The app
Practise reading people
Most people learn to spot manipulation by being on the wrong end of it. This is the practice version: conversations you can play, replay and get scored on, so the first time you handle one properly is not the time it counts.
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He has just read the message over your shoulder
“You are being dramatic. Nobody else would have a problem with this.”
Your reply
The debrief
He moved the argument off what he did and onto whether you are normal for minding. Naming the move costs him the ground.
In short
- What it is — a psychology training app by Kanika Batra, a clinically diagnosed sociopath, teaching the reads most people only learn the hard way.
- What you do in it — play branching conversations, run a daily drill, argue with an AI that fights back, paste real messages in for analysis, and take eleven assessments.
- What it costs — free to start. The Consilium membership is $29/month, or $290/year, and it is the only subscription there is.
- Where — in your browser, and on your home screen if you want it there. Nothing to download.
The main thing
The Simulator
A conversation, one line at a time. Somebody says something, you choose how to answer, and the app scores the choice against what someone reading the room well would have done.
Every choice costs or pays
Not right and wrong. Some replies give away ground so quietly you would never notice yourself doing it. The score is where you notice.
It tells you what they were doing
Every scene ends with the read: the move that was made on you, what it was aimed at, and what it was going to cost if it worked.
Then it takes the options away
Gauntlet mode gives you no buttons. You type what you would actually say, on a 30 second clock, and it is judged on that.
What else is in it
Eight more ways to practise
Green is free with an account. Gold comes with the membership.
Speed Drill
Free
Ten reads against the clock, full screen. Built for the two minutes you have, not the hour you do not.
The Daily Tell
Free
One behavioural tell a day, scored, with a streak that breaks if you skip it.
Adventures
Free
Longer stories instead of single scenes, where what you did in chapter two is still true in chapter five.
Your progress
Free
Rank, streaks and badges in one place, so you can see the shape of what you have done.
Leaderboards
Free
Standing and Simulator points behind one toggle. Earned in the open, nobody is placed there.
Receipts
Members
Paste a real message and get the read: what they are doing, what it is aimed at, and what a reply that gives up nothing looks like.
The Lab
Members
Argue with an AI that plays a real personality instead of a script. Say what you would actually say and find out what it costs you.
The Mark
Members
Every scenario, drill and Tell adds to one score, so getting better is a number instead of a feeling.
The Baseline Read
Members
Taken once when you arrive, then monthly. The fixed point everything else is measured against.
Test yourself
Eleven assessments, all free
Scored against published clinical norms, and written by someone who holds the diagnosis half of them are built to detect. They are instruments, not diagnoses.
Dark Mirror Assessment
20 scenarios across six personality types. The original suite quiz; most users start here.
6 min · 20 items
The Sociopath Test
26 items, calibrated to published norms. Splits the cold core from the impulsive shell.
4 min · 26 items
The Narcissist Test
40 forced-choice items, the field-standard NPI. A total against the norm, then the three factors that replicate.
8 min · 40 items
What it costs
Free, or twenty nine dollars
There is one subscription. Everything you do on a free account carries over the day you take it.
Free account
$0
- The opening levels of your main story
- The Speed Drill and the Daily Tell, every day
- All eleven assessments
- Your rank, streaks, badges and the leaderboards
The Consilium
$29/month
or $290/year, 2 months free
- Everything above, plus all the training: the full scenario catalog, Gauntlet mode, the Lab, Receipts, the Mark and the 12 week program.
- The feed: her posts, daily drops, and prompts, every morning.
- Ask Kanika: ask about your course week, and the top-voted get answered by voice or video.
- Voice notes and videos, for members only.
- The book at $9.99 instead of $24.99.
One-time purchases
The Sociopathic Dating Bible
$24.99
70,000 words, 17 chapters, EPUB and PDF. Members pay $9.99.
Your full Dark Mirror result
$9.99
All six axes, unredacted. The purchase becomes a $9.99 credit against your first month of the Consilium.
1:1 coaching
from $297
A call with Kanika. Every coaching package includes the book.
What the membership really buys
The room Kanika is in
The training teaches the skills. This part is her, and it is the half people stay for.
The feed
Members
Kanika's posts, plus a psychology card and a discussion question every morning. Members comment and post.
Ask Kanika
Members
One question every 24 hours, anonymous if you want. You get an email when she answers.
Voice notes
Members
Her voice, members only. Usually the answer to something somebody in the room asked.
Videos
Members
Kanika on camera, inside the app, not on a platform that decides what she is allowed to say.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is the Kanika Batra app?
It is a training app for reading and handling people, built by Kanika Batra, a clinically diagnosed sociopath. You practise on branching scenarios, run timed drills, argue with an AI that plays a real personality, paste real messages in for analysis, and take psychology assessments scored against published norms. The app keeps a score, so you can tell whether your reads are actually improving.
What is the Consilium?
The Consilium is the membership, and it is the only subscription the app sells. It costs $29/month or $290/year. It opens all the training (the full scenario catalog, the Lab, Receipts, the Mark and the 12 week program) and it opens Kanika's own rooms: her feed, Ask Kanika, her voice notes and videos, direct messages, and the book at $9.99 instead of $24.99.
Is the app free?
Yes, to start, and you can do a lot without paying. A free account plays the opening levels of its main story in the Simulator, runs the Speed Drill and the Daily Tell every day, takes all eleven assessments, and keeps a rank, streaks, badges and a place on the leaderboards. The rest of the scenarios, the themed tracks, Gauntlet mode, the Lab, Receipts, the Mark and the 12 week program need the membership.
What is the Simulator?
A conversation you play one line at a time. Somebody says something, you choose how to answer, and the app scores the choice against what a person reading the room well would have done. At the end it tells you what the other person was actually doing and where you gave ground without noticing. Gauntlet mode takes the options away: you type your own reply, on a 30 second clock.
What assessments are in the app?
Eleven, and all of them are free to take. The Dark Mirror across six axes, Read Someone (the Dark Mirror about a person you know), the Sociopath Test (LSRP-26), the Narcissist Test (NPI-40), the Covert Narcissist Test (HSNS), the Dark Triad Test (SD3), the Light Triad Test, the BPD screen (MSI-BPD), the partner-detection quiz from the book, the Daughter Pattern Assessment, and the Factor 1 vs Factor 2 test. Every one built on a published instrument is scored against its norms. None of them diagnose anybody.
Do I need to download anything?
No. The app runs in a browser and installs to your home screen, so there is no app store and no download. Once it is on your home screen it can send notifications: when Kanika answers your question, when a new voice note lands, and when your streak is about to break. On iPhone that needs iOS 16.4 or later.
What is the Blood Pact?
A weekly commitment inside the membership. You pick a track, tick a four-line oath, write three goals in your own words and draw your signature, and from then on you get one challenge a week. Keep it and it is on your record. Miss it and the record scars, permanently. Challenges run on a 12 week cycle, so a full quarter passes before anything repeats. It is not sold separately: it comes with the Consilium at no extra cost.
Does the app replace therapy?
No. Kanika is not a licensed therapist and nothing in the app treats a mental health condition. The assessments are calibrated instruments, not diagnoses, and the training is skills practice. If what you are dealing with needs clinical help, get clinical help.
Can I cancel?
Yes, at any time, from inside the app. There is a 7-day money-back guarantee. If you had signed the Blood Pact, cancelling breaks it: your record is sealed and kept read-only, and signing again starts a new one beside the old scars rather than erasing them.
Play one before you decide anything
One scenario, no account, about three minutes. If the read at the end tells you something you did not already know, the rest is worth your time.
Would rather read than play? The book is where most people start.
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