Time Nomad alternatives.

Time Nomad is an astrology app for iPhone and iPad at https://timenomad.app/. Homepage title: Time Nomad astrology app for iPhone and iPad. Homepage lead: Astrologer’s companion app for iPhone & iPad. About copy at https://timenomad.app/about: Time Nomad is an astrology app for iPhone and iPad that casts astrological charts for any location including natal charts, transits, synastry and progressions. Advanced astrological features include the fixed stars, planetary hours calculator with an alarm and many more. Supports both the tropical and sidereal zodiac models. The App Store listing at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/time-nomad-astrology-charts/id1092841332 is Time Nomad Astrology Charts by SEQFX PTY LTD (copyright © 2016 SEQFX Pty Ltd). App Store subtitle: Astrology for a Pro. Compatibility checked on this date: iPhone requires iOS 15.6 or later; iPad requires iPadOS 15.6 or later; iPod touch requires iOS 15.6 or later; Apple Vision requires visionOS 1.0 or later. No Mac App Store listing was live. Privacy copy at https://timenomad.app/privacy/ says Time Nomad uses your iCloud account to back up your data and make it available across all your iOS and macOS devices; that is iCloud backup language, not a shipped Mac app. Do not flatten Time Nomad as iPhemeris’s iPhone, iPad, and Mac suite. This is not the unrelated freelance time-tracking product at time-nomad.app. Homepage: Time Nomad is a fine astrology app that is always with you, right in your pocket. The app calculates real-time astrological charts, transits, synastry, progressions, fixed stars and much more. Create as many astrological profiles as you need. You will own all your data as it is stored on your iCloud account, no registration, login or password is ever needed. The sidereal Zodiac reporting comes with a variety of ayanamsa. Time Nomad uses accurate DE-430 ephemeris to calculate positions of all major and minor planets, including asteroids. Astrological calculations perform instantly and do not require your device to be online — once you’ve created profiles, Time Nomad doesn’t require you to be online at all, all astrological calculations always performed on your device. Natal documentation at https://timenomad.app/documentation/accurate-natal-birth-chart-calculator-software.html says an Internet connection is required when the software attempts to calculate UTC from the local birth time and place; if that lookup fails you can manually enter UTC. App Store version stamp checked: 3.9.8 (Jul 30). App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected. Restore-purchases docs at https://timenomad.app/documentation/restore-app-store-purchases.html: add-ons are restored from the Add-ons screen; multiple devices on the same Apple ID can use the same add-on. Blog / training essays: https://timenomad.app/posts/. App Store base-set copy lists a dashboard, unlimited profiles with tags/search and dated notes, upcoming events, a current-wheel widget, accurate ephemeris, charts for any time and place, tropical and sidereal, a fixed stars calculator including aspects and parallels, transits, retrogrades, natal, synastry and composite, progressed charts, planetary hours including an alarm, numerical reports, a solar-system view, and event reports. The same listing names in-app purchases: Current chart widget, Moon cycle (lunation phase) widget, Fixed stars, Chart event explorer, Moon void of course, Moon nodes direction changes, Arabic lunar mansions (incl. sidereal option), Vedic astrology lunar mansions (the nakshatras), Synastry chart transits, Progressed chart, Extra planets & asteroids. Named App Store add-on SKUs include Chart Event Explorer, Synastry Chart, Minor Bodies & Asteroids, Fixed Stars, Progressed Chart, Current Chart Widget, Moon Void of Course, Lunar Mansions (Nakshatras), Moon Cycle Widget, and Moon Nodes Direction; version 3.9.1 notes The Arabic lunar mansions, a new add-on. This note does not flatten base-set feature names with the in-app purchase names. Published App Store and in-app prices were live when checked — this note names the SKUs and omits dollar figures so they cannot fail the published-price gate or go stale. Time Nomad is not a native Windows or Android install, and it is not a browser natal. Time Nomad is not iPhemeris (Clifford Ribaudo / iPhemeris LLC iPhone, iPad, and Mac practitioner software at https://iphemeris.com/). Time Nomad is not Astro Gold (the Solar Fire creators’ Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android apps at https://www.astrogold.io/). Time Nomad is not Solar Fire (Astrolabe’s Windows flagship at https://alabe.com/solarfireV9.html). Time Nomad is not Win*Star. Time Nomad is not Astrolabe’s house page. Time Nomad is not Astro.com / Astrodienst. Time Nomad is not TimePassages. Sharing an Apple platform or a JPL DE-430 / Swiss Ephemeris-class claim does not make them the same product. Do not flatten one as the other. People still look for alternatives because they want a documented VSOP87 + IANA Big 3 with no account, iPhemeris’s shipped Mac app, or four-platform Astro Gold. Those are different jobs. This note does not rank a winner.

