PersonaDreams: AI-Powered Mystical Guidance & Self-Discovery App

I developed a comprehensive iOS solution that combines AI with thoughtful UX design: **SwiftUI Native Development** Built the entire application using SwiftUI for a modern, native iOS experience. Implemented custom animations, transitions, and visual effects to create a calming, dream-like aesthetic. Used SF Symbols and custom iconography throughout. **GPT Integration** Integrated OpenAI's GPT API with carefully crafted system prompts that guide the AI to provide interpretations based on Jungian psychology, Freudian theory, and modern cognitive dream research. Implemented context window management to include user profile and past dreams in API calls. **Contextual User Profiles** Created an optional profile system where users can share life circumstances, current concerns, and personality traits. This context is provided to the AI for more personalized interpretations without making it mandatory for privacy-conscious users. **Intelligent Dream Analysis** Built a multi-stage analysis system: (1) Extract key elements using NLP (people, places, objects, emotions), (2) Identify dream symbols from a custom symbol dictionary, (3) Analyze emotional tone, (4) Generate personalized interpretation considering user context, (5) Identify connections to past dreams. **Pattern Recognition Engine** Implemented algorithms to detect recurring elements across dreams. Created a "Dream Insights" section showing the most common symbols, emotions, people, and themes in the user's dream history with trend analysis. **Emotion Detection** Used sentiment analysis to categorize dreams by emotional tone (peaceful, anxious, exciting, scary, etc.). Created emotional trend charts showing how dream emotions correlate with time of year, day of week, and user-reported life events. **Dream Journal with Rich Editor** Built a beautiful journal interface with rich text editing, voice-to-text for late-night recording, photo attachment for visual elements, and quick emotion tagging. Implemented automatic date/time stamping and sleep duration tracking. **Privacy-First Architecture** All dream data is stored locally using Core Data with encryption. User can optionally enable iCloud sync with end-to-end encryption. No dream content is stored on external servers beyond temporary API calls to OpenAI. **Smart Notifications** Implemented intelligent reminder system that learns optimal times to prompt users based on when they typically wake up. Notifications use gentle language and can be customized or disabled. **Dream Statistics & Insights** Created visual analytics showing dream frequency, average dream length, most active dream periods, emotional distribution, and recurring themes over time using Swift Charts. **Symbol Dictionary** Built a comprehensive dream symbol encyclopedia with psychological explanations for 500+ common dream elements. Users can explore symbols and see which ones appear in their dreams. **Guided Onboarding** Designed a gentle onboarding flow that explains how to use the app, demonstrates dream recording, and collects minimal necessary context. Made advanced features discoverable progressively.