If You're Having a Hard Time Falling Asleep, Let These 5 Apps Lull You Off to Dreamland
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If you constantly have a hard time quieting your mind enough to fall asleep, try one of these helpful, soothing apps. They're specifically designed to help you feel calm, whether it's through guided meditations, relaxing stories, or gentle sounds. Many of them have a few free features you can test out, and if you love them, they cost a few dollars a month, which, for a good night's sleep, is priceless!
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Slumber
The Slumber app offers guided meditations where you can customize the background effects, choosing the music and white noise playing along with the soothing voice. It also has a delayed ending feature, where you can choose how long you want the background effects to play for after the guided mediation is over. This app also offers dream stories and soundscapes to help you relax and fall asleep.
Cost: A few features are free, then you can try a free seven-day trial. After that, it costs $40 a year.
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Headspace
The Headspace app offers guided mediation sessions and mindfulness techniques to help you feel calm, reduce stress, and feel balanced with just a few minutes a day. There's also a sleep section where you can set your bedtime and listen to a sleepy-time story to help you gently fall asleep.
Cost: Free, or purchase add-on features for $13 a month.
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Sleepiest
The Sleepiest app offers bedtime stories read with a gentle soothing voice, as well as soothing sounds and guided meditations.
Cost: A few features are free, then you can try a free seven-day trial. After that, it costs $10 a month.
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Moshi Twilight Sleep Stories
The adorable bedtime stories on the Moshi Twilight Sleep Stories app feature gentle music and a calming voice that might be meant for kids, but adults will find them soothing as well. They're cute but not exciting enough to keep you captivated and awake — they'll help you drift off to sleep. This app also features soothing soundscapes as well as guided mediation sessions.
Cost: A few features are free, then you can try a free seven-day trial. After that, it costs $40 a year.
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Sleep Pillow White Noise Sound
If you prefer listening to soothing white noise sounds as you drift off to sleep, get the Sleep Pillow app that includes rain showers, birds and frogs, pouring water, whale sounds, and even lullabies. You can set a timer so it'll shut off after a certain period of time.
Cost: $3 with additional in-app purchase for additional sounds.