Renewed Mind vs Shadow Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Renewed Mind
Build daily mental wellness habits with simple check-ins and science-backed tools. This app combines faith and neuroscience to enhance emotional resilience and guide you from stress to calm.
- Daily mood check-ins
- Guided exercises for stress relief
- Daily inspirational content
- Monthly habit-building challenges
- Progress tracking and insights
- Faith and neuroscience tools
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Renewed Mind helps you build a daily practice of mental wellness through simple, meaningful check-ins and science-backed tools. It's a faith meets neuroscience way to improve your emotional resilience. DAILY CHECK-INS Start each day by reflecting on how you're feeling. Track your mood over time and discover patterns in your mental wellness journey. CHAOS TO CALM When stress hits, use our guided exercises to move from overwhelm to peace. Choose from tools rooted in science, faith, or both. DAILY INSPIRATION Receive uplifting content each day to encourage and motivate your journey toward mental wellness. MONTHLY CHALLENGES Join guided challenges to build lasting habits and deepen your practice. JOURNEY INSIGHTS See your progress over time with mood tracking, streaks, and personalized insights. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS • Monthly: $9/month • Yearly: $70/year (save over 35%) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.renewedmind.app/privacy
Shadow Work
This app offers a private journaling experience focused on self-discovery and emotional release. It provides daily oracle prompts, guided journaling exercises, and a unique 'Burn Book' feature for catharsis. Designed for women seeking deeper introspection beyond generic wellness tools.
- Shadow Archetype discovery quiz
- Daily oracle card prompts
- Guided and freeform journaling
- Burn Book for emotional release
- Private by design with pin-code
- Subscription for unlimited access
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Shadow Work is a mystical, private journaling app designed for women who are done with generic wellness apps and ready for something that actually gets them. DISCOVER YOUR SHADOW ARCHETYPE Take our onboarding quiz to reveal your Shadow Archetype — one of 8 mythic personality patterns like The Trickster, The Buried Crown, The Phantom Self, or The Iron Veil. Each archetype reflects the survival patterns you developed as a child, the armor you still wear, and the hidden gift waiting underneath. It's not who you are. It's what you built to survive. And it worked — now let's see what else is possible. DAILY ORACLE PROMPTS Every day, the Oracle draws a new card just for you — a provocative, beautifully designed prompt that cuts through the noise. "Who are you secretly happy failed this week?" "What are you pretending not to know?" These aren't therapy worksheets. They're invitations to be honest with yourself, and they're screenshot-worthy. JOURNAL YOUR WAY Write freely, or use our guided fill-in-the-blank format to lower the blank-page anxiety: "As a child, I ___. My response was ___. Now I ___." Quick, meaningful sessions that fit into 2-5 minutes. No homework energy. Just real reflection. THE BURN BOOK Some thoughts aren't meant to be kept. Open the Burn Book, rage-write whatever you need to release, then hit Release and watch your words catch fire and dissolve into ash. Gone forever. Catharsis, not storage. PRIVACY FIRST Your darkest thoughts deserve bulletproof protection. Pin-code and private-by-design architecture mean your journal stays yours. Subscribe to a Premium plan to get unlimited access to all the app's features: - Subscriptions are billed weekly, annualy, or lifetime (one-time) at the rate depending on the subscription plan. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. If there are questions, please contact us at support@eastfrisiallc.com Privacy Policy: https://www.eastfrisiallc.com/privacy-policy/shadow-work Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Shadow Work at freemium against Renewed Mind's subscription. Shadow Work also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Renewed Mind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month and Shadow Work sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Renewed Mind against 4.9 for Shadow Work. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow Work has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Renewed Mind | Shadow Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Melissa Williams | East Frisia LLC |
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In-app purchases
Renewed Mind
- Monthly Subscription$9.001 Month
- Yearly Subscription$70.001 Year
Shadow Work
- Premium - Weekly$4.997 Days
- Premium - Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium - Lifetime$39.99
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