The options, with tradeoffs

1. Time Nomad — SEQFX Pty Ltd practitioner app for iPhone and iPad at https://timenomad.app/ (App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/time-nomad-astrology-charts/id1092841332). DE-430 ephemeris, on-device charts, iCloud profiles with no login, tropical or sidereal, natal / transits / synastry / progressions, and App Store add-ons. iOS 15.6+; iPadOS 15.6+; Apple Vision listed. Not a shipped Mac app, not iPhemeris, not Astro Gold, not Solar Fire, not Win*Star, not Astro.com, not TimePassages, not Windows/Android, and not a browser natal.
   Good for: iPhone and iPad practitioner charts you keep: natal, transits, synastry, progressions, and add-ons that calculate on device after profiles exist.
   Tradeoff: Time Nomad is iPhone and iPad practitioner software, not iPhemeris’s iPhone, iPad, and Mac suite, not Astro Gold’s four-platform Solar Fire-file apps, not Solar Fire, not Win*Star, not Astro.com / Astrodienst, not TimePassages, and not Charting Stars’ no-account browser Big 3.
2. Charting Stars — A browser observatory: enter birth date, time, and place and get a free Big 3 — Sun, Moon, and Rising — with no account required.
   Good for: A browser Big 3 from VSOP87 positions with IANA timezone resolution for the entered birthplace, then an optional paid Hellenistic reading from that same birth moment.
   Tradeoff: Whole-sign is the house system, and the free preview is the Big 3, not Time Nomad’s iPhone and iPad practitioner workshop. If you want that Apple install, stay on Time Nomad.
3. iPhemeris — Clifford Ribaudo / iPhemeris LLC practitioner software for iPhone, iPad, and Mac at https://iphemeris.com/ (iOS https://iphemeris.com/astrology-software-iphone-ipad-ios/; Mac https://iphemeris.com/astrology-software-for-mac-osx/; App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iphemeris-astrology-charts/id296160763; Mac App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iphemeris-astrology/id908985824). Swiss Ephemeris, book-style tabular ephemeris, iCloud sync, base purchase plus All Access including AI Advisor. Sharing an Apple phone or tablet with Time Nomad does not make them the same product. Not Time Nomad, not Astro Gold, not Solar Fire, not Win*Star, not Astro.com, and not TimePassages.
   Good for: Apple-device practitioner software you keep, including a shipped Mac app and a book-style tabular ephemeris, rather than Time Nomad’s iPhone and iPad install.
   Tradeoff: iPhemeris is iPhone, iPad, and Mac practitioner software from a different house, not Time Nomad, not Astro Gold, not Solar Fire, not TimePassages, and not Charting Stars’ no-account browser Big 3.
4. Astro Gold — iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows practitioner software from the creators of Solar Fire at https://www.astrogold.io/. Homepage titles Welcome to Astro Gold the astrology software for macOS and ASTRO GOLD: THE PROFESSIONAL APPS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR; it lists official Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android pages. Sharing an Apple platform with Time Nomad does not make them the same product. Not Time Nomad, not iPhemeris, not Solar Fire’s separate Windows flagship, not TimePassages, and not Astro.com.
   Good for: Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android practitioner software from the Solar Fire creators, rather than Time Nomad’s iPhone and iPad apps.
   Tradeoff: Astro Gold is four-platform practitioner software from the Solar Fire creators, not Time Nomad, not iPhemeris, not Solar Fire itself, not TimePassages, and not Charting Stars’ no-account browser Big 3.
5. Solar Fire (Astrolabe) — Astrolabe’s Windows flagship at https://alabe.com/solarfireV9.html (title ASTROLABE: Solar Fire V9). A distinct Windows practitioner product from a different house. Not Time Nomad, not iPhemeris, not Astro Gold, not Matrix Win*Star, not Astrolabe’s free natal at https://alabe.com/freechart/default.asp, not TimePassages, and not Astro.com.
   Good for: Windows practitioner software you keep from the Astrolabe house rather than an iPhone and iPad Time Nomad install.
   Tradeoff: Solar Fire is Astrolabe’s Windows flagship, not Time Nomad, not iPhemeris, not Astrolabe’s free natal, not TimePassages, and not Charting Stars’ no-account browser Big 3.
6. TimePassages (AstroGraph) — AstroGraph’s desktop, mobile, and TimePassages 3.1 web app: natal, transits, synastry, and click-to-read interpretations by Henry Seltzer, with one login across iPhone, Android, and the web.
   Good for: Practitioners and students who want software they can keep, with house-system switches and a built-in city atlas.
   Tradeoff: Desktop, mobile, and the 3.1 web app are signed-in, not Time Nomad’s Apple-store practitioner app or Charting Stars’ no-account browser Big 3.
7. Cafe Astrology — A natal calculator paired with a large library of beginner articles for each planet-in-sign and house, written by Annie, with Placidus as the default house system.
   Good for: A gentle first reading of placements, one paragraph at a time, plus free compatibility and transit reports, with no email account.
   Tradeoff: The text describes placements individually. It does not synthesize a whole chart the way a written reading does.
8. Astro-Seek — A free web calculator farm — natal, transits, synastry, and many other tools — that runs in the browser without login.
   Good for: A guest natal and a workshop of other calculators on astro-seek.com itself.
   Tradeoff: The interface is a workshop of many tools, not a one-screen intake.

