I Fixed My Dream Journal App's Startup Freeze — DreamWise v1.0.2 Is Out

I build free Android apps, and one of them — DreamWise, a dream journal with a symbol dictionary — had an embarrassing bug: on some phones it froze on the splash screen and never opened.

What was wrong

The app scheduled its daily dream reminder before the UI even loaded. On Android 13+, requesting the exact-alarm permission opens a system screen whose result never comes back to the app — so the startup code waited forever and the app never got past the logo.

The fix (v1.0.2)

• The UI now launches first, always
• Reminder scheduling moved to the background with a 10-second timeout — if it fails, it fails silently instead of freezing the app
• No permission is requested at startup anymore; it's asked only when the user actually sets a reminder
• Exact alarms replaced with inexact scheduling (no special permission needed)

What DreamWise does

• 📓 Fast dream journal with moods and tags
• 📖 500+ dream symbol dictionary
• ✨ Zodiac dream profile
• 📊 Dream stats and patterns
• ⏰ Optional bedtime reminders
• 🔒 Everything stays on your device — private by design

Free with ads. Download the APK (v1.0.2):

👉 https://shadowcodedpsychology.pages.dev/dreamwise

Also on the Amazon Appstore. Built with Flutter by an indie dev — feedback welcome.