Bedtime - Stories & Meditation

If you need something to focus on instead of overthinking while trying to sleep - this app is for you. I have anxiety so I’m used to circular thoughts hurting my sleep - sometimes keeping me up for hours worrying in the dark. The app stories are perfect, something to focus to while drifting to sleep. I’ve tried other apps, and this one has the best selection of sleep stories without having to pay. The stories are interesting but not too interesting to keep you up, and relaxing. By the end of the episode I’ve always fallen asleep, and the alarm is gentle and tracks how many hours you need (also analyses your sleep for free, which is nice.) Really great app.

I’ve always had trouble falling asleep; it would take me more than 30 minutes to do so. Last week, I downloaded Bedtime, and it has worked wonders. I listen to a sleep story every night, and they are perfect— the length is great, and the stories are just the right mix of interesting and relaxing. I’ve tried everything from Calm to Sleepiest, but the stories were too long and too intriguing- not ideal for peacefully falling asleep. I’m making my way through the UK stories, and they are great so far. This app has really helped me fall asleep faster and puts me in a great mood. I love Bedtime, and if not for the cost, would love to buy Premium.

Since I work at night and sleep during the day, I’ve tried to find ways to fall asleep with background noise that isn’t the TV, as the light from a TV isn’t conducive to good sleep. The Bedtime app is amazing for falling asleep with some relaxing noise that isn’t too loud but is still the background noise I need to help me fall asleep. A few (mostly the Beatrix Potter) of the bedtime stories are a little short, but overall it’s a great app. I like that it rates my sleep, plus gives me a graph of how long I spent in each sleep cycle. That’s definitely a nice thing to take a look at when I wake up.

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I have an Apple phone. The story narrator turns off every time your screen turns off. I’ve always had my brightness and lock set on 30 seconds. The long you can set it for is five minutes or never. So you have to set it for never which means you’re screen will be lit all night. The stories are very childish. But the biggest problem even if you leave your screen on all night some of the stories are only eight minutes long. Even without insomnia I don’t think I could fall asleep that fast. Very frustrated. I’ve tried to contact them twice. Using their contacts site and it doesn’t go through. Their conditions agreement states over and over again that there are no refunds. I’m very foolishly signed up for a year. And it auto renews if you don’t cancel it. That concerns me because I can’t even contact them. Be careful

3 nights in with this app it’s definitely helpful. I honestly haven’t a clue what the story topics even are but there is something about the voice, tone or speech speed that puts me out within 5 minutes when I would typically have insomnia for hours into the night. Very satisfied with that. I’m a little less enthusiastic about the sleep monitor. It counts you as sleeping as soon as you enable the app and push the button so you could still be laying there awake and it will log you as sleeping. Sleep quality based on noise seems inaccurate. Still gonna say it’s great to make you fall asleep and that’s what we all want