Comparison

My True Self vs Shadow Work

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

Head to head
About

My True Self

This app helps you understand yourself better to build more aligned and lasting relationships. It guides you through self-evaluation and questions to reveal your personality type and the kinds of partners that best suit you.

Highlights
  • Relationship self-evaluation
  • Personality assessment
  • Partner alignment guidance
  • Relationship history analysis
  • Personalized conclusions
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My True Self (MTS) answers the age old question ‘why do so many relationships fail’ and helps a person to clearly see how to better align themselves in relationships based on who they are. Who doesn’t want to have a relationship that will last? We’ve all been there, we think it’s going to last forever at the start and then the relationship starts failing. Before we know it, it’s too late and we start asking ourselves why? Often pointing the blame on the other person. We wonder whose fault it is. We analyze the relationships history and all the small things that seemed to add up to it’s conclusion. What we’re not very good at is looking at ourselves in the mirror to see who we truly are and are not. My True Self is an app that was designed to help anyone who wants to know who they are from a relationship point of view, so that they can seek partners who more align to their lifestyle or to see how they might help themselves in their existing relationship. Our team worked with Author Cathy Lumsden M.A who wrote the highly successful book ‘The Best Advice Your Mother Never Gave You’ and who hosted the TV show ‘The Best Advice’ in developing the app ‘My True Self’. We ask the app user to first evaluate themselves based on what they believe they are like in specific areas of a relationship, then they answer a series of questions that compare what they feel they know about themselves to what they’ve actually answered. Then we provide them with a collective conclusion on what kind of relationships best suit their personality. This is personal, this takes time to complete and reflect upon - because the relationships you experience can cause you to wonder 'will I ever find true love?' - let My True Self help you discover who you are first and therefore, who out there is best for you! Enjoy

About

Shadow Work

Explore your unconscious patterns and hidden archetypes to understand self-sabotage and repeated behaviors. Engage in daily prompts, receive direct answers to your deepest questions, and interpret dreams with psychological depth. Understand the roots of addiction and navigate personal growth cycles.

Highlights
  • Shadow assessment and archetype mapping
  • Daily reflective prompts
  • Direct shadow question answering
  • Jungian dream interpretation
  • Psychology of addiction exploration
  • Growth cycle guidance
Features
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Finally understand the hidden patterns running your life, and break them for good. Trusted by 150,000+ people on their healing journey. Mindberg isn't another personality test, mood tracker, or feel-good habit app. It's a shadow work experience grounded in real depth psychology, designed to help you understand why you do what you do and finally break the patterns that keep repeating. If you've ever asked yourself: - Why do I keep finding myself in the same situations? - Why do I react the way I do in relationships? - Why do I feel stuck, numb, or disconnected? Mindberg helps you uncover the real answers hiding in your unconscious mind. WHY THOUSANDS CHOOSE MINDBERG - Break repeating patterns - Understand your shadow - Interpret your dreams to reveal what your unconscious is trying to tell you - Track patterns through guided reflection to build real self-awareness - Integrate insights into daily life, not just intellectual understanding - Make better choices rooted in deep self-knowledge Mindberg is about transformation from the inside out. MINDBERG GOES DEEPER Have you used any of these? - Enneagram - MBTI / Myers-Briggs - Personality tests - Astrology quizzes - Journaling apps - Habit trackers Those tools describe what you do. Mindberg helps you understand why you do it. Rooted in Jungian shadow work and psychology, Mindberg goes beyond surface-level labels. Your responses and patterns reveal the parts of you that are hidden, denied, or misunderstood. BUILT FOR YOUR HEALING JOURNEY Mindberg supports you through: - Trauma and emotional wounds - CPTSD and early conditioning - Grief and loss - Breakups and relational wounds - Identity crises and loss of direction - Recovery from numbing habits and addictive patterns - Inner child healing - Spiritual exploration and meaning-making Mindberg is a safe place to face what you've been avoiding and finally move through it. Everything you write stays private. Your journal is yours alone. YOUR UNCONSCIOUS SPEAKS. START LISTENING. Dreams, emotional triggers, repeating patterns. None of these are random. They're signs from your unconscious mind. Mindberg includes: - Guided shadow work sessions - Prompts for Shadow exploration - Relationship patterns - Dream analysis and dream journal tools to uncover recurring symbols - Reflection tools that connect behavior to deeper patterns When you understand the unconscious forces shaping your life, you stop fighting yourself and start making real progress. WHY IT WORKS Most apps try to change your behavior. Mindberg works with the source of your behavior. By identifying the unconscious beliefs and patterns behind your decisions, you gain clarity and control. This is how you stop reacting and start choosing differently. People don't invest in Mindberg for quick fixes. They come for insight, transformation, and the chance to finally understand themselves. WHAT MAKES MINDBERG DIFFERENT Mindberg was created by a Jungian psychotherapist accredited by the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich. This isn't a faceless app. It's built by people who care deeply about your journey. The Mindberg team is emotionally invested and committed to supporting you as you explore your inner world. We listen, we iterate, and we evolve based on your feedback. If you have suggestions, reflections, or ideas, we'd love to hear from you. Leave a review or reach out directly. Your voice shapes the future of Mindberg. Start your journey inward. Understand your shadow. Reclaim your power.

Screenshots

My True Self4 screens
Shadow Work4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shadow Work at Free against My True Self's $13.99. Shadow Work also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (342 vs 1). My True Self's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On 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

Shadow Work is free to download; My True Self costs $13.99 up front. Shadow Work sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. My True Self asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shadow Work holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow Work has 342 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of My True Self's written reviews are positive against 59% of Shadow Work's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My True Self ships an update every 11 months, Shadow Work every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
My True Self versus Shadow Work: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy True SelfShadow Work
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (342 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better59.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1342 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB100 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperTerry BillingsleyMindberg doo

Customer experience

My True Self

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shadow Work

All ratings342 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral7.8%
Negative32.8%

Bugs and requests

My True Self

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Shadow Work

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App quits/backs out unexpectedly
  • App doesn't work some days
  • Dreams stuck on interpretation
  • Lost all tokens
  • Tokens taken but no response

Requested features

7 requests
  • App available in French
  • Better UI/UX design
  • More comforting app experience
  • Clearer explanation of app usage
  • Option to export dream logs
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  • Tokens replenish monthly
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

None

My True Self

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Shadow Work

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Month
  • Mindberg- Monthly Subscription$24.991 Month
  • Mindberg - 6 Months$59.996 Months
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  • Annual Subscription$99.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription Special$99.991 Year
  • Mindberg – Annual with Trial3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription Offer$249.991 Year
One-time4
  • 1 Token$0.99
  • 5 Tokens$3.99
  • Shadow Work Integration$99.00
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  • Shadow Work Integration$199.99

Questions

Is My True Self free?
My True Self costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadow Work free?
Shadow Work is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My True Self or Shadow Work?
Shadow Work is rated higher. My True Self averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Shadow Work averages 4.7 from 342 ratings.
Do My True Self or Shadow Work have ads?
Neither My True Self nor Shadow Work shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My True Self or Shadow Work?
My True Self ships an update every 11 months, and Shadow Work every 3 months. Most recently, My True Self was updated on August 23, 2026 and Shadow Work on October 1, 2026.

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