Shadow Work vs ScreenChore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Work
Explore your unconscious patterns and hidden archetypes to understand self-sabotage and repeated behaviors. Engage in daily prompts, receive direct answers to your deepest questions, and interpret dreams with psychological depth. Understand the roots of addiction and navigate personal growth cycles.
- Shadow assessment and archetype mapping
- Daily reflective prompts
- Direct shadow question answering
- Jungian dream interpretation
- Psychology of addiction exploration
- Growth cycle guidance
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Finally understand the hidden patterns running your life, and break them for good. Trusted by 150,000+ people on their healing journey. Mindberg isn't another personality test, mood tracker, or feel-good habit app. It's a shadow work experience grounded in real depth psychology, designed to help you understand why you do what you do and finally break the patterns that keep repeating. If you've ever asked yourself: - Why do I keep finding myself in the same situations? - Why do I react the way I do in relationships? - Why do I feel stuck, numb, or disconnected? Mindberg helps you uncover the real answers hiding in your unconscious mind. WHY THOUSANDS CHOOSE MINDBERG - Break repeating patterns - Understand your shadow - Interpret your dreams to reveal what your unconscious is trying to tell you - Track patterns through guided reflection to build real self-awareness - Integrate insights into daily life, not just intellectual understanding - Make better choices rooted in deep self-knowledge Mindberg is about transformation from the inside out. MINDBERG GOES DEEPER Have you used any of these? - Enneagram - MBTI / Myers-Briggs - Personality tests - Astrology quizzes - Journaling apps - Habit trackers Those tools describe what you do. Mindberg helps you understand why you do it. Rooted in Jungian shadow work and psychology, Mindberg goes beyond surface-level labels. Your responses and patterns reveal the parts of you that are hidden, denied, or misunderstood. BUILT FOR YOUR HEALING JOURNEY Mindberg supports you through: - Trauma and emotional wounds - CPTSD and early conditioning - Grief and loss - Breakups and relational wounds - Identity crises and loss of direction - Recovery from numbing habits and addictive patterns - Inner child healing - Spiritual exploration and meaning-making Mindberg is a safe place to face what you've been avoiding and finally move through it. Everything you write stays private. Your journal is yours alone. YOUR UNCONSCIOUS SPEAKS. START LISTENING. Dreams, emotional triggers, repeating patterns. None of these are random. They're signs from your unconscious mind. Mindberg includes: - Guided shadow work sessions - Prompts for Shadow exploration - Relationship patterns - Dream analysis and dream journal tools to uncover recurring symbols - Reflection tools that connect behavior to deeper patterns When you understand the unconscious forces shaping your life, you stop fighting yourself and start making real progress. WHY IT WORKS Most apps try to change your behavior. Mindberg works with the source of your behavior. By identifying the unconscious beliefs and patterns behind your decisions, you gain clarity and control. This is how you stop reacting and start choosing differently. People don't invest in Mindberg for quick fixes. They come for insight, transformation, and the chance to finally understand themselves. WHAT MAKES MINDBERG DIFFERENT Mindberg was created by a Jungian psychotherapist accredited by the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich. This isn't a faceless app. It's built by people who care deeply about your journey. The Mindberg team is emotionally invested and committed to supporting you as you explore your inner world. We listen, we iterate, and we evolve based on your feedback. If you have suggestions, reflections, or ideas, we'd love to hear from you. Leave a review or reach out directly. Your voice shapes the future of Mindberg. Start your journey inward. Understand your shadow. Reclaim your power.
ScreenChore
This app helps families manage chores and screen time. Parents can assign tasks and reward completion with extra device access, fostering responsibility and healthy digital habits. It aims to reduce conflict by setting clear expectations and automating screen time limits.
- Assign chores with screen time rewards
- Set screen time allowances per child
- Block or limit specific apps
- Automated screen time monitoring
- Parental control via single account
- Prompts chores to earn extra screen time
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ScreenChore combines a family chore chart with a screen time app, allowing parents to assign chores and reward them with extra screen time. It allows blocking and limiting screen time, while helping kids practice prioritization, delayed gratification, and build healthy relationships with their devices. Instead of constantly reminding, negotiating, or being the “bad guy,” parents can set clear expectations ahead of time. ScreenChore automatically monitors screen time and blocks selected apps when a child reaches their limit. No need to take the device away. The apps simply become unavailable, helping reduce fussing, arguing, and daily power struggles. When kids run out of screen time, they'll be prompted to complete the chores you assign to earn extra screen time, helping them learn that important responsibilities come before entertainment. Features: - Set a screen time allowance for each child in your family - Assign chores based on the day of the week - Choose a screen time reward for each chore - Use one parent account to set up your whole family - Permanently block certain apps or limit them by screen time - Give children a parent-approved device experience - Let kids complete chores to earn extra screen time ScreenChore is designed for families who want less conflict around devices and more structure around daily routines. ScreenChore uses Apples standard EULA terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ScreenChore's Privacy Policy: https://screenchore.com/Privacy_Policy.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Shadow Work at 342 against ScreenChore's 1. Shadow Work also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). ScreenChore's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Shadow Work sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month and ScreenChore sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScreenChore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow Work has 342 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shadow Work ships an update every 3 months, ScreenChore fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Work | ScreenChore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (342 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 342 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mindberg doo | Schlangen Development LLC |
Customer experience
Shadow Work
ScreenChore
Bugs and requests
Shadow Work
Reported bugs
5 issues- App quits/backs out unexpectedly
- App doesn't work some days
- Dreams stuck on interpretation
- Lost all tokens
- Tokens taken but no response
Requested features
7 requests- App available in French
- Better UI/UX design
- More comforting app experience
- Clearer explanation of app usage
- Option to export dream logs
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- Tokens replenish monthly
- Dark mode option
ScreenChore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shadow Work
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Month
- Mindberg- Monthly Subscription$24.991 Month
- Mindberg - 6 Months$59.996 Months
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- Annual Subscription$99.991 Year
- Annual Subscription Special$99.991 Year
- Mindberg – Annual with Trial3 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Annual Subscription Offer$249.991 Year
- 1 Token$0.99
- 5 Tokens$3.99
- Shadow Work Integration$99.00
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- Shadow Work Integration$199.99
ScreenChore
- ScreenChore Family Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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