Shadow Work vs MapSelf
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.
MapSelf
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Some days you mean to sit down and write about yourself. You rarely do. MapSelf is the other version of that. Short sets of questions, one at a time, and a reflection written back to you. It is built for adults who want to pay attention to themselves without keeping a journal — and for the stretches of life where something is quietly shifting. A job. A relationship. A direction you are no longer sure about. HOW IT WORKS You pick a set. A handful of questions, one per screen, multiple choice. No blank page, no typing, no streak to protect. Your answers are scored across 15 dimensions in 4 groups — being present, setting boundaries, deep focus, guilt-free rest, and eleven more. Then a guide writes you a reflection on what you chose: a short piece of prose about the pattern in your answers, and up to three things you might try. THE NUMBERS ARE NOT THE AI'S Your scores are arithmetic. Every option carries a fixed weight, and your dimension scores come from those weights alone. The AI writes the prose and never touches the numbers. Answer the same way twice and you get the same score twice. YOUR MIND MAP Each set updates the dimensions it touches. Together they build a radar across all 15, with a trend line showing how it moves over time. Nothing here is a verdict. A low score is an earlier stage, not a failure, and no dimension has a bad end. FOUR GUIDES, ONE SET OF ANSWERS Flow reads the emotional layer. Nova looks for strengths not yet fully expressed. Spark stays on habits and follow-through. Edge maps the roles and constraints you are working inside. Same answers, four different readings. You can ask a second guide about a set you have already finished. SUBSCRIPTION AND CREDITS MapSelf is free to download. Browsing sets, reading what each one covers, and your profile cost nothing. Completing a set and receiving a reflection requires a subscription and credits. Subscriptions are available weekly, monthly and yearly, each including a number of credits per period. While your subscription is active you can also buy extra credit packs. Prices are shown in the app before any purchase. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial that includes 3 credits. It converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel yours in your Apple Account settings. YOUR ANSWERS STAY YOURS There is no feed and no profile for anyone to browse. Nothing leaves the app unless you choose to share it. You can delete your account from inside the app. Deletion completes after 30 days, and you can change your mind during that time. WHAT MAPSELF IS NOT It is not a personality test and will not sort you into a type. It is not a medical, diagnostic or therapeutic product, and nothing it writes is clinical advice. It is for adults 18 and over. Terms of Service: https://mapself.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://mapself.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Shadow Work at 3 against MapSelf's 1. Shadow Work also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Shadow Work sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month and MapSelf sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Shadow Work | MapSelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (342 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 342 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mindberg doo | Sahmurat UGURLU |
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
MapSelf
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
MapSelf
- Weekly7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 5 Credits$3.99
- 15 Credits$9.99
- 25 Credits$14.99
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- 50 Credits$24.99









