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Reviewing the app itself
I love The Work and thank you for making this app. In this review, I’m reviewing the app itself.
I hesitated before buying this even after reading many of Katie’s books and watching hours of sessions. The app hasn’t been updated in nearly 4 years which made me worried it was developed for old phones and then abandoned.
It feels a little clunky on newer phones. The screen space feels unnecessarily constrained die to the black bars.
Entering text is more difficult. I think this is because the keyboard isn’t the modern one that fits iPhones without the home button (iPhone X and later). It interferes with my typing habits enough to cause me difficulty typing. This is probably not noticeable on iPhones with home buttons.
Other interface elements could be tidied and modernized. The navigation between steps in the work are a hard to interact with, and skipping back very far is slow (I gave up fixing a spelling error in my belief because I only noticed it at the turnarounds, yes I can go back and edit it later).
If you accidentally add a turnaround you don’t need, you end up having to put some filler text permanently there because it doesn’t let you leave it blank. I can’t find any way to remove a turn around once it’s added. I also couldn’t see what turn arounds I’d already written after adding the one I didn’t need. Going back from that empty turn around acts like I haven’t done any turnarounds, so I thought it deleted them. I’d love to be able to see all the turn arounds I’ve written already when I’m trying to write the next one so I don’t repeat myself.
Overall, the work itself is great and this app is worth the purchase if you are like me and work better on my phone than paper. I’m impressed with how well it guides you through. The app itself could be better with some attention and modernization. I almost didn’t buy it because it looked abandoned, and I might not be the only one making that choice.
Turn around: I’m a little clunky and have some glitches. (Yep, also true, and opinionated, and long winded, LOL) thank you!Show lessMartin Emde
Need Landscape mode
I am delighted with how easy it is to use this app. It makes it much easier to follow the inquiry process. However, using this app on an iPad with a keyboard, and trying to read sidewise, is very uncomfortable. Make the app work in landscape mode on an iPad and I will up the number of stars.My daily journal
Could easily be better
The Work is so powerful but the app misses on a couple of easy to fix points; 1: Unable to put it in landscape mode on my ipad to use the keyboard. 2: It needs to be lockable. Please help with these two issues!Suzy11
Nice app
If you are familiar with The Work and Byton Katie this is a great little app. Not only does it walk you through all the judgements and then 4 questions, It saves everything so you can go back later. If you are not familiar with her and The Work, I highly recommend you check out her books and videos, it’s life changing.Show lessAppStoreJim
Love The Work
I appreciate this app and enjoy using it to meditate on The Work. I would like to know if I can change the orientation so that when I use the app on an iPad, I can use an attached keyboard, which must be done in the landscape, not portrait orientation? Other than that, I love this app!Great Yoga App!
Brilliant and easy to use version of The Work
I’m a big fan of Byron Katie’s work, I think it’s an amazing gift to the world. I’m reading her book “A mind at home with itself” and this is app is a good companion to do the exercises while reading. While the exercises helps on specific beliefs, I think after lots of practice over many months it will help to train my brain to do the work automatically. I look forward to that day.Show lessSimon Kelly - Renegade Empire
Love but…
Really appreciating The Work app. 100% recommend. When I go to edit my journal, it doesn’t allow me to add another turnaround. Only allows me to correct my turnarounds. Would like this fixed.!jr$but
Video/Audio
Love her work, the app requires an update as the videos play with no sound. I have copied the link and works with YouTube.
Would love to stay in the app while listening.
Thank you and I highly recommend.30deg70
Great for its purpose rather than execution
I love being able to jot down my thoughts while I’m out and about and keep a record of them so it’s worth it just for that purpose. The app itself could do with a bit of work, it’s a bit clunkier than it needs to be otherwise would have been 5*.Christian90
Great app but need horizontal option
The apps actually surprised me in a good way. The questions are really comprehensive. Great value and great complement to the book.
The one major flaw is that on the ipad when using the smart keyboard the ipad is horizontal and the app only permits a vertical view.mikey_bb
