Checked November 11, 2026 · Shymea is ours
Co-Star or Shymea: a friends feed or a chart you can question
What each App Store listing says it does, what it costs, and who each one suits. Shymea is our app, so every fact is copied from a public page you can check.
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Co-Star or Shymea: which should you use?
Co-Star is the social one: short daily lines, push notifications and your friends' charts in one feed, with Pro-Star at $8.99 a month. Shymea, our app, is the depth one. It answers questions about your own chart, judges horary questions by classical rules and scans 390 cities for astrocartography. Premium is $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year. Both use AI to some degree, and both listings say so. Pick Co-Star for friends and pick Shymea for decisions.
At a glance
Co-Star suits friends who want short daily lines, push notifications and to compare charts with each other. Shymea (ours) suits people who want depth in one place: chart-aware AI questions, classical horary, synastry and astrocartography.
- Co-Star a year
- $107.88 a year at the monthly price
- Shymea a year
- $89.99 a yearours, from shymea.com/pricing/
- Only Co-Star lists
- Nothing Shymea lacks
- Only Shymea lists
- Transits and timing, progressions, composite or solar arc charts, horary (question) astrology, astrocartography and relocation
See the Shymea appOur app. Disclosed.
The real difference
A feed with friends, or a chart you can question
Co-Star (since 2017) is built around a daily feed. You get a personalised horoscope, a push notification and a view of how your friends' charts line up with yours. Premium adds Ask the stars questions, sold in packs, plus the Eros couples feature and reports such as Your Year Ahead.
Shymea (ours, since September 2026) is built around questions. It computes 230+ factors from your chart and you ask about work, love or a move. It answers in plain, fluent or practitioner language and lists the placements it used. It adds two things Co-Star doesn't list: classical horary (your first question is free) and astrocartography across 390 cities.
What Shymea doesn't have: a friends feed, years of track record, and a free trial. What Co-Star doesn't list: chart technique such as progressions, horary or relocation.
About AI
How each one uses AI
Co-Star's listing says human astrologers collaborate with AI technology to write the birth chart and daily horoscopes. Bloomberg reported on 24 July 2026 that Midjourney had bought Co-Star, and most of the recent 1 and 2 star reviews we read were about AI-written lines.
Shymea separates the jobs. The astronomy is calculated from NASA JPL's DE442 ephemeris. AI writes the explanation only after that and is given the computed factors, so it never guesses where a planet was. Horary judgments come from fixed rules, not a model. If you want no AI at all, neither app is for you. Look at TimePassages or CHANI.
More to read
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The money
What a year costs
Co-Star lists only a monthly plan, so a year of Pro-Star costs twelve payments of $8.99. Questions are extra: $2.99 for 5, $4.99 for 10, $6.99 for 25. Shymea Premium is $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year and includes 50 AI messages a month. Horary packs are extra at $1.99 for 3 or $4.99 for 10, and reports from $3.99. Both apps are free to download.
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The facts, side by side
Copied from both public US App Store listings on 2026-11-11 (Shymea Premium from shymea.com/pricing/). "Not listed" means the listing doesn't describe it.
| Co-Star | Shymea (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| On the App Store since | 2017-10-05 | 2026-09-02 |
| Seller | Co-Star Astrology Society | Shymea Private Limited |
| Monthly | $8.99 | $9.99 |
| A year | $107.88 a year at the monthly price | $89.99 a year |
| What the listing describes | Personalised daily horoscopes and push notifications, compare charts with friends, learn your full birth chart; premium Ask the stars questions and the Eros couples feature. The listing says human astrologers collaborate with AI technology. | Computes 230+ factors per person from NASA JPL DE442; AI answers grounded in them in plain, fluent or practitioner language; horary judged by William Lilly's method with the first question free; astrocartography scanning 390 cities; synastry; PDF reports. |
| Free without paying (per listing or pricing page) | Daily horoscope, push notifications, friends' charts and learning your birth chart (listing). | Full birth chart, a daily card and a starter allowance of AI messages (shymea.com/pricing/); first horary question free (listing). |
| Feature | Co-Star | Shymea (ours) |
|---|---|---|
| Daily horoscope | Yes | Yes |
| Full birth chart readings | Yes | Yes |
| Transits and timing | Not listed | Yes |
| Compatibility with friends or partners | Yes | Yes |
| Progressions, composite or solar arc charts | Not listed | Yes |
| Ask your own questions | Yes | Yes |
| Meditations, podcasts or audio | Not listed | Not listed |
| Horary (question) astrology | Not listed | Yes |
| Astrocartography and relocation | Not listed | Yes |
| Live human readers or advisors | Not listed | Not listed |
| App | Monthly | Yearly | Other purchases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Star | $8.99 | No yearly plan shown ($107.88 at monthly) | Free to download. Pro-Star $8.99 a month. Questions $2.99 (5), $4.99 (10), $6.99 (25). Your Year Ahead $11.99. Advanced Chart (Self or Relationships) $8.99 each. Eros $6.99. |
| Shymea (ours) | $9.99 | $89.99 | Free to download. Premium $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year (shymea.com/pricing/). Horary packs $1.99 (3) or $4.99 (10). Reports from $3.99. |
| App | Best for | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Star | Friends who want short daily lines, push notifications and to compare charts with each other. | Only a monthly Pro-Star plan is listed, so a year costs twelve monthly payments. Ask the stars questions are sold in packs on top. |
| Shymea (ours) | People who want depth in one place: chart-aware AI questions, classical horary, synastry and astrocartography. | The newest app here (September 2026), so the shortest track record. No live human readers, no audio library, no friends feed, and no free trial. |
| App | Reviews read | 1-2 star reviews | Most common themes in those (count) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Star | 150 most recent, 2026-06-25 to 2026-11-09 | 114 | AI-written horoscopes (66); Removed features or redesign (28); Harsh or negative tone (27); Vague or inaccurate (24); Paywall or price (19) |
| App | Seller on the App Store | First released | Listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Star | Co-Star Astrology Society | 2017-10-05 | apps.apple.com/us/app/co-star-personalized-astrology/id1264782561 |
| Shymea (ours) | Shymea Private Limited | 2026-09-02 | apps.apple.com/us/app/shymea-life-map-decisions/id6767671795 |
All times are UTC. In the Americas the local date can be a day earlier; in Asia and Australia a day later.
Quick answers
Is Shymea better than Co-Star?
They do different jobs, and Shymea is our app, so weigh that. Co-Star is for daily lines and friends' charts. Shymea is for questions about your own chart, horary and astrocartography. Neither is better for everyone.
Which is cheaper, Co-Star or Shymea?
Month to month, Co-Star Pro-Star ($8.99) costs less than Shymea Premium ($9.99). Over a year, Shymea's yearly plan ($89.99) costs less than twelve months of Pro-Star, because Co-Star lists no yearly plan. US prices, checked November 11, 2026.
Can I see friends' charts in Shymea?
Shymea's Bond feature compares two charts only after both people agree. There is no Co-Star style feed of friends' daily horoscopes.
