Curiosity about reincarnation spans cultures and centuries, and has even become the subject of an app. Before the list, a warning that needs to be clear: applications past life They are entertainment.. They work like a magazine quiz — you answer a questionnaire and receive a character randomly selected from pre-written answers. There's no measurement, record-keeping, or scientific basis behind it. Treat it like a game, and fun is guaranteed.
The idea that we live other lives before this one is not new. Various spiritual and religious traditions around the world approach reincarnation in different ways. What has changed is the format: instead of just reading about it, today people download an app and take the test in two minutes. Below are five options that actually exist in official app stores — and what each one offers.
Who were you in a past life?
It's the most sought-after app of its kind in Portuguese. The app asks questions about personality, tastes, and behavior, and returns a "character": a profession, a time period, and a place. The result is an image ready to share on social media.
What he actually is: An entertaining quiz with pre-written answers. Change a single option and the result changes — which clearly demonstrates the mechanism. Price: Free, with ads. Where to download: android.
Past Life Regression: Zodiac
This app blends the themes of past lives with zodiac signs. You provide your birthdate and answer a few questions, and the app constructs a narrative combining the two elements. The final text is longer and more detailed than most of its competitors.
What he actually is: A text generator based on a questionnaire and date of birth. Astrology and regression have no scientific basis; the app is for entertainment. It is in English. Price: Free, with ads. Where to download: android.
Past Lives: Past Life
It's the main alternative for iPhone users, made by a Brazilian studio and entirely in Portuguese. Besides the quiz, it generates an image illustrating the selected character, making for great screenshots to share.
What he actually is: A quiz with an AI-generated illustration. The image is created on the spot by the app and does not represent anyone in real life. Price: Free to download, with optional in-app purchases. Where to download: app store.
Insight Timer
Many people searching for "past life" insights are actually looking for guided meditation and relaxation. For that, Insight Timer is the best option on the list: it has a huge collection of free meditations in Portuguese, including long sessions of deep relaxation and visualization.
What he actually is: It's a meditation app. It doesn't reveal or investigate past lives; it offers relaxation practices, which are a concrete and verifiable benefit. Price: Free, with optional subscription. Where to download: android It is iphone.
Kardecpedia
If your interest in the subject is genuine, this is the most useful app on the list. Kardecpedia brings together the works of Allan Kardec and study material on the Spiritist doctrine, with search by passage and offline reading—that is, the original sources on reincarnation, instead of a randomly generated result.
What he actually is: A digital library of religious texts. It contains faith-based content, not scientific evidence, and that's how the material itself presents itself. Price: free. Where to download: android.
Conclusion
Past life apps are a good pastime: they generate conversation, funny screenshots, and comparisons between friends. Just don't use them as a basis for any decisions—about relationships, money, career, or health—because the result is a lottery disguised as a revelation.
A practical tip: be wary of apps that charge you to "unlock the full reading." It doesn't make sense to pay for an automatically generated text. And, if your curiosity about reincarnation is genuine, the most interesting path is to read the sources of the tradition that interests you and talk to people in your community—no mobile questionnaire can tell you who you were.
How to choose between the options
- Last updated and supported. An application without a recent update tends to break with the next system version.
- It works offline. If the task is local, requiring a connection means that your data is being sent to a server.
- What the app actually does. Compare the description on the store page with recent reviews. The difference between the two often reveals what the advertisement omits.
- Permissions requested. An app should only request what it needs to function. Requests for access to contacts, messages, or accessibility without reason are a red flag.
What these apps don't do
This is the part that almost no list mentions, and it's precisely what separates expectation from result.
- They can't do what the device's hardware doesn't allow. A feature without a corresponding sensor doesn't exist in software.
- The free version often limits exports, applies a watermark, or restricts the number of uses per day.
- A high rating in the store doesn't guarantee quality: it's worth reading recent, negative reviews.
- An app that promises impossible results usually exists only to display advertising.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it safe to install?
Download from the official store, check the developer, the date of the last update, and the permissions requested.
Is the app free?
Generally, the download is limited or may include advertising. Check the price range for in-app purchases on the store page.
Does it take up a lot of space?
The size appears in the store, but it increases with use due to caching. Clearing the cache frees up space without losing settings.
Is there a native alternative?
It's worth checking out. Android and iOS come with several ready-made functions that eliminate the need to install another app.
Does it consume a lot of battery?
Check the usage per app in the settings and restrict background activity for any that are high.
How to use it in practice
- Try the free version before you pay. Check if the feature you want is outside the free plan—it usually is.
- Check what the app asks for during installation. Compare the permissions with what it actually does. It's the quickest test of trustworthiness.
- Review your consumption after one week. In the settings, view battery and data usage by app and restrict any that are high.
- Check if it works offline. If the task is local but still requires a connection, your data is being sent to a server.
