SHIFT vs Tappia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHIFT
This app offers guided EFT tapping sessions to manage stress, overthinking, and low energy. Choose sessions based on your current feeling and follow audio and visual cues for quick emotional resets throughout your day.
- Guided EFT tapping sessions
- Sessions categorized by feeling, focus, time, style, and voice
- Clear tapping-point visuals
- Optional background music
- Save favorite sessions
- Track practice and activity
- Onboarding for learning tapping points
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SHIFT is guided EFT tapping for the moments when stress, racing thoughts, tension, or overwhelm make it hard to reset. Choose how you feel, find a short session, and follow calming audio with clear visual cues for each tapping point. Whether you are starting your day, preparing for a difficult moment, rebuilding confidence, or winding down for sleep, SHIFT gives you a practical practice you can use in minutes. WHY SHIFT • Guided EFT tapping and affirmations • Short sessions for stress, sleep, confidence, focus, and everyday overwhelm • Clear visual guidance for every tapping point • Optional calming background music • Filters for feeling and category, so you can find what fits fast • Favorites for fast access to what works for you • Practice history and progress tracking • Beginner-friendly tapping-point guidance HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose what you are feeling or what you want to shift. 2. Pick a session that fits your time and focus. 3. Follow the audio, words, and tapping-point visuals. 4. Return to your favorites whenever you need a reset. SHIFT is designed for everyday wellness and self-guided emotional resets. It is not medical care, therapy, or emergency support. If you are experiencing severe distress, a crisis, or symptoms that feel unsafe, contact a qualified professional or emergency service.
Tappia
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Calm anxiety, stress, overwhelm and racing thoughts with guided EFT tapping—step by step, right on your iPhone. Tappia guides you through EFT, also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques: a self-care practice combining focused attention, supportive phrases and gentle fingertip tapping on a sequence of points. Spoken guidance, haptic rhythm and before-and-after intensity tracking help you move through difficult moments at your own pace. GUIDED EFT TAPPING Follow a glowing on-screen guide through the nine EFT tapping points. Tappia leads every setup statement, reminder phrase, tapping round, breath and check-in, whether you are new to EFT or already practice regularly. SUPPORT FOR REAL-LIFE MOMENTS Explore 39 guided sessions across anxiety, panic, stress, overwhelm, sleep, confidence, self-worth, grief, anger, shame, burnout, boundaries, procrastination, performance nerves, body image, fears, money beliefs and more. SOS RELIEF When emotions feel intense, start a short SOS session for panic waves, thought spirals, anger, tears or overwhelm. No journaling or account is required. TRACK WHAT HELPS Rate intensity from 0–10 before and after each session. Review your session history, streaks and progress over time without chasing a perfect score. STRUCTURED PROGRAMS Build consistency with guided multi-day programs, including the 7-Day Calm Reset, 5 Days of Worthiness and 7 Nights of Deep Rest. A PRACTICE THAT FITS YOU Use spoken guidance, haptic tapping rhythm and an ambient soundscape together, or turn any of them off. Adjust the pace and follow the practice in the way that feels easiest to use. LEARN THE PRACTICE New to EFT tapping? Explore the full tapping sequence, learn where each point is located, understand setup statements and reminder phrases, and see how a guided Tappia session works. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. No server. Optional feeling and session information stays on your device. Your personal session input is not sent to a remote service. START FREE Seven complete guided sessions are available free. Tappia Plus unlocks the full session library, programs and insights through a monthly or annual subscription. Eligible new annual subscribers can receive a 7-day free trial. A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. Purchases are processed by Apple and can be restored from Settings. Tappia is a general wellness and self-care tool. It does not diagnose conditions, provide medical advice or replace professional medical or psychological care. If you are in immediate danger or experiencing a crisis, contact local emergency services or an appropriate crisis resource. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SHIFT at none against Tappia's 3. SHIFT also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Tappia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SHIFT asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SHIFT | Tappia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 623 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zaylin Tsakiris | Neslihan Oezueyilmaz |
In-app purchases
SHIFT
No in-app purchases
Tappia
- Tappia Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Tappia Plus Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Tappia Plus Lifetime$79.99








