Comparison

Reality checks vs LucidCue

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

Head to head
About

Reality checks

This app helps users determine if they are dreaming by prompting them to perform reality checks. Users can set up custom notifications and select the type of reality check they wish to perform to enhance their lucid dreaming practice.

Highlights
  • Set up notifications
  • Choose reality check types
  • Lucid dreaming aid
  • Customizable prompts
Features
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To make lucid dreams, the mind needs to perform frequent "Reality Checks". A reality check is a method used to determine whether you are in a dream or in real life. This app helps you perform reality checks by allowing you to set up notifications and choose which type of reality check to perform.

About

LucidCue

This app helps you achieve lucid dreams by acting as a reality tester. It uses gentle wrist twitches detected by your Apple Watch to confirm wakefulness with a vibration, signaling you're dreaming when it remains silent.

Highlights
  • Gentle wrist twitch reality test
  • Personalized vibration feedback
  • Detects absence of vibration in dreams
  • Seamless Apple Watch integration
  • Modern alternative to traditional methods
Features
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LucidCue: Reality Test on Your Wrist Unlock lucid dreaming with LucidCue, an Apple Watch app designed as a precise tool to test reality and recognize when you’re dreaming. Inspired by classic reality-testing devices, LucidCue simplifies the process using a gentle wrist twitch — easy to perform, yet powerful in distinguishing wakefulness from dreams. Here’s the method: as you lie in bed, working to fall asleep, occasionally perform a light wrist twitch to test your reality. When awake, LucidCue detects the movement and instantly responds with a personalized vibration, confirming you’re in the waking world. As you slip into a dream, especially during REM sleep, the sensation of moving your wrist feels just as real — but LucidCue stays silent. This absence of vibration is your unmistakable signal: you’re dreaming. LucidCue transforms your Apple Watch into a seamless reality-testing tool, offering a modern, intuitive alternative to traditional methods. Use it to explore your dream world with clarity and control.

Screenshots

Reality checks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LucidCue at Free against Reality checks's $0.99. LucidCue also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

LucidCue is free to download; Reality checks costs $0.99 up front. Reality checks sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LucidCue asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LucidCue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reality checks versus LucidCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReality checksLucidCue
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianpiero SpinelliVitaliy Golubenko

Customer experience

Reality checks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LucidCue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Reality checks

One-time3
  • Support us with a coffee2 variants$0.99
  • Support us with two coffees2 variants$4.99
  • Well, this is a lot of love2 variants$9.99
None

LucidCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reality checks free?
Reality checks costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is LucidCue free?
LucidCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reality checks or LucidCue?
LucidCue is rated higher. Reality checks averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while LucidCue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Reality checks or LucidCue have ads?
Neither Reality checks nor LucidCue shows ads.

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