The 10 Best Sleep-Tracking Apps That Will Help You Feel Well-Rested in the Morning
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Sleeping has so many health benefits, so why is it so hard to commit to a healthy sleep schedule? When my doctor recently asked if I ever felt tired, I told her no . . . because I drink tons of coffee throughout the day. That prompted me to pay a little closer attention to my sleeping schedule, and I discovered I was getting six hours of sleep a night, on average. That is definitely not ideal!
To get a better handle on your sleeping habits — especially if you have insomnia, wake up in the middle of the night, snore, have night terrors, or just can't remember what time you went to bed — download a sleep-tracking app! These apps will monitor your sleep patterns for you, helping you to keep track of your zzz's and reach your goals. Find 10 of the best sleep-tracking apps in the slides ahead. You'll feel well-rested in no time!
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Sleep Cycle – Sleep Tracker
Cost: Free
Understand your sleep patterns better when you use Sleep Cycle – Sleep Tracker. This app uses a sound analysis with patented sound technology to track your movements and detect snoring, talking, coughing, and other sounds throughout the night. When you wake up, you can review your sleep statistics and graphs, which are fully integrated into Apple Health. The premium version also allows you to set a soft wake-up window, access to Sleep Aid (sleep stories, relaxation guides, and calm sleep sounds), make sleep notes, connect to a Philips HUE Light Bulb to help you wake up to light, and more.
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Sleep Watch by Bodymatter
Cost: Free
Because Sleep Watch by Bodymatter pairs with your Apple Watch, you can simply go to sleep, then wake up and read your results. It measures total sleep time, total restful sleep time, average sleeping heart rate, sleeping heart rate dip, sleep rhythm, sleep disruptions, average sleeping HRV, and sleep pattern. The app also offers AI-powered, personal insights to help you get a better night's sleep.
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Sleep Science Alarm Clock
Cost: Free
Monitor your sleep and wake up more gently with the Sleep Science Alarm Clock. This pretty-looking app is designed to make resting time more peaceful by tracking your sleep in graphs over weeks, months, and years to track improvement and measure goals. You can also add notes — like stress, late-night snacks, or workouts — to see how that affects your sleep later on. And when you wake up, choose from four- or six-sound wake-up sequences, from bird calls and wind chimes to ocean waves.
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Sleep Time: Cycle Alarm Timer
Cost: Free
Wake up refreshed when you use the Sleep Time: Cycle Alarm Timer. Choose from unique soundscapes or white noise to fall asleep to, then one of 20 built-in alarms or any song on iTunes will wake you up. It also features instant heart-rate integration to record your heart rate, unique charts and graphs to show you trends over weeks and months, and the ability to back up data on the cloud.
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Pillow Automatic Sleep Tracker
Cost: Free
If the gorgeous purple aesthetic isn't enough to sell you on the Pillow Automatic Sleep Tracker, its user-friendly interface will. Place your phone near your pillow or use it with your Apple Watch to track sleep patterns and trends. It will also record audio events throughout the night, like snoring, sleep apnea, and sleep talking, so you can understand your night a little more. It also offers insights and tips (like the best time to go to bed), allows you to track your moods, and wakes you up with a smart alarm clock.
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SleepScore: Sleep Better
Cost: Free
Get better sleep SleepScore: Sleep Better, which offers a detailed analysis of your sleep cycles and science-based sleep advice from experts. This app boasts "the world's most advanced sleep improvement system" featuring patented, non-contact sonar sleep tracker technology to measure your sleep from your nightstand (no wearable device required). It also has built-in sleep sounds, a smart alarm to help you wake up at the lightest part of your sleep cycle, and a goal-setting feature designed to help you fall asleep faster, wake up less, and sleep longer.
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Sleep++
Cost: Free
When wearing your Apple Watch, Sleep++ will automatically track the duration and quality of your sleep to help you better understand your sleep patterns. In the morning, you will get a to-the-minute breakdown of your restful sleep time, restless sleep time, and awake time, as well as what time of night you had your best sleep, your total duration of sleep, your sleep duration score, and an overview of typical nights for you. It's great for those data-minded who like to see information in charts and graphs.
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AutoSleep
Cost: $4
As one of the Best Apps of 2018, 2019, and 2020 in the Apple app store, AutoSleep prides itself on being especially easy to use and extremely effective. You can use your Apple Watch or not with this app, which will track your sleep bank, analysis and history, heart rate, insights into your physical and mental state, and instant feedback on how you slept.
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Sleep Monitor: Sleep Recorder & Sleep Cycle Tracker
Cost: Free
Sleep Monitor: Sleep Recorder & Sleep Cycle Tracker will give you insight into the different REM cycles you go through during the night, using a microphone and accelerator sensor. It will record snoring, teeth grinding, sleep talking, and more, and generate a Sleep Score. Finally, you can mark your habits throughout the day to see how food, drink, exercise, and mood affects your sleep.
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Sleep as Android
Cost: Free
Make sleep more fun with Sleep as Android, an app that uses ultrasonic sleep tracking (or connects to wearable devices) and is integrated with Google Fit of S Health. In addition to sleep sound recording, sleep respiration tracking, sleep cycle recording, and a Sleep Score calculator, Sleep as Android also connects with smart bulbs, allows you to listen to Spotify or Play Music as an alarm or lullabies, makes you go through CAPTCHA verification to wake up and turn off the alarm, and more. It can be as simple or as integrated as you want, helping everyone to sleep happy.