Shadow Work vs Work With Shadow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Work
Explore your inner self through interactive stories and guided conversations. Uncover hidden strengths and recurring patterns by engaging with archetypal guides and reflecting on daily prompts. Integrate the parts of yourself you've pushed away to foster personal growth.
- Interactive daily stories with choices
- Conversations with Jungian archetypal guides
- Dream journaling and symbol exploration
- Personalized insights archive
- Journaling prompts and tarot cards
- Spirit Animal personality test
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Shadow work often means facing a blank page and hard questions on your own. Bayun makes it easier. You step into short stories, make choices, and talk things through with guides who help you see what's beneath the surface. ◆ WHAT IS SHADOW WORK Carl Jung called the shadow the parts of ourselves we push away. It isn't only our dark side. It also holds strengths we learned to hide, like confidence, creativity, and authenticity. Pushed into the unconscious, these parts don't disappear. They show up as triggers, projections, and patterns that keep repeating. Jung warned that what we don't face within ourselves meets us outside as fate. Shadow work isn't about fixing yourself. It's about noticing the parts of you that have been hidden, and learning to integrate them. ◆ HOW BAYUN WORKS ▸ DAILY STORIES Each day, a new story puts you inside a moment that might feel familiar. At key points you choose what to do, and each choice reveals an insight and a question to reflect on. ▸ INNER GUIDES Talk by voice or text with four guides based on Jung's archetypes: the Persona about how you show up around others, the Shadow about your triggers, the Anima about your emotions, and the Self about your direction in life. ▸ DREAM JOURNAL Your dreams may be trying to tell you something. Jung saw them as messages from the unconscious. Record them and explore what their symbols might mean. ▸ YOUR ARCHIVE Over time, Bayun collects your insights, so you can see which triggers and patterns keep coming back. ◆ ALSO INSIDE - Shadow work prompts for journaling - Collectible tarot cards and archetypal symbols - Spirit Animal personality test - Tales for Midlife: classic stories retold for the middle years, with a new theme every month ◆ TRY IT FREE Your first three stories are free. If they speak to you, unlock the full journey. Terms of Use: https://catbayun.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://catbayun.com/privacy-policy
Work With Shadow
Explore your unconscious with guided meditations and self-discovery tools based on Jungian psychology. Understand your archetypes, engage in dialogue with your inner parts, and decode your dreams to foster personal growth and wholeness.
- Archetype discovery and detailed profiles
- Guided dialogue with inner parts
- 16 Shadow School lessons
- Shadow integration meditations
- Dream symbol interpretation
- Trigger tracking and analysis
- Mirror work and self-reflection sessions
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Discover the hidden parts of yourself. InnerParts guides you through Jungian psychology with guided meditations, and deep self-discovery tools. DISCOVER YOUR ARCHETYPES Take the 48-question Shadow Assessment to reveal which of 12 Jungian archetypes shape your unconscious patterns. Get detailed profiles showing your dominant archetype's light and shadow aspects, common triggers, projection patterns, relationship impacts, and personalized integration pathways. TALK TO YOUR SHADOW PARTS Have real conversations with your shadow aspects - the Critic who judges you, the Wounded Child carrying old pain, the Perfectionist demanding more, and others. Explore core beliefs and relationship patterns through guided dialogue. SHADOW SCHOOL 16 expert-crafted lessons take you from beginner to advanced practitioner: - What is the shadow and how it forms - Recognizing projections in daily life - Understanding Jungian archetypes - Advanced integration techniques GUIDED MEDITATIONS Healing journeys designed for shadow integration: - Meeting your shadow self - Parts work meditations - Shadow acceptance practices - Integration visualizations DECODE YOUR DREAMS 100+ dream symbols with shadow-focused interpretations. Your unconscious speaks through dreams - our analyzer helps you: - Record dreams and track symbols - Discover recurring themes and patterns - Connect dreams to shadow aspects TRACK YOUR TRIGGERS What activates your shadow? Sophisticated trigger tracking with: - 8 emotion categories with intensity scales - Body mapping to locate where you feel emotions - Weekly trends and pattern insights MIRROR WORK Self-reflection sessions for self-confrontation and acceptance: - Self-love affirmations - Wounded child healing - Forgiveness practice - Empowerment sessions INTEGRATION JOURNEY Track progress through 8 psychological milestones. Get weekly insights and monthly reports on your growth toward wholeness. PERFECT FOR: - Anyone curious about Jungian psychology - People processing childhood wounds - Those seeking deeper self-understanding - Meditation practitioners wanting psychological focus - Personal growth seekers Begin your integration journey today. Privacy Policy: https://innerparts.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://innerparts.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shadow Work at 90% against Work With Shadow's 0%. Shadow Work also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (76 vs 19). Work With Shadow's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Work With Shadow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shadow Work holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Shadow Work's written reviews are positive against 0% of Work With Shadow's.
| Parameter | Shadow Work | Work With Shadow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (76 ratings) — better | 4.2 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | Oleg Azbukin | UKGADGETS LTD |
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Shadow Work
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In-app purchases
Shadow Work
- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
- Unlock Premium$14.99
Work With Shadow
- InnerParts Pro (Weekly)$4.997 Days
- InnerParts Pro (Annual)$29.991 Year
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