The Work App for Android

I’ve been doing the work for a few years and this podcast supports my understanding and soothes me in times of worry. Cannot overstate the improvement in my peace of mind!

I love The Work and thank you for making this app. In this review, I’m reviewing the app itself. I hesitated before buying this even after reading many of Katie’s books and watching hours of sessions. The app hasn’t been updated in nearly 4 years which made me worried it was developed for old phones and then abandoned. It feels a little clunky on newer phones. The screen space feels unnecessarily constrained die to the black bars. Entering text is more difficult. I think this is because the keyboard isn’t the modern one that fits iPhones without the home button (Android X and later). It interferes with my typing habits enough to cause me difficulty typing. This is probably not noticeable on iPhones with home buttons. Other interface elements could be tidied and modernized. The navigation between steps in the work are a hard to interact with, and skipping back very far is slow (I gave up fixing a spelling error in my belief because I only noticed it at the turnarounds, yes I can go back and edit it later). If you accidentally add a turnaround you don’t need, you end up having to put some filler text permanently there because it doesn’t let you leave it blank. I can’t find any way to remove a turn around once it’s added. I also couldn’t see what turn arounds I’d already written after adding the one I didn’t need. Going back from that empty turn around acts like I haven’t done any turnarounds, so I thought it deleted them. I’d love to be able to see all the turn arounds I’ve written already when I’m trying to write the next one so I don’t repeat myself. Overall, the work itself is great and this app is worth the purchase if you are like me and work better on my phone than paper. I’m impressed with how well it guides you through. The app itself could be better with some attention and modernization. I almost didn’t buy it because it looked abandoned, and I might not be the only one making that choice. Turn around: I’m a little clunky and have some glitches. (Yep, also true, and opinionated, and long winded, LOL) thank you!

I am delighted with how easy it is to use this app. It makes it much easier to follow the inquiry process. However, using this app on an Mobile with a keyboard, and trying to read sidewise, is very uncomfortable. Make the app work in landscape mode on an Mobile and I will up the number of stars.

The Work is so powerful but the app misses on a couple of easy to fix points; 1: Unable to put it in landscape mode on my Mobile to use the keyboard. 2: It needs to be lockable. Please help with these two issues!

If you are familiar with The Work and Byton Katie this is a great little app. Not only does it walk you through all the judgements and then 4 questions, It saves everything so you can go back later. If you are not familiar with her and The Work, I highly recommend you check out her books and videos, it’s life changing.