Guided Alchemy vs TimeBack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily voice note recording
- Personal narrated reflections
- Dream recall assistance
- Lucid dreaming trigger
- Private dream journal collection
- Subconscious connection
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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.
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
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Verdict
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
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.
| Parameter | Guided Alchemy | TimeBack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Remind Voice LTD | Youssef HOUJAA |
In-app purchases
Guided Alchemy
- Monthly subscription$5.991 Month
- Annual subscription$34.991 Year
- Lifetime patron$700.00
TimeBack
- TimeBack Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- TimeBack Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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