Comparison

Lucid vs Lucid Now

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

Head to head
About

Lucid

Learn to lucid dream with this comprehensive dashboard. Record, review, and improve your dream experiences with a dream journal, interactive lessons, and a supportive community. Track dream characters and share your journeys.

Highlights
  • Dream Journal
  • Interactive Academy Lessons
  • Dream Library
  • Character Tracking
  • Social Dreaming Features
  • Community Forums
Features
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Explore pure freedom, explore your mind and change your life - Learn to lucid dream with us. Lucid-Dash is an app that helps you to easily achieve lucidity in your dreams. It is an all-in-one lucid dreaming dashboard that helps you record, review, and improve your lucid dreams. Lucid-Dash is the most comprehensive and easiest to use lucid dreaming app available, and it is the only app that has ALL your lucid dreaming stats in one place. Lucid-dash FEATURES: DREAM JOURNAL - Keep track of your dreams and all the details you could possibly need to include, as well as keep track of the times you don't remember any dreams. Our dream journal is designed to be easy to use and efficient at improving your dream recall quickly. ACADEMY - Regularly updated lucid dreaming courses + lessons, all the lucid dreaming information that you need to succeed quickly, easy to access and in one place. Stop reading boring lucid dream articles, we designed an interactive learning system with points and achievements! DREAM LIBRARY - Explore dreams from our community, share them with friends, and upload public dreams as you wish for the world to see. Our dream library is a great place to share your dreams with our knowledgeable community. DREAM CHARACTERS - Track all the characters you encounter in your dreams, we make it easy for you to remember your dream characters easily and all in one place. SOCIAL DREAMING - We are giving you the ability to gain a following off the dreams that you experience. Followers, likes + custom lucid dreaming profiles are waiting for you. COMMUNITY - Become part of a family of knowledgeable, passionate and friendly lucid dreamers that would love to help with/hear your dreaming experiences. AND MORE - Many more features are available and being created as you read this, we are a constantly evolving lucid dreaming platform on a long mission. ~~ Our Terms of service: https://lucid-dash.com/tos https://lucid-dash.com/privacy_policy

About

Lucid Now

Train your mind for lucid dreaming with guided meditations, soundscapes, and smart dream journaling. This app uses REM phase targeting and reality checks to help you become aware and in control within your dreams.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations and soundscapes
  • REM phase targeting for lucidity
  • Smart dream journal with AI insights
  • Reality checks and reminders
  • Personalized affirmations
  • Sleep tracking and progress insights
Features
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Lucid Now – Master Your Dreams Unlock the power of lucid dreaming with Lucid Now, the ultimate app for training your mind to become aware in your dreams. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced dreamer, our powerful tools help you take control of your dreams and explore your subconscious like never before. It relies on Targeted Lucid Dream Reactivation technique, playing cues during your REM sleep phases to reactivate lucidity. FEATURES ◆ Guided Meditations & Soundscapes – Fall asleep faster with binaural beats, relaxing melodies, and expert-led meditations designed for lucid dreamers. ◆ REM Phase Targeting – Maximize your chances of lucidity by timing audio cues to your sleep cycle. ◆ Smart Dream Journal – Easily record and analyze your dreams with AI insights, mood tracking, and custom tags. ◆ Reality Checks & Reminders – Build awareness throughout the day with customizable alerts and proven reality-check techniques. ◆ Personalized Affirmations – Reinforce lucid dream habits with tailored affirmations and mindfulness exercises. ◆ Sleep Tracking & Progress Insights – Monitor your sleep patterns and visualize improvements in your dream control over time. Start your lucid dreaming journey today and unlock a whole new world within your mind! Download Lucid Now and take control of your dreams tonight! This app is licensed under the standard Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lucid4 screens
Lucid Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lucid Now at 5.0 against Lucid's 4.6. Lucid's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Lucid sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $10.00 per month and Lucid Now sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lucid Now holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lucid has 44 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lucid versus Lucid Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucidLucid Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (44 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BosworthAdam TARDY

Customer experience

Lucid

All ratings40 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral20.7%
Negative20.7%

Lucid Now

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lucid

Subscriptions1
  • Lucid-Dash Premium$10.001 Month
1 purchases

Lucid Now

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly Renewable$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Lucid free?
Lucid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lucid Now free?
Lucid Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lucid or Lucid Now?
Lucid Now is rated higher. Lucid averages 4.6 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Lucid Now averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lucid or Lucid Now have ads?
Neither Lucid nor Lucid Now shows ads.

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