Comparison

IFS Guide vs Animi

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

Head to head
About

IFS Guide

This app offers guided sessions based on Internal Family Systems (IFS) protocols. It features an AI practitioner named Sunny that provides step-by-step guidance through text, audio, or direct speech in any language, assisting with inner child and shadow work. It also includes guided meditations and tools for journaling and tracking your inner parts.

Highlights
  • AI-powered IFS practitioner (Sunny)
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • Text, audio, and direct speech interaction
  • Inner child and shadow work assistance
  • Guided meditations
  • Part journaling and profiling
  • Reminders for self-care
Features
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Internal Family Systems (IFS Therapy) is the fastest growing therapy model because of it’s root-cause effectiveness. And our goal is to make it affordable and accessible for all! The IFS Guide app gives you step-by-step guidance based on Internal Family Systems protocols so that you have a safe space to take care of your Parts anytime, anywhere. Our AI-powered IFS Practitioner, called Sunny, acts like a real IFS practitioner and enables you to speak directly or chat with it anytime, anywhere, and in ANY LANGUAGE. Sunny will be with you every step of the way, so you never wander off or feel lost in the process. There are text, audio, and direct speaking guides in your native language that will help you through inner child work and shadow work, so you understand your parts better and create deeper relationships with them. In addition to AI-powered guidance, the app also provides smart guided meditations in audio, for those who prefer no AI included in their guidance. The feature to chat with your parts on your own, allows you the freedom and creativity you need to connect with your different sides (parts) at your own pace. You can also log your conversations with your parts and reflect on them later. Create a profile for each Part of your Internal Family System and log its traits, behavior, and relationships with other parts. Schedule reminders to ensure your Parts get the care and attention they need from you. IFS GUIDE APP FEATURES AI-Powered Guidance: AI-powered Sunny, acting like a real IFS practitioner, helps you navigate through your sessions. The ability to text or talk to Sunny, just like a real IFS session. Ability to chat or talk in your own words and language. Step-by-step Internal Family Systems guidance designed by Certified Level-3 IFS Practitioners: Understand your Parts better and create deeper relationships with them. "On-Call" assistance will help you stay in your process and not wander off. Chat with Your Parts On Your Own: Create a safe space to stay present and communicate with your parts at your own pace. Log your conversations and reflect on them at a later time. Chat with multiple parts at the same time. Get Help to Unblend: Never Lose Track of Your Parts: Add notes about what you have learned from them and their relationships with each other. Journal your healing process. Access your previous conversations and talk with your parts quickly and easily. Create profiles for each Part. Create parts maps on your own, or Sunny will do it for you automatically after each session. Stay Focused on Your Inner World: Get through each step smoothly and confidently without getting lost in the process. Gentle and soothing audio guidance helps reduce anxiety and overwhelm. Stay focused on your parts without having to worry about the next steps. Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Parts: Set reminders to check in with your parts regularly and explore different topics. Give your parts the care and attention they need. Daily check-ins to stay connected with your parts every day. And many more features.... Download IFS Guide today and experience the future of personalized IFS therapy! Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Animi

This app helps users understand and manage their emotions, particularly for those with alexithymia. It offers tools to identify, log, and learn about feelings, along with techniques for emotional regulation and communication. Optional premium features provide in-depth courses and AI-enhanced support.

