Comparison

Philosophy Classics Books vs Mastering Gestalt

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

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About

Philosophy Classics Books

Access a curated collection of classic philosophy texts with human narration. Enjoy reading, listening, or a combination of both with synchronized audio and text. Explore works from renowned philosophers and enhance your understanding with highlighted notes.

Highlights
  • Human narrated audiobooks
  • Read-along synchronized text
  • Day/night reading modes
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Extensive library of classics
  • Offline access to books
Features
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This app provides philosophy classics books with human narration. It includes read along feature: professional recorded narration plays along while you read. You can enjoy a book by reading or listening or reading and listening at the same time. ■ Books - Apology, The Republic, Crito, Symposium, Meno, Phaedo, Euthyphro, Theaetetus, Protagoras, Phaedrus, Gorgias, Parmenides, Timaeus, Cratylus by Plato - The Nicomachean Ethics, Poetics, Politics, Rhetoric by Aristotle - Confessions, City of God by Augustine of Hippo - The Art of War by Sun Tzu - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book 1, 2, 3, 4 by John Locke - Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche - The Analects of Confucius, The Sayings of Confucius by Confucius - The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - Tao Te Ching by Laozi - Meditations on First Philosophy, Selections from the Principles of Philosophy, Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth by René Descartes - Candide by Voltaire - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - The Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza - Utopia by Thomas More - The World as Will and Idea by Arthur Schopenhauer - Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius -... - Overall 55 books ■ Philosophers -Aristotle, Arthur Schopenhauer, Augustine of Hippo, Benedict de Spinoza, Bertrand Russell, Blaise Pascal, Boethius, Confucius, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Berkeley, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Laozi, Marcus Aurelius, Niccolò Machiavelli, Plat, René Descartes, Sun Tzu, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas More, Voltaire ■ Read along books - Text synced with human narration - Day/night mode - Highlight, note - Play audio only or read & play at the same time

About

Mastering Gestalt

Features
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Gestalt Mastery is an educational reference navigator for Gestalt therapy: concepts, practices and literature. A structured database for systemic understanding of the method. Does not replace full study, personal therapy or supervision. Not a medical service. Who it's for: students and Gestalt therapists in training and practice; supervisors - as a tool for students' independent work; anyone interested in psychology. What's inside: Concepts 22 cards: awareness (three zones), contact boundary, cycle of contact, confluence, introjection, projection, retroflection, deflection, egotism, figure/ground, unfinished business, paradoxical theory of change (Beisser), I-Thou dialogue (Buber), field theory, inclusion, creative adjustment, experiment, Self as process, shame and belonging (Lee, Wheeler), aggression as contact, support, phenomenological method. Definitions, historical context, clinical manifestations, misunderstandings, self-reflection questions, key authors, readings. Therapeutic scenarios 19 vignettes: client in confluence, sudden anger, chronic retroflector, silence, intellectualization, idealization, stuck client, shame work, rigid introject, edge of tears, sexualized field, narcissistic/borderline client, body work, termination, boundary testing, grief, dependent client, anxiety. Each includes: vignette, client process, therapist's awareness, Gestalt perspectives (classical, relational, field, dialogical, phenomenological), possible experiments, questions to stay with, traps, supervisor questions. Capabilities 10 areas with stage-based guides: contact awareness, phenomenological sensitivity, dialogic presence, creative experimentation, self-awareness as instrument, tolerance for emptiness (fertile void), contact interruption recognition, field sensitivity, paradoxical stance, embodied awareness. Books 26 titles with summaries: Perls/Hefferline/Goodman, Polster, Yontef, Zinker, Jacobs, Hycner, Spagnuolo Lobb, Wheeler, Kepner, Frank, Buber, Beisser, and more. Session pre-session presence preparation (focus areas, blind spots) and post-session reflection (contact boundary questions). Journal post-session notes: what happened, what I'm aware of, contact interruptions, field observations. Growth capability self-assessment, supervision prep. What the app does not do does not replace full training, personal therapy or supervision.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Philosophy Classics Books at $1.99 against Mastering Gestalt's $29.99. Philosophy Classics Books also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On 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

Philosophy Classics Books costs $1.99 and Mastering Gestalt $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Philosophy Classics Books versus Mastering Gestalt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhilosophy Classics BooksMastering Gestalt
Price$1.99 — better$29.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNgoc AnhVladimir Dyagay

In-app purchases

None

Philosophy Classics Books

No in-app purchases

None

Mastering Gestalt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Philosophy Classics Books free?
Philosophy Classics Books costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mastering Gestalt free?
Mastering Gestalt costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Philosophy Classics Books or Mastering Gestalt have ads?
Neither Philosophy Classics Books nor Mastering Gestalt shows ads.

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