There many apps on the market today that claim to be able to help you sleep. There are hundreds of them, and it’s hard to know which one is right for you and will give you the sleep aid you need. So we have searched through the Apple App store to find the best sleep apps for you. These are the apps that are well made and actually offer functions to help you relax and get to sleep. Several of the apps we have chosen have a similar function, working as sleep and meditation soundboards. However, each app has it’s own benefits and combination of features that may make it the perfect app for you!

1: Sleep Advisor 

Price: $3.99

Requires: iOS 8.0 or later

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

This is one of the best sleep apps we found in the market. It provides a well-rounded set of trackers. You can track your activities, in either calendar or timeline view, adding to the day and night portions of the calendar.

• Use it to track events that interrupt your sleep.
• Add any consumption of snacks, coffee, or any other caffeine
• View graph of time slept as well as caffeine consumption
• View your weekly and monthly average time spent on activity and intake of caffeine
• Print  summary of activities for better visibility and comparison
• The app also provides access advice and instructions on improving your sleep, along with video tutorials, and full app support.

You can use this to understand how doing activities at different hours affect your sleep patterns and quality. It also helps you analyze how your food and caffeine consumption at different times,  and helps you plan and change your daily routine to regulate your sleep schedule and improve your quality of sleep.

2: Sleep Pillow sounds-: white noise machine lite

Price: $2.99

Requires: iOS 9.0 or later

Compatible with: iPhone and iPad 

The Sleep Pillow app has a huge collection of enhanced, high-quality, ambient sounds. These sounds are designed to isolate your brain waves, create a relaxed environment, and ease your body into its natural sleep cycle. The sounds are created to induce sleep even for troubled sleepers, or those trying to sleep in noisy environments.

This app features 70 pre-mastered and high-quality sounds.It has premade sound mixes, but you can create your own personalized sound mixes, with 300,000 combinations. With this app you can also:

• Set a sleep timer with a slow fade-out
• Wake up relaxed to a fade-in alarm clock
• Keep the app running in the background, while your screen is dark or locked
• Favorite the best sounds to make a Favorite sounds Shortlist
• Choose from multiple, quality nature images to set the mood

3: Relax Melodies HD: Sleep zen sounds & white noise for meditation, yoga and baby relaxation

Price: Free (In-App Purchases)

Requires: iOS 7.o or higher

Compatible with: iPad

This app is similar to the Sleep Pillow app, but this one is totally free! Featuring 52 quality ambient sounds and melodies, you can create personalized combinations of up to ten sounds. These combos can be saved under a personalized name so you can have easy, fast access. There is volume control for each individual sound as well as the master volume, which enables the ultimate personalization!-

This app also includes:

• Four “brainwave beats” which isolate brain waves for relaxation. These include Binaural beat and Isochronic Tone Frequency
• Eight pre made sound mixes for easy relaxation
• A sound timer used to set the duration of your favorite mixes. The mix will fade out slowly over time, which is ideal when you’re using this app to fall asleep.
• A beautiful and simple interface makes this app an unique experience.
• Access to sleep tips and articles from experts to help improve your sleep cycle.
• The Discovery Mode allows you to search for and share your own sound mixes with the community of app users!

4: Sleep Cycle alarm clock         

Price: Free (in-app purchases)

Requires: iOS 8.0 or later

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

As many people know, your body goes through phases (REM and non-REM cycles) as you sleep. It is very important that you go through your full sleep cycle every night. The phase you are in when you wake up will affect how tired you feel. This app tracks your sleep cycles and wakes you up at the perfect moment, when you are lightest sleep phase. It does this by using your device’s microphone or accelerometer in your iPhone to monitor your movements to determine what sleep phase you’re in. This App’s other features include:

• In-depth sleep statistics and sleep graph
• Snooze alarm by shaking your phone or double tapping the screen lightly
• The app is fully integrated with Apple Health App, and exchanges sleep and heart rate analysis
• Customizable alarm time, waking you up instantly or gradually over time, up to a ninety minute window.
• Background Mode: Set alarm and close the app – sleep analysis will continue running in the background
• Export your sleep data to Excel for In-depth analysis

5: Sleep sounds and Spa music for insomnia relief, power nap,relaxation, snooze, massage, therapy, yoga, and better sleep

Price:  $1.99

Requires: iOS 7.0 or higher

Compatible with: iPhone and iPad

This is another one of the best apps you’ll find for creating a “zen” relaxing  environment. The app features a soundboard with over 100 relaxing sounds such as crickets chirping, the sounds of seagulls crying and breaking waves, and an Irish Flute.  Each sound has its own sound control separate from the master volume, so that you can fine-tune your relaxation experience. You can combine an unlimited number of sounds, or enjoy one on its own. The sounds can also be put into a playlist to be enjoyed one by one. All your personalized combinations can be saved played at any time! This app has background support, so you can play relaxing sounds while having other apps or web pages open on your phone.

