ShiftNight vs MINDFIELD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShiftNight
This app creates personalized sleep plans for individuals with irregular schedules. It provides recommendations for sleep, caffeine intake, and naps based on your unique daily routine, helping you optimize rest and recovery.
- Personalized sleep plans
- Schedule-aware recommendations
- Caffeine timing guidance
- Nap planning
- Sleep tracking
- Recovery day transitions
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Fall asleep faster, sleep longer and track your sleep sounds. ShiftNight designs the best sleep possible for your busy schedule. Optionally pairs with Apple Watch, Oura Ring, and any Apple Health enabled wearable. Keep notes about your nights, dreams, and medications in your sleep journal. Personalize by adding your schedule: shifts, life events, school. See when to sleep, when to stop caffeine, and when a quick rest fits. No generic bedtime reminders. No advice built for someone who sleeps at 10pm. What ShiftNight does: - Sleep tracking: See sleep quality and stages improve over time! Log and record your sleep with one tap. - Schedule-aware: Personalize your schedule! Recommendations shift when your schedule shifts - Visual timeline: See your shift, sleep zones, caffeine cutoff, and rest windows on one screen - Caffeine timing: Know exactly when to stop so it does not wreck your post-shift sleep Who it is for: Inconsistent sleep schedules. Night shift workers on 12-hour rotations (7pm to 7am, 6pm to 6am, and similar patterns). Nurses in ICU, ER, Med-Surg, and telemetry. Security, warehouse, factory, and EMS workers. Travel nurses and new grads adjusting to nights for the first time. Multiple full time or part time jobs Entrepreneurs Subscription pricing & terms: A Paid Subscription is required to access the content of the app. Subscriptions automatically renew at the chosen plan price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://shiftnight.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://shiftnight.com/terms
MINDFIELD
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Hand-crafted cognitive games. Built on the actual research. Mindfield is a premium daily cognitive practice. Twenty-five games — one mechanic each — drawn from the most replicated paradigms in cognitive psychology. No ads. No noise. THE GAMES • PRISM — based on the Stroop task. Override automatic responses. • TOWER — based on the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. Plan multi-step solutions. • DECODE — inspired by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Discover hidden rules. • PULSE — based on the dual n-back paradigm. Track two streams at once. • CANOPY — inspired by Multiple Object Tracking. Hold several targets in attention. • FOCUS — based on the Eriksen Flanker task. Filter the noise. • SWITCH — based on task-switching paradigms. Adapt to changing rules. • FLASH — based on the attentional blink paradigm. Catch the second target. • TAXI — built on spatial route-recall research. Retrace routes from memory. • MOSAIC — inspired by matrix reasoning tasks. Find the pattern. • LEXIS — based on speeded semantic categorization. Tap the words that belong. • RIPPLE — based on go/no-go paradigms. Inhibit the wrong response. • SHADOW — based on mental rotation tasks. Match shapes by their cast shadow. • VAULT — based on visual change detection. Spot what changed. • ECHO — targets the phonological loop. Recall what you heard. • TRAIL — based on the Trail Making Test. Connect 1-A-2-B as fast as you can. • SUB — based on the Digit-Symbol Substitution Test. Match symbols to numbers, fast. • SCAN — based on Sternberg memory search. Was it in the set? • HUNT — based on conjunction visual search. Find the unique combination. • STOP — based on the stop-signal task. Go fast, but stop on the signal. • PRIME — based on the approximate number system. Which side has more? • RUN — based on running memory span. Recall the last few. • PATH — based on the serial reaction time task. Tap the target as it moves. • OPSPAN — based on operation span. Maths, then memory. • EMBED — based on the Embedded Figures Test. Spot the hidden shape. THE PRACTICE One score — the Mindfield Index — summarises performance across all 25. A daily five-game session takes about five minutes. Adaptive difficulty so each game scales as your scores rise. THE TRUST • No ads. No analytics on how you play. • Your games and scores never leave your phone. • If you allow tracking when iOS asks, your advertising ID is shared with Meta so we can see which of our ads work. Say no and your advertising ID is never shared. • No account required. • Cancel anytime in Settings. START WITH A FREE WEEK Try every game free for 7 days, then choose monthly or yearly. Billed through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Subscriptions before the trial ends to avoid charges. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mindfield-app.netlify.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ShiftNight at none against MINDFIELD's shown. ShiftNight also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). MINDFIELD's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, in-app purchases 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. ShiftNight sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days and MINDFIELD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShiftNight ships an update every 5 days, MINDFIELD monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShiftNight | MINDFIELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (54 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HAVEN VU | Hardeep Sembi |
In-app purchases
ShiftNight
- Weekly$8.997 Days
- Weekly$9.997 Days
- Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Annual$29.991 Year
- Annual$39.991 Year
- Annual$49.991 Year
- Annual$59.991 Year
- Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Annual$69.991 Year
- Lifetime$69.99
MINDFIELD
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









