Comparison

SaiQuiz vs Shadow Journal

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

Head to head
About

SaiQuiz

Engage with the life and teachings of Sri Sai Baba through interactive quizzes. This app offers daily, practice, and event-based challenges in five languages to deepen your spiritual journey.

Highlights
  • Daily, Practice, and Event quizzes
  • Multi-language support (English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu)
  • Track individual progress
  • Learn about Sri Sai Baba's life and teachings
  • Daily quiz refreshed at 6:00 AM IST
Features
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SaiQuiz is a comprehensive and summative activity to help Sai devotees immerse themselves in the mystical life of Sri Sai Baba. With its roots in parayana, SaiQuiz encourages us to contemplate on Sai in a fun-filled way. Preparing for and participating in SaiQuiz increases our enthusiasm to learn more about our beloved Sadguru and makes us quizzical about every detail related to him. With this perfect opportunity, we can keep our spirit of learning alive and enjoy our devout journey into the incredible life and teachings of Sri Sai Baba! With a growing number of devotees far and wide, SaiQuiz is currently available in five languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. The SaiQuiz app offers quizzes in Daily-, Practice- and Event-based formats. The Daily Quiz gets refreshed every day with new questions at 6:00 AM IST. Individual progress can be tracked under ‘Personal History’ for the Daily Quiz. The Practice Quiz can be retaken multiple times until one feels confident to attempt the Daily Quiz. During special occasions, an Event-based quiz will be available with a broadened scope to include various other books on Sri Sai Baba.

About

Shadow Journal

Explore your inner self with guided prompts focused on shadow work. This app helps you identify and understand hidden emotions and desires through daily reflection. Features include customizable prompts, emotion tagging, and privacy controls.

Highlights
  • 200+ shadow work prompts
  • Emotion tagging with intensity
  • PIN lock for privacy
  • Streak tracking
  • Pattern analysis
  • Monthly shadow reports
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What parts of yourself do you keep hidden? Shadow Journal helps you confront your shadow self with 200+ rotating prompts inspired by Jungian psychology for nightly self-reflection. FEATURES: • 200+ shadow work prompts across 6 categories: triggers, projections, inner child, fears, shame, and desires • Tag emotions with intensity: Fear, Anger, Shame, Jealousy, Grief, Loneliness, Inadequacy, Resentment, Guilt • PIN lock for privacy — your journal is protected • Dark mode only — designed for evening introspection • Streak tracking with milestone celebrations INSIGHTS & TRENDS: • Pattern view: see your dominant shadow, emotion frequency, and day-of-week patterns (after 14+ entries) • Monthly Shadow Report with dominant and rising emotion analysis PRIVACY FIRST: All data is stored locally on your device. No accounts required. No cloud sync. No sharing features. PIN-protected. No one sees your data but you. Shadow Journal is free and ad-supported. Not therapy. For personal reflection only. Download now and start exploring your shadow today.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SaiQuiz at 21 against Shadow Journal's 2. SaiQuiz also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support. On price, rating, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SaiQuiz against 5.0 for Shadow Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SaiQuiz has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SaiQuiz versus Shadow Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaiQuizShadow Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (21 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better—
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaiseekers Association of AmericaBlas Prieto

In-app purchases

None

SaiQuiz

No in-app purchases

None

Shadow Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SaiQuiz free?
SaiQuiz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadow Journal free?
Shadow Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SaiQuiz or Shadow Journal?
SaiQuiz and Shadow Journal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 21 and 2 ratings respectively.

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