Comparison

Flo by Moen™ vs Shadow Work Journal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flo by Moen™

This app guides users through migrating their Flo by Moen devices to a new platform before the current app is deactivated. It provides a step-by-step process to ensure a smooth transition for water damage and leak protection devices.

Highlights
  • Guided device migration
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Water damage protection device transfer
  • Leak detector device transfer
  • App deactivation guidance
Features
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If you currently use the Flo by Moen™ app to manage your device, please follow the in-app migration steps before November 1 to move to our new app. After November 1, the Flo by Moen™ app will have limited functionality and will be removed from the App Store later this year.

About

Shadow Work Journal

Features
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Some things are too heavy to carry and too important to throw away. That's where Shadow Work Journal begins. Every morning, Shadow Work Journal opens to a single prompt. Not a feed. Not a dashboard. Not a choice between seventeen things. One question, written for the part of you that you usually keep quiet. You write. However long you need. There's no word count, no timer demanding productivity, no streak shaming you for a missed day. Just a warm cursor on a dark screen, the way a page looks by candlelight. And when you're done, something unusual happens. Ember asks you a question most journaling apps never will: Do you want to keep this, or burn it? If you keep it, it joins a quiet archive you can return to. If you burn it, the words catch light at the bottom of the screen. Embers rise. The text disintegrates, line by line, into drifting particles that fade into the dark. A single word remains: Released. Then it's gone. Really gone. No trash folder. No cloud backup. No undo. (Ember always asks you to confirm — burning is deliberate, never accidental.) This is not a gimmick. It's the whole point. Jung called it the shadow: the parts of yourself you've hidden — the anger, the shame, the envy, the fear. Shadow work is the practice of dragging them into the light long enough to look at them. The value isn't in the archive. It's in the looking. Ember is built around that truth. Some entries deserve to be kept. Most deserve to be written, witnessed by you, and set down. WHAT'S INSIDE • 370 shadow work prompts, one per day, organized across ten themes: anger, shame, fear, abandonment, control, envy, people-pleasing, identity, family patterns, and self-sabotage • A distraction-free writing space. No formatting tools, no word count, no notifications while you work • Burn mode with a deliberate, ceremonial animation and haptic response — because the act of release should feel like something • A private history of kept entries, and a record (without content) of what you released • A single optional daily reminder at a time you choose. No badges. No guilt. No streaks WHAT'S NOT INSIDE No account. No email signup. No onboarding survey. No ads. No AI watching your words. No analytics. No cloud. Your writing lives on your device and only on your device. TRY IT FIRST. THEN OWN IT. Ember is free to download, and your first three entries are free to keep. Write with it before you decide anything. When you're ready, a single Lifetime purchase unlocks all of it — all 370 prompts, unlimited kept entries, burn mode, Live Activity, notifications — and never asks you for money again. It doesn't renew. It doesn't expire. There is no premium tier waiting above it and no upgrade nudge hiding behind a feature. There's also a weekly option, if you'd rather not pay up front. It unlocks exactly the same app. The Lifetime unlock is the one we'd point you to. Shadow work is personal, and personal work shouldn't be rented to you month after month. Buy the tool once. Own the practice. WHO THIS IS FOR Ember is for people who've encountered Jungian archetypes online, heard about inner child work from a therapist, or felt the pull of shadow work and didn't know where to start. It's for those who have tried bloated wellness apps and closed them within a week, seeking something more substantial. It's for the person who suspects — rightly — that the journal they actually need isn't the one with mood graphs and streak badges, but the one that respects the depth of the work they came to do. Open it tonight. Write the thing you haven't said. Keep it if it's meant to stay. Burn it if it isn't. Either way, you did the work. Privacy Policy: https://www.leanorbit.app/shadowwork/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flo by Moen™3 screens
Shadow Work Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flo by Moen™ at Free against Shadow Work Journal's $2.99. Flo by Moen™ also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flo by Moen™ is free to download; Shadow Work Journal costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flo by Moen™ ships an update every 2 months, Shadow Work Journal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flo by Moen™ versus Shadow Work Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlo by Moen™Shadow Work Journal
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlo TechnologiesLean Orbit LLC

Bugs and requests

Flo by Moen™

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Inability to connect devices to WiFi
  • Incorrect water usage data and categorization
  • Water shutoffs during normal usage
  • Sensor connectivity issues and failures

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to customize fixture types
  • More granular water usage reporting
  • Automated home/away mode
  • Integration with more smart home platforms
  • Improved app responsiveness and stability
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  • Better leak detection sensitivity

Shadow Work Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Flo by Moen™

No in-app purchases

None

Shadow Work Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flo by Moen™ free?
Flo by Moen™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadow Work Journal free?
Shadow Work Journal costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flo by Moen™ or Shadow Work Journal have ads?
Neither Flo by Moen™ nor Shadow Work Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flo by Moen™ or Shadow Work Journal?
Flo by Moen™ ships an update every 2 months, and Shadow Work Journal every 5 weeks. Most recently, Flo by Moen™ was updated on October 15, 2026 and Shadow Work Journal on October 2, 2026.

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