What this app does, what it refuses to do, and what it got wrong. Our own voice, and the only part of the Journal that has one.
8 pieces4 groups
- Instrument, not oracleMost astrology apps are written to please. This one was built for a harder job: to be accurate, and to stay kind while being accurate. Those are not the same thing, and we do not pretend they are.2026-07-29Editorial
- Why the app sometimes says "not yet"There is a badge in this app that says Training needed. It is the most commercially stupid thing we have built, and we are not removing it.2026-07-29Editorial
- Your birth details are computed on your phoneAn entire industry is built on collecting birth data. Ours computes the chart where you typed it and does not need the data afterwards.2026-07-29Editorial
- We will never sell you a remedyThe biggest business in this category is selling the cure for the thing you were just told to be afraid of. That line is permanently closed here, and the refusal is the product.2026-07-29Editorial
- Six ways to check whether an astrology app is lying to youRun these on us too. If we fail one, we would rather hear it from you than not hear it.2026-08-02Editorial
- We were asked to tell people their charts looked good. We said no.Flattery is the easiest feature in this category to build and the only one that would have destroyed the product. Here is the argument, including the part where we were wrong.2026-08-02Editorial