Dream diary app
Dream Diary is a proof of concept of an AI-supported reflective journaling app that helps users capture, structure, and explore their dreams while preserving emotional nuance and personal agency. Traditional journaling tools are static, text-heavy, and lack structured reflection, while fully generative AI risks over-interpreting deeply personal content. This system transforms raw voice or text entries into organized reflections, symbolic themes, and optional visualization prompts, without positioning AI as the authority. It demonstrates how AI can augment introspection and emotional wellness without replacing human meaning-making.
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Description textMultimodal capture (voice-to-text, quick tags, symbolic markers)
AI-assisted theme clustering and pattern recognition over time
Reflective prompts grounded in user language, not imposed meaning
Optional visual mood boards generated from dream tone and imagery
Private-by-design architecture with clear AI transparency cues goes here
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From fragmented recall to meaningful reflection. Users wake, record a dream in under a minute, and receive gentle structuring, key symbols, emotions, recurring motifs, followed by optional reflective questions. Over time, the app surfaces patterns across weeks and months, supporting self-awareness rather than prediction.
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Increased journaling consistency through low-friction capture
Stronger emotional literacy and pattern recognition
High trust through transparent AI boundaries
Foundation for subscription tiers (visualizations, long-term pattern mapping, guided reflection tracks)
My Role and Key Decisions
I led the end-to-end product vision, AI interaction strategy, and trust framework for this proof of concept, shaping it as a responsible alternative to over-interpretive “AI dream analysis.” by
Positioning AI as a reflective assistant, not a symbolic authority
Prioritizing user-authored meaning over generative interpretation
Designing transparent AI cues distinguishing extraction from inference
Building a scalable architecture for longitudinal pattern mapping and premium features