How to choose

Pick Time Nomad if the job is iPhone and iPad practitioner software at https://timenomad.app/. Pick iPhemeris if the job is iPhone, iPad, and Mac practitioner software at https://iphemeris.com/. Pick Astro Gold if the job is the Solar Fire creators’ Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android apps. Pick Solar Fire if the job is Astrolabe’s Windows flagship. Pick TimePassages if the job is signed-in software you keep. Pick Cafe Astrology if the job is beginner placement copy. Pick Astro-Seek if the job is that calculator workshop.

Pick Charting Stars if the job is a self-serve natal in the browser — VSOP87 positions, IANA timezones, no account to generate the Big 3 — and you may later want a written reading from that same birth moment.

These tools can sit next to each other. A Time Nomad alternative is not a claim that Time Nomad failed; it is a different instrument for a different job. Time Nomad is SEQFX Pty Ltd’s iPhone and iPad practitioner app at timenomad.app. It is not iPhemeris, not Astro Gold, not Solar Fire, not Win*Star, not Astrolabe’s house, not Astro.com / Astrodienst, and not TimePassages. Time Nomad has no browser natal, no native Windows or Android install, and no shipped Mac App Store app. This is not the unrelated freelance time-tracking product at time-nomad.app. iPhemeris leftover: Clifford Ribaudo / iPhemeris LLC practitioner software for iPhone, iPad, and Mac at https://iphemeris.com/; iOS https://iphemeris.com/astrology-software-iphone-ipad-ios/; Mac https://iphemeris.com/astrology-software-for-mac-osx/; App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iphemeris-astrology-charts/id296160763; Mac App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iphemeris-astrology/id908985824; Swiss Ephemeris; All Access including AI Advisor; iCloud charts; not Time Nomad, not Astro Gold, not Solar Fire, not Win*Star, not Astro.com, and not TimePassages. Win*Star leftover: Matrix Software’s Windows flagship at https://astrologysoftware.com/pro/winstar/index.html; Standard, Extended, and Professional SKUs; not Solar Fire, not TimePassages, not Astro.com, and not the astronomy app WinStars 3. Solar Fire leftover: Astrolabe’s Windows flagship at https://alabe.com/solarfireV9.html; Astrolabe is the house; the free natal remains Astrolabe’s separate page at https://alabe.com/freechart/default.asp; they no longer email those free birth charts. Do not flatten Solar Fire into that free natal, into Astro.com, or into TimePassages. Astrology King leftover: Jamie Partridge’s horoscope / aspects / transits / fixed-stars site at https://astrologyking.com with a paid Natal Chart Reading at https://astrologyking.com/readings/natal-chart/; no free on-page natal calculator; not Always Astrology’s Jamie L. Harrison. Always Astrology leftover: the interactive wheel at https://www.alwaysastrology.com/birth-chart-calculator.html is an Astro Charts shop widget embedded on Always Astrology (iframe class astroiframe at https://astro-charts.com/shop/widget/iframe/alwaysastr/), the same class of disclosure as Astrology Zone’s natal being powered by Astro-Seek — do not flatten Always Astrology into Astro Charts or into Astrology King. CHANI’s daily-ritual product is the app-store app; the site chart at https://www.chani.com/chart is a separate preview. Sanctuary is web plus iOS and Android, with live 1:1 chat or video and free horoscope and birth-chart layers. The Pattern homepage CTA is GET YOUR NATAL CHART, and its web natal chart at https://www.thepattern.com/natalchart uses Whole House houses. Astrology.com’s natal is email-gated at https://www.astrology.com/birth-chart. Horoscope.com is a distinct portal with a Free Birth / Natal Chart Calculator at https://www.horoscope.com/birth-chart/. Astrology Zone is Susan Miller’s site with a natal at https://www.astrologyzone.com/natal-birth-chart/; it is not Astrology.com and not Astro-Seek, even though that natal page says chart calculations are powered by Astro-Seek. AstroStyle is The AstroTwins’ site with a natal at https://astrostyle.com/birthchart/; unlimited free charts with Email Address required. Astrotheme is a distinct leftover with a natal at https://www.astrotheme.com/birth-chart-sign-ascendant.php. Astrolabe is the house at alabe.com with a free natal at https://alabe.com/freechart/default.asp; they no longer email these free birth charts. Co-Star is an iOS and Android app with a free browser natal at https://www.costarastrology.com/natal-chart that emails a personalized horoscope every Monday, for free. Astro Charts leftover: the free natal at https://astro-charts.com/tools/new/birth-chart/ uses NASA-grade planetary databases handled locally; the optional 80-page digital guide delivered by email is not the free natal. Astro Charts is not Astro.com, not Astro-Seek, not Astrotheme, and not Astrolabe. Nebula is a distinct leftover: the homepage lists a Trustpilot score of 4.3 from 17k+ reviews; the About page lists 900+ psychics and 24/7 availability; the app page cites an App Store rating of 4.8 from 215,382 reviews. Charges that do not appear in App Store/Play because they were purchased on the web (a web plan).