Other App features include:

• “Interactive Pix” – app provides a series of gorgeous pictures with premade sound combos, creating an audible and visual relaxation environment.
• Two customizable fade-out sleep timers. You can set your relaxation mix to fade out over time as you fall
  asleep, so that it does not play throughout
  the night.
• Alarm wakes you with sounds of nature or ambient music. Customize your favorite soundmix. You can also use sounds from your iPod Library for further personalization.
• Combine music from your library with the apps relaxing sounds
• Includes six lullabies that are great for soothing infants
• Save all the best sounds on the personal favorites page
• Features support for Airplay. Stream sounds wirelessly to create a meditative environment.

6: TaoMix 2 – An Infinite World of Sounds

  Price: Free (In-app Purchases)

Requires: iOS 8.0 or later

Compatible with:  iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, app available for Apple Watch

Taomix 2 is one of the best sleep apps in the app store. This is the second app made by the developer. It’s a improved version of the original Taomix app, using customer feedback to create a sleek and user-friendly app that gives the results you need. With this app, you can create immersive and personal soundscapes that take your mind from the depths of the ocean to the mountain tops. An app that can help you relax, sleep, or focus more intensely, Taomix 2 is highly recommended for those wishing to find the best app to help get you to sleep quickly.

Key App Features include:

• Soundscapes evolve over time to avoid repetition
• Continually growing sound collection with over 100 sounds
• Record your own sounds,or upload them from other audio apps to create truly unique soundscapes
• Share your soundscapes with other users using Facebook, Twitter, or email
• Includes a fade-out timer, with an optional sound when your relaxation session is over. Sounds include a gong, a meditation bell, a classic alarm clock, and more

  7: To bed

Price: Free (In-app Purchases)

Requires: iOS 6.0 or later

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

The original description of this app says it best:  

“There is no app to replace Mom, but when Mom’s not around, this is the app to get you to bed!”

Using health statistics based on your age and daily sleep schedule, this app calculates when you need to go to sleep in order to get a full, healthy night’s rest. The alarm then reminds you when it’s time to get to hit the sack! “Like your loving mom,” this app gives you a gentle reminder and can be ignored. The app also features a weekend and “Vacation Mode”. Just activate that, and there will be no reminder, so you can just enjoy yourself. According to reviews, this app is the ideal tool for anyone who is trying to discipline their sleep schedule.

8: Pillow: The Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock for Sleep Tracking

Price: Free (In-app purchase)

Requires: iOS 9.0 or later

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. App available for Apple watch.

Pillow is the best sleep app for tracking and measuring your sleep quality over time. Using its analysis of your sleep, you can learn about your patterns. This will help you improve your sleep habits and daily routine to give you the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had!  This app has been featured in many publications including The Washington Post and The Guardian.

App features include:

• Integrated with Apple’s Health App. Automatically sends data to the health app so you can see the overall affect of your activities on your sleep.
• Tracks your sleep patterns, detecting both motion and sound patterns
• Detects and analyzes short sleep and nap sessions
• Works in background mode, even when phone is locked
• Records sounds during your sleep, recordings can be replayed, exported and deleted [Premium Feature]
• Alarm wakes you at the optimal time in your sleep cycle
• Deactivate alarm by pressing and holding, or shaking the device for a short period
• Beautiful and simple user interface
• View your sleep history in weekly, monthly, yearly, and all time overviews [Premium Feature]
• Syncs and backs up data to iCloud, so you can sync your sleep data and the audio recordings between your different devices
• Multiple sleep aid melodies and wake up sounds
• Quick start options for alarms and naps

9: MotionX 24/7: Sleeptracker, Sleep Cycle Alarm, Snore, Apnea, Heart Rate Monitor, Weight Loss, Activity Tracker

Price: $0.99

Requires: iOS 7.0 or later

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

This app uses patented technology to help people sleep naturally, and maximize their sleep efficiency so that they can wake up rested and energized! According to the app, it’s MotionX-14/7 Sleeptracker technology “is within 95% of the accuracy of professional sleep monitors used in sleep clinics.” Using your phone’s technology it monitors your sleep patterns. This app’s technology is not perfect, so be sure to follow the app’s instructions, to get the best results.

This app also:

• Records snoring and other sounds during your sleep to help analyze your sleep patterns
• Wakes you up at the the best time by analyzing your sleep patterns throughout the night
• Monitors daily activity levels as well as your resting heart rate, your body weight, and more!

10: Sleep Genius With Revive Cycle Alarm – Power Nap, Relaxation, Sleep Tracking

Price: $4.99

Requires: iOS 7.0

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

This is not a simple sleep app with soothing sounds. Based on scientific research, this app is one of the few that directly targets treatment for sleep deprivation. This app helps you enjoy mental, emotional, and physical benefits of a good night’s sleep. It does this by training your brain to fall into it’s natural sleep patterns. A Basic free version of the app is available, but has very limited benefits compared to the fully priced app.

Basic App Features Include:

• Sleep Program that helps your brain go through it’s optimal sleep cycle
• “Sleep Genius” Alarm wakes you slowly with a easy five minute “Revive Cycle.”

Premium App Features Include:

• Multiple Sleep Programs
• Additional “Revive Cycle”
• A Power Nap program for neural rejuvenation. According to the app description “a daily power nap for 30 minutes could improve your alertness by 54%”
• A Relaxation PRogram to help reduce your stress and anxiety
• A Personalized sleep tracker emails you weekly so you can continually improve your sleep
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