing to know before comparing: our readings aren’t written by hand. They’re generated from your calculated chart and the day’s transits with the help of AI, and Astra is a digital guide, not a live astrologer. We tell members that up front.

The free Seeker plan covers the daily horoscope for your sign, a card of the day, and a dream dictionary. Star ($4.49 per month) adds personal horoscopes from your chart, Cosmos ($7.49) the birth chart reading and palm reading, and Oracle ($9.49) dream interpretation and a morning message from Astra. There are no ads on any plan.

Co-Star’s features and prices are as listed on November 13, 2026. Where we couldn’t confirm something, the table says so.

Two things stand out. Co-Star gives away more personal astrology: your chart and a daily horoscope from it cost nothing, while ours starts at Star. And My Horoscope covers more ground. We checked Co-Star’s App Store description, FAQ, and purchase list, and tarot, dream interpretation, and palm reading aren’t part of it. Here, the tarot card of the day and the 100-entry dream dictionary are free, and palm reading comes with Cosmos.

Co-Star is built for the glance. Its free tier centers on a daily horoscope, a push notification, and the friends you’ve added. That’s a real strength: it takes seconds, it becomes a habit, and it gives you something to talk about with people on the app.

My Horoscope is built for the sit-down read. A personal daily horoscope covers the day’s overall tone, then areas of life such as love, career, health, and money. There’s a weekly and a monthly one, and your year ahead runs birthday to birthday in 12 chapters.

Neither format is the right one. A short update is easy to keep up with. A long reading gives you the “why”: which transit is touching which part of your chart.

On tone: some recent App Store reviews of Co-Star mention that the daily text now reads as machine-written or gloomy, while long-time users say it makes a chart easy to read. That’s a small sample of opinions, not a fact about the product. And our text is generated with the help of AI too. What we can honestly claim is more length and structure.

Co-Star works like a small social network. You add friends, and compatibility with friends who have the app is free. If the person you’re curious about isn’t on Co-Star, adding their chart yourself is a paid step: the App Store lists “Add Manually” at $2.99.

My Horoscope has no social layer. Nobody can follow you, and you can’t see a friend’s day. Instead, you enter the other person’s birth date, and you get a reading that sets both charts side by side: a compatibility score, what works, what to work on, and advice. They don’t need an account. Star covers your love profile plus Mom and Dad. Cosmos adds a partner, children, friends, and a sibling, and an extra person is a one-time $1.99.

So if your friends are on Co-Star, it does something we don’t. If you’re wondering about your mother, your ex, or your kid, and none of them will ever install an astrology app, our approach is the practical one. The zodiac compatibility guide is free without an account.

Both need your birth date, time, and place. They differ in what else they ask for.

Co-Star asks you to link a phone number or an Apple account. Its App Store privacy label lists Contacts as data linked to you, used for personalization and app functionality, along with a user ID and device ID. Its privacy policy, last updated December 11, 2025, states: “We do not sell your Personal Information.” You can delete your account in the app’s settings, and the service isn’t meant for anyone under 16.

My Horoscope asks for an email address, or a Google or Apple login. There’s no phone number step and no friends list, so there are no contacts to sync. Birth data is stored encrypted on servers in the European Union, and we don’t sell it or share it with ad networks. Some processors that help generate readings are in the United States and receive only what a request needs.

A contacts permission isn’t a red flag in itself. A social app has to find your friends somehow. It’s a tradeoff.

• Your friends are already on it. Free compatibility with friends who have the app is the core of Co-Star, and we have no equivalent.
• You want personal astrology for free. Your chart and a daily horoscope from it cost nothing. With us, that’s a paid feature.
• You want a native app from the App Store or Google Play, not a web app on your home screen.
• You’d rather buy once. If one report is all you want, “Your Year Ahead” at $11.99 can cost less than months of any membership.
• You want a long track record. On the App Store since 2017, rated 4.8 from 205,820 ratings as of November 13, 2026.

• You want more to read. Daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes from your chart, organized by area of life.
• You use tarot or keep track of your dreams. Co-Star offers neither.
• You want a predictable bill. One monthly price, and an extra reading is always $1.99.
• The people you care about won’t install an app. A birth date is enough for a relationship reading.
• You don’t want to hand over a phone number, or you like reading on a computer.
• You want to ask follow-up questions. Astra chat is included from Star up, and she knows your chart.

Co-Star prices are copied from its US App Store listing on November 13, 2026. Apple shows only the top purchases.

One detail to check yourself: Co-Star’s FAQ still describes its revenue as à la carte in-app purchases, while the App Store lists a “Pro-Star monthly” subscription. We couldn’t confirm from public pages what Pro-Star includes, so look inside the app before you subscribe.

Which is cheaper depends on how you use it. Co-Star’s free tier costs nothing, and nothing here beats that. If you want one deep report, $8.99 for the advanced chart is less than two months of Cosmos. If you’d read every week, add it up: the advanced chart plus the year ahead is $20.98 in one-time purchases, while Cosmos at $7.49 a month includes the birth chart reading, your year ahead, tarot, palm reading, and chat. Plans renew monthly, and you can cancel anytime in Settings.

Bottom line: if astrology is something you do with friends, download Co-Star. If it’s something you read on your own, try the free plan here and see whether the longer format is for you.

Good places to start: today’s daily horoscope, your birth chart, a free card in tarot reading, the dream dictionary, and the membership page for plans and prices.

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Co-Star is a trademark of its owner. We aren’t affiliated with Co-Star and use the name only to identify the product.