App Profile: Elsewhere Dream Journal

gradenka

Rating: 5/5

I’ve been a lifelong vivid dreamer with usually multiple dreams recalled most nights. Writing them longhand can take an hour or more; hence my interest in digital dream journaling apps, to try to save some time. I’ve tried many of these over the years but none of them stuck for a variety of reasons, most typically not having features that I would find helpful. Enter the Elsewhere app — it began, for me, where all the other apps I’ve tried left off, filling the functional gaps that I used to find frustrating, specifically from an organizational and aesthetic standpoint. But then there was the beautiful “icing” on the app cake, notably the AI interpretation of dreams (really spot on in a lot of instances, and always useful in providing some additional avenues from which to consider my dreams) and the AI-generated artwork for each dream (making it a lot easier to find recorded dreams than trying to remember a dream title). And then, the “cherry” on top of this cake has turned out to be the developers themselves, whom I’ve personally found to be amazingly responsive and helpful on the dedicated Discord channel. Cheers, Elsewhere developers, for creating this ever-evolving, inspiring app! Because of it, I’m back to recording dreams much more frequently and even deepening my associated dream work with them, taking my dream-related experiences to new levels.

Head Fan Head

Rating: 5/5

This app has a voice to dictation feature. Because I am in Jungian analysis I understand that my voice messages are archaic and garbled when I am entering my dream into the app. This enhances my Freudian knowledge because I am aware that I am having a slip of the tongue. So as the day progresses I read back and edit, It’s frustrating and time consuming but so worth it if you are in need of analysis because it enhances the experience.

JaxonPeterson

Rating: 5/5

I've used several different dream journal apps, and each has had its pros and cons. Elsewhere stood out to me because of its functionality and the use of research-backed techniques. The fact that the Elsewhere AI uses “If this were my dream...” (Taylor, 1983) and also seems to utilize the Hall/Van De Castle Content Analysis system is a big win! None of this is surprising, knowing that Bulkeley is involved in the endeavor, but it is reassuring that the app should stay grounded in Dream studies research and technique.