# ALTERD - Expand Consciousness — Capture highs, trips, dreams +

> AI journaling app for exploring altered states of consciousness with community and insights. (iPhone/iPad app by ALTERD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alterd-expand-consciousness/id6743177039 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ALTERD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1801808019)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Social Networking
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 671 App Store ratings · 81 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 191 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-04-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alterd-expand-consciousness/id6743177039/reviews.md

## What is ALTERD?

Altered states are not escapes; they are portals.

ALTERD is an AI-powered journaling app + community designed for intentional exploration of altered states of consciousness. Record state-aware thoughts in a safe, educational context. Our AI automatically analyzes your thoughts to help you with personal growth, explore your soul / mind, integrate, spark creativity, and connect with a supportive community.

Journaling & Capture
Pick your state each time you enter the app. Capture your thoughts, emotions, and reflection. Use intelligent prompts help you record the nuance details, creating a rich journal that evolves with you.

Privacy & Anonymity First
ALTERD is your private space for self-exploration. We do not allow public attribution of entries to any specific user. What you share is yours alone—safe, secure, and anonymous by default.

AI Integration and Understanding
Your entries aren’t just stored—they’re transformed. Advanced AI tools analyze your journal entries, detecting mood patterns, recurring themes, and unique insights that help you better understand your inner experiences. Look forward to AI insight summaries that automatically analyze your personal journey. Understand yourself with other AI tools - such as "Chat with your subconscious" or calling up @being or the "Brilliance Detector."

Community Feed  
Explore and share anonymously within our supportive community, united in exploring consciousness and the human experience.

Knowledge Hub  
Bridge science with spirituality. Tutorials, news, real stories, research deep dives, harm-reduction guides, and practical tips on altered states, consciousness, and mental health.

Educational & Harm Reduction Focus
ALTERD prioritizes education and safety. References to substances are solely for harm reduction and educational purposes. We do not encourage or facilitate the use, sale, or exchange of any illegal or controlled substances.

Content Moderation
ALTERD employs strict content moderation to remove any material that promotes unsafe behavior. Users must follow all local laws and regulations.

ALTERD is intended solely as an exploration tool that empowers individuals to learn about and discuss states of consciousness in a safe and legal context. We do not endorse, recommend, or encourage the use of any illegal substances, tobacco, or vaping products.

Our content does not promote, facilitate, or glamorize the sale or consumption of any controlled or illegal substances, tobacco products, vaping products, or excessive alcohol usage.
We explicitly prohibit minors from using this app in any capacity related to substance use.
We encourage users to follow all applicable laws and regulations in their local jurisdictions.
Educational and Harm Reduction Focus
Any content presented is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as medical or legal advice.
We firmly believe in harm-reduction and responsible decision-making and provide resources or information aimed at fostering safety and well-being.
No Sales or Transactions
The app does not enable the purchase, transaction, or exchange of any controlled substances or related items.
We do not host or link to any services facilitating such transactions.
Doing so will result in a ban from our platform.

Subscription Details (ALTERD Premium)
ALTERD Premium is offered as a monthly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account upon purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the subscription’s expiration. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings.
For more information, please review our Terms, Privacy Policy, and EULA (linked below)

TERMS OF USE: https://www.alterd.me/terms
PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.alterd.me/privacy
EULA AGREEMENT: https://www.alterd.me/eula

## Key features

- AI-powered journaling
- State-aware thought capture
- AI insight summaries
- Anonymous community feed
- Knowledge hub with educational content
- Harm reduction guides

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ALTERD Premium Yearly | $29.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Premium | $39.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Premium Weekly | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| ALTERD Premium | $24.99 | per 3 months |
| ALTERD Premium Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| ALTERD Premium Weekly | $2.99 | per 7 days |
| ALTERD Premium | $39.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Premium Monthly | $7.99 | per month |
| ALTERD Premium | $39.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Premium Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| ALTERD Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Weekly | $2.99 | per 7 days |
| ALTERD Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| ALTERD Yearly | $99.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Monthly | $12.99 | per month |
| ALTERD Premium Yearly | $99.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Premium Monthly | $12.99 | per month |
| PREMIUM Yearly | $76.99 | per year |
| ALTERD Yearly | $76.99 | per year |
| PREMIUM monthly | $7.99 | per month |


## What do users think of ALTERD?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Incredible app with a supportive community
- 👍 Authentic and represents the human experience
- 🚀 Transformative for mindfulness, creativity, and personal growth
- 👍 Allows users to be seen, heard, and respected without judgment
- 👍 Continuous improvements and great developer responsiveness

**Cons**

- 🔍 Wish there was a way to search and add users as friends
- 🤖 AI insights could use further improvements

**Commonly reported bugs**

- No AI insights generated for some users

**Most requested features**

- Search and add users as friends
- Improve AI insights quality and frequency

## Recent user reviews (10 of 81)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alterd-expand-consciousness/id6743177039/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Amazing, but Deceptive

*2026-08-11*

I love this app and will highly recommend it to anyone who can afford a premium subscription. It is full of thoughtful journaling prompts, rich insight, and a community of people who truly want to reflect and connect. I think it is very likely worth the price for anyone who has a few extra dollars to spend every month. 

That being said, I was disappointed to find that the entire app is paywalled after a few days of use. I was under the impression that the subscription model would open up additional features, but soon came to realize that I would not even be allowed to read through my own previous entries without at least starting a free trial to the premium subscription. Currently, every time I open the platform, I am immediately locked into a banner advertising the premium subscription with no option to close the ad or view anything else. There is no longer anything to click on besides the button to subscribe, and there is no option for me to actually access the app in any meaningful way without paying to do so. 

