DreamKeeper vs RootNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DreamKeeper
Easily record, organize, and protect your dreams. Chronicle your nightly experiences with a simple interface, add details like people and themes, and search your dream history. Keep your subconscious insights private and safe with backup options.
- Quick dream recording
- Intuitive date slider for access
- Add people and theme tags
- Keyword, person, and theme search
- Passcode protection
- Dropbox backup and restore
- Export dreams as text or PDF
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DreamKeeper is your own personal dream journal. With DreamKeeper, you can: - RECORD: very quickly and easily chronicle your dream at the very moment you wake from it - REMEMBER: access all your dreams easily with our intuitive date slider - ADD DETAILS: add more information to your dream by adding people and theme tags, as well as other notes about your dream - SEARCH: easily find dreams by searching for keywords, people or themes - PROTECT: keep your dreams private by enabling passcode protection - BACKUP/RESTORE: keep your dreams safe by using Dropbox to backup and restore to one or more devices - EXPORT: share your dreams with the world as text, text files or PDF files using your favorite apps and services Dreams play an important role in our mental and spiritual lives. Anyone can benefit from the insights which our nightly dreams can offer, and keeping a dream diary allows us to better understand the workings of our own subconscious minds. Within 10 minutes of waking up, you are likely to forget over 80% of the detail and content from your dream. This is where DreamKeeper comes in! DreamKeeper makes it easy to record, store and manage all of your dreams with our simple yet powerful interface. All feedback will be gladly accepted! Tell us what you think of DreamKeeper either by sending us an email to feedback@scorpiondev.com or by leaving an app review right here in the App Store.
RootNote
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RootNote is a soulful daily reflection app created to help you pause, breathe, affirm, journal, and grow. Each day, RootNote offers a grounding affirmation, an optional scripture, a thoughtful reflection prompt, related words of wisdom, and a gentle daily challenge. Whether you are healing, becoming, rebuilding, or simply trying to stay grounded, RootNote gives you a quiet place to return to yourself. RootNote is designed for people who want a daily rhythm of encouragement, self-reflection, faith, and inner growth without pressure or perfection. Features: - Daily affirmations for encouragement and grounding - Optional scripture that can be turned on or off - Reflection prompts for journaling - Related words of wisdom and inspiration - Daily challenges for gentle growth - Weekly Garden view for upcoming affirmations and verses - Growth and streak tracking - Private journal entries saved locally on your device RootNote is not about being perfect. It is about becoming. Affirm. Reflect. Grow from what grounds you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RootNote at daily against DreamKeeper's every 2 months. RootNote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). DreamKeeper's advantage is ratings volume (574 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RootNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DreamKeeper has 574 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DreamKeeper ships an update every 2 months, RootNote daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DreamKeeper | RootNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (574 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 574 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ScorpionDev | William Scandrett |
Bugs and requests
DreamKeeper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Saved dreams sometimes disappearing
- Keyboard covering text when typing
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode or night theme
- Calendar view to see dream frequency
- Dream analysis or interpretation tools
- Ability to add photos or voice recordings
- Sync across multiple devices
RootNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DreamKeeper
No in-app purchases
RootNote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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