Highlights
  • Alexithymia test and score
  • Detailed emotion identification and logging
  • Emotion encyclopedia with causes and symptoms
  • Breathing techniques for emotional regulation
  • Journaling with reflective prompts
  • Daily check-in notifications and streaks
Features
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Are you struggling with emotions? Do you find it difficult to connect with others? You're not alone. Every 1 in 10 people has alexithymia - difficulty, or inability to identify, understand, and express emotions. And it’s even more prevalent among neurodivergent people (autism, ADHD,...). Animi is a free app (currently only in English) with some optional premium extra features that helps you learn about your emotions, understand their causes, manage them effectively, and over time figure out your patterns. Like an evidence-based emotion coach utilizing the latest research on alexithymia and emotion regulation, Animi is designed to improve alexithymia, emotional awareness, and emotional intelligence, and over time help you build emotional vocabulary and understand the nuances of hundreds of feelings and emotions. - Take an alexithymia test and learn your alexithymia score, indicating how severely you are disconnected from your emotions - Identify & log your emotions with the help of one of our emotion wheel like tools (on a much more detailed and granular level than other emotion trackers) - Understand the meaning, causes, and symptoms of emotions with the help of our emotion encyclopedia - Experience quick breathing techniques to regulate emotions (like cyclic physiological sighing, bhastrika, or resonance breathing) - Learn how to communicate emotions in a productive way - Journal about your emotions with the help of introspective, reflective prompts - Get daily notifications to check in with yourself and build a streak With our optional Premium subscription, you'll also get access to: - 100-lesson, 3-month daily evidence-based Emotions 101 course designed specifically to address alexithymia by teaching a productive mindset about emotions, interoception, and emotion schemas - Optional AI-enhanced features including guided identification & processing chat workflows, knowledge base search & LLM-generated journal insights - Cross-device user accounts and data backups to sync data on phone & browser - Advanced analytics, including the ability to filter logged journals with multiple filters and extract useful insights from unique charts And over the longer period of using the app: - Reduce your alexithymia score - Improve your relationships - Enhance your mental health and even physical health Download Animi now and start your self-care journey today! Sample of user reviews: - The app is in my opinion much better than emotion wheels as there is so much more details/information. - This was far more informative than talking with a therapist for an hour to figure out what I'm feeling, so I would recommend it. - Very helpful! Feel like the tool has allowed me to regulate even when having very distressing emotions through understanding. Disclaimer: Animi is incorporated as a public benefit corporation with a mission to build a solution that improves alexithymia, and that's also why we collect the anonymized alexithymia test data, so we know whether the app succeeds at it. Your sensitive journal data stays on the device by default. It can be stored on our server for cross-device sync only with your opt-in explicit permission after enabling that feature. By default we are only collecting metadata necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and improve the app, though you can opt-in to share more detailed data for research and creation of future helpful content. We don't share the data with any third-parties nor sell it or use it for any kind of advertisement.

Screenshots

IFS Guide4 screens
Animi4 screens

Verdict

The call

IFS Guide and Animi both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Animi's written reviews are positive against 75% of IFS Guide's. IFS Guide's advantage is ratings volume (828 vs 60) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. IFS Guide sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Animi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for IFS Guide against 4.8 for Animi. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IFS Guide has 828 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of IFS Guide's written reviews are positive against 96% of Animi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IFS Guide ships an update fortnightly, Animi every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
IFS Guide versus Animi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIFS GuideAnimi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (828 ratings)4.8 (60 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews96.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings828 — better60
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInternal Family Systems - IFS GuideAnimi PBC

Customer experience

IFS Guide

All ratings828 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral0.8%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative21.7%

Animi

All ratings50 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%

Bugs and requests

IFS Guide

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Subscription issues and inability to upgrade
  • Reminders and notifications not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back old audio guided sessions
  • Improve accessibility for screen readers
  • Allow more customization of parts
  • Fix issues with parts mapping and editing

Animi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

IFS Guide

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Plan7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Monthly Platinum Plan7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Platinum Plan Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Month
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  • Platinum Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Premium Plan14 Days trial$95.991 Year
  • Platinum Annual1 Year trial$99.991 Year
  • Platinum Plan14 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Platinum Plan Annual14 Days trial$129.991 Year
  • Platinum Plan14 Days trial$159.991 Year
2 purchases

Animi

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is IFS Guide free?
IFS Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Animi free?
Animi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IFS Guide or Animi?
Animi is rated higher. IFS Guide averages 4.8 out of 5 from 828 ratings, while Animi averages 4.8 from 60 ratings.
Do IFS Guide or Animi have ads?
Neither IFS Guide nor Animi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IFS Guide or Animi?
IFS Guide ships an update fortnightly, and Animi every 5 weeks. Most recently, IFS Guide was updated on November 11, 2026 and Animi on November 3, 2026.

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