Phone Apps

1. Track and Optimize Your Sleep

iTunes:  4+ rating

Developed by experts to help NASA astronauts, it’s scientifically designed to help you get optimal sleep.

Features include bed time optimization, wake up revive cycle, relaxation program, and power nap.

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iTunes:  4+ rating

Uses sound analysis to identify your sleep patterns by tracking movements in bed, wakes you up at the right time.

More about Sleep Cycle

iTunes:  4+ rating

Tracks and analyzes your movement during the night, graphs your sleep patterns, and learns to wake you up at the right time

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Sleep tracker, smart alarm, and ambient sound machine

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2. Hypnosis & Meditation

iTunes (free): 4+ rating

Windows (free): 4 rating

A hypnosis and meditation app by best-selling self-help audio author Glenn Harrold, includes 4 free hypnosis and meditation recordings.

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iTunes (free): 4+ rating

Uses hypnosis and calming sounds to help reduce anxious thoughts and promote deeper sleep.

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3. Music & Nature Sounds

Live recordings of rain to help you fall asleep.

4. White Noise

iTunes: 4+ rating

Features a sound catalog of ambient sounds of the environment to help you relax during the day and sleep great at night.

iTunes: 4+ rating

Background noise and color generator to produce ambient sounds to help relieve anxiety and relax before going to sleep.

Android (free):  4.5 rating

iphone:  4+ rating

Adjustable fan sounds to help you get to sleep.

5. Protect from Blue Light

Studies have shown that exposure to blue light in the evening can interfere with your normal sleep cycle and keep you awake.

If you have to use your smart phone after sunset, these apps may help reduce your exposure to blue light.

Twilight

Android (free): 4.6 rating

iPhones, iPads:

Turn on “Night Shift” mode

6. Jet Lag Remedies

Jet lag occurs when you travel across time zones and your body’s biological clock is not in sync with local time.

Various phone apps have been developed to help you manage jet lag symptoms and to help you rest your body clock to your destination time zone.

Timeshifter

Website:  www.timeshifter.com

Android (free): 4.6 rating

iphone (free): 4.6 rating

Uplift

Website:  www.upliftnaturally.com

Android (free): 4.0 rating

iphone (free): 4.6 rating

Note: uses self-acupressure to reset body clock

Other useful sleep aides to check out:

1. Books, Audios, and Videos  
2. Phone apps to track your sleep 
3. Sleep hacks to protect from sleep disrupting bright light 
4. Bedroom aides to improve your sleep environment 
5. Snoring solutions 
6. Sleep Apnea and CPAP