mdolla: 5 iPhone Apps That Will Help You Sleep Tonight

Have you ever had trouble falling asleep at night? Do you often find your mind racing as you lie down in your bed, unable to relax? Me too.

But don’t worry, I’ve got some good news for you. There are some great mobile apps that can help you to get a better night’s sleep all night every night.

To help you get to sleep, I have compiled a list of my favorite iPhone apps that will help make insomnia a thing of the past and usher you into dreamland quickly and easily.

1. Slumber

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Slumber is the best sleep app I’ve ever used, helping me fall asleep in under 20 minutes every single time I use it. The app offers a huge collection of sleep meditations and bedtime stories that help calm your mind, allowing you to fall asleep effortlessly. The app has also been designed for use at bedtime with a dark UI that won’t wake you up.

Behind the main meditation track, there is a customizable white noise machine that plays in the background, creating a relaxing ambiance with nature sounds and calming music. The app also allows you to “Delay the Ending”, which continues the background effects for as long as you want. Whenever I’m sleeping in a noisy environment, I’ll delay the ending for 8 hours to ensure that the 5 am dump truck doesn’t wake me up every morning.

My favorite part though is that, unlike other sleep apps, Slumber adds new tracks each week, giving you something new to listen to every night.

Download it here.

2. Pzizz

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This app promises to help you fall asleep and wake up feeling rested and rejuvenated by using binaural beats and other “psychoacoustic principles”.

With Pzizz, you tell the app how long you want to sleep and it automatically comes up with dreamscapes that help induce sleep and help you to stay asleep throughout the night. You can also use it for quick naps as well.

I used to use this app exclusively for a few months, but a recent update has made it a bit expensive, with a subscription fee of $4.99 a month. But, if you don’t mind the price, the simplicity of the app is wonderful. Push a button and fall asleep. It’s as simple as that.

Download it here.

3. Relax Melodies

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If you don’t require meditations or narratives to calm your mind before bed, a simple white noise machine may be all you need to get a good night’s sleep. Relax Melodies, in my opinion , is the best of the noise machine apps, offering over 50 different sounds to mix and match to create your perfect sleepy soundscape.

All you have to do is lie back, listen to the sounds, and drift off into a peaceful sleep. You can also use this app for any other relaxing situations, like doing yoga, meditating, or just blocking out the sounds of your neighbor’s vocal pups.

Download it here.

4. Overcast.fm

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While this isn’t exactly a sleep app, I often use Overcast to help me fall asleep. How? All you need to do is subscribe to the right podcast! A few of my favorites podcasts for sleep include the popular Sleep With Me, as well as Miette’s Bedtime Stories.

Be careful trying to fall asleep to other podcasts though. Often times, I’ll fall asleep just to be woken up at the end of the episode when the loud credit’s music starts playing. Such an action can prove to be counterproductive when you’re trying to fall asleep and will cause you to have to start all over again.

Overcast also has a Dark Mode option in the settings, so make sure to turn that on so you don’t disrupt your melatonin production with a bright screen right before bed.

Download it here.

5. Sleepio

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A team of experts in sleep science and cognitive behavioral therapy from around the world are the masterminds behind Sleepio.

The app can help you learn how to understand how your lifestyle and environment affect your ability to sleep. With their help, you learn how to master cognitive techniques that are specifically tailored for you, to help with your particular sleep issues. The Sleepio program will also help you to build a personalized, 24-hour schedule that includes the amount of sleep you need each night in order to feel rested and have energy throughout the day.

More like therapy than a simple app, Sleepio is recommended for those with serious sleep issues.

Download it here.

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