Comparison

Elsewhere Dream Journal vs PulseLog

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

Head to head
About

Elsewhere Dream Journal

This app helps you explore your subconscious by journaling your dreams. It automatically generates images from your dreams, identifies recurring symbols, and provides insights into their meaning. Track your dream patterns over time and discover your personal mythology.

Highlights
  • Automatic dream image generation
  • Symbol and theme insights
  • Personal mythology discovery
  • Dream charting and search
  • Expert symbol interpretations
Features
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Elsewhere is a beautiful dream journaling app that helps you learn the language of your subconscious. The patterns in your dreams can help you find your center - what is meaningful for you, what is beautiful for you, what is terrifying for you, and why. Features: * Automatic dream image generation * Insights - If you dream about a character, setting or symbol multiple times, you'll get an insight about it * My Symbols - As you dream, Elsewhere will detect symbols in your dreams help you discover your personal mythology * Symbol interpretations by David Fontana, and thematic insights by Kelly Bulkeley * Automatic tagging of characters, settings, themes and more * Charts - See what you're dreaming about by year, month or week * Dream search Terms of use: https://elsewhere.to/terms

About

PulseLog

Features
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Know Your Energy. Own Your Day. PulseLog is a 5-day self-tracking challenge that helps you discover when you're at your best — and what you're actually doing with those hours. Most productivity apps tell you what to do. PulseLog helps you understand yourself first. How It Works Start a 5-day sprint and track two things: • Energy Check-Ins — Rate your energy level (0–10) every 2 hours. PulseLog sends gentle reminders so you never miss a check-in. Over 5 days, your personal energy curve emerges. • Chaos Diagnostic — Log what you're doing each hour and classify it: Good (deep work, exercise, learning), Maintenance (emails, chores, errands), or Noise (doomscrolling, distractions, time sinks). See your day's composition at a glance. What You'll Discover After 5 days, PulseLog reveals insights you can't get from a calendar or to-do list: • Your Power Windows — the hours when your energy peaks. Are you spending them on Good activities or wasting them on Noise? • Your Noise Ratio — how much of your day goes to activities that drain you without adding value. • Energy-Activity Correlation — which activities consistently appear during your high-energy hours, and which ones show up when you crash. • Daily Composition Trends — see how your Good/Maintenance/Noise balance shifts across the sprint. Built for Honesty, Not Perfection PulseLog isn't about optimizing every minute. It's about seeing clearly. The 5-day sprint format keeps it lightweight — you commit to a short experiment, get your insights, and decide what to change. • No accounts, no cloud sync — your data stays on your device • Dark mode interface designed for quick, frictionless logging • Export your sprint data as PDF or CSV to share or review later • Backfill missed entries so your data stays complete • Sub-block logging (15/30/45/60 min) for precise hour breakdowns Apple Watch Companion Log energy and activities straight from your wrist. The watch app shows your sprint progress, offers smart activity suggestions based on your history, and syncs everything to your iPhone automatically. Digital Crown for score input, haptic feedback for every action. Who It's For • Founders and creators who feel busy but not productive • Remote workers losing track of how they spend their hours • Students balancing coursework, projects, and life • Anyone curious about the gap between how they think they spend time and how they actually do Start your first sprint today. Five days from now, you'll see yourself differently.

Screenshots

Elsewhere Dream Journal4 screens
PulseLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PulseLog at none against Elsewhere Dream Journal's 7. Elsewhere Dream Journal's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Elsewhere Dream Journal sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PulseLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elsewhere Dream Journal versus PulseLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElsewhere Dream JournalPulseLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (109 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings109 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperELSEWHERE.TO LTDCarlos Oliveira

Bugs and requests

Elsewhere Dream Journal

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Cannot add locations to dreams
  • Supporter option endlessly loading
  • Magic code not sent for signup
  • App crashes when typing up a dream
  • App gets stuck on a white screen
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  • Editing a dream sits on the loading screen
  • App freezes when exporting data
  • App crashes when closing and reopening after export issues

Requested features

11 requests
  • Fix bug: Add locations to dreams
  • Fix bug: Supporter option not working
  • Fix bug: Magic code not being sent
  • Add feature: Calendar view for dreams
  • Add feature: More compact list view for dreams
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  • Add feature: Table of contents for dream titles
  • Add feature: Edit tags
  • Add feature: 7-Day trial version
  • Add feature: Ability to create own art prompts
  • Add feature: Nicer way to share results to socials (graphics and interpretation)
  • Add feature: Search function for symbol icons (with synonyms)

PulseLog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Elsewhere Dream Journal

Subscriptions4
  • Elsewhere Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Elsewhere Supporter$9.991 Month
  • Elsewhere Premium$49.991 Year
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  • Elsewhere Supporter$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • 15 Credits$2.99
  • 30 Credits$4.99
  • 75 Credits$9.99
None

PulseLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elsewhere Dream Journal free?
Elsewhere Dream Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PulseLog free?
PulseLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elsewhere Dream Journal or PulseLog have ads?
Neither Elsewhere Dream Journal nor PulseLog shows ads.

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