Comparison

CE5 Contact vs Aperture

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CE5 Contact

This app guides users in initiating peaceful contact with extraterrestrial civilizations using established protocols. It offers training materials, step-by-step guidance, and tools to connect with like-minded individuals. Features include offline access to core processes and a library of resources.

Highlights
  • Official training materials
  • Step-by-step CE5 process guide
  • Networking for like-minded individuals
  • Comprehensive equipment list
  • Extensive media library
  • Offline mode for core processes
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CE5 Contact provides instructions and tools to assist you in making peaceful contact with extraterrestrial civilizations as well as locating others in your area who are interested in making contact. The CE5 protocols were developed by Dr. Steven Greer, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence and technologies, and initiating peaceful contact with interstellar civilizations. Dr. Greer’s relentless efforts towards the disclosure of classified UFO/ET information have inspired millions of supporters around the world. App features: - Official training materials developed by Dr. Greer - CE5 Guide, which provides an overview of all topics surrounding CE5 - CE5 Process, which walks users step-by-step through all aspects of initiating CE5 - Built-in networking functionality for finding and messaging others interested in CE5 - Comprehensive equipment list - Extensive library with video, images, audio samples, and meditations Notes: For active use of the app outdoors during CE5 work where connectivity may be limited, CE5 Contact includes offline mode for the CE5 Process section as well as local storage of previously visited pages or played/downloaded content. CE5 Contact 2.0 and later also allows users to manually download tones and meditations from the Library. Certain sections of the app require an active internet connection, including user sign-up / profile editing, networking, and messaging.

About

Aperture

Features
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Most practice journals can only ever agree with you. Aperture is built so it can tell you nothing happened. It hides the target, seals what you recorded before you can revise it, and scores your impressions against what was actually in the photo. You don't have to wonder whether you're improving. You can look. A SESSION, STAGE BY STAGE - Cool-down: a short breathing pacer to quiet the analytic mind - Ideogram: a fast reflexive mark, then tag the basic gestalt - Sensory: colors, textures, temperatures, sounds, forms - Sketch: the spatial layout, on a full canvas - Assemble: your final impressions, before you commit - Reveal: only now does the target appear, and the scoring begin Until you commit, the target is never shown, hinted at, or inferable. You work from a meaningless reference number. YOUR GUT, KEPT SEPARATE FROM YOUR GUESSES Raw sensory impressions stay visually separate from flagged guesses (AOL: the mind's premature conclusions). Flagging a guess never costs you points. That separation is the habit the whole method is built on. SCORING YOU CANNOT FUDGE Your score is how much of what you sensed matches what was really there, judged against a fixed vocabulary set in advance rather than your memory of what you meant. It rewards accurate sensory data, not lucky label-guessing, and shows you which impressions matched and which missed. Log enough sessions and it will tell you plainly whether you are beating chance. A REFEREE, NOT AN ORACLE (SUPPORTED IPHONES) An optional AI judge reads the session you already sealed and scores it against the target. It can lower a generous score but never inflate one, and it never tells you what you will perceive next time. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE No account, no analytics, no server of ours. Your sessions live on your device. Optional Pro sync goes only through your own private iCloud, and the judge runs on-device, so nothing you write is sent anywhere for analysis. FREE TO TRY, PROPERLY Your first 3 sessions are complete and full-featured: the whole protocol, the full target pool, real scoring. Aperture Pro then unlocks: - Unlimited sessions - The full 300+ target library - Analytics that show your results against chance - Unlimited named viewers with separate histories - Relay mode: two people, one hidden target, revealed together - Session export (JSON) Aperture Pro is $6.99/month, or $39.99/year with 1 month free, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Aperture builds on Controlled Remote Viewing, the six-stage protocol developed at SRI in the 1970s and the subject of declassified government research. It makes no claims about psychic ability and predicts nothing. It is a practice journal and an attention-training tool. Test yourself, collect your own data, draw your own conclusions. Privacy policy: https://quietoptics.com/aperture/privacy.html Terms of use: https://quietoptics.com/aperture/terms.html

Screenshots

CE5 Contact4 screens
Aperture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aperture at Free against CE5 Contact's $9.99. Aperture also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). CE5 Contact's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Aperture is free to download; CE5 Contact costs $9.99 up front. Aperture sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CE5 Contact asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CE5 Contact ships an update monthly, Aperture every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
CE5 Contact versus Aperture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCE5 ContactAperture
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (205 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings205 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB57 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSirius Technology Advanced ResearchQuiet Optics LLC

Bugs and requests

CE5 Contact

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Crop circle tones in contact don't play
  • App is glitching, gets stuck or just closes
  • Audio doesn't work when you push play
  • Sounds don't play
  • Meditations and recordings stopped working after a week
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  • Structure of the Universe Meditation is glitched
  • Can't play sounds, won't work at all
  • Guided meditation audio quality is terrible
  • Can't play the tones or meditations unless using earbuds
  • Meditations no longer play
  • App stopped responding, nothing plays anymore
  • Networking page doesn't work
  • Can't edit profile photo, app crashes
  • Can't log in, freezes on login screen
  • Verification email not working, can't create account
  • Library and other sections won't load
  • Tones are a grey screen now

Requested features

7 requests
  • Messaging Notification option will facilitate networking effectiveness
  • Create a 'create a post' or 'create a group' section on the app
  • Add a message board for local CE5 groups
  • Allow users to change their account username, email and mobile number
  • Improve profile features for the Network section
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  • Add the ability to upload photos/conversations of good areas for CE5
  • Generalize location tracking to city level instead of exact location

Aperture

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CE5 Contact

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Aperture

Subscriptions2
  • Aperture Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Aperture Pro — Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aperture Pro — Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is CE5 Contact free?
CE5 Contact costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aperture free?
Aperture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CE5 Contact or Aperture have ads?
Neither CE5 Contact nor Aperture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CE5 Contact or Aperture?
CE5 Contact ships an update monthly, and Aperture every 4 days. Most recently, CE5 Contact was updated on October 21, 2026 and Aperture on October 16, 2026.

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