Co–Star Personalized Astrology

I never believed in astrology- wasn’t allowed to- grew up *very* sheltered- but I did have magazines and I’d read my horoscope which was fun but then I’d read the others and all applied to me lol. All of that astrology jazz seemed fake. Then I found out about Co-Star and honestly- I have checked it pretty much every day for a year and don’t plan on stopping. Co-Star does astrology on a totally different way. I use it mostly for comparability- this app predicts my partner’s daily mood in such an on point way it’s down to the type of food they want or like if they just need some alone time. The paying extra part is too expensive imo considering in one year I have had a couple of repeats (maybe that’s just my life lol idk how this works really). The relationship part is just so hard to look past- I added some random person I knew for 5 seconds awhile ago and I really wish she didn’t move like the next day cause sounds like we’d be best friends lol! There’s a daily dos and donts list which I chuckle at cause usually I check this app later in the day and it’ll have things I 100% did or plan to do later on there- lots of oddly specific things like “do: extra cheese” and “don’t: ex’s instagram”. I just love the writers- they make me chuckle every day :) I totally recommend this app! Downfall- very expensive in app purchases for things that AI can tell us about nowadays.

I’m not typically the kind of person to leave reviews on apps unless they’ve somehow impacted my life, but here we are. I’ve been using Co-Star for about 2 years and some change now and at first I didn’t think too much of it. Sometimes the predictions would fit, other times I felt as though they were the complete opposite. I grew up in a house that deeply believed in horoscopes to the point where I grew up to be a bit of a sceptic. Sometimes horoscopes work, but most apps or readings these days are so generalised that they fit everyone. Not Co-Star. This app has personally called me out for the past 2 weeks now with insanely accurate predictions, readings, and the works. I had to check to make sure microphone and permissions settings were off because by the 5th day I was convinced someone had somehow been listening into my conversations. Then day 6 hit, I woke up at 3am from a nightmare to a notification telling me that I control my fears and that they are not real. How. Somehow, some way this app has invaded the very solitude of my subconscious mind in order to strip mine it for horoscope fodder. At this point it’s so consistently accurate it’s become almost like having a handbook of suggestions from the universe at all times. Am I being listened to? How does it work so well? Who knows, but I trust it. I have the free version and briefly tried their “Eros” version, but didn’t see much difference. If you’re considering downloading it, whether or not you believe in this stuff, just do it and trust the process. Their permissions aren’t too extensive either from what I understand so there’s another plus too if you care about that kind of thing!

This app used to be amazing but it is now essentially “bricked” and even the most basic features are completely locked making the app useless. $9.00 a month for an ai astrology service is insane, I understand that it delves deep and offers a beautifully aesthetic & creative tool… I just can’t justify that price point ethically speaking. If it were perhaps $2.99 (As most news/journalism apps) it would be completely reasonable given the features it provides, However, I can get much more in depth readings & quality from other ai service like grok (for example) who uses the same NASA data and much more sourced information minus the social element (which I didn’t really use anyway.) I appreciate what this app accomplished when it was free with half of the features, But now that another company decided to go down the same greed-driven subscription based model as the rest of the App Store. I’m going have to simply opt out. If the price point doesn’t bother you, I will say this is an adoring app that has many cute quirks & features (as well as it being aesthetically pleasing)… It’s simply a hard pass for me. Sorry Co-Star we had a good run — But this is just not the vibe in this current economy and I wish the best on your endeavors. If it went back to its previous iteration before this huge update recently, Atleast allowing half of the daily horoscope available (and the ability to use the widget without the subscription as previously functioned) maybe I’d come back. But $9?? Oof, No thank you.😒