Imago vs Penumbra

Bring one moment that is still on your mind. Imago is a guided shadow work journal: an AI facilitator asks follow-up questions, helps you understand your reaction, and remembers the thread so the next session can continue it. Those inner voices, the one bracing for the worst, the one still carrying stuff from childhood, the harsh critic that won't quiet down? Internal Family Systems (IFS) calls those parts. Imago helps you name them, understand them, and actually talk to them. GUIDED SHADOW WORK SESSIONS An AI facilitator asks follow-up questions as you journal. It remembers what you've shared before and picks up threads you might have dropped. It can offer a name for a part you can confirm or change. It does not decide what your experience means. It just helps you stay with whatever comes up longer than you normally would. NAME AND MAP YOUR PARTS Give your parts names, colors, descriptions. The protector that tightens your chest before meetings. The exile that shows up as a hollow feeling when you're alone. The firefighter that reaches for your phone when things get heavy. Over time you build a map of your inner system that you'll actually recognize. DAILY CHECK-INS AND PROMPTS A mood check-in and a shadow work prompt each day. Helps you notice which parts are active before the day pulls you in. Build a streak if that keeps you going. A JOURNAL THAT REMEMBERS Sessions build on each other. The facilitator might notice your Protector shows up more on Mondays, or that your Inner Child has been quieter since a particular session. Those patterns are hard to catch on your own. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Entries are encrypted. Nothing is sold or shared. No social features. Just you and your parts. IMAGO PREMIUM Unlimited sessions, unlimited parts, full prompt library, and pattern insights. BUILT ON IFS IFS is an evidence-based therapy model listed on SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs. Imago takes its core ideas -- parts work, Self-energy, the protective system -- and puts them into a daily journal. Not a replacement for working with a therapist, but a good way to keep going between sessions or start exploring on your own. Imago is not therapy and is not a replacement for professional mental health care. If you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. Privacy policy: https://tryimago.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://tryimago.com/terms Support: https://tryimago.com/support

Penumbra is a structured shadow work journal built on one idea: the deepest self-reflection needs the deepest privacy. There's no account, no sign-in, and no cloud — every word you write stays on your iPhone unless you share it, behind the same Face ID lock you use for your phone itself. SIX GUIDED JOURNEYS Paced, multi-day programs instead of a pile of prompts: • Meeting Your Shadow — a gentle 7-day introduction, free • The Inner Critic — 14 days tracing the harsh inner voice to its roots • Triggers & Projection — 14 days following strong reactions back to what they're protecting • Boundaries & People-Pleasing — 14 days unlearning the automatic yes • Grief & Letting Go — 14 days with a loss of any kind • Money & Scarcity — 14 days on what money stirs up and where that started Each day has 2-3 prompts with optional dive-deeper follow-ups. Content notes appear before tender sessions, and every prompt can be skipped. VOICE CAPTURE Tap the mic to dictate into the journal, trigger log or glimmer log. Speech is turned into text on your iPhone, never sent to a server, and no audio is saved. You review the text and tap Insert before anything is added. If on-device recognition isn't available for your language, typing works as always. DAILY CHECK-IN A free, two-tap check-in on Today: mood and energy, each from 1 to 5. Pro Insights adds a 7- and 30-day trend. DAILY REFLECTIONS On days between journeys, open one prompt from a 120-question deck spanning inner child, persona, relationships, the body, self-compassion, patterns, values, and dreams and symbols. Thirty prompts are free forever; the full deck and its dive-deeper questions are part of Penumbra Pro. TRIGGER LOG A 30-second capture for the moment something lands harder than it should: what happened, the emotion, a body sensation, and an intensity rating — free forever, with no limit. GLIMMER LOG The trigger log's counterpart for good moments: a 30-second capture for what steadied or lifted you, with a feeling from a ten-tag set. Free forever; glimmer patterns show up in Insights. FREEFORM JOURNAL Unlimited plain-text entries, searchable, editable, always free. Writing itself is never behind a paywall. INSIGHTS Your most-felt emotions, recurring trigger clusters, glimmer patterns, a practice heatmap, and Then & Now — revisit any prompt you've answered and see what changed. INNER-CHILD & PARTS EXERCISES Six structured exercises, from a letter to your younger self to a dialogue with a protective part. FACE ID LOCK Lock the whole app behind Face ID or your passcode. Your journal opens only for you. EXPORT & BACKUP Plain-text export is free forever; PDF export is part of Penumbra Pro. Save your whole journal to one file anytime, free forever. Keep it in iCloud Drive or Files, or email a copy to yourself. An optional passphrase encrypts the file, and an opt-in weekly reminder nudges you to back up. This is a backup you control, not automatic sync. PENUMBRA PRO • All six journeys (77 guided days) • Full 120-prompt deck + level-2 dive-deepers • Inner-child & parts exercises • Insights: emotions, triggers, patterns, check-in trends • PDF export Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime from Settings or your App Store settings. If you start a free trial, you can turn on an optional reminder the day before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Penumbra is a self-reflection tool, not therapy or medical care, and some prompts may stir up old or difficult feelings. You can skip any prompt, close the app, or come back another day — and a Crisis Resources screen, with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and other helplines, is always one tap away, even before you unlock your journal. Terms: https://bogtsi.xyz/umbra/terms Privacy: https://bogtsi.xyz/umbra/privacy No server of ours ever sees your words. They leave your iPhone only if you share or back them up yourself.