What are the best sleep apps?
Technology is improving rapidly, and it seems like there’s an app for everything these days. From delivering groceries to managing your finances, you can find a way for your phone to help you with about anything. Unsurprisingly, this goes for sleeping as well. There are apps to help you fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up when you want to be awake. Here are five examples of useful sleep apps to help you fall asleep and rest well.
1. Sleep Cycle
Waking up in the morning can be a real pain, especially if your alarm clock goes off while you’re having a vivid dream or if you’re in a deep sleep. The sleep cycle aims to solve these problems. At its most basic, Sleep Cycle is an alarm clock, but it has a few features that make it unique and helpful. This app monitors your sleep habits from beside your bed and gathers data. On its own, this data is useful for managing your sleep schedule. Sleep Cycle, however, goes a step further and uses that data to wake you up while you’re in a night of light sleep rather than a night of deep sleep. This translates to waking up feeling more refreshed and ready to start the day. No more waking up groggy and tired, or missing the best parts of your dreams! Sleep Cycle is available in the app store for free and is one of the best on the market.
2. Relax Melodies: Sleep Sounds
It can be tough falling asleep to silence. Relax Melodies: Sleep Sounds fills the void around you so you can sleep better. These melodies and nature sounds are designed to help you fall asleep and relax more easily. These sounds range from rainstorms to airplane noises. The array of options is vast and ensures that you won’t get bored with the same sounds while you try and sleep. In addition to the ambient noise, Relax Melodies: Sleep Sounds also include guided exercises to help you achieve a deeper and more relaxed sleep. Try out this sleep app in the app store for free.
3. Pzizz
Pzizz is another sleep app that uses sound to help you get a good night’s sleep. It utilizes a branch of science known as psycho-acoustics to come up with a mix of sounds that are tailored for each stage of sleep. You just input how long you want to sleep for, and the app does the rest. It’s quick, easy, and effective in helping you sleep. There are a few free features included in a 7-day sleep trial. To get the most out of this app, you’ll have to buy a subscription that costs $60 a year.
4. Google
“Ok Google, Play White Noise” is all it takes.
Google has a great selection of relaxing sounds. For anyone with children, babies, or loved ones who work on shifts, it’s a great option worth considering. Best of all, it’s free.
5. Recolor
Although not specifically designed to help you fall asleep, coloring books are a great way to relieve stress and put your mind and body in a state to begin falling asleep. Recolor brings you an assortment of coloring pages to work on. It gives you a palette of the appropriate colors to fill in the drawing. This activity is relaxing and the feeling of accomplishment after finishing a page reduced stress before falling asleep. Recolor offers a selection of pages from animals to people to geometric patterns. Recolor is a wonderful way to unwind before bed. The best part is you can get all of these coloring pages for free on the app store.
6. Headspace
Headspace is an app meant for meditation. It provides a variety of free podcasts to help you get in the proper mindset for relaxation and to relieve stress. Headspace offers specific exercises known as “sleep casts” that are designed to help you sleep. These podcasts guide you through a mental journey to relax your mind and guide you into a restful night’s sleep. These activities are more involved than just listening to ambient noise and may be more effective for people who have trouble sleeping with that noise around them. The free version of the app has a few podcasts to help you sleep and relax, but the paid version offers even more. The subscription costs $95 a year, but if you’re just after sleep, the free version will satisfy you.
Summary
Falling asleep can be a troublesome experience, especially if your life is full of stress at the moment. If you become sleep deprived due to insomnia, your body will suffer. These difficulties in falling asleep can be eased by the plethora of sleep apps on the app store. From coloring books to personalized sleep mixes and alarm clocks, there’s an app that caters to your needs. So check out our recommendations and the multitude of other sleep apps on the app store to find the one that just right for you. Sleep smart and sleep well!
