◆ APP STORE GAME OF THE DAY
Meet Betwixt, the cozy story-based game that helps you master your thoughts and emotions, improve your self-awareness and wellbeing, and ease rumination.
Unlike an emotion tracker or a journaling app, Betwixt takes you on a guided immersive adventure deep into the mysteries of your own mind. On this epic inner journey, you’ll reconnect with your wisest self and unlock a whole range of self-awareness powers:
• Improve your emotional intelligence, self care and coping skills
• Calm your nerves and soothe overwhelming feelings
• Uncover new paths to self improvement, self actualization and growth
• Tap into your subconscious through the power of story
• Identify your values to increase your motivation, sense of gratitude and life purpose
• Deepen your self knowledge to help you in overcoming sadness, resentment, low self esteem, fixed mindset, negative perception, insecurities.
◆ WHAT MAKES BETWIXT WORK
Betwixt is a relaxing self-reflection game that draws on decades of psychology research and practice into how we feel, think and behave. It includes tools for emotion regulation and self reflection, journal prompts, elements of CBT, mindfulness approaches, Jungian theory and others. Together, these methods work to help you find courage, clarity, and calm.
◆ AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
In Betwixt, you become the hero (or heroine) of an interactive adventure through a dreamlike world that responds to your thoughts and feelings. We’ve used immersive storytelling and sounds to create an alternative for people who find a CBT diary too dry, and struggle to engage with mindfulness, breathing apps, emotion trackers and journaling.
Betwixt stands out by offering a creative, engaging approach that removes distractions, improves your focus, motivation and mindset.
◆ EVIDENCE-BASED
Independent psychology research shows that Betwixt can significantly reduce emotion dysregulation, with effects that can last months. For years, we’ve been working with researchers to make the science of self-awareness and resilience accessible to anyone. You can find an overview of our research studies and collaborations on our site at https://www.betwixt.life/
◆ FEATURES
• a cozy fantasy story
• choose-your-own-path game play
• unique immersive experience with soothing soundscapes
• 11 dreams that unlock different self-awareness powers
• tools for self actualization, improvement, growth, and resilience
◆ EVERYONE DESERVES TO LIVE AN EPIC STORY
We believe that emotion regulation resources should be available to all.
• No subscriptions, just a simple one-off fee
• If you cannot afford to pay, you can request free access through our scholarship program
This is such an amazing app. I have so much trouble with mental health apps because of my ADHD, but this app has felt very accessible to me. It’s more gamified (kind of like a chill choose-your-own-adventure), and each chapter has more straightforward articles after you complete it. You don’t need to keep track of all the details from previous chapters to understand and benefit from the current one — I just can’t do the every-day-mental-health-activities stuff because I forget and then feel a lot of pressure, but I don’t get that feeling with this. I can’t afford the paid portion, but I applied for a free slot and they graciously gave me one. Having paywalls is another reason why mental health apps haven’t been successful for me in the past, and I’m so glad that the one app that has actually helped me allows me to do more of the activities without the stressful financial barrier. I’ve never heard of apps having free slot applications, and I think it shows how kind the app developers are. It seems like they really care about helping others the best that they can. It’s been a really hard 7ish months for me, and to see what this team is doing is so wonderful that I got a little choked up. If you are able to pay for rest of the chapters, please do! They are so kind to offer free slots and they deserve financial support for this beautiful project (/if/ you are able to)
Highly Recommend
ElizabethKjelby
As someone who has ADHD and 👏🏼struggles👏🏼 to open up to therapists this app has so far been a godsend. I already sent it to my best girl friend and told her to download it and am about to see if my best guy friend can download it (not an apple guy 🥰👎🏼😂). I’m about to put it on my husband’s phone, too.If you’re struggling with therapy, can’t afford, can’t open up, etc. I highly recommend this app. It doesn’t feel like you’re burdening anyone or anything with any of your problems. No one is judging you.Also. Thank you thank you thank you for making the free version. I can’t tell you how immeasurably valuable it has been to be able to access so much and be able to continue through the progress I feel I’m making without worrying about the trial period ending. Just about every other app I’ve ever used (besides finch) has either been incredibly restrictive with the free access or limit free access to a trial period. I understand it. But it’s refreshing to find one that really is free and awesome!
A beautiful journey
hermionezemp
This app is so lovely. I am moving through the chapters slowly, about one per week, so I have only finished four so far. I absolutely love it. I go to traditional therapy, which is an absolute necessity for me, but this app gives me something else. It feeds into my imaginative, my need for stories, and my desire to explore. It catches me off guard with new thoughts and ideas. And when I do it and also use the guided meditation, my stress level noticeably reduces. Every once in awhile the AI goofs and I get thrown off, but mostly it functions amazingly well, and at times I have found it incredibly moving. Like when I asked if it could give me more examples and it said “Always.” Thank you so much for the beautiful experience. I adore it. I do wonder why the meditations disappear after a few chapters. They are really important to me and I hope more are developed in the future!One thing to add since I’m near the end—at some point in the middle the guided meditations just disappear. This is a real disappointment. I found them to be a really helpful part of the work. Will there be more guided meditations to fill out the journey?
This may have changed my life
Morgan Kate D.
Now, I’m not saying this app is a replacement for therapy. But what I am saying is that the raw experiences I’ve had in this app were better and more psychologically productive than any therapy session I’ve been to in the past. This is just what I needed for how my brain works and its analytical and emotional side. I learned great things about myself, life, memories, self esteem, trauma, etc. Not to mention, this app is accessible. I couldn’t pay for it but really wished to continue the stories sense they were helping me, and so I signed up for a free account sponsored by someone else. I cannot fully express my tremendous gratitude for that feature. I have tremendous gratitude for this entire project, as I haven’t found anything else like it. I hope in the future there will be more, but for now I can take the lessons I’ve learned and am one step closer to living my life to the fullest. Thank you.
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