Shadow Work vs Shadow Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Shadow Work
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You already know the thing you are avoiding. You just have not said it out loud yet. Shadow Work is a journal you talk to. Tap once, say the messy version, and stop when you are done. No typing, no blank page, no trying to sound reasonable. WHAT YOU GET BACK One line. The sentence you actually said that carried the weight, quoted back in your own words rather than summarized in ours. Most people do not notice they said it. That is the point. WHAT SHOWS UP LATER One entry is a night. Four entries is a pattern. Keep going and Shadow Work reads back across everything and finds what you keep circling. The argument you have with different people. The thing you swore you were over. The want you talk around instead of naming. It shows you the repetition. It does not tell you what it means about you. FIFTY PROMPTS, IF YOU WANT ONE Built on Jung's insight that the trait you cannot stand in someone else is usually the one you will not claim. Who irritated you this week more than they deserved. What you criticized someone for today. Who you envy, and exactly what they have. What you swore you would not do again, and did again. The prompt is a suggestion. The microphone works without it and skipping takes one tap. THIS IS SELF-COMPASSION, NOT INTERROGATION You are not hunting for something wrong with you. You are listening to a part of yourself you usually talk over. Nothing here diagnoses you, scores you, or tells you who you are. Not therapy. If something opens up further than you expected, talk to a person. PRIVACY, STATED PLAINLY No account. No sign up. No feed. No ads. Nothing is shared with anyone. Your entries are stored on this phone. To turn your speech into text and find themes across entries, recordings and transcripts are processed by secure third party services, then deleted by them. They are not used to train anything. WHAT COSTS MONEY Recording, transcription and per entry themes are free and unlimited. A subscription adds the view across entries: patterns that keep updating as you keep going, and monthly reports on what recurs. Monthly and annual plans, with a 7 day free trial on annual. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://universoleappstudios.com/privacy
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Verdict
Shadow Work and Shadow Work are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 $4.99 per 7 days and Shadow Work sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Shadow Work | Shadow Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | East Frisia LLC | Universole, LLC |
In-app purchases
Shadow Work
- Premium - Weekly$4.997 Days
- Premium - Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium - Lifetime$39.99
Shadow Work
- Shadow Work Monthly$4.991 Month
- Shadow Work Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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