What goes wrong most often?
- Believing in a feature that the device's hardware does not support.
- Ignore the fact that the free version limits exports or applies a watermark.
- Installing multiple applications that do the same thing, all running in the background.
- Choosing based on average rating without reading recent negative reviews.
The alternative that is already included in the system
It's worth opening the search in your phone's settings before installing: Android and iPhone already have several built-in functions, and the native app usually consumes less battery and doesn't ask for any permissions beyond what's necessary.
Reincarnation is not a single idea.
Those searching for information on the subject will find apps that combine everything into one package. The traditions that speak of rebirth don't all say the same thing, and the difference between them is significant.
Hinduism posits that rebirth is linked to karma within a cycle of existences, with liberation from this cycle as the ultimate goal.
Buddhism also speaks of rebirth linked to karma, but it starts from a different point: it does not postulate a permanent soul that passes intact from one body to another. It is a fundamental difference, not a detail, and it changes the meaning of the word "rebirth".
Kardecist Spiritism treats reincarnation as a process of moral learning throughout several lifetimes. It has its own organized literature, with a good portion of its foundational works in the public domain, which explains the amount of free texts available on the app.
While the major Abrahamic religions do not embrace the idea of reincarnation, minority currents within them discuss the topic, but the predominant position is different.
For millions of people, this is faith, not a pastime. It's worth noting this difference in tone, because those who approach the subject out of religious conviction seek study and reading, while those who approach it out of curiosity seek entertainment. Both audiences use the same apps and expect opposite things from them.
What does psychology say about "regression"?“
Many of these apps offer guided audio that promises to lead to memories of other lives. This format mimics so-called past life regression, conducted under hypnosis. And it is precisely here that scientific criticism arises.
Human memory doesn't work like a recording. It's reconstructive: each time someone remembers something, they piece together the scene again, with fragments of what they experienced, what they heard later, and what they hope to find.
Because it is reconstructive, memory is suggestible. Psychology has well documented that false memories can be created in suggestive contexts, with the person recalling in rich detail episodes that did not happen, and with sincere conviction.
A regression session brings together exactly the ingredients of this context: deep relaxation, high expectations, and a facilitator asking questions that already suggest the expected scene. The vivid account that emerges from it proves nothing about another life.
It's important to note that past life regression therapy is not recognized as a psychological technique by the psychology boards in Brazil. Therefore, anyone presenting themselves as a past life regression therapist is not practicing psychology.
When the subject goes beyond the scope of the app.
There comes a point where the topic stops being interesting to read and becomes a need for help.
Many people search for past lives after a loss, or in the midst of a period of intense anxiety, or while carrying an old trauma. The search is legitimate and the suffering is real. It's just that the app can't handle it.
Grief, anxiety, and trauma require the help of a mental health professional: a psychologist or psychiatrist. In Brazil, free care is available through the public health system, and university teaching clinics often offer services to the community.
A guided audio recording can provide relief for twenty minutes. It doesn't treat any underlying condition, and delaying seeking medical help in favor of a spiritual explanation often leads to wasted time.
Meditation and relaxation are valuable in themselves.
There's a part of these apps that works independently of the mystical promise.
Slow breathing exercises, paying attention to the body, and listening to calming audio in a quiet environment produce an effect on their own. The benefit comes from breathing, posture, and the time dedicated to focusing on just one thing.
In other words, someone who listens to a "regression" audio and ends up calmer probably gained that from meditation, not from time travel. The narration could describe a trail in the forest and the result would be similar.
Those who only want that effect can focus on what interests them and ignore the plot. Twenty minutes of guided breathing at the end of the day, without noisy headphones and without notifications coming in, is a defensible practice on its own.
Signs that the app has become exploitative.
Entertainment and religious study are one thing. Selling hope is another. Several signs clearly distinguish the two:
- A charge for "personalized reading," where someone promises an exclusive account of your past life in exchange for payment.
- A sense of urgency, with a countdown, limited space, or a warning that the alignment is happening today.
- Promises to reveal the cause of an illness in a past life. This diverts the person from medical treatment and is the type of claim that doesn't hold up.
- A promise to explain a financial problem or debt as karma, followed by an offer of a paid service that would resolve the blockage.
- Escalating costs: a cheap reading leads to an expensive session, which leads to a follow-up package.
- A request for testimonials and referrals from friends was made even before any results were in.
How to use the theme without getting hurt.
It's possible to be interested in the subject and keep your feet on the ground at the same time.
Treat the content of religious tradition as reading material: look for the source of the work, see which school of thought it comes from, and compare it with another school of thought. It is study, and study has a bibliography.
Treat the guided audios as relaxation, expecting calm rather than revelation.
And keep things simple: practical decisions don't come out of any session. Job changes, relationship breakups, and health treatments remain topics of discussion in today's world.
