Comparison

Work With Shadow vs Shadow Self

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Shadow Self

Explore your hidden self with an AI companion trained in Jungian psychology. Discover your shadow archetype, engage in deep conversations, and use tailored exercises to understand and integrate this part of your personality. Your journey is private and stays on your device.

Highlights
  • AI companion for shadow discovery
  • Jungian shadow archetype identification
  • Personalized shadow work exercises
  • Deep one-on-one conversations
  • Private journaling for breakthroughs
  • Behavioral pattern analysis
Features
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There's a part of you that runs in the background shaping your choices, your reactions, your relationships without you ever seeing it clearly. Shadow Self helps you find it. Through Sage, an AI companion trained in Jungian psychology, you discover your shadow archetype: the hidden pattern beneath your behavior. Then you learn to work with it. What you get: Your shadow archetype from six Jungian archetypes Deep one-on-one conversations with Sage Journal to track patterns and breakthroughs Shadow work exercises tailored to your archetype Deep Analysis: behavioral patterns, root causes, integration plan Private by design. No account required. No data sold. Your conversations stay on your device.

Screenshots

Work With Shadow4 screens
Shadow Self4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shadow Self at 5.0 against Work With Shadow's 4.2. Shadow Self also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Work With Shadow's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Work With Shadow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Shadow Self asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shadow Self holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Work With Shadow has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Work With Shadow versus Shadow Self: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork With ShadowShadow Self
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB7 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperUKGADGETS LTDyehuda breuer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Work With Shadow

Subscriptions2
  • InnerParts Pro (Weekly)$4.997 Days
  • InnerParts Pro (Annual)$29.991 Year
None

Shadow Self

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Work With Shadow free?
Work With Shadow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadow Self free?
Shadow Self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Work With Shadow or Shadow Self?
Shadow Self is rated higher. Work With Shadow averages 4.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Shadow Self averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Work With Shadow or Shadow Self have ads?
Neither Work With Shadow nor Shadow Self shows ads.

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