Comparison

Inner Knowing vs Self

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

Head to head
About

Inner Knowing

Access daily peace, clarity, and power through guided sessions that clear emotional blocks and rewire thought patterns. This app helps you awaken your dormant potential by activating states of higher mind, infinite potential, and inner knowing.

Highlights
  • Daily short, powerful sessions
  • Audio journeys for block clearing
  • Guided programs for resilience
  • Energetic shift for grounding
  • Activates higher mind states
  • Unlocks infinite potential
Features
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What if you could access a field of peace, clarity, and power—every single day? 

Inner Knowing is the evolution of SOS Method, now powered by Energy Intelligence™—a breakthrough that clears emotional blocks, rewires thought patterns, and activates your dormant potential. 
It’s not just about getting calm—it’s about awakening.

 With each Session, you activate three core states of your being: 

• Higher Mind – insight beyond fear or limitation 
• Infinite Potential – energy that shapes your future 
• Inner Knowing – the quiet wisdom that always guides you 
Whether you're moving through stress, generational trauma, or transformation, Inner Knowing helps you return to wholeness—and rise. 

Features include:
 • Short, powerful daily Sessions 
• Audio journeys to clear emotional and mental blocks 
• Guided programs for resilience, clarity, and purpose 
• An energetic shift that grounds, clears, and elevates 
Begin your journey today—your inner evolution starts now.

About

Self

This app guides users through self-parenting techniques to develop healthy coping mechanisms. It helps connect with emotions, body, and inner child, fostering protective inner parents for navigating life's uncertainties.

Highlights
  • Self-parenting guidance
  • Connect with feelings
  • Connect with body
  • Connect with inner child
  • Develop healthy inner parents
  • Coping mechanisms for trauma survivors
Features
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The first Self-Parenting App on the App Store. Developed by Happy Brain, Inc. in Silicon Valley, CA. Self-parenting, the concept introduced a generation ago, has helped many trauma survivors to establish healthy coping mechanisms.  The app will ask you several questions, which will make your brain think in a different way. Using the app each time you have a flashback, or trigger, or stress, may save a lot of time and energy. It will help you connect with your feelings, body, and inner child. You will also be able to grow healthy inner parents, which will protect and guide your vulnerable self in this world full of uncertainty.

Screenshots

Inner Knowing4 screens
Self4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Self at none against Inner Knowing's 3. Self also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Inner Knowing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Self asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Inner Knowing against 4.3 for Self. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Inner Knowing's written reviews are positive against 67% of Self's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inner Knowing ships an update monthly, Self every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inner Knowing versus Self: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInner KnowingSelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (30 ratings)4.3 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better16
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size376 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSOS Method, Inc.Happy Brain, Inc.

Customer experience

Inner Knowing

All ratings29 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative24.1%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%

Self

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Inner Knowing

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Family Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
None

Self

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inner Knowing free?
Inner Knowing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Self free?
Self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inner Knowing or Self?
Self is rated higher. Inner Knowing averages 4.1 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Self averages 4.3 from 16 ratings.
Do Inner Knowing or Self have ads?
Neither Inner Knowing nor Self shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inner Knowing or Self?
Inner Knowing ships an update monthly, and Self every 2 weeks. Most recently, Inner Knowing was updated on October 21, 2026 and Self on October 12, 2026.

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