Comparison

Orb vs Shadow Work

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

Head to head
About

Orb

Connect with experienced readers for live psychic chats, tarot readings, and medium sessions via private messaging. Gain clarity on relationship questions, life decisions, and future uncertainties in a supportive space.

Highlights
  • Live psychic chat
  • Tarot card readings
  • Medium sessions
  • Psychic text on your terms
  • Private messaging interface
  • Love and life path readings
Features
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When life feels uncertain, it helps to talk to someone who can offer clarity. Orb connects you to experienced readers for live psychic chats, tarot card readings, and medium sessions — all through private, easy-to-use messaging. Whether you're facing relationship questions, emotional crossroads, or future decisions, Orb offers a space to explore your thoughts, reflect, and gain new perspectives. What You Can Do: Start a Live Psychic Chat:  Ask what's on your heart. A live psychic is just a message away. Get a Tarot Card Reading:  Choose your spread and explore the messages behind the cards. Find meaning in what lies ahead. Talk to a Medium:  Open a conversation through a spiritual lens. Our mediums offer thoughtful connection and insight. Use Psychic Txt on Your Terms:  Send your question anytime and receive responses you can reflect on at your own pace. Many users turn to psychic readings in times of change, heartache, or uncertainty. Orb is designed to offer a calm, supportive space where you can feel heard — and perhaps see things from a new perspective. Whether it’s a tarot card reading for insight, a medium session for connection, or simply a moment of stillness through psychic txt, your journey is yours — and it starts here. Features: -Live and on-demand psychic chat -Intuitive tarot card reading options -In-depth psychic readings -Access to mediums with spiritual perspectives -Flexible messaging for fast or reflective use -Topics include love, life path, decisions, and more -Private and easy-to-use interface Links to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service can be found here: https://seventysouls.com/terms https://seventysouls.com/privacy

About

Shadow Work

Explore your dreams and the night sky with this app. It offers guided meditations, dream analysis with symbol identification, and detailed tarot readings. Discover lunar phases and their meanings, and personalize your daily affirmations.

Highlights
  • Guided meditation with binaural beats
  • AI-powered dream symbol identification
  • Detailed tarot card readings
  • Lunar phase tracking and calendar
  • Personalized daily affirmations
  • Dream journaling and symbol history
Features
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Some nights the only question is: why is nothing working for me? Nothing is wrong with you. You're in a phase. Phases turn. Moonwake is a few minutes at the end of the day. Name what is weighing on you, get a frame around it, close the day. ANYTHING ON YOUR MIND That is the question the app opens on. Say it out loud or type it. Your voice is written down as you speak. Then a card answers the words you actually used. You never have to pick a feature. You answer one question, and the night goes from there. 19 TEACHINGS, OVER 200 CARDS The newest and largest part of the app. Short stacks of cards on the things that keep you up, in plain language, a few minutes each. Breaking the Pattern: why you repeat, how to shift How Manifesting Really Works: desire, focus, assumption You're Addicted to Your Own Emotions: the feelings you keep ordering The Art of Letting Go: stop forcing, start flowing The Power of Attention: the one lever you hold Your Brain in Waves: your mind runs at four speeds Who You Really Are: bigger than you think Solfeggio and the Story of Tuning: the real story of 432 and 528 The Moon Cycle: the rhythm worth keeping Ten more inside, on beliefs, energy, healing frequencies, meditation, dreams, chakras, and the laws that keep turning up in every tradition. DREAMS Tell it the dream while it is still there, out loud or typed. Each reading is written fresh for the dream you told it. It also finds the symbols, from a dictionary of 117 that someone sat down and wrote. Every dream is kept with its date, so when the same symbol turns up three times, you see it. THE MOON, MADE USEFUL Tonight's real phase and how much of it is lit. Six areas of life laid over the cycle: Grow, Work, Body, Heart, Clear, Rest. Every night of the month belongs to something, so you always know what tonight is good for. The astronomy and the tradition are kept apart on purpose. Two years of real moons, back and ahead. TAROT All 78 cards with written meanings. Keywords, a full reading, and separate takes on love, career, money and spirit. One card for today, three for past, present and future, or a yes or no where you type the real question. Ask the same question on the same day and you get the same card. Four decks. MEDITATE Binaural sessions through alpha, theta and delta. Two close tones, one in each ear, and the beat is the difference your own head makes between them. Headphones, or it does not happen. It calms the mind. That is all it claims. AFFIRMATIONS 126 lines across seven themes. Write your own and yours lead the deck. Put your own photo behind any card. If you are in real trouble, talk to a professional. Moonwake is the eleven o'clock thing between those conversations. Moonwake is for entertainment. Readings are not a substitute for professional, legal, medical, financial, or psychological advice. Terms of Use: https://cmlapps.github.io/Moonwake/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cmlapps.github.io/Moonwake/privacy.html

Screenshots

Orb4 screens
Shadow Work4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Orb at 1.4K against Shadow Work's 6. Orb also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Orb sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Shadow Work sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shadow Work holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orb has 1.4K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orb ships an update monthly, Shadow Work every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orb versus Shadow Work: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbShadow Work
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB97 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperErgodic Technologies Bilisim Limited SirketiCloud Motion Lab LLC

Customer experience

Orb

All ratings1,308 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative29.0%

Shadow Work

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Orb

Subscriptions2
  • Orb Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Orb Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
One-time8
  • Welcome deal$4.99
  • 100 Credits$9.99
  • 200 Credits$19.99
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  • 450 Credits$29.99
  • Lifetime$29.99
  • 300 Credits$29.99
  • 500 Credits$49.99
  • 1500 Credits$99.99
2 purchases

Shadow Work

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Orb free?
Orb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadow Work free?
Shadow Work is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orb or Shadow Work?
Shadow Work is rated higher. Orb averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Shadow Work averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Orb or Shadow Work have ads?
Neither Orb nor Shadow Work shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orb or Shadow Work?
Orb ships an update monthly, and Shadow Work every 3 weeks. Most recently, Orb was updated on November 4, 2026 and Shadow Work on October 31, 2026.

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