Yume vs Performative
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yume
Capture your dreams immediately upon waking with this simple journaling app. Record your thoughts by writing or voice, and enjoy a private, distraction-free space to reflect on your subconscious experiences. Build a consistent dream logging habit with its clean interface.
- Write or record dreams quickly
- Clean black-and-white design
- Private dream storage
- Distraction-free journaling
- Habit building for dream logging
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Catch your dreams before they fade. Ever wake up and remember a dream just for a moment? It felt real. Maybe strange. Maybe important. Then it slips away. Gone before you can write it down. That's what Yume is for. A simple way to save your dreams before they disappear. No clutter. No pressure. Just you and your thoughts. What makes Yume work: • Write or record your dream fast, while it's fresh. • Clean black-and-white design, easy on tired eyes. • Your dreams stay private no sharing. • No distractions. Just a clear space to focus. Yume helps you build a habit. One dream at a time. Yume Pro Subscription: • Yume Pro Monthly - $3.99/month • Yume Pro Yearly - $24.99/year Privacy Policy: https://yume.craft.me/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Performative
This app allows you to relive cherished memories through interactive photo displays. It evokes nostalgia with cute visuals, personalized affirmations, and unique soundscapes, turning your life's moments into a daily reflection.
- Interactive photo displays
- Memory recall prompts
- Personalized affirmations
- Nostalgic soundscapes
- Daily life reflection
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this is your life is a kawaii memory player. touch the screen — a photo appears. it’s you and a new friend you made this year. do you remember when you barely knew each other? you tap again. it’s a photo of you in one of those over-the-top japanese cut-outs. you look so demure. so kawaii. so cutesy. you keep tapping, and the story of the memory comes back. your heart flutters as the app calls you cute in a jamaican accent. weirdly nostalgic video game sounds play. you laugh. maybe tear up a little. we were playing mario kart when we made this — writing code between rounds, scribbling ideas on the whiteboard. somehow, it turned into this. this is not an app. this is your life. relive it every day with us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Performative at none against Yume's 2. Performative also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Yume sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Performative asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Yume against 5.0 for Performative. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Yume ships an update every 5 months, Performative every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yume | Performative |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yume Journal LTD | CTM Ventures Inc |
Customer experience
Yume
Performative
In-app purchases
Yume
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Performative
No in-app purchases









