Reality Check vs Ember Timer

Reality Check trains you to have lucid dreams using the most proven technique in dream research: reality checks. Throughout your day, you'll receive gentle notifications prompting you to pause, question your reality, and perform a simple awareness test. By building this habit while awake, your brain learns to do the same while asleep. and that's when lucid dreaming begins. SMART REALITY CHECKS • 60+ unique prompts across physical, environmental, and awareness categories • Checks matched to time of day (morning, afternoon, evening) • Never the same prompt twice in a row • Educational tips and encouragement after each check FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING • Set your wake and bed times for perfectly spaced reminders • Choose 5 to 20 checks per day • Set quiet hours for meetings, meals, or focus time • Notifications distributed evenly across your active hours DREAM JOURNAL & TRACKING • Log dreams each morning with one tap • Record whether dreams were lucid • Add notes to capture dream details • Your checks from yesterday are linked to last night's dreams POWERFUL INSIGHTS • See your streak of consistent practice • Track lucid dreams by week and month • Discover your personal correlation between check frequency and lucid dream success • Data-driven insights like "You average 10 checks on lucid dream days vs 6 on other days" CUSTOM SOUNDS • 4 handcrafted notification sounds: Low Bell, High Bell, Gong, Chalice Chime • Single sound or rotating variety • Subtle enough for any setting Research shows that consistent reality checking increases lucid dream frequency by up to 150%. Reality Check makes building this habit effortless. Start tonight. Your first lucid dream is closer than you think.

A candle in a dark room. That's it. Ember Timer is a meditation timer stripped to its essence. No guided audio. No streak counters. No social features. No settings screens. Just a warm flame on a dark background, and silence. Set your duration with a simple drag. Tap to begin. The candle glows in silence. When time is up, a gentle haptic heartbeat and soft velvet ripples bring you back — no jarring alarms, no sudden brightness. It may look simple. That is its strength. In a world of meditation apps competing for your attention, Ember Timer asks for nothing. It sits quietly until you need it, does one thing with care, and gets out of your way. - Warm candle flame animation on deep indigo - Gentle haptic heartbeat upon completion - Soft velvet curtain alert with rippling waves - Tap the golden koi to view past sessions, synced with Apple Health - No accounts, no ads, no tracking - No internet connection required Designed with intention. A quiet space to sit.