Shadow Work App & Journal vs The Kindness Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Work App & Journal
Explore the unconscious aspects of your psyche with guided journaling prompts. This app helps you heal past wounds, break free from limiting cycles, and cultivate authenticity through self-discovery. Start with free prompts and unlock advanced sequences for deeper exploration.
- Guided journaling prompts
- Exploration of unconscious psyche
- Healing past wounds
- Breaking limiting cycles
- Cultivating authenticity
- Free foundational prompts
- Unlock advanced sequences
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Embark on a profound and transformative journey of self-discovery with the guided Shadow Work Journal app. Shadow work is the essential, courageous practice of exploring the unconscious aspects of your psyche. It's about illuminating the parts of yourself you may have denied or ignored to heal past wounds, break free from limiting cycles, and cultivate deep, lasting authenticity. Facing your shadow can feel complex, but this journey is significantly eased with gentle guidance. Our app acts as your compassionate companion, providing structured, insightful journaling prompts to guide you through the intricate landscape of your inner world. Begin your journey for free with a selection of our foundational journaling prompts. When you are ready to delve deeper, you can unlock our complete library of advanced journaling sequences and themes with a separate purchase. This ensures you can start exploring your shadow at your own pace. Each sequence, both free and premium, focuses on a critical area of exploration. We offer carefully considered prompts that encourage deep reflection and radical honesty within a safe, non-judgmental space, empowering you to achieve true self-acceptance. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Kindness Project
This app provides daily inspiration and actionable suggestions to cultivate kindness. It offers random quotes and three simple acts to perform each day, helping users build a consistent habit of thoughtful behavior without pressure or social features.
- Daily kindness quotes
- Three actionable kindness suggestions
- Mark suggestions as complete
- Daily reset for fresh ideas
- No accounts or social feeds
- Gentle habit building
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The Kindness Project is a simple, gentle way to bring more kindness into your day. Each day, the app shows you: • A random quote about kindness to inspire your mindset • Three simple, actionable ways to be kind today Tap the refresh button anytime for new ideas. Tap a suggestion to mark it complete as you do it. Your kindness list resets daily, so each day starts fresh. There are no accounts, no feeds, and no pressure. Just small, thoughtful reminders that kindness can be simple, human, and doable. Whether it is sending a kind message, doing a small favor, or offering a moment of patience, The Kindness Project helps you build a daily habit of kindness without overwhelm. Kindness does not have to be complicated. It just has to be practiced.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Kindness Project at none against Shadow Work App & Journal's 6. The Kindness Project also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Shadow Work App & Journal sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. The Kindness Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shadow Work App & Journal against 5.0 for The Kindness Project. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.
Shadow Work App & Journal ships an update every 2 months, The Kindness Project every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Shadow Work App & Journal | The Kindness Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darko Nikolic | John Cummings |
Customer experience
Shadow Work App & Journal
The Kindness Project
In-app purchases
Shadow Work App & Journal
- Weekly Pro Access$1.997 Days
- Weekly Shadow Work$2.997 Days
- Weekly Access7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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- Yearly Pro Access$19.991 Year
- Yearly Pro Access7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$34.99
The Kindness Project
No in-app purchases
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