Reality checks vs LucidCue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Set up notifications
- Choose reality check types
- Lucid dreaming aid
- Customizable prompts
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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.
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.
- Gentle wrist twitch reality test
- Personalized vibration feedback
- Detects absence of vibration in dreams
- Seamless Apple Watch integration
- Modern alternative to traditional methods
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Reality checks | LucidCue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianpiero Spinelli | Vitaliy Golubenko |
Customer experience
Reality checks
LucidCue
In-app purchases
Reality checks
- 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
LucidCue
No in-app purchases









