Shadow Work vs The Low Dopamine Path
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
The Low Dopamine Path
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Most apps want your attention. This one wants to give it back. The Low Dopamine Path is a 90-day field notebook that pulls you out of the scroll and back into the real world — one tiny quest at a time. No feed. No likes. No streaks shaming you. No notifications begging for your attention. Just one real-world action a day, and a paper-ink notebook that fills up as you go. —— WHAT YOU GET • 90 daily quests, hand-curated across 4 chapters • A custom camera to capture proof — your moment, not a post • A field notebook that quietly fills with stamps, photos, and ink • Home screen widgets that nudge without nagging • Optional shareable cards (Instagram Stories) when you want to • Designed for Reduce Motion, system sounds, and your nervous system —— HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app. See today's quest. 2. Do it. In the real world. With your eyes up. 3. Snap a photo as proof. It stays in your notebook. 4. Close the app. Live your day. That's the whole loop. No infinite scroll. No "for you" page. No dark patterns. —— THE FOUR CHAPTERS Chapter 1 — Notice. Wake up to what's around you. Chapter 2 — Move. Get your body involved again. Chapter 3 — Connect. Real conversations, real people. Chapter 4 — Build. Make something that lasts past the day. 90 quests. 90 days. One path back to attention. —— WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone who unlocks their phone and forgets why • Anyone who finished a season but can't remember the plot • Anyone who wants their attention back without a 10-day silent retreat —— DESIGNED ON PURPOSE Paper-ink aesthetic. DM Serif Text and IBM Plex Mono. No dopamine-bait colors. No engagement loops. The app is intentionally a little boring — so your life can be a little more interesting. —— PRIVACY Your photos stay on your device. We don't have a feed. We don't have a social graph. We don't sell anything to advertisers. There's nothing to sell. —— Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24h before the period ends. Manage in App Store settings. Less screen. More life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shadow Work at weekly against The Low Dopamine Path's every 3 weeks. The Low Dopamine Path's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 The Low Dopamine Path sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shadow Work ships an update weekly, The Low Dopamine Path every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Work | The Low Dopamine Path |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (76 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleg Azbukin | Gregoire Cambon |
In-app purchases
Shadow Work
- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
- Unlock Premium$14.99
The Low Dopamine Path
- Premium$14.991 Month
- Annual Gift Offer1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- Low Dopamine Path Pro Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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