# The Work App — user reviews

> 147 indexed App Store user reviews of The Work App by Byron Katie International, Inc, rated 4.20/5 from 97 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-work-app/id478610069/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-work-app/id478610069.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 61 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 5

## What do users think of The Work App?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- ✨ Life-changing impact on thoughts and emotions
- 👍 Simple, easy, and effective to use
- 📱 Convenient access to The Work anytime, anywhere
- 💾 Automatic saving of all worksheets and journal entries
- 🎯 Excellent guided step-by-step process
- 🔊 Audio/voice input option available
- 📖 Ability to review past work and track progress
- 💡 Helps deepen inquiry beyond paper worksheets
- ⚡ Quick 5-10 minute sessions possible
- 🧘 Promotes peace of mind and clarity

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 App won't open or load properly
- ⌨️ No landscape/horizontal mode for iPad
- 👁️ Limited text box visibility - can't see full answers
- 🔧 Poor app design and outdated interface
- ⚠️ Data loss when app crashes mid-worksheet
- 🔐 No password protection for sensitive content
- 📝 Keyboard overlays text, obscuring what you're typing
- 🎨 White interface causes eye strain at night
- ❌ Incomplete editing functionality - can't fully modify saved work

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes during or after worksheet completion
- App won't open or fails to launch
- Keyboard appears without keys or is non-functional
- Text disappears when keyboard is open
- Last letter of belief gets deleted after completing worksheet
- Navigation arrows unresponsive or slow
- Can't scroll back to previous sections without exiting
- Turnaround section gets stuck, preventing progress
- Video/audio features don't work or freeze app
- Email/share function sends but doesn't complete
- Incomplete worksheets auto-save but can't be resumed properly
- Belief text doesn't populate correctly in subsequent sheets
- Auto-capitalization issues with typed text
- Emotions list too small and difficult to interact with
- App performance degradation over time
- Turnaround examples display as actual turnarounds
- Can't add new turnarounds when editing saved work

**Most requested features**

- Landscape/horizontal mode for iPad keyboard use
- Dark mode option for nighttime use
- Password protection for journal entries
- Ability to delete or clear saved worksheets
- Cross-device synchronization (phone, iPad, Mac)
- Better text box scrolling and visibility
- Improved keyboard interaction and navigation
- Audio prompts in Katie's voice
- Full Judge Your Neighbor worksheet option
- Ability to add/edit turnarounds after initial completion
- Landscape mode for iPad Pro with keyboard
- Better emotions list display (alphabetized, zoomable)
- Ability to continue incomplete worksheets later
- Email/share functionality that works properly
- More screen space in text input areas
- Voice command option for hands-free use
- Save/export worksheets as files
- Return key functionality for line breaks

## Newest reviews (18 of 147)

### 2/5 — C’est vraiment dommage ! Too bad !

*2023-09-09*

Je trouve cette application vraiment très utile, surtout pour faire le « travail » n’importe où dès que le besoin s’en fait sentir. Malheureusement et c’est vraiment dommage, une fois la situation validée, on ne peut pas apporter de modifications sur tout ce qu’on souhaite : j’ai validé un peu trop rapidement après deux retournements alors que j’en avais d’autres en tête. Quand j’ai voulu les ajouter, je n’ai pas pu ! C’est frustrant. S’il est possible de corriger ça, je pense que je mettrai les 5 étoiles !

I think this application is really very useful, especially for doing “the work” anywhere whenever the need arises. Unfortunately, and it's too bad, once the situation has been validated, we cannot make changes to everything we want: I validated a little too quickly after two turnarounds when I had others in my mind. When I wanted to add them, I couldn't! It's frustrating. If it is possible to correct this, I think I will rate it 5 stars!

### 3/5 — Review with a view to function improvement

*2023-09-05*

The Work is important. 
I believe it is primordial that the app has a “draft” mode that allows you to work through any worksheet as if you had just started it. 
I have “lost” work because I had to stop working on the worksheet (ran out of time, life happens, interruptions...) and when I try to go back to it to finish it, the incomplete worksheet is in my work journal but the “edit” function only allows some of the things (add a turnaround but not the 3 situations, for example) to be added (edited in), but does not allow for you to follow the worksheet workflow as if you had just started it. 
It is great that everything I put in the first go is automatically saved. 
Now just need to be able to continue the work already started at a different time/session.

### 4/5 — Super App

*2023-08-22*

Eine deutsche Version würde sie noch besser machen :)

### 4/5 — Dark mode please!

*2023-06-09*

I heard Katie mention that they are working on the app again. If this is true, please include dark mode in the update! The white interface is killing my eyes at night when I want to do the Work before bed.

Also please update the design to allow more space inside each text box and allow scrolling. Landscape mode is needed for the iPad version. Lastly the way the emotions list pops up very tiny could be improved (and the emotions could be alphabetized!). 

Thank you for this app, it's making a difference in my life.

### 3/5 — All goes poof! Won’t open.

*2023-04-23*

I cannot get the app to operate any longer. I tried deleting it and downloading it. Help! Otherwise,it is a great app!

### 4/5 — Please - Horizontal Rotation for iPad + Keyboard!

*2023-03-29*

I can see how this app will be more helpful than the paper worksheets I never have on me when I want to do the work, but please make the tweak to allow it to be viewed horizontally when I have it attached to my keyboard to type out my thoughts. Please! thank you!

