Comparison

Dream Journal+ vs LucidCue

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

Head to head
About

Dream Journal+

Easily record and reflect on your dreams with this straightforward journal. All your entries are stored locally for privacy, with future updates planned for enhanced features like filtering and statistics.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use dream recording
  • Local dream storage
  • Ad-free experience
  • Subscription-free
  • Privacy-focused
  • Future filtering and statistics
Features
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Enjoy this easy to use, ad-free, & subscription-free dream journal! Specifically made to be straightforward and easy on the eyes, Dream Journal+ allows you to detail your dreams through the ease of your phone, whenever, wherever. All of your dreams are stored locally on your device! No information is collected or shared! (But beware, your dreams will not be saved if you delete or transfer the app!) More updates to come! Look forward to: - filtering dreams by rating, details, date, etc - adding and editing personalized dream detail buttons - viewing dream statistics over time - optional daily reminder notifications - exporting/downloading dreams - optional password/FaceID to protect dream privacy

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

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Verdict

The call

Dream Journal+ and LucidCue are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dream Journal+ against 5.0 for LucidCue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dream Journal+ versus LucidCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDream Journal+LucidCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoomBoom LLCVitaliy Golubenko

Customer experience

Dream Journal+

All ratings1 ratings
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

None

Dream Journal+

No in-app purchases

None

LucidCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dream Journal+ free?
Dream Journal+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LucidCue free?
LucidCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dream Journal+ or LucidCue?
Dream Journal+ and LucidCue are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Dream Journal+ or LucidCue have ads?
Neither Dream Journal+ nor LucidCue shows ads.

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