OnirynGet Oniryn Choose a dream journal app by deciding what you want to keep—and what you are willing to send beyond your phone. A place to record a fragment, a drawing-friendly archive and an AI conversation are different needs. None requires a universal winner.
Published by Oniryn, which makes one of the apps below. This is a comparison of official product information, not independent hands-on testing. We checked the sources on 20 October 2026; features, prices and availability can change.
Start with the job, not the feature count
- Local writing with optional cloud reflection — Oniryn. Continuing cloud AI requires Membership and has limits.[1][2]
- Drawing and an Apple-device archive — Dreams: Your dream journal. Paid upgrades exist; the public listing does not clearly explain every free-tier boundary.[8][13]
- Voice transcription, AI and lucid-dreaming tools together — Oniri. Some features require Premium; its policy lists cloud and AI providers.[5][10]
These are three relevant choices, not an exhaustive list. All have iPhone listings. Oniryn requires iOS 18; Dreams and Oniri require iOS 16.[1][6][8] Dreams also advertises iPad and Mac, while Oniri offers iOS and Android versions.[5][13]
Oniryn: a local journal, with cloud choices kept separate
Oniryn suits someone who wants to write or record a dream, then decide whether to ask for reflection. Local saving, reading, searching and exporting are free, with no journal account required.[1][2]
The important privacy distinction is between keeping a dream and submitting it. The journal is stored on your device. If you allow cloud reflection, selected dream text passes through Oniryn’s Cloudflare service to OpenAI; those services see the submitted content during processing. That is not end-to-end encrypted AI. Optional encrypted journal sync is a separate feature, with a recovery key you must keep and a 128 MB archive limit.[1][3]
The US App Store lists Oniryn Monthly at $5.99 and Oniryn Annual at $39.99. Its description states Membership allowances of up to 20 cloud reflections daily and 300 monthly, plus three artworks daily and 30 monthly; shared service limits may apply.[1]
What not to choose it for yet: continuing dream conversations and the updated strictly on-device transcription experience belong to version 1.0.1, which the website labels as awaiting Apple review. Apple’s public listing still showed 1.0 when checked. Do not choose the current download on the assumption those updates have shipped.[1][2]
If your priority is drawing across Apple devices, look closely at Dreams instead. If you want dedicated lucid-dreaming tools or an Android option, Oniri is the more directly documented fit.[5][13]
Dreams: a drawing-friendly archive across Apple devices
Dreams, from The Lost Project, is worth considering if your record is visual as well as written. Its official pages describe finger and Apple Pencil drawing on supported devices, imported pictures, recurring “signs,” statistics, reality-check reminders and optional iCloud sync. Its website advertises iPhone, iPad and Mac support.[8][13]
Its privacy policy says data is stored locally, with backups or sync to your personal iCloud account when the relevant options are enabled. That is a concrete alternative to choosing an app for cloud interpretation. The reviewed product pages do not advertise generative-AI reflection; that absence is not a technical audit of every data flow.[9][13]
The US listing shows a free download and two purchase entries: PRO Mode, $13.99, and Unlimited dreams, $13.99. It does not clearly explain their relationship or every free-tier limit. Do not assume both are required, that they buy identical access, or that journaling is unlimited for free. Check the upgrade screen before importing a large archive.[8]
Choose it for: a written and drawn record, recurring-detail organisation and Apple-device continuity. If conversational AI is your main requirement, Oniri explicitly offers an AI question-and-analysis workflow; Dreams’ reviewed pages do not.[5][13]
Oniri: a broader toolkit, including lucid-dreaming features
Oniri is a strong candidate when you want recording and transcription alongside AI questions, journal analysis and lucid-dreaming tools. Its official sources list reality-check reminders, guided tracks, night cues, and exports including PDF, TXT and CSV. Its website says the core journal is free, while Premium adds deeper AI interpretation and advanced lucid-dreaming tools.[5][6]
Oniri’s terms allow use without an account, although features such as device sync may require one. Its privacy policy describes account and journal data for synchronisation, usage information, and providers including MongoDB Realm, AWS, OpenAI and Replicate. Do not read “private and encrypted” marketing as a promise that AI processing stays entirely on your device.[10][11]
Pricing needs care: the US App Store displays several purchases named Oniri Premium, including $12.99 and $59.99, without billing periods in those labels. Other entries use different names and prices. Those catalog entries are not enough to identify the subscription you will be offered. Read the in-app price, renewal period, trial terms and included features before confirming.[6]
Choose it for: the broader documented toolkit, especially if lucid-dreaming features or Android availability matter. Listing those tools is not evidence that they will produce lucid dreams, improve sleep or interpret a dream accurately.
Before moving your real journal
Try an invented, non-sensitive entry first. Check whether you can:
- Capture it in the form you prefer: words, audio or drawing.
- Find it again and keep later thoughts separate from the original account.
- Export something readable without accepting an unwanted subscription.
- Understand which actions use local storage, sync or AI processing.
Prices above are US App Store examples checked on 20 October 2026, not worldwide offers or a view of your personalised paywall. Unknown limits are not unlimited access.
If you are still choosing, start with the free browser journal template and download your entry before closing it. You can also explore Oniryn’s local journal and its privacy policy. Choose the recording and data-handling arrangement you want—not an app’s claim to know what your dream truly means.
Sources
Official product and policy pages checked on 20 October 2026. App Store prices refer to the United States.
[2] Oniryn — local journal and release caveats
[5] Oniri — official features and platforms
[10] Oniri — privacy policy (28 June 2026)