Productivity comparison
Airtable Ai vs Dreamlock
Adding AI to structured business databases and operational apps · iPhone users who want to capture a dream in seconds at 3 AM - mumble a voice note, Face ID keeps the journal locked, and wake to a written retelling with a painted card and symbol notes. The free tier (unlimited capture, 3 painted cards a week, 10 questions) is enough to decide. Not a fit for Android users (iPhone only), or for anyone who wants their notes to never leave the device - interpretation requires a server round-trip to Anthropic and OpenAI, which the policy states plainly.
| Decision point | Airtable AI | Dreamlock |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Adding AI to structured business databases and operational apps | iPhone users who want to capture a dream in seconds at 3 AM - mumble a voice note, Face ID keeps the journal locked, and wake to a written retelling with a painted card and symbol notes. The free tier (unlimited capture, 3 painted cards a week, 10 questions) is enough to decide. Not a fit for Android users (iPhone only), or for anyone who wants their notes to never leave the device - interpretation requires a server round-trip to Anthropic and OpenAI, which the policy states plainly. |
| Category | Productivity | Productivity |
| Price | Paid plan availability varies | Free tier forever: unlimited dream capture, 3 painted dream cards per week, 10 questions. Dreamlock Plus: $4.99/month or $39.99/year (7-day free trial on the annual plan), billed by Apple In-App Purchase, cancelable in iOS Settings. Verified 2026-11-02 on the homepage. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.2/5 | 4.1/5 |
Scores are editorial product assessments of job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost. They are not lab benchmarks, and no tool here has a published hands-on result. How we score.
Evidence status
Free: $0 and 500 AI credits per editor each month. Team: $20/seat/month billed annually or $24 billed monthly, with 15,000 AI credits per billable collaborator each month. Business: $45/seat/month billed annually or $54 billed monthly, with 20,000 AI credits per paid user each month. Enterprise Scale: custom pricing with 25,000 AI credits per paid user at list price. Additional self-serve AI credits start at 10,000 for $20/month or $200/year and scale at the same published $2 per 1,000-credit monthly rate through 400,000 credits.
Official sources checked 2026-09-18Open verification questions
- The ownership clause does not guarantee that generated output is unique, copyrightable, or free of third-party rights.
- Third-party providers may retain metadata for billing, safety, and compliance even where Input and Output retention is prohibited.
- The current AI Terms still mention legacy Pro and Plus workspaces in the retention section even though the current public pricing lineup is Free, Team, Business, and Enterprise Scale.
Airtable's August 10, 2026 billing documentation says AI credits are pooled at workspace or organization level. Credits fund features such as Field Agents, AI automations, deep-research questions, feedback categorization, document analysis, and image generation; consumption varies by input, selected model, and output. The Airtable AI Terms, last updated July 23, 2026, classify Input and Output as Customer Data and state that customers retain all ownership rights in both. Airtable states that neither it nor its third-party AI providers will use Input, Output, or other Customer Data to train generative-AI models. For Business and Enterprise Scale, providers do not log Input or Output for human review or retain it, subject to stated exceptions. For Free, Team, Pro, and Plus workspaces, providers may retain Input and Output for up to 30 days for safety and compliance moderation.
Free tier forever: unlimited capture, 3 painted dream cards/week, 10 questions. Dreamlock Plus $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr (7-day free trial on annual), billed via Apple In-App Purchase, price shown in app before purchase. Checked 2026-11-02 on https://dreamlock.app/.
Official sources checked 2026-11-02Submitted via form 2026-10-31 13:11 UTC by costelgn@gmail.com; site publishes hello@dreamlock.app (AWS SES MX). Editorial entry written independently from live pages plus the App Store listing (seller named: Andrii Zagoruiko; App Privacy 'Data Not Linked to You'). Policy names the exact subprocessor path (Vercel relay -> Anthropic Claude for text, OpenAI image model from scene description only), states no advertising/training use with API-terms reasoning, and accurately discloses the two analytics scripts (Ahrefs cookieless + GA4) found in markup. Terms: Delaware governing law; Apple IAP billing/cancellation. Registered 2026-07-29 (Name.com); NS Vercel.
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