Comparison

Mohanji vs The REAL Shift

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

Head to head
About

Mohanji

This app offers a spiritual guide for personal growth, providing daily wisdom, guided meditations, and tools for breathwork and kriya practice. Connect with teachings through videos, podcasts, and event updates, integrating a spiritual path into daily life.

Highlights
  • Latest videos and podcasts
  • Upcoming event information
  • Daily meditation and kriya timer
  • Pranayama and breathwork practice
  • Daily quotes and wisdom
  • Guided meditations in multiple languages
  • Integration into everyday life
Features
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The official Mohanji app brings Mohanji's guided meditations, talks and teachings to your phone. MEDITATE Power of Purity, Bliss of Silence, Blossoms of Love, 360 Degrees and more, guided by Mohanji in many languages. Download any practice and play it offline. Breath work and Consciousness Kriya pages explain each practice step by step. MEDITATION TIMER Sit for as long as you like with a starting bell, an ending bell and interval bells of your choice, a warm-up before the first bell, saved presets, and your session shown on the lock screen. Every session counts towards your streak, with daily and weekly statistics. LISTEN AND WATCH Mohanji Speaks, the podcast, with new episodes as they arrive, and Mohanji's latest videos, searchable in one place. EVENTS AND WISDOM Upcoming events and retreats with Mohanji worldwide, a daily quote, and the story of who Mohanji is. YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in by e-mail link, Google or Apple. Your timer sessions, presets and streak follow you across devices. Notifications are optional and you choose which kinds you receive: new content, the daily quote, streak reminders, events, announcements. Mohanji is a friend of the world, a person committed to raising the awareness of generations from selfishness to selflessness. The app is free and published by Mohanji International Sàrl.

About

The REAL Shift

This app offers a unique approach to mindfulness and emotional awareness through four simple movements. It provides guided practices, interactive journaling, and access to books to help users navigate stress, grief, and life's challenges, ultimately guiding them back to themselves.

Highlights
  • Four-movement mindfulness technique
  • Personalized guide for life challenges
  • Extensive library of practices
  • Interactive 30-day journal
  • Access to multiple books within the app
  • Multi-language support
  • Guided audio by Mark Powers
Features
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REAL SHIFT™ — TEN SECONDS. FOUR MOVEMENTS. A NEW WAY TO SEE. Life can pull you out of the present in an instant: a difficult conversation, an old memory, a stressful deadline, or a thought that won't let go. REAL Shift™ helps you meet those moments differently. Created by author Mark Powers, it brings together mindfulness, emotional awareness, compassion, and self-inquiry. THE 10-SECOND REAL SHIFT RECOGNIZE — Notice what happened, what you feel, and the belief behind your reaction. EMPATHY — See through another person's eyes, then offer that understanding to yourself. AWARENESS — Hold your belief beside what else is true. Notice the awareness in which both appear. LOVE — Meet the moment with compassion and let that guide your response. No special equipment or perfect conditions. Just a way back to yourself, wherever you are. YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE Tell the Guide what's happening — stress, grief, anger, relationships, cravings, or questions about life. Grounded in the REAL Shift™ books, it points to the source of its guidance and suggests a fitting practice. Brief by design: it helps you return to living, not keep chatting. 227 PRACTICES FOR REAL LIFE From 100 Practices for Modern Life, grief and letting-go contemplations, Reality Check experiments, and The 112 Doors. Search by what you're experiencing and save the ones that resonate. THE 112 DOORS 112 ways into awareness through breath, sound, sensation, stillness, and everyday experiences. Open your Door of the Day or explore the full map, gate by gate. READ THE BOOKS INSIDE THE APP Read The REAL Shift, 100 Practices for Modern Life, Eat for Stillness, Realize the Self, and The 30-Day Guided Journal in the app. Adjust the text size and pick up where you left off. THE INTERACTIVE 30-DAY JOURNAL Write directly on the journal's pages, answer daily prompts, record scores, and mark the days you've practiced. What you write inside the books stays on your device. THE 30-DAY JOURNEY A guided path through awareness, emotional patterns, empathy, and love. No streaks, no pressure, no starting over if you miss a day. YOUR PATTERN MAP Reflect on a feeling's intensity before and after a Shift. Notice recurring situations and which practices help. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Deutsch, Español, Français, हिन्दी, 日本語, and Português. The books are being translated language by language. HEAR MARK'S VOICE Turn on "Hear Mark's Voice" to listen as guided screens are read aloud. BUILT TO BE CLOSED No endless feeds. No achievements to collect. REAL Shift is here to help you reclaim your attention. Practice when you need to, then close the app and return to your life. Your journey entries and conversations are private to your account, never sold, and never used for ads. REAL Shift is a personal-growth companion, not therapy or crisis care; crisis situations direct you to human support. SUBSCRIPTIONS REAL Shift, REAL Shift + Books and The Circle are optional auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://incandescent-starlight-01531a.netlify.app/privacy.html From the REAL Shift™ library by Mark Powers: The REAL Shift, 100 Practices for Modern Life, The 30-Day Guided Journal, Eat for Stillness, Realize the Self, A Heart Made Light, Find Out Who Dies, What Is REAL?, and The 112 Doors. RECOGNIZE · EMPATHY · AWARENESS · LOVE The real practice is life itself.

Screenshots

Mohanji4 screens
The REAL Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mohanji at none against The REAL Shift's 3. The REAL Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). 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. The REAL Shift sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Mohanji asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mohanji against 5.0 for The REAL Shift. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mohanji ships an update every 6 weeks, The REAL Shift every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mohanji versus The REAL Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMohanjiThe REAL Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB68 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMohanji International SàrlREAL Shift LLC

Customer experience

Mohanji

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The REAL Shift

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mohanji

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The REAL Shift

Subscriptions3
  • REAL Shift7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • REAL Shift + Books$14.991 Month
  • The Circle$29.991 Month

Questions

Is Mohanji free?
Mohanji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The REAL Shift free?
The REAL Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mohanji or The REAL Shift?
Mohanji and The REAL Shift are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Mohanji or The REAL Shift have ads?
Neither Mohanji nor The REAL Shift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mohanji or The REAL Shift?
Mohanji ships an update every 6 weeks, and The REAL Shift every 6 days. Most recently, Mohanji was updated on November 5, 2026 and The REAL Shift on October 31, 2026.

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