Comparison

Choice Compass vs DIY Enlightenment sim

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

Head to head
About

Choice Compass

This app uses heart rhythm analysis to help you make decisions by identifying which choice aligns with your body's subconscious responses. It guides you through a calibration process and then measures your heart rate as you consider two options.

Highlights
  • Heart rhythm analysis for decision making
  • Practice and calibration process
  • Bluetooth heart rate monitor connectivity
  • Tracks results over multiple tests
  • Tips for accuracy
  • Explanation of the science behind the app
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Choice Compass is a scientifically tested decision making app that uses a patented method to access the mind-body process of decision making to help you make a more informed decision by literally "listening to your heart." Choice Compass helps you by analyzing changes in your heart rhythm that occur as you concentrate on 2 choices you are considering (like: “stay here” versus “move”). The app then reports which decision is closer to the heartbeat dynamics associated with positive, rather than negative choices. Here's an explanation of the science behind the application and how our Choice Compass decision making app works: http://www.choicecompass.com/decision-making-process/ How to Use: 1. Go through the practice and calibration processes to tune the algorithm to your heart rhythms. 2. Type in 2 short names for the two life choices you are comparing. 3. Start a 50-second countdown as the decision making app measures your heart rhythm while you also think about the decision you’re trying to get answered. 4. Once the app has finished, view the results for your choice comparison. Features: • Easy-to-use interface, with tutorial, practice and calibration at launch and tips at the top of the screen to help you learn how to better listen to your heart. • Loads previously used choice pairs. • Bluetooth heart rate monitor connectivity for sophisticated or clinical use -- compatible with Polar HRV straps and CorSense/Elite HRV monitors. • Tracks the results when a particular choice pair is tested multiple times. This way, you can see which of the two choices wins on average over time. • Tips available for making your results more accurate. • Read about the science behind Choice Compass. • Turn sound on/off. • Send feedback. • Share Choice Compass with a friend. How it Works: Researchers in neuroscience and psychology have found that unconscious processes are sometimes better at coming up with solutions to many decisions than what our everyday conscious thoughts allow. In essence, Choice Compass provides a link to your subconscious mind-body connection by using the results of basic physiological research.  It shows that a calm state of joy/compassion/excitement/bliss is accompanied by more rhythmic heart activity. About the Inventor: The creator of Choice Compass, Dr. Julia Mossbridge, is trained in cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology. Working outside the lab on her own time, she gathered data that drives the patented algorithm that powers Choice Compass. Choice Compass is not meant to diagnose or treat any disease.  The choice algorithm is based on average data and you should use common sense when making life choices. Note: Choice Compass requires a minimum hardware of the iPhone 5S or newer in order to provide the camera frame rates necessary to detect heart rhythms used by its algorithms. For more information visit: http://choicecompass.com.

About

DIY Enlightenment sim

This interactive simulation helps users understand a method for achieving lasting personal change from within. It guides you to realize that true transformation comes from self-awareness rather than external fixes or willpower. The tool encourages experiential learning to foster deep, internal shifts.

Highlights
  • Understand The Enlightenment Method
  • Interactive simulation for experiential learning
  • Focus on internal change drivers
  • Develop self-awareness
  • Move beyond conceptual understanding
  • Cultivate lasting personal transformation
Features
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Enkr8ia develops cognitive tools for people who sincerely want to change but feel stuck and are dissatisfied with the endless cycle of seeking fixes. They realize that lasting change must come from within - but need help finding their Way. This sim is an interactive tool for understanding The Enlightenment Method & is used in conjunction with the DIY Enlightenment app to turn this process into action. People get stuck because they’re looking for answers in all the wrong places. To ‘know’ how does not mean to know it conceptually, but to know it as a direct and immediate experience. The solutions we’re seeking can’t be found in words, concepts or ideas. The key is understanding. To ask how, what is the technique, what are the steps and rules is to miss this point utterly. Real learning is experiential and experimental. Understanding comes when you figure it out yourself. By understanding how things are, not how you wish them to be. Our tools both inform and enable this. Tools enable you to move beyond words. Use the sim to understand why attempts to force change are illusory and to realize why the real levers for inner change are found within. Lasting change occurs deep below the surface and the one overriding concept to guide you is the notion of expanding self-awareness. Nothing is more essential; everything else that can be learnt stands in line behind it. Willpower, motivational hacks & fixes, faux positivity, manipulating your thoughts and your body are only ever short term unless there is a change in the underlying competitive balance between Fear and Desire. Lasting change cannot be forced, but it can be CULTIVATED with self-awareness.

Screenshots

Choice Compass4 screens
DIY Enlightenment sim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DIY Enlightenment sim at Free against Choice Compass's $10.99. DIY Enlightenment sim also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 20 months). Choice Compass's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0.0). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DIY Enlightenment sim is free to download; Choice Compass costs $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DIY Enlightenment sim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Choice Compass ships an update every 20 months, DIY Enlightenment sim every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Choice Compass versus DIY Enlightenment sim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChoice CompassDIY Enlightenment sim
Price$10.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMossbridge Institute, LLCenkr8ia

Customer experience

Choice Compass

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.8%

DIY Enlightenment sim

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Choice Compass

No in-app purchases

None

DIY Enlightenment sim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Choice Compass free?
Choice Compass costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DIY Enlightenment sim free?
DIY Enlightenment sim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Choice Compass or DIY Enlightenment sim?
DIY Enlightenment sim is rated higher. Choice Compass averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while DIY Enlightenment sim averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Choice Compass or DIY Enlightenment sim have ads?
Neither Choice Compass nor DIY Enlightenment sim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Choice Compass or DIY Enlightenment sim?
Choice Compass ships an update every 20 months, and DIY Enlightenment sim every 6 months. Most recently, Choice Compass was updated on October 1, 2026 and DIY Enlightenment sim on October 2, 2026.

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