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Best Android Sleep Apps for Insomnia
Insomnia can really make life rough. A good night of sleep is vital to a healthy life overall. If you miss sleep, your physical, emotional and mental health all suffer, your energy level goes down the drain and your productivity through the day falls flat.
Sleep apps, supplements and assorted products can all be used to get those extra needed Z’s. With the great tech advances today, there are many great applications accessible on your smartphone or tablet That can help you get that much needed sleep. Today we are going to look at the best Sleep apps for Android devices.
BrainWaves
This app from MynioTech uses binaural beats to create feelings of relaxation, and to encourage sleep. Binaural beats have long been used therapeutically to alter mood and mental state. Binaural beats require headphones or earbuds to work properly. The process uses two different frequencies with one in each ear. The two frequencies create a wave that matches with brainwave activity corresponding to certain moods or situations. For example, Delta waves correspond to brain activity while in a deep sleep and Alpha waves are associated with relaxation corresponding to a mind that is conscious and relaxed. The Brain Waves app uses very subtle tones that range from deep sleep tones to creativity and focus boosting tones. The ease of use and subtle relaxing tones make this app stand out.
Waveen
This Android app is another great app for binaural beats brainwave therapy. The Waveen app features over 100 different tones in 11 different categories. Categories include sleep, energizing tones, spiritual meditation, weight loss, mental performance, health tones and more. Of course This review is discussing the best Sleep apps for insomnia, so we are mostly interested in the one category.
The sleep category features 8 tones including a tone to quickly induce sleep within minutes, a deep sleep tone for REM sleep, tones designed to stimulate natural melatonin release and even tones to aid in lucid dreaming.
Quickly it should be mentioned as well that the energizing tones are a great addition to this app because after sleeping through the night with Waveen’s great sleep tones, all you have to do is switch over to one of several energy tones to wake you up and motivate you to start the day. This app is an all around great tool for balancing your sleep and energy cycle.
Mind Therapy
This is another app that uses binaural beats to affect brain waves. The Mind Therapy app includes five categories that cover sleep, out of body experience, meditation, and learning & focus. Each category includes multiple tones. In the sleep category, we find tones for deep sleep, quick sleep induction (knock out) and even a tone to induce a waking dream. All of these are included among several other sleep and dream tones. The tracks here will surely help you get that restful night of sleep and keep insomnia at bay.
Atmosphere
This app from Peak Pocket Studios is great for sleep, relaxation, meditation recreation and more. The Atmosphere app is designed to create the illusion of a completely new setting, mentally transporting you to another place. Whether it’s an evening by the campfire, a lazy afternoon by a gentle stream or the buzz of the city, the Atmosphere app can take you away to the setting you are most comfortable in.
Imagine If you grew up in the country 20 miles from the nearest neighbor and you are now living in a city with sirens and traffic and all the other sounds of the city. All you have to do is put on your headphones and load the sounds of crickets, frogs, wind and gentle country rain and you are at home and ready to sleep like a baby.
Conversely, what if you grew up with the buzz of the big city surrounding you and now you find yourself unable to sleep in the deafening silence of a small town. With the Atmosphere App you can add the sounds of Pigeons, people, police cars, trains, traffic and even construction noise. If you need to hear the life of the big city to get through the night, Atmosphere is a great app to treat your insomnia.
The Atmosphere app features multiple sound profiles each with a range of different sound effects. Sound profiles include beach, forest, urban, underwater, home, park, countryside, oriental Binaural & isochronic and a custom section where you can import your own sound files.
It's also worth noting that each sound has its own volume control allowing the user to truly design the landscape. If you want to be next to a campfire while a distant storm rolls in you can with the Atmosphere app.
Pzizz
This sleep app is truly unique. Pzizz uses multiple different theories on sleep and incorporates them beautifully. Binaural beats are used to stimulate theta brain waves, relaxing music composed for Pzizz by Paul Staveley O’duffy creates a calm serenity All while the voice of Neuro Linguistic programming coach Michael Breen speaks hypnotically.
The blend of relaxation music, binaural beats and sleep hypnosis work perfectly to promote a good night of sleep. To make the program even better, the track is unique each time you listen to it with different sounds to keep things fresh.
The other thing that's really great about the Pzizz app is that it has two options “Sleep” and “Power Nap.” If you just need a 15 minute afternoon nap to feel refreshed and energized tap on power nap and select the duration anywhere from a few minutes to an hour and a half. You also have the choice to set an alarm at the end of your nap which can be a standard alarm or sounds added from your own library. Of course if you want to sleep as long as you can, just turn off the alarm altogether. Overall the wide range of options and functionality make Pzizz one of the best Android sleep apps for for insomnia.
hopefully this list of the best Android apps for sleep helps you get a restful night of shut eye. Check back in the morning for more insightful reviews of the world around us. Thanks for reading.
