i’ve been using this app for 7 and a half years. i struggle with insomnia, anxiety, CPTSD, autism, ADHD, and many other problems that have made it almost impossible to sleep, almost my entire life. when i got my first phone as a kid i downloaded this app after browning on the app store, thinking it would be just like the other billion resources i had tried to help me sleep. i can’t thank the developers enough because nearly every time i’ve used this app to help me sleep it’s been successful. when i got older i was put on medication to help me sleep as well, and to balance out my chemicals, but sometimes when it was a rough night this app never failed to calm me down and just make me sleep instantly. growing up it took me at least 3 hours every night to sleep, and so many times i pulled an all-nighter just because i couldn’t sleep the whole night. i was absolutely hopeless when i first tried this app, genuinely seeing it as a last resort, but then after hearing only a few minutes of the recordings i remember it suddenly being morning. i thought, is this how it is supposed to be? i know this review was unreasonably long and i sound crazy, but to whomever is reading this, please just give this app a try. i’m so grateful for the hope it gave me and the countless eye bags it prevented 🩷

Slumber allows you to pick from several modalities of talk oriented sleep inducing paradigms. Dream Stories are bedtime stories which guide you into sleep and relaxation. Ex: “The Deep Dive” obviously written by a scuba diver, talks you thru a dive so accurate and intense you feel you are actually experiencing the dive. With “The Distant Storm” you feel you are on a beach, w warm sun and sand at sunset, listening to the waves and watching a beautiful storm in the distance. The stories are engrossing yet very relaxing and sleep inducing. Sleep Meditations are less involved w the story line and much more involved w your body and thoughts and tensions keeping you awake. Thru breathing techniques and progressive relaxation you are in almost a state of self hypnosis and gently encouraged to let go of all thoughts and sleep. W both the Stories and the Meditations u set up your preferred background sounds which continue for as long as you choose. I usually use headphones w either my phone or my iPad, since in your background settings there are Binaural beats’ which encourage alpha stage sleep, but I sometimes just put my head near my device and listen. It’s a wonderful feeling to realize you have been sleeping and you can just turn over and go back to sleep.

I struggled to fall asleep since I was a child. I always had to have the tv on to fall asleep, and yet I’d never sleep well with it on, either. It was a very restless sleep, constantly waking to the light and sound from the tv. But, if I used a timer on the tv, I’d always wake up in a panic as soon as it turned off. I tried prescriptions to help me sleep, spent many years as a complete insomniac, and never truly learned to fall asleep on my own. It was pretty hellish, now that I look back on it. After my son was born and he was in our room in a bassinet, I realized very quickly I needed to make a change as I didn’t want him exposed to the tv’s blue light all night. I stumbled upon this app and that first night I used it, I fell asleep without needing the tv on for the first time in dozens of years, Sure, I was exhausted from having a newborn, but it was so much more than that! This app truly calmed me enough to fall asleep and stay asleep. It was incredible. My son is now almost 3 years old and I still use the app every single night. It is a lifesaver. I cannot recommend it enough. It truly saved my sanity and helped promote so much more calm and happiness in my life. Thank you!

I subscribed to Calm and like their stories. The ones offered here allow the option of background sounds additionally. This is a truly life changing app. I got used to going to sleep to stories with that other app and tried this just before that renewed, which is more expensive than this app. This has taken its place and offers more around sleep specifically versus straight meditation. The options with the free app are great yet subscribing opens all the past offerings. Amazing amazing amazing with different voices and accents so you have plenty of choice. Additionally, this app offers a darker screen that is conducive to use in the dark before bed. Never harsh or bright. The pictures are soothing and relaxing and add to the calm you feel using this app. Sure, use the free one yet subscribe to support the app maker and have many more archives to explore. Excellent. Soothing. Calming. Helps me fall asleep especially when away from home. I don’t even need anything at home to fall asleep just feel comforted hearing it and having it as a routine for sleep. Sets a totally amazing mood. My spouse listens with me and has also gotten used to it in a good way and finds it soothing and comforting.