Alchera

Alchera is a wonderful journaling software package that comes loaded with features aimed at helping you get the most out of your dreams. Its design is centered on making working with dream series easy, considering that dream series often reveal more than individual dreams. The software comes with exercises tailored to assist in exploring the meaning of dreams. Its symbol dictionary has suggested questions to help in finding the personal significance of symbols.

With Alchera, experienced users appreciate the many options available to customize it to their preferred workflow. For beginning dreamers, the software includes an introduction to dreaming with background information. Its journaling section can be configured to quickly find all entries regarding medical or work-related events. Additionally, the journal automatically synchronizes to the date of the currently selected dream. Both the dream and journaling sections have an excellent search engine that instantly delivers results.

For privacy purposes, Alchera can be password-protected; however, it remains easy to share with others. It supports emails, imports, and exports dreams, journal entries, and symbol dictionaries. The labeling system is an added feature that makes it possible to tag dreams with labels that can be used to search and generate charts. The categories and label values can be edited and used to track developments in dreams over time. For those interested in research, the software has experimental support for the Hall and Van de Castle scales, including average scores for men and women.

It is assumed that the differences from the average scores have significant implications, and generated charts show these differences. While all these features might sound overwhelming, Alchera is surprisingly easy to use, designed for individuals who need to use it half-awake.