If you are the sort of person that checks their horoscope before doing anything else in a morning, here are five entertaining Android apps that will give you your daily dose of astrology.

Whether you believe in the power of astrology and horoscopes or not, these apps can be useful and entertaining. I am not a believer and the position of stars in the night sky millions of miles away have no effect on anyone at all. They cannot predict anything and certainly not what the future holds for each of us. Some horoscope apps even say they are for entertainment purposes only.

However, these apps do offer some good advice from time to time. For example, typical advice is that "You are probably blowing a recent mistake out of all proportion," and "A person in your inner circle may not want to hear your criticism," and "Put your emotional angst to good use by tackling a significant project."

There are lots of excellent tips, advice and suggestions for coping with life in these horoscopes and you can benefit from reading them. Here are six popular ones.

Daily Horoscope

Title: Daily Horoscope | Price: Free | Developer: Horoscope by Comitic

The home screen of this horoscope app shows all of the zodiac signs and to get today’s reading you just tap your sign. If you are not sure what it is, there is an option in the menu to find out by entering your birthday. You can view today’s reading, tomorrow’s and yesterday’s. In addition to daily forecasts, there is a yearly one for each sign. The information is comprehensive and stretches to several screens, covering love, family, career and general topics.

There is a yearly Chinese forecast for the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit and so on, but there is no indication as to which zodiac animal you are. You must find out elsewhere. The forecast is comprehensive and there are several screens of text to read.

There is also a Druid horoscope and this has a facility to find out your sign. For those that don’t know, the signs are based on trees, like apple tree, ash tree, fir tree, hazel and so on. The information is comprehensive.

There is a compatibility test that enables you to see how well two people will get along based on their star signs.

My Horoscope

Title: My Horoscope | Price: Free | Developer: ID Mobile SA

My Horoscope starts up with today’s reading and it is short, but adequate. Swiping left and right enables you to view yesterday and before yesterday, tomorrow and for the next seven days. Having the whole week ahead mapped out for you is a great idea and you can see what is coming up next and plan forward.

Unfortunately, the app does not have anything else apart from the ability to select the star sign and add a friend or two. It is a lightweight application that you can check each day, but it takes just a minute to read your horoscope. Where are the weekly, monthly, yearly reports?

Astro Horoscope

Title: Astro Horoscope | Price: Free | Developer: Medoli

Astro Horoscope has plenty of content to keep you entertained and across the top of the screen is Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly. With the daily horoscope you can see yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Each horoscope also has a good amount of content and there is some general information first and this is followed by several sections including single’s love, couple’s love, flirt, finance, and career. This is a fascinating read.

The zodiac sign can be tapped to view the characteristics and see a profile. There is even a list of celebrities that you share the star sign with. In addition to this, there is a compatibility report. Two star signs are selected and you can see how well they will get along. There are several screens full of text for each match.

This is one of the better apps and it has a lot of content.

iHoroscope - 2018 Daily Horoscope & Astrology

Title: Horoscope | Price: Free | Developer: Horoscopre.fr

This app was originally named Horoscope when I first looks at it and it has had a significant update since then. It looks good and has a lot of features and content. Most of the functions are free or can be unlocked by registering for free, but the app can be also used to live chat via phone call with real people and this costs by the minute, so beware and avoid if you want to keep it free.

After selecting your zodiac sign on the home screen, your horoscope is presented and it is organised into sections like love, wellbeing, social life, and career. In addition to the text, the graphic on the home page shows weather symbols to indicate good or bad times ahead. It enables you to see at a glance what to expect for the day.

Horoscope has more than daily reports and by swiping over the bar at the top, you can view yesterday, today, tomorrow, week, month and year reports. The horoscopes have a graphic at the top with icons for your status and explanations broken down into sections like luck, love, money, career, advice, your weekend, things to avoid or do, and so on. The year horoscope is organised into monthly reports.

There is a compatibility feature where two star signs are selected and you can see whether the relationship will work. There are strengths, weaknesses, an overview, a rating and more.

There are some adverts and in-app purchases, such as for live chat readings, but they aren’t too distracting. Overall, this is a good app.

Horoscope Pro

Title: Horoscope Pro | Price: Free | Developer: EvSoft

This app is unusual because it enables you to create multiple profiles. You can add anyone providing you know their birthday, so your partner, friends and others can be added. You can switch profiles and this changes the horoscopes and other information.

You can also select two profiles and see how compatible they are and there is a long explanation of the type of relationship to expect between the two people. The good points and the bad points are highlighted.

Only today’s horoscope is available and you cannot see tomorrow’s, next week, or the whole year. It is quite limited in this respect. However, today’s horoscope is organised into sections like love, whealth (does it mean wealth or health, or a combination of the two?), and welfare. The details are brief, but OK.

The Astral Card screen has horoscope, decanate, element, Chinese and Mayan cards and there is information for each one. Some are light on text, but others are comprehensive and extend over multiple screens.

In some parts this is a good app, but it lacks weekly, monthly and yearly horoscopes.

2018 Horoscope: Free Daily Horoscope, Zodiak signs

Title: 2018 Horoscope | Price: Free | Developer: Colouring Team

2018 Horoscope has a high rating in the Google Play store and it is a popular app for getting your daily dose of tips, advice and forecasts. It has a sort of Facebook like news feed on the home screen that breaks down topics into short posts. First is your daily horoscope predicting how good your day will go, there are love tips today, an advert (just like Facebook), then wealth tips, family tips, career tips and so on.

Each of these items is a card with a Read More button. Your horoscope is free and you can view today, this week, month or year. An interesting feature here is the plus button in typical Android style and it enables you to copy or share your horoscope. The other cards in the news feed only show full details for premium subscribers.

The app is a mix of free and paid features and Fortune Cookie, Taro Reading, Magic Ball and star sign compatibility with your loved one are all free, but palm reading isn't. You just have to try everything.

2018 Horoscope asks you to subscribe almost straight away after starting the app for the first time and you can pay monthly ($2.49) or pay once forever ($49.99). However, you can skip this and access the free features. There is quite a lot of free content and this is an entertaining app with lots of information. Even more is available if you subscribe.