BetterSleep: Sleep tracker
BetterSleep Health
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About This App

  • Category

    Health & Fitness

  • Installs

    10M+

  • Content Rating

    Everyone

  • Developer Email

    support@bettersleep.com

  • Privacy Policy

    https://www.bettersleep.com/legal/privacy-policy/

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BetterSleep: Sleep tracker is a health and wellness app made by BetterSleep Health. It helps people fall asleep faster, stay asleep, and understand their sleep patterns over time. The app first launched back in 2012, and these days you can find it on both Google Play and the App Store. It has racked up millions of installs, and the download itself is free. You do need to create an account to use most of the sleep tracking tools, and while a lot of the content is open, there is an in app purchase for the premium version. The free version also shows ads, which can be a bit annoying when you are trying to wind down at night.

Using the app is pretty simple. You set a bedtime and a wake up time, then let the app run while you sleep. It plays soothing sounds, bedtime stories, or guided meditation, and it tracks your movement and breathing through your phone's mic or a wearable. A tip: put your phone on charge and face down near the bed, not under the pillow, so the mic picks up sounds clearly. Another tip is to try the free trial of the premium sleep sounds before you decide to pay. I usually start with a short breathing exercise, then let a rain sound play until I drift off. The morning report shows how long you slept and how restless you were, and it is actually fun to check.

I have tried a few similar apps like Sleep Cycle and Calm. Calm is great for meditation, but its sleep tracking feels weaker. Sleep Cycle is solid for tracking, yet it lacks the huge library of sounds and stories that this app has. I picked BetterSleep because it does both jobs well in one place. The design is calm and easy on the eyes at night, and the sounds do not loop in an obvious way. Honestly, the free version is enough to get started, and that is why I kept it on my phone instead of the others.

Features

  • 🌙 Huge sound library: rain, waves, white noise, and even celebrity bedtime stories, far more variety than Calm offers.
  • 🌙 Smart wake up window: it gently wakes you during a light sleep phase, something Sleep Cycle does too but this app pairs it with sounds.
  • 🌙 Sleep report with trends: weekly and monthly charts show how your routine affects your rest, which feels more detailed than most free trackers.
  • 🌙 Relaxing wind down content: breathing exercises and meditations are built in, so you do not need a second app.

Pros

  • 💪 All in one: tracking, sounds, and meditation together beat switching between Calm and Sleep Cycle.
  • 💪 Free download with useful basics, unlike some rivals that lock tracking behind a paywall.
  • 💪 Nice interface that is easy to use in the dark, better than the cluttered look of some sleep apps.
  • 💪 Available on Google Play and the App Store with millions of installs, so it is well tested.

Cons

  • 😕 Ads in the free version can interrupt your calm mood, while Calm shows fewer of them.
  • 😕 Premium price is higher than Sleep Cycle for similar tracking features.
  • 😕 Registration is required, which feels unnecessary just to try the sounds.
  • 😕 Tracking accuracy depends on your phone, and it can be less reliable than a dedicated wearable app.

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