### 4/5 — Questions/“The Work” are great, the app is OK, not great

*2023-03-04*

I am using it for the first time, and while it definitely helps me do “the work“, the app can be very irritating in that you can’t see your full answers, and when I went back to adjust something I’d spent a long time thinking about and writing down, it deleted all of it. It frustrated me enough to stop using it for now.

If you write simple, short answers, it will work for you, but sometimes there’s a lot more to write to get at the deeper levels of “the work“.

### 3/5 — Deutsche Übersetzung gewünscht

*2023-01-02*

Es wäre schön, wenn es die App auf Deutsch gäbe.

### 2/5 — Keeps crashing

*2022-11-27, version 3.2*

I recently purchased this app because I love the flexibility of using it while I’m traveling. I have only done 2 worksheets and now it crashes each time I try and open it. If I dump the app and try to reinstall will it make me purchase it again?

### 4/5 — Looking forward to V2.0

*2022-07-05*

The app is pretty good. But sometimes you click on something and it takes to the next page and you can’t go back. Eg when I clicked Return in text fields. I wanted to start a new life not go to next page. I guess I could let it train me, but I’d rather the flow was more natural.

### 3/5 — Landscape mode please

*2022-04-13*

Using external keyboard to input data.  Please add landscape display feature.  Thanks!

### 3/5 — Reviewing the app itself

*2022-03-11*

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!

### 4/5 — Need Landscape mode

*2022-03-07*

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.

### 3/5 — Could easily be better

*2022-02-23, version 3.2*

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!

### 3/5 — Bitte auf deutsch !

*2021-10-21*

Sind doch nur ein paar Texte, die kann man doch sicher übersetzen, wenn man schon dafür zahlt? Ich kann englisch, jedoch ist es nervig, wenn deutsch und englisch sich vermischen....

### 4/5 — Love The Work

*2021-08-09*

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!

### 4/5 — Love but…

*2021-07-06, version 3.2*

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.

### 4/5 — Video/Audio

*2021-05-07*

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.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Needs to be updated Crashes

*2023-06-20, version 3.2*

App will not open

### 1/5 — App won’t open

*2023-06-06, version 3.2*

Have downloaded the app 2 times and it still won’t open

### 1/5 — Pretty useless for iPad

*2019-12-15, version 3.2*

As noted in other reviews, your can’t type in landscape mode. Also, it is set up as a several page form, so looking at the entire worksheet while filling it out is not possible. That needlessly complicates things though it may make sense on the smaller iPhone screen. I will resort to creating my own set of forms for my iPad journal. Save your money if your main goal is to use this on iPad.

### 1/5 — Can’t edit/continue the past work...

*2018-08-09*

I got the app to ensure I could do the work whilst active through the day. I wanted to be able to start the work and then be able to come back to it and continue it until completion later. The app however does not allow you to go further than the ‘turnaround’ as it gets stuck. Sadly frustrating and would appreciate you fixing it.

### 1/5 — Not usable

*2017-08-03, version 3.1.4*

Have filled out the "judge your neighbor" to step 4, three times now when the app crashes. Not too enticing to continue repeatedly re-entering the same info with no result.

### 1/5 — Needs work

*2017-02-21, version 3.1.4*

This app has lots of glitches and needs major technical work.

### 1/5 — Poor

*2017-02-06*

The app is clunky and isn't user friendly and very poor content for the price.

It looks and feels like it was put together in 2 minutes.

Overall avoid this app it's a rip off.

### 1/5 — Falsch

*2016-05-01*

Leider nicht in deutsch

### 1/5 — Not working!

*2015-11-15*

The app crashes before the work is completed. Also, you can't see the screen because the keyboard letters hide what you've typed. Please fix!

### 1/5 — The Work

*2015-10-27*

Freezes constantly. Thought it might be fixed by now given the lengthy span of the complaints, but alas. It isn't.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Life Changing

*2025-10-26*

This app has completely transformed the way I see my thoughts and emotions. The process helps me slow down, question my beliefs, and recognize patterns that I never noticed before. Each time I use it, I feel lighter, clearer, and more grounded in peace. It truly is life changing.

### 5/5 — Freedom from Mind

*2025-02-06, version 3.2.1*

Wonderful app. Simple. Easy. Effective.

### 5/5 — It works

*2025-01-05*

I love to be able to do the work on my iPhone, I would love having a French version :) Thanks Byron !

### 5/5 — Thank you for this app

*2024-08-19, version 3.2.1*

Thank you so much for the app

### 5/5 — Life changing

*2024-04-11*

I’ve been doing the work on paper for a while and it’s life-changing 

I’ve downloaded the app, and it make it even easier to make sure I do all the prompts 

I use my microphone so I don’t have to type and when I look over through the journal of my thoughts and belief, it’s very powerful

Thank you, Byron Katie for your incredible contribution to the world. 

For anyone hesitating do the work it’s really powerful. You have no idea how your thoughts and beliefs are limiting you until you do.

### 5/5 — Love the app!

*2023-06-15*

Its interactive and much easier to use .. I enjoy not having to write out all the questions :)

### 5/5 — Love it!

*2022-12-20, version 3.2*

Extremely valuable!

### 5/5 — My happiness coach!

*2022-10-29*

I’ve been doing the work for a few years and this podcast supports my understanding and soothes me in times of worry.   Cannot overstate the improvement in my peace of mind!

### 5/5 — Nice app

*2022-01-03, version 3.2*

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.

### 5/5 — Brilliant and easy to use version of The Work

*2021-08-04*

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.

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