I wish that this setup was made more clear to users when they first create an account. Again, I do feel like the price of this app is justifiable given its many excellent features— but when it’s listed as a free app, and you are able to access premium features as a new user before ever starting a subscription trial, it becomes a huge bummer to feel like your journal entries have disappeared into the ether without warning until you can scrape enough money together to read through them again. The whole thing just feels like a completely avoidable problem. 

Aside from that though, this really is a great app and I thoroughly enjoyed using it while I could. I think anyone who has the extra money to spend would probably benefit a lot from getting involved in such a lovely community. I can understand why it is paywalled, I just really wish that there was more clarity for new users about what that paywall entails and when it will be enacted.

### 5/5 — Self reflecting

*2026-07-10*

App basically became my new journal. Allows me to connect with others and speak about myself freely, PLUS I love the ability the app gives you to choose which state you’re in. Also love the feedback it gives. Fun and helpful

### 1/5 — Locked out of app

*2026-06-29*

I liked the app and bought a full year subscription. I took a little break from it and got a new phone. When I downloaded it on the new phone, it forces me to go through a new user setup. The “onboarding” is stuck in a continuous loop with no means to actually get back into the app. Every time I finish my “first” journal entry, it forces me back to the beginning of the onboarding which are just mandatory advertising. 

You don’t need to advertise to me. I already have an account. I’ve already paid for a subscription. Despite this, I can’t use the app at all. There’s no contact information either. No way to contact anyone for help.

**Developer response:** Hello - We're very sorry to hear about this. We're working on a fix for this bug but in the meantime reach out to hello@alterd.me and we'll get this sorted :)

### 5/5 — It’s good for a map

*2026-05-26, version 1.0.44*

Once I settle down and see how I am conducting myself, and I see it I see how great I am with the app, I can feel the greatest growth that impacts my life, could be for a Career

### 1/5 — great, but extremely disappointing.

*2026-05-14*

i enjoyed this app while using the free trial of premium, i thought “sure why not.” the features are phenomenal and the insight it brings is truly more that any other app i’ve experienced. i love the social aspect as well as the privacy. now here comes the not-so-great part. after my trial ended, i lost access to everything in the app. i can’t even view my profile if i intended to delete my data. there’s a constant UNCLOSEABLE popup that tells me to buy premium, no matter what i click on. this isn’t just an experience for me either, my friend also wanted to try the app, but he was met with the same wall. intentional or not, i sent multiple emails to the support team, to no avail. maybe you should be more honest before you say something is “free with premium features.” this app is definitely not free if im unable to even use it or delete my account without premium. until you’re more straightforward about the free vs paid aspect of your app, you will get one star. i will also make sure other users know about this extreme flaw in marketing so they don’t waste their money on it. truly disappointed.

**Developer response:** Hello - We're very sorry to hear about your experience and appreciate you pointing this out. We're working on fixing this ASAP in our next update. Please send an email to hello@alterd.me again and we'll get this all sorted; it doesn't look like it went through.

### 5/5 — “Mirrored” on point

*2026-05-13, version 1.0.43*

I went with the flow of consciousness, exercise under the cannabis. What I saw felt accurate as all get out. It went deeper than I ever expected imagined.

### 5/5 — I’m not easily impressed

*2026-05-13, version 1.0.43*

But this really doing the trick in terms of helping me integrate between sessions. A profoundly cool use of ai

### 1/5 — good in concept

*2026-05-12, version 1.0.43*

it won’t let me add any states because it says i don’t have the subscription but i just paid for the subscription it’s just glitching

### 5/5 — I’m grateful this app exists!

*2026-04-25*

To get as much as possible out of psychedelic medicine, integration is critical. Being able to have a mind meld with others using the app is priceless. This is information that does not exist anywhere else. It’s not in books, and it’s not on the internet.

With 39 million people identifying as psychedelic-curious, and 70% of them saying they want guidance, this would be a powerful tool for every one of them.

Peace. Zappy Zapolin

### 1/5 — Pay Wall

*2026-04-04, version 1.0.42*

Game convinces you to get app and provides a pay wall after two minutes. Can’t get past it. Can only use if you buy a membership. Not worth it. Waste of time. Don’t bother buying unless you want to buy an overpriced subscription you’ll forget about.

## Frequently asked questions about ALTERD

### What does ALTERD do?

ALTERD is an AI-powered journaling app designed for exploring altered states of consciousness. It allows you to record state-aware thoughts, offers AI analysis for personal growth and insights, and connects you with a supportive, anonymous community. It also features a knowledge hub with educational content and harm reduction guides.

### What are the key features of ALTERD?

Key features include AI-powered journaling with state-aware thought capture, AI analysis of entries for mood patterns and insights, anonymous community sharing, a knowledge hub with educational resources, and harm reduction guides. It also offers AI tools like 'Chat with your subconscious'.

### Is ALTERD free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core journaling and community features. It also includes in-app purchases, suggesting that advanced features or additional content may be available for purchase.

### What kind of content is available in the Knowledge Hub?

The Knowledge Hub bridges science and spirituality, offering tutorials, news, real stories, research deep dives, harm-reduction guides, and practical tips related to altered states, consciousness, and mental health. All content is for educational and informational purposes.

### How does ALTERD ensure privacy and safety?

ALTERD prioritizes privacy and anonymity, with no public attribution of entries to specific users. It employs strict content moderation to remove unsafe behavior and explicitly prohibits minors from using the app in relation to substance use. The app's content is for educational and harm reduction purposes only.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.48 — 2026-06-24

+ bug fixes

### 1.0.47 — 2026-06-07

+ bug fixes

### 1.0.46 — 2026-06-02

+ bug fixes

### 1.0.45 — 2026-05-28

+ bug fixes

### 1.0.44 — 2026-05-15

+ bug fixes

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## Related topics

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