Positive Intelligence vs Self
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Positive Intelligence
This app is for participants of a mental fitness program designed to improve your positive intelligence quotient (PQ). It helps you identify and overcome sabotaging thoughts, activating a more effective and stress-free performance mode through science-based techniques.
- Raise PQ levels
- Intercept sabotaging thoughts
- Activate stress-free performance mode
- Build new mental muscles
- Improve mindset and resilience
- Enhance emotional mastery
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This app is for exclusive use of participants in the Positive Intelligence Program, which is based on the New York Times bestselling book of Stanford lecturer Shirzad Chamine. The Positive Intelligence program raises your PQ (positive intelligence quotient) levels significantly in as little as 6 weeks. Its foundation lies in recognizing and intercepting mental thoughts and habits that sabotage us and activating the part of the brain that is connected to a far more effective and stress-free performance mode. Using simple, actionable techniques that are science-based and field-tested with CEOs, the Positive Intelligence Program enables you to build new mental muscles quickly and profoundly. The Positive Intelligence Program is a powerful blended learning experience consisting of seven live video sessions with Shirzad Chamine combined with daily practice and personalized coaching delivered via the Positive Intelligence smartphone app and the support of an online peer community. This ensures that learning is reinforced and cemented. Participants in the Positive Intelligence Program can expect to experience immediate and sustained improvements in their performance and happiness, including: • A more positive and adaptive mindset • Increased resilience • Greater emotional mastery • Reduced stress responses • Enhanced creativity • Greater empathy • Increased skilfulness in leadership and coaching others • Improved professional and personal relationships
Self
This app guides users on a path to personal growth and success. It focuses on building self-worth and unlocking opportunities for a more prosperous life.
- Nurture self-worth
- Stimulate personal growth
- Unlock prosperous life
- Journey towards success
- Innovative self-improvement
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Journey towards success with the Self-Worth Training Center, an innovative self-improvement app designed to nurture self-worth, stimulate personal growth, and unlock a prosperous life of opportunities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Self at none against Positive Intelligence's 1. Self also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Positive Intelligence's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Positive Intelligence sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Self asks for nothing beyond the download.
Self holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Positive Intelligence has 176 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Positive Intelligence ships an update fortnightly, Self every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Positive Intelligence | Self |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (176 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Positive Intelligence | Self Worth Foundation |
Customer experience
Positive Intelligence
Self
Bugs and requests
Positive Intelligence
Reported bugs
9 issues- Videos do not have subtitles
- Subtitles not working even when enabled
- App crashes on latest iOS versions
- Audio glitches
- Unable to submit progress
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- App crashes when completing coach challenges
- App glitches requiring deletion and reinstallation
- App does not load daily information/challenges consistently
- App becomes unresponsive with poor cellular/WiFi connection
Requested features
8 requests- Add more narrator voices
- Add subtitles to all videos
- Fix terms & conditions prompt frequency
- Implement offline functionality
- Improve video playback controls
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- Add Chromecast functionality
- Improve dashboard visuals (muscle and battery indicators)
- Allow access to settings before completing exercises
Self
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Positive Intelligence
- Positive Intelligence Program$999.99
Self
No in-app purchases
