Nightjar: Sleep Stories
Bedtime audio & ambient sounds
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Featuring tailor-made stories for whatever's keeping you up.
New: Sleep sounds can now be played in the background without the story.
Put your thoughts in the jar. Get back a story made for it.
Nightjar is a 30-second bedtime ritual for nights when your mind won't switch off. Write down what's keeping you up, seal it in the jar until morning, and listen as a calm, original sleep story begins, chosen for the way tonight feels.
HOW IT WORKS
1. The Jar Ritual: Write down what is on your mind, or continue without a note. Choose the support that feels right and place it in your jar.
2. Your note is sealed until your wake time. Not ignored or suppressed. Just put away for the night.
3. A sleep story begins, matched to tonight's worry. It never mentions what you wrote. It gives your attention somewhere unhurried to go instead.
4. Open it in the morning. See last night's note beside your sleep, and notice whether it feels a little smaller in daylight.
WHY A JAR?
Writing down what's on your mind before bed, and deciding to deal with it tomorrow, is a technique drawn from sleep research and from cognitive behavioral approaches to sleep. Nightjar turns it into a small, satisfying ritual you'll actually keep, and pairs it with a story instead of silence.
STORIES FOR A BUSY MIND
Every Nightjar story is original audio fiction for adults, written to be easy to follow and easy to stop following.
- Unhurried openings that ask nothing of you
- Gentle worlds: night trains in the rain, lamplit libraries, snowbound villages, slow rivers
- Pacing that softens as it goes, so you can drift off at any point without missing a thing
- No cliffhangers, suspense, sudden sounds or instructions
- Soothing narration
- Ambient sounds customisable to what brings you calm
YOUR JAR SHELF
Every night becomes a dated jar on your shelf: the worry you set down, the story you heard, and how you slept. Watch it fill a quiet record of the nights you got through.
MADE FOR THE BEDROOM
- Near-black, low-light design with under 30 seconds of screen before the story starts
- Control playback from the Lock Screen
- Optional Apple Health sleep data
- Listen to ambient sounds with your story
WHAT GOES IN THE JAR STAYS IN THE JAR
- Your jars sync privately across your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account, encrypted
- Your notes are never stored on our servers, never used for advertising and never sold
- Delete a single jar, or everything, at any time
NIGHTJAR PREMIUM
- Full access to unlimited sleep stories with Premium
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://nightjar.fm/privacy
Nightjar is a wellness app for relaxation. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition. If sleep problems persist or you're struggling with your mental health, please speak with a healthcare professional.
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Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
The developer, Jugal Mistry, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Jugal Mistry
- Size
- 27.9 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Monthly $5.99
- Nightjar Premium - Annual $39.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jugal Mistry