Comparison

Guided Alchemy vs TimeBack

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

Head to head
About

Guided Alchemy

This app helps you recall dreams and achieve lucidity through daily voice journaling. It transforms your spoken reflections into narrated summaries, fostering self-awareness and a deeper connection to your subconscious.

Highlights
  • Daily voice note recording
  • Personal narrated reflections
  • Dream recall assistance
  • Lucid dreaming trigger
  • Private dream journal collection
  • Subconscious connection
Features
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Speak your dream before it fades. Guided Alchemy is a voice-first dream journal. Each morning you talk for a minute or two about whatever you remember. Settings, characters, feelings, fragments. Later that day, at a time you choose, a narrated reflection comes back to you. The gap between those two moments is the point. You catch the dream while it is still raw, then meet it again hours later, in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday. WHY VOICE Dreams go strange the moment you start typing them. Speaking is faster and looser, and it keeps the feeling in. Guided Alchemy asks you to talk before words harden. WHAT COMES BACK A personal reflection, narrated, delivered at the moment you picked. Lunchtime. The dead hour at four. Whenever you might appreciate a little grounding. It draws only on what you actually said. Noticing how a dream's emotion moves through your waking hours is a practice. It may sharpen your recall over time. For some people that noticing becomes a trigger for lucidity, the moment of recognizing you are dreaming while you are still inside the dream. SOME MORNINGS THERE IS NOTHING Speak the residue instead. How you woke up. What was still sitting in your chest. Blank mornings are part of the practice, and it builds over weeks. YOUR ARCHIVE Every entry is saved and searchable. Look up a person, a place, a recurring object, and see every dream it appears in. Patterns surface on their own once there is enough to look across. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your recordings stay on your device or in your personal iCloud. Sign in with Apple. Download a copy of everything, any time you want. Two minutes in the morning. One reflection in the afternoon. That is the whole practice.

About

TimeBack

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TimeBack helps you pause before you scroll and choose a healthy micro-habit instead. Download it for free and start building better habits today. When you open TikTok, Instagram, or other distracting apps, TimeBack creates a gentle breathing pause to help you slow down. Choose a quick micro-habit, complete it, and then enjoy your scrolling time more mindfully. The free features included with the download provide a mindful pause before social media opens, one starter micro-habit, basic app intercept for your most distracting app, time saved tracking, and daily streak tracking. TimeBack Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks the full experience. It includes more than 30 micro-habits across fitness, mindfulness, and hydration, unlimited app monitoring, advanced statistics and insights, an achievement system with shareable cards, home screen widgets, custom habit creation, and premium themes. The yearly plan costs $29.99 per year ($2.50 per month) and includes a 7-day free trial. The monthly plan costs $6.99 per month. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings on the App Store. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ucefe.github.io/timeback-site/privacy.html Questions: ucefearbit@gmail.com

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TimeBack at 17.0 against Guided Alchemy's 26.4. On price and in-app purchases 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. Guided Alchemy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and TimeBack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Guided Alchemy versus TimeBack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuided AlchemyTimeBack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone — better—
Requires iOS26.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRemind Voice LTDYoussef HOUJAA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Guided Alchemy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$5.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime patron$700.00
2 purchases

TimeBack

Subscriptions2
  • TimeBack Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • TimeBack Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Guided Alchemy free?
Guided Alchemy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBack free?
TimeBack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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