The best free apps to sleep better

According to annual studies conducted by INSV, 28% of French people are in sleep debt. By this we mean that nearly one in three French people do not get enough sleep at night. Daytime sleepiness, decreased alertness and increased accidental risk are a direct result of lack of nightly rest. In the long term, chronic fatigue weakens the body and can have serious repercussions on health. To help you restructure your nights and enjoy a restful sleep, Telecharger.com has selected the best free applications to sleep better and feel rested when you wake up.

Analyze and improve the quality of your sleep

To improve the quality of your nights, it is important to understand the mechanisms of effective rest and to detect any recurring disorders. Sleep Better Runtastic provides its users with calibrated tools for personalized sleep analysis. Rhythm, time and sleep cycles are taken into account to draw up an analysis specific to each night recorded.

Statistics can be compared from one date to another with the possibility of focusing in detail on the structure of nocturnal activities: light or deep sleep cycles, number of sleep interruptions during the night, waking time in bed and cumulative sleep time during the night.

You have to be rigorous to take full advantage of Sleep Better Runtastic. The quality of sleep depends on many factors before bed, such as the late consumption of stimulants or the practice of daily physical activity. Based on this type of related information, the app is able to refine its analysis and guide struggling sleepers towards sustainable solutions.

• Download Sleep Better Runtastic for Android (Free)
• Download Sleep Better Runtastic for iPhone (Free)

Like Sleep Better Runtastic, SleepBot analyzes the quality of sleep according to the sounds emitted during the night. The sound recordings facilitate the development of statistics and graphs drawing up an inventory of trends, average cycle lengths, cumulative time of falling asleep, time of waking up in the night.

From the results provided, one can calculate his sleep deficit and get advice to strengthen the restorative power of his nights. SleepBot includes a simplified note-taking tool for quickly commenting on each chart. By exporting your history, you can easily use your statistics in third-party applications.

• Download SleepBot for Android (Free)
• Download SleepBot for iPhone (Free)

iRonfle focuses on a major sleep disorder: snoring. Whether punctual or chronic, snoring is not a discomfort to be taken lightly since it can translate to sleep apnea in the most serious cases.

IRonfle’s own recording and analysis technologies measure the frequency and intensity of snoring. These samples are examined against additional information provided manually, such as times of going to bed and getting up. It is obviously possible to compare its statistics over several nights.

Depending on the type of snoring detected, iRonfle suggests several solutions to the problem. In order to check its relevance, it is advisable to mention it in the app before going to bed. The evolution of statistics over the long term should quickly confirm or not the effectiveness of the solutions implemented.

• Download iRonfle for Android (Free)
• Download iRonfle for iPhone (Free)

Waking up rested with smart alarms

Increasing the benefits of restful sleep also means waking up gently. Starting your day tired is not inevitable, as long as you open your eyes at the right time. Many apps offer smart alarm clocks that take into account individual sleep patterns and cycles.

Sleep as Android seriously monitors and analyzes the phases of sleep in order to trigger the morning alarm at the most opportune moment. The goal is to wake sleepers up when they enter a light doze cycle, when it’s easier to get out of bed. We appreciate the integration of natural ringtones reproducing birdsong or the rolling waves, guaranteeing a gentle awakening.

To precisely define the ideal moment, Sleep as Android analyzes the movements and breathing of its users. Accelerometer and microphone are involved, requiring you to place your smartphone on the mattress, near the pillow. Owners of compatible connected watches can simply put their mobile device on their bedside table.

Please note, this feature is only available as a trial version for fourteen days. It will then be necessary to obtain the premium version of the application to continue to benefit from the smart alarm.

• Download Sleep as Android for Android (Demonstration)

On a similar model, Sleep Cycle analyzes the sounds emitted by sleepers to determine an almost perfect wake-up time. Contrary to Sleep as Android, the application makes little use of the smartphone’s accelerometer. It is therefore not useful to place the device in bed.

The phases of light sleep being variable, Sleep Cycle offers itself the freedom to wake up its users up to thirty minutes before the time initially scheduled. This interval is configurable, advancing the moment of wakefulness up to 90 minutes, always taking into account personal sleep cycles.

• Download Sleep Cycle for Android (Free)
• Download Sleep Cycle for iPhone (Free)

More complete, Réveil Bonjour collects sleep data from its users and analyzes them to trigger the alarm at the best time. The app even takes the concept one step further, urging you to change certain habits that conflict with waking up gently.

The only annoying point of Réveil Bonjour is its use of the accelerometer. It is necessary here to sleep with your smartphone near your pillow so that the application can record the sleeper’s movements, analyze them and identify their sleep phases in real time.

As Sleep Cycle, Alarm clock Bonjour calculates a range of thirty minutes before the programmed time. This interval helps the application to target the best time for a gentle awakening, essential before starting the day.

• Download Hello Alarm Clock for Android (Free)
• Download Hello Alarm Clock for iPhone (Free)

Fall asleep faster

Going to bed early is good. Falling asleep immediately is even better. There are many who, once at the bottom of their bed, can spend endless minutes tossing around before falling asleep late. Even perfectly configured, waking up the next day is difficult and fatigue accumulates.

Some apps like White Noise and myNoise offer often convincing sleep aid. These sound libraries allow you to create a mix of soothing sounds produced by rain, storm, wind or fire.

Customizable down to the smallest detail, Bruit blanc and myNoise give insomniacs the possibility of adjusting the loudness of each sample. It is possible to save these relaxing melodies in your favorites in order to find them easily. And to avoid being woken up in the middle of the night by these same mixes broadcast in a loop, the two apps include a timer that you configure according to your needs.

• Download White noise for Android (Free)
• Download myNoise for Android (Free)
• Download myNoise for iPhone (Free)

Rain Sounds offers more or less the same features as White noise and myNoise, but focuses only on the sound of the rain. Light or torrential, against the window or on the roof, the rain is available here in all possible ways to offer everyone the best aquatic experience possible.

Additional sound tracks allow those looking for a musical ambiance to add some instrumental notes to the raindrops. Once again, the customizable timer gently mutes the mixes so as not to wake up users in the middle of the night.

• Download Rain Sounds for Android (Free)
• Download Rain Sounds for iPhone (Free)

Those who prefer to fall asleep to the sound of their favorite artists find their happiness with Sleep Timer. The application is compatible with the media player integrated into the smartphone as well as with many online streaming services such as Spotify or YouTube.

The countdown set to Sleep Timer can easily be delayed by shaking the mobile device. Once the time has elapsed, the app gradually decreases the volume of the music being played before turning it off completely.

• Download Sleep Timer